Upcoming opportunities from the Franciscan Federation and its members
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Yoga is a healing modality for self-realization, showing how we can progress along life’s journey by opening to our Divine Nature. Mindfulness calls on us to literally stop and wake up to exactly how things actually are right now, with self-kindness, which can be deeply healing and transformative. Come to Prairiewoods in the spirit of interconnectedness and receptivity to create a deliberate pause for self-reflection.
Are you interested in learning more about the various ways the new website functions? Are you curious about what all you can access using the new site? Join us for a website user orientation. This orientation will provide basic website tricks and tips for the less technologically savvy. It will also include a question &… Continue Reading Website User Orientation
Franciscan Action Network and the Franciscan Federation are pleased to present a 4-part webinar series on Confronting Environmental Racism. From plastics to cosmetics, fashion, fertilizer, and more, petrochemicals are everywhere in our daily lives, seeping into our air, water, soil, food, and bloodstreams. As the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy proceeds, many corporations… Continue Reading Confronting Environmental Racism
What happens when we spiritually connect with our natural environment? How do we record these experiences in words? How do we communicate those moments to others through poetry? What do we come to learn about ourselves through realizing our place in the natural world? This weekend retreat at Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha)… Continue Reading Writing from Nature Retreat: Practices in Ecopoetics & Slow Seeing