Welcome Reflect Refresh Wonder Renew Recharge Listen Rest
What if you could give yourself the gift of a few hours to simply stop, refresh yourself and nourish your spirit?
What could that give you?
Whether you have an hour, a day or want an ongoing experience, our online and in-person Circle of Trust ® and Courage & Renewal ® retreats offer protected time and space to rest, reflect, and see the path forward.
Upcoming Retreats
Broken Open Hearts:
Friday, February 27
10:00 am – 12:00 pm ET
Online
Pay What You Can
A 2-hour, online Circle of Trust® exploring how we stay engaged with the world when our hearts are breaking.
Critical Hope
Sunday, March 8
10:30 am – 12:00 pm ET
Online
Pay What You Can
A 90 minute, online Circle of Trust® exploring how we live with the creative tension between what is and what might yet be.
Critical Hope.
It’s been described as a dance between understanding the depth and complexity of the challenges we face and hearing the quiet spark that insists we can’t, we mustn’t, give up – even when the path ahead is bleak or unclear.*
It’s not naïve or simplistic. Critical hope moves toward complexity, rather than away from it. It sees suffering and challenge clearly, and yet holds tightly to what could and should be.
It’s not something we do alone. Critical hope is a shared, social process.
In this 90 minute online Circle of Trust® we’ll gather together to hold space for each other’s hopes and fears, joy and despair. We’ll explore the complexity of how we live with the creative tension between what is and what might yet be. We’ll listen deeply to one another’s wisdom and ponder Flannery O’Connor’s invitation to “cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it.”
The time tested guidelines of the Courage & Renewal Touchstones® will support a calm, confidential and equitable space. We’ll engage with a range of perspectives on hope and take time for private personal reflection along with small and large group conversation.
We hope you’ll join us.
* “I define critical hope metaphorically as a dance . . . a heated entanglement between the critical awareness of the problems at hand and the spark of spirit that sometimes in contradiction to our own experiences and sensibilities insists on hope. Not naive hope that things will just get better but an abiding wisdom that change cannot be created without a foundational starting point of hope.” ~Kari Grain, author of Critical Hope: How to Grapple with Complexity, Lead with Purpose, and Cultivate Transformative Social Change. 2022.
New Beginnings:
A Courage & Renewal Retreat®
April 23 – 25
Kingfisher Bay Retreat Centre
What does it take to begin again? For some, it’s an act of courage. For others, it’s stepping away from the familiar to listen more deeply.
New Beginnings is a residential retreat for those who are considering—or already navigating—a personal or professional transition, especially when deeper questions about life, purpose, and direction are calling for attention. Participants will be supported to:
- Act wholeheartedly on their true callings and passions
- Cultivate sustaining personal and communal practices for the long haul
- Transform the relationships, families, and organizations they serve
Rooted in the Circle of Trust® approach developed by Quaker writer and teacher Parker J Palmer, and shaped by the work of the Center for Courage & Renewal, this retreat invites you to follow the wisdom of your soul—personally and vocationally.
Set on the shores of Stoney Lake, Kingfisher Bay Retreat Centre offers a warm and welcoming space to rest, revive, and renew. Surrounded by tall pines, peaceful waters, and abundant wildlife, you’ll have the time and space to reconnect with what matters most.
This retreat runs Thursday April 23, starting at 4pm and ends Saturday April 25 mid-afternoon.
REGISTER EARLY! SPACE IS LIMITED!
There are several registration options (all options include meals)*:
Retreat + overnight accommodation
Shared room: $520.00 (early bird price, participate with a friend!); after March 9: $598.00
Private room: $700.00 (early bird price); after March 9: $805.00
Retreat only (for those wanting to commute home in the evenings)
Commuter: $350.00 (early bird price); after March 9: $402.00
*Non-refundable on or after March 16th. Cancellations prior to March 16th are subject to a $200 cancellation fee.
REGISTRATION:
Email facilitator Kristin Philipson at kphilipson@rosedaleunited.org including your name, email contact, and phone number. Your registration will be confirmed, along with details about the payment of registration fees.
“This is medicine for the heart and soul.”
Adiat
Retreat Participant
Contact Us
retreats@insideoutsideretreatcentre.com
We are settlers on Treaty 13 Land, the traditional territories of many Indigenous Nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, and home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples from across Turtle Island. We are committed to honouring the history this land bears witness to, responding to the 94 Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, and walking lightly on the Earth. A portion of proceeds from all our offerings are sent to: The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and The Nii’kinaaganaa Foundation.
The Inside Outside Retreat Centre, Centre for Social Innovation (CSI), 720 Bathurst St., Toronto, ON, M5S2R4