March 10, 2021 Presenter: Sr. Gilla Dubé CSJ Life is difficult. In our vulnerable moments, it seems easy to make choices that do not always bring healing. Regardless of the choices we make, God loves us deeply and responds to the broken parts of our lives with love and forgiveness and desires that we do (more…)

March 11-14, 2021 Guest Teacher: Christina Bloom Take your quilting to another dimension with Magic Squares! This pattern is visually intriguing and offers an opportunity to play with colors. To maintain the graphic 3-D optical illusion, the fabrics should be divided into two distinct groups of light and dark. Pattern includes fabric requirements for an (more…)

March 17, 2021 Presenter: Jean Ann Walton, CSJ We can find God in all things, in the storm and in the calm, in the laughter and in the tears, in friends and in enemies, even in a can of worms. So how can we do this? Wednesday evening, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Cost: $10 or $50 for (more…)

March 24, 2021 Presenter: Dian Hall, CSJ Our call as Christians is to collaborate with Christ in building up God’s kingdom here among us. How do we respond to this call in the midst of poverty, violence, and injustice? How are we to be living signs of Christ’s active, inclusive love in a world where (more…)

Holy Week Retreat March 28 – April 3, 2021 Director: Marcia Allen, CSJ May we grow up in every way, into Christ who is the head. Eph. 4:15 and Constitution #28, p. 42. This week we are invited to enter more deeply into the Way, into Christ Jesus who proclaimed that he, himself, is the (more…)

March 31, 2021 Presenter: Betty Suther, CSJ As we contemplate Jesus’ resurrection, we collaborate with God’s action in the world.  How do we integrate prayer and service, contemplation in action?  What is God calling me to do, to be?  Wednesday evening, 7-8 p.m. Cost: $10 or $50 for all 6 sessions. (more…)

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Presenters: Lorren Harbin, CSJ and Denise Schmitz, CSJ Morning Session: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.  Evening Session: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. (repeat of session one) Start or end your day with calming meditation, prayer, strengthening and stretching. No previous training needed, just bring yourself, a mat or beach towel, small (more…)

Spring Clean to Well-Being May 1, 2021 Presenters: Marcia Allen, CSJ and Gilla Dubé, CSJ Move out of the cold, dark months into the brighter sunshine. Come celebrate renewal and transformation. Sisters Marcia Allen and Gilla Dubé invite you to enjoy a day to revive and refresh your inner and outer households. Explore self-care through (more…)

May 17-21, 2021 Manna House Staff Vacation time! What better way to spend some of your free time than to finish some UFOs or start on a new project. Have you been looking for some quality time to combine relaxation, quiet reflection time and quilting? Come to Manna House for 4 days of R & (more…)

June 13-19, 2021 Retreat Directors: Paula Drass, CSJ, Karen Guth, SCL, and members of the Manna House Staff In a directed retreat the retreatant meets, ordinarily once a day, with an experienced spiritual director. Together they discern the spiritual path on which the Holy Spirit is leading the retreatant. The director suggests Scripture passages that (more…)