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August 19, 2024, Adrian, Michigan – All are invited to join the Adrian Dominican Sisters in a weekly Peace Prayer during the Season of Creation. The prayer is offered from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, September 3 through October 1, 2024, in the Weber Retreat and Conference Center Auditorium. The Peace Prayer is also available via livestream.

Initiated by the World Council of Churches, the Season of Creation is an opportunity for Christians worldwide to be united in renewing their relationship with the Creator and all creation. The season begins on Sunday, September 1, 2024, the Day of Prayer for Creation, and ends on Friday, October 4, 2024, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, recognized by many Christians as the Patron Saint of Ecology. The 2024 theme is To Act and Hope with Creation: The Firstfruits of Hope (Rm. 8:19-25).

Other observances on the Adrian Dominican Sisters Motherhouse Campus for the Season of Creation are:

•    Sunday Mass, 10:30 a.m. September 1-29, 2024, at St. Catherine Chapel. Homilies and prayers are based on the Sunday readings through the lens of ecological themes written by James Hug, SJ, priest chaplain for the Adrian Dominican Sisters.

•    Day of Mindfulness: The Myth of Impermanence, facilitated by Sister Esther Kennedy, OP, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, September 7, 2024. Register with Weber Center at https://webercenter.org/ or 517-266-4000.

•    Autumn Equinox: Harvesting of the Gift of Ancestors, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, September 22, 2024, at Weber Center. 
 

August 16, 2024, Adrian, Michigan – All are welcome to join the mindfulness community in monthly Days of Mindfulness, held in person on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Weber Retreat and Conference Center. Sister Esther Kennedy, OP, a Dominican Sister of Adrian as well as a spiritual director and retreat director, conducts these days.

Upcoming Days of Mindfulness are as follows:

•    Saturday, September 7, 2024 – The Myth of Permanence. What we experience each day is dependent on many causes and conditions. We experience a particular emotion or mood and then it dissolves, to be replaced by another emotion or mood. Contemplation helps us to see the impermanence of these states of mind.

•    Saturday, October 5, 2024 – Coming to our Senses. While we don’t know where life is taking us, Jon Kabat-Zinn says the challenge is coming to our senses, both individually and as a species. The cultivation of mindfulness is the first step toward developing an awareness of both heart and mind.

•    Saturday, November 2, 2024 – Lost in Thought. It is easy to get trapped in our thoughts, which weave stories conditioned by the past. But underneath all the fluctuating thoughts and emotions is a dimension of consciousness far deeper than thought.

•    Saturday, December 7, 2024 – Cultivating Warmth of Heart. In silent moments, we grow the courage to hear, with the heart-mind, the voice inside us, connecting us to all beings and the whole web of life.

The costs of each session is $35, which includes lunch. Registration is required. Visit www.webercenter.org and click on “programs,” call 517-266-4000, or email [email protected]. 

Weber Center is on the campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters Motherhouse, Adrian, Michigan. Traveling east on Siena Heights Drive, pass the Adrian Rea Literacy Center and turn left just before the solar panel-covered carport. Follow the signs to Weber Center. For information, call the Weber Center at 517-266-4000.