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Love of Enemy and Love of Earth
Retreat Dates: August 28 – 30, 2026Facilitator: Leonard DesrochesClick here to register online or call the Galilee office at 613-623-4242 x 21. Click here for the retreat schedule. “There are two things we can’t keep doing as a human race: warfare – most especially nuclear war – and violence towards what Francis called “Sister Mother … Read More!
Gather at the River: A Celebration of the Galilee Community
Date: Sunday, August 30, 2022Time: 3 pm – 8 pm Join us for our first Gather at the River Celebration, a day of ceremony, fellowship, music, and more.Guests are welcome to attend any and all parts of the celebration.This event is a fundraiser in support of the operations of Galilee Centre. Click here to register. … Read More!
Growing in Wisdom: Seeking Deeper Generativity
TWO YEARS OF LEARNING AND EXPLORING FOR THOSE SEEKING A SPIRITUALITY FOR THEIR WISDOM YEARSInspired by and drawing various resources from the Forest Dwelling Program at Oblate School of Theology Please visit our website for all information and the application form: www.growinginwisdom.ca Next cohort starts in September 2026. This program is community hosted and is … Read More!
Luminaries: Light Up the Labyrinth
Come, light up the labyrinth with us! Date: Wednesday, October 14th, 2026 Time: 4pm Lighting up the Labyrinth | 5pm Dinner | 6:15pm Opening the Labyrinth Cost: FREE | free-will donations for dinner are welcome Location: Galilee Centre Labyrinth, 398 John St N., Arnprior | our labyrinth is located just north west of Galilee’s main … Read More!
Into the Silent Land: An Autumn Guided Silent Retreat
Silence will be our teacher during these days of solitude in the land, forest and shoreline of Galilee retreat Centre. You are invited to set time apart to enter the silent land of Divine Mystery, allowing for inward-facing, heart-opening spaciousness. Held in the companioning presence of each other we will “sit in the tension of the Dark and the Light in ourselves and in our world”.
Widow’s Retreat
(This is a community lead event hosted at Galilee Centre) This retreat is created to offer widows a gentle and welcoming space where peace, connection, and healing can be found. It is a time to be surrounded by support, reminded that you are not alone, and to share in comfort with others who understand. Dates: … Read More!
What the Hands Know
(This is a community program hosted at Galilee Centre) What cannot always be spoken can still be made. Join us as we learn how to return to ourselves through art and storytelling. Using Art, recovery, and the stories we carry without words. Join us for a Transformative Art Therapy Retreat for Addiction & Recovery with facilitator … Read More!
Living with Soul in the Second Half of Life
Living with Soul in the Second Half of Life is an interactive experience for people who have entered their older adult years (over 40!), and are noticing subtle whisperings of soul; perhaps stronger desires to go within and new desires beckoned by the horizon of their furthest decades.
An Advent Day of Retreat
You are invited to spend an Advent Day in quiet reflection, group prayer and meditation, with time to walk the land of Galilee or indoor labyrinth, journal and rest. This retreat day will include the Contemplative practice of Lectio Divina, receiving nourishment from the Advent scripture readings.
Yin Yoga With Christin
This is a community event hosted at Galilee Centre. Friday Mornings 10:00-11:00 AM Facilitator: Christin Smith Yin Yoga is a quiet, calming practice to help balance today’s fast and at times stressful world filled with over stimulation. Here you settle down into fewer passive postures for longer periods of time. Poses are primarily done seated or laying … Read More!
Love of Enemy and Love of Earth
Retreat Dates: August 28 – 30, 2026Facilitator: Leonard DesrochesClick here to register online or call the Galilee office at 613-623-4242 x 21. Click here for the retreat schedule. “There are two things we can’t keep doing as a human race: warfare – most especially nuclear war – and violence towards what Francis called “Sister Mother … Read More!
Gather at the River: A Celebration of the Galilee Community
Date: Sunday, August 30, 2022Time: 3 pm – 8 pm Join us for our first Gather at the River Celebration, a day of ceremony, fellowship, music, and more.Guests are welcome to attend any and all parts of the celebration.This event is a fundraiser in support of the operations of Galilee Centre. Click here to register. … Read More!
Luminaries: Light Up the Labyrinth
Come, light up the labyrinth with us! Date: Wednesday, October 14th, 2026 Time: 4pm Lighting up the Labyrinth | 5pm Dinner | 6:15pm Opening the Labyrinth Cost: FREE | free-will donations for dinner are welcome Location: Galilee Centre Labyrinth, 398 John St N., Arnprior | our labyrinth is located just north west of Galilee’s main … Read More!
Into the Silent Land: An Autumn Guided Silent Retreat
Silence will be our teacher during these days of solitude in the land, forest and shoreline of Galilee retreat Centre. You are invited to set time apart to enter the silent land of Divine Mystery, allowing for inward-facing, heart-opening spaciousness. Held in the companioning presence of each other we will “sit in the tension of the Dark and the Light in ourselves and in our world”.
Living with Soul in the Second Half of Life
Living with Soul in the Second Half of Life is an interactive experience for people who have entered their older adult years (over 40!), and are noticing subtle whisperings of soul; perhaps stronger desires to go within and new desires beckoned by the horizon of their furthest decades.
An Advent Day of Retreat
You are invited to spend an Advent Day in quiet reflection, group prayer and meditation, with time to walk the land of Galilee or indoor labyrinth, journal and rest. This retreat day will include the Contemplative practice of Lectio Divina, receiving nourishment from the Advent scripture readings.
Growing in Wisdom: Seeking Deeper Generativity
TWO YEARS OF LEARNING AND EXPLORING FOR THOSE SEEKING A SPIRITUALITY FOR THEIR WISDOM YEARSInspired by and drawing various resources from the Forest Dwelling Program at Oblate School of Theology Please visit our website for all information and the application form: www.growinginwisdom.ca Next cohort starts in September 2026. This program is community hosted and is … Read More!
Widow’s Retreat
(This is a community lead event hosted at Galilee Centre) This retreat is created to offer widows a gentle and welcoming space where peace, connection, and healing can be found. It is a time to be surrounded by support, reminded that you are not alone, and to share in comfort with others who understand. Dates: … Read More!
What the Hands Know
(This is a community program hosted at Galilee Centre) What cannot always be spoken can still be made. Join us as we learn how to return to ourselves through art and storytelling. Using Art, recovery, and the stories we carry without words. Join us for a Transformative Art Therapy Retreat for Addiction & Recovery with facilitator … Read More!
Yin Yoga With Christin
This is a community event hosted at Galilee Centre. Friday Mornings 10:00-11:00 AM Facilitator: Christin Smith Yin Yoga is a quiet, calming practice to help balance today’s fast and at times stressful world filled with over stimulation. Here you settle down into fewer passive postures for longer periods of time. Poses are primarily done seated or laying … Read More!