Creator of the Stars of Night: An Eco-Spiritual Advent Retreat

Advent Guided Retreat Weekend

Since the publication of Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’, the Church as a whole has begun to take more seriously the call to develop the eco-spiritual dimension of our faith: that is, our spiritual connection to God whose presence is made manifest in the natural world. How might we do so in this Advent season? This weekend retreat will provide some inspiration. Together, we will explore connections between traditional Advent themes and eco-spiritual concepts. How can our Advent waiting be deepened by the scale of “deep time” or cosmic history? How can the vulnerable Christ-child and the fragility of endangered species in the web of life illuminate one another’s significance? What is the social justice dimension of Advent and Christmas, and what can we learn from it about our responsibility for the planet? And most centrally of all: how can this Christian celebration of the Incarnation lead us to see God more clearly in all things?

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