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July 21, 2020, Adrian, Michigan – Weber Retreat and Conference Center presents a free, live streamed concert by Sara Thomsen, a singer and song writer from Minnesota whose music touches the heart and soul. The concert will be broadcast from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EDT on Saturday, August 8, 2020.

Sara has released six solo albums, including her latest, Song Like a Seed. Her music focuses on wonder and awareness, deepening spiritual connection, and widening social engagement.

The concert is free and open to the public. However, donations are appreciated and proceeds will benefit the Lenawee County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in support of its efforts to promote racial equity.

To receive the live stream link, register online at webercenter.org and click on Programs. Registration is also available by calling 517-266-4000 or emailing webercenter@adriandominicans.org.

June 10, 2020, Adrian, Michigan – Weber Retreat and Conference Center is offering a virtual retreat experience examining the lives of Blessed Solanus Casey, OFM, and Beatrice Bruteau. The “Retreat on the Mystics” begins Tuesday, June 23, 2020, and continues through Friday, June 26, 2020. 

Beatrice Bruteau (1930-2014) was a holistic thinker and pioneer in the exploration of human consciousness through multiple disciplines. Presenter Patricia Walter, OP, PhD will focus on some of Beatrice’s key insights and their implications for a spirituality equal to present-day knowledge and challenges.

Blessed Solanus Casey, OFM (1870-1957), while serving as porter at St. Bonaventure Monastery in Detroit, fully inhabited Detroit’s painful experiences of the 1929 Depression, recovery, World War II, and beyond, yet he manifested to others a deeper reality that brought peace, healing, and hope. He was beatified on November 18, 2017 at Ford Field in Detroit. Presenter Father Dan Crosby, OFM, lived with Blessed Solanus Casey in Detroit.

Retreat sessions are presented in Eastern Daylight Time: Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Optional evening sessions will be offered on Wednesday and Thursday.

The cost for the retreat is $60 per person. Scholarships are available. Register here – a complete itinerary and instructions for viewing will be emailed to you.