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FOR THOSE SEEKING CONTEMPLATIVE LEARNING AND EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNITY, WE OFFERED WORKSHOPS RANGING FROM A 2-HOUR PROGRAM ON POETRY IN THE TIME OF THE PANDEMIC WITH CATHEY CAPERS TO A 90-MINUTE CONVERSATION WITH RABBI RAMI SHAPIRO ON PASSAGE MEDITATION, AND A 90-MINUTE CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR RHONDA V. MAGEE ON HER BOOK, THE INNER WORK OF RACIAL JUSTICE. MAJOR EVENTS INCLUDED A DAY WITH POET NAOMI SHIHAB NYE IN FEBRUARY, ALL IS WELL 2-HOUR ZOOM SESSION ON THE WISDOM OF JULIAN OF NORWICH WITH AUTHOR MIRABAI STARR IN MAY, AND A CELEBRATION OF THE TIES THAT BIND US IN A 2-HOUR ZOOM SESSION WITH AUTHOR PAULA DARCY AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF CONSPIRARE, CRAIG HELLA JOHNSON, IN SEPTEMBER. THESE WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS REACHED 558 PEOPLE.ON-GOING GROUPS PIVOTED QUICKLY IN MARCH AND APRIL TO ZOOM SESSIONS, WITH SOME GROUPS MEETING TWICE A MONTH TO SUPPORT THEIR COMMUNITY IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC: SISTERS OF DIVERSITY, CONTEMPLATIVE CREATIVITY, PONDERING THE NEWS, CONTEMPLATIVE MENS GROUP, SOUL SUPPORT, AND BENEDICTS WAY COMBINED HAD 377 PARTICIPANTS OVER THE YEAR. BOOK REFLECTION SERIES (MEETING 4-5 WEEKS) WERE OFFERED IN SMALL GROUPS AROUND AUSTIN IN FEBRUARY AND NATIONALLY VIA ZOOM IN JUNE AND OCTOBER, SERVING 67 INDIVIDUALS. FOR A DEEPER EXPERIENCE, WE OFFERED WEEKEND AND DAY RETREATS AND CONTEMPLATIVE MORNINGS TO 63 INDIVIDUALS. OUR SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR CONTINUES TO BUILD HER PRACTICE AND OFFER SPIRITUAL DIRECTION VIA ZOOM (AND PHONE) SINCE THE PANDEMIC HIT IN MARCH, OFFERING 105 SESSIONS IN 2020.PLANNED SOCIAL AND FUNDRAISING GATHERINGS WERE EITHER CANCELED OR TRANSFORMED TO VIRTUAL EVENTS IN 2020, INCLUDING OUR FIRST VIRTUAL GALA AND A FEE WINTER SOLSTICE PROGRAM, BOTH COMBINING TO SERVE 70 PEOPLE.

FOR THOSE SEEKING CONTEMPLATIVE LEARNING AND EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNITY, WE OFFERED WORKSHOPS RANGING FROM A 2-HOUR PROGRAM ON POETRY IN THE TIME OF THE PANDEMIC WITH CATHEY CAPERS TO A 90-MINUTE CONVERSATION WITH RABBI RAMI SHAPIRO ON PASSAGE MEDITATION, AND A 90-MINUTE CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR RHONDA V. MAGEE ON HER BOOK, THE INNER WORK OF RACIAL JUSTICE. MAJOR EVENTS INCLUDED A DAY WITH POET NAOMI SHIHAB NYE IN FEBRUARY, ALL IS WELL 2-HOUR ZOOM SESSION ON THE WISDOM OF JULIAN OF NORWICH WITH AUTHOR MIRABAI STARR IN MAY, AND A CELEBRATION OF THE TIES THAT BIND US IN A 2-HOUR ZOOM SESSION WITH AUTHOR PAULA DARCY AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF CONSPIRARE, CRAIG HELLA JOHNSON, IN SEPTEMBER. THESE WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS REACHED 558 PEOPLE.ON-GOING GROUPS PIVOTED QUICKLY IN MARCH AND APRIL TO ZOOM SESSIONS, WITH SOME GROUPS MEETING TWICE A MONTH TO SUPPORT THEIR COMMUNITY IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC: SISTERS OF DIVERSITY, CONTEMPLATIVE CREATIVITY, PONDERING THE NEWS, CONTEMPLATIVE MENS GROUP, SOUL SUPPORT, AND BENEDICTS WAY COMBINED HAD 377 PARTICIPANTS OVER THE YEAR. BOOK REFLECTION SERIES (MEETING 4-5 WEEKS) WERE OFFERED IN SMALL GROUPS AROUND AUSTIN IN FEBRUARY AND NATIONALLY VIA ZOOM IN JUNE AND OCTOBER, SERVING 67 INDIVIDUALS. FOR A DEEPER EXPERIENCE, WE OFFERED WEEKEND AND DAY RETREATS AND CONTEMPLATIVE MORNINGS TO 63 INDIVIDUALS. OUR SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR CONTINUES TO BUILD HER PRACTICE AND OFFER SPIRITUAL DIRECTION VIA ZOOM (AND PHONE) SINCE THE PANDEMIC HIT IN MARCH, OFFERING 105 SESSIONS IN 2020.PLANNED SOCIAL AND FUNDRAISING GATHERINGS WERE EITHER CANCELED OR TRANSFORMED TO VIRTUAL EVENTS IN 2020, INCLUDING OUR FIRST VIRTUAL GALA AND A FEE WINTER SOLSTICE PROGRAM, BOTH COMBINING TO SERVE 70 PEOPLE.

FOR THOSE SEEKING CONTEMPLATIVE LEARNING AND EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNITY, WE OFFERED WORKSHOPS RANGING FROM A 2-HOUR PROGRAM ON POETRY IN THE TIME OF THE PANDEMIC WITH CATHEY CAPERS TO A 90-MINUTE CONVERSATION WITH RABBI RAMI SHAPIRO ON PASSAGE MEDITATION, AND A 90-MINUTE CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR RHONDA V. MAGEE ON HER BOOK, THE INNER WORK OF RACIAL JUSTICE. MAJOR EVENTS INCLUDED A DAY WITH POET NAOMI SHIHAB NYE IN FEBRUARY, ALL IS WELL 2-HOUR ZOOM SESSION ON THE WISDOM OF JULIAN OF NORWICH WITH AUTHOR MIRABAI STARR IN MAY, AND A CELEBRATION OF THE TIES THAT BIND US IN A 2-HOUR ZOOM SESSION WITH AUTHOR PAULA DARCY AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF CONSPIRARE, CRAIG HELLA JOHNSON, IN SEPTEMBER. THESE WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS REACHED 558 PEOPLE.ON-GOING GROUPS PIVOTED QUICKLY IN MARCH AND APRIL TO ZOOM SESSIONS, WITH SOME GROUPS MEETING TWICE A MONTH TO SUPPORT THEIR COMMUNITY IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC: SISTERS OF DIVERSITY, CONTEMPLATIVE CREATIVITY, PONDERING THE NEWS, CONTEMPLATIVE MENS GROUP, SOUL SUPPORT, AND BENEDICTS WAY COMBINED HAD 377 PARTICIPANTS OVER THE YEAR. BOOK REFLECTION SERIES (MEETING 4-5 WEEKS) WERE OFFERED IN SMALL GROUPS AROUND AUSTIN IN FEBRUARY AND NATIONALLY VIA ZOOM IN JUNE AND OCTOBER, SERVING 67 INDIVIDUALS. FOR A DEEPER EXPERIENCE, WE OFFERED WEEKEND AND DAY RETREATS AND CONTEMPLATIVE MORNINGS TO 63 INDIVIDUALS. OUR SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR CONTINUES TO BUILD HER PRACTICE AND OFFER SPIRITUAL DIRECTION VIA ZOOM (AND PHONE) SINCE THE PANDEMIC HIT IN MARCH, OFFERING 105 SESSIONS IN 2020.PLANNED SOCIAL AND FUNDRAISING GATHERINGS WERE EITHER CANCELED OR TRANSFORMED TO VIRTUAL EVENTS IN 2020, INCLUDING OUR FIRST VIRTUAL GALA AND A FEE WINTER SOLSTICE PROGRAM, BOTH COMBINING TO SERVE 70 PEOPLE.