When Dominican Sister of Hope Jo-Ann Iannotti, OP first learned about the 14th-century English mystic Julian of Norwich, she was hooked. Julian was a mystic, a hermitess, and a woman of her time. Her experience of a series of revelations (showings) would revolutionize...
Jan Phillips doesn’t organize run-of-the-mill retreats. The Beyond Belief: Self-Realization as a Spiritual Practice retreat at The Mariandale Center this June 16-21, with Ms. Phillips as the presenter, will facilitate an experience of connecting with and honoring...
At her work station for the week-long Artists’ retreat, Ulana Salewycz pores over pebbles, eggshells, photographs, and paints: all materials she uses to create new works of art. She says she comes to the retreat with a mental plan of projects to begin here, and...
When Mary DeTurris Poust wrote a blog post about being “broken, beautiful, and beloved,” the content was deeply personal. A Catholic writer since 1984, Mary had been the managing editor of Catholic New York (she’s still a columnist) and she was in the process of...
In the chapel at Mariandale, Betsy O’Neill and Charles Epps move freely, gracefully, and slowly at the foot of the altar. Their hands reach to each other and away, then out to the audience and down to their sides. In rehearsal, their dance is done without music or...
