Blessed Are the Clean of Heart: Living With Spiritual Integrity in an Age of Fragmentation

Contemplative Enrichment Day

Saturday, March 15, 2025
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (ET)
Mark Kutolowski 

We will explore Jesus' invitation to live from an undivided heart and strategies to live in the world with deeper spiritual integrity in an age of fragmentation. We’ll look at the challenge and promise of living fully in God, and the wisdom to be gleaned from countercultural Christian movements, including the early Church, the Desert Fathers and Mothers, the Franciscan movement, and the first Jesuits. Mark will draw from his experience living at Metanoia of Vermont, a lay contemplative homestead in the Benedictine tradition.

This program will be offered both in-person and online via Zoom. Information on how to access the program on Zoom will be sent to participants in advance.

This program will include a morning and an afternoon session of Centering Prayer.

Offering: $75, includes lunch

Scholarships are available, please contact Mike Smoolca at cce@holyfamilyretreat.org for more information.

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Presenter Profiles

Mark Kutolowski 

Mark Kutolowski is the Co-Director of Metanoia of Vermont, a lay contemplative community where residents and guests seek to follow the Way of Christ through work, prayer, and study in relationship with the land. Mark is an Oblate of Saint Benedict, a Centering Prayer teacher, and has spent the past 25 years exploring the intersection of Christian faith, embodiment, and relationship with the natural world. 

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Dietary restrictions? Holy Family is committed to making your stay as comfortable and enjoyable as possible, and to that end, we can accommodate most dietary needs. Please email Ted, our registrar, at tjastrzebski@holyfamilyretreat.org, if you have any dietary restrictions or food allergies, so that we may make preparations in advance of your retreat.