From Grief to the Garden:
Holy Week with Mary Magdalene

A three-day online retreat of art,  poetry, music, meditation, history and ritual
April 1-3, 2021
10:30 am -12:30 pm PDT daily
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Watch the one hour preview here

Throughout the centuries, mystics like St. Francis of Assisi and Julian of Norwich  have sought to follow in the footsteps of Mary Magdalene during Holy Week. As they did so, they  encountered a story of a loyal woman who witnesses the death  and sorrow  of a beloved teacher with stalwart devotion. This holy Week, we invite you to step onto Mary Magdalene's path of courage, love and compassion.  Through an exploration of the history, art, music and poetry of this holy time, you may feel your own heart is stirred, your spiritual journey deepen and and your creativity  awakened.


Join Kayleen Asbo and a renowned  international teaching team of artists, musicians and ritual specialists from around the world as we follow this archetypal story of loss and lamentation  to the garden of new possibilities where hope is reborn and joy blossoms.

Each class will be available live, with sharing circles for you to connect intimately to a global community AND also available as a streaming video to watch that evening in case you cannot join us that morning . Each day will offer contemplative spiritual practices for you to share with your own  circles and that you may  provide you spiritual tools  for years to come.

IMPORTANT! When making a payment through paypal below, PLEASE stay online until you are redirected to zoom and then register to receive the link. If you are not redirected, click "return to merchant" button. Thank you so much for following this procedure- it will ensure that you receive the link to join us!

Mary Magdalene by Sue Ellen Parkinson

April 1: Maundy Thursday: The Mandate to Love

Rituals of Anointing with Veronique Flayol
Early Christian Rituals for Maundy Thursday
Art and History: The Last Supper
Chanting: The Aramaic Lord's Prayer with Catherine Braslavksy
Mary Magdalene, St. Francis and the Music of the  Confraternities of Italy


April 2: Good Friday: Rituals of Grief and Lamentation

Poetry of Lamentation with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Tears for the World: Writing Practices of Grief
Labyrinth Meditation and the Chartres Easter Tradition
Psalms of Sorrow and Gregori Allegri's Miserere
 Music for Lamentation: Stabant iuxta cruce  and Voi Ch'amate with Catherine Braslavksy


Saturday, April 3: Keeping Vigil in the Garden
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Earth Art and Nature Practices
Finger Labyrinth Walk with Brighid Fitzgibbon
Sowing the Seeds of Joy in the World
Visio Divina with Sue Ellen Parkinson
 Singing with Catherine: Music of the Garden
Quem Queritas and O Maria Noli Flere


O Maria noli flere,: poem by Philippe de Notre Dame,(XIIIth c) 
O Mary (Magdalene), don't cry
Your heart  need not search any more.
The Gardener here is true,
and he is the gardener inside your soul.
Why do you lament and cry,
Joy is with you… 



Faculty:
Kayleen Asbo, History of Art, Music and Spiritual Practice
Catherine Braslavksy, Music 
Brighid Fitzgibbon, Finger Labyrinth Walk
​Veronique Flayol, Anointing and Rituals in Provence
Sue Ellen Parkinson, Vision Divina
Katherine Witteman, Intentional Creativity and Blessing Books

Please choose your level of contribution. Your donation includes  a zoom link to participate live PLUS access to recordings of all classes for 30 days
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$200.00: Tuition for self plus donation for scholarship
$150.00: Basic Tuition
$100.00: Reduced tuition for those in financial difficulty
$50.00 Scholarship student or if purchasing as part of a group of 6 or more people

​IMPORTANT! When making a payment through paypal , PLEASE stay online until you are redirected to zoom and then register to receive the link. If you are not redirected, click "return to merchant" button. Thank you so much for following this procedure- it will ensure that you receive the link to join us!
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 For those needing greater financial assistance, we offer a scholarship rate of $50.00 in exchange for your contribution of time or talent. Please complete  this application and (if applying as an artistic contributor) send a copy of your poem or painting(s) or soul collage to mythicafoundation@gmail.  Members of spiritual communities or groups, please indicate the name of your organization or the other people in your "pod". Thank you!