October 31 - November 2, 2008

Registration fee: $100 + $180 for housing & meals / Commuter fee: $100 (no meals included)
After August 15: $200 + $180 for housing & meals / $200

NOTE: Participants in this course will not be housed at Casa del Sol.

The Casa del Sol Prayer of Jesus expresses the vision and commitments of the young Community of Casa del Sol and its spirituality center in the high desert of New Mexico. One of the prayer’s phrases, "May we know your Presence," speaks of the practice of sacred awareness in every moment and encounter of life. This All Saints weekend retreat (which will especially remember the presence of those who have gone before us) will consist of meditative prayer at the beginning and end of the day, of teaching and sharing in the morning, of rest and silence in the afternoon, and of further reflection and embodiment of our week’s theme in the evening.

J. Philip Newell is a poet, a scholar and a teacher. Formerly Warden of Iona Abbey in the Western Isles of Scotland, he is currently Writer Theologian for The Cathedral of The Isles on Cumbrae and Companion Theologian for the Community of Casa del Sol. He is internationally acclaimed for his work in the field of Celtic spirituality, including his best known titles Listening for the Heartbeat of God and his poetic book of prayer Sounds of the Eternal. For more information see www.jphilipnewell.com