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An online retreat day for makers

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Do you enjoy paper-crafting, sewing, knitting, crochet, scrapbooking, painting, drawing, origami, pottery, woodcarving, photography or other ways to make things? Do you want to spend time in these creative activities with a deeper sense of God’s presence?

This is an online retreat day especially for you to set aside time with God while making. You will find your own quiet space to be at work and use your own materials of choice. There will be suggestions for prayer and opportunities to share your prayer.

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How it works

The day will consist of:

• Gathering online for a short input from Vron Smith on a theme, with some suggestions for prayer to take into your making and prayer time.

• Time for prayerful making, with materials of your choosing (offline).

• Gathering online to share the fruit of your prayer so far in the group.

• In the afternoon, there will be a further suggestion for prayerful making together with the opportunity to continue with the morning’s making if desired.

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Feedback from previous participants

It was stimulating, thoughtful and a genuine gift of a day.

It was wonderful. The size of the group was just right, and it was a safe and supportive space to share our experiences of prayer and creativity. Vron provided excellent and thought-provoking content that resonated strongly with me. The day and the insights it gave me will stay with me for a long time to come.

The ideas were gently and imaginatively introduced, and were very helpful springboards to creative making.

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Vron Smith is a spiritual director and retreat giver who loves making ... especially quilting, paper-crafting, crochet.

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Suggested Donation

The requested donation for this event is £35. This is what the Jesuit Institute needs to cover our costs and to support our work of making Ignatian spirituality available to as many people as possible. However, if you are unable to donate this amount for any reason, please offer what you can (or even nothing at all!). All are most welcome to attend.

To donate, go to https://www.jesuitinstitute.org/give and select 'Let there be' in the drop-down designation field. Thank you.