Fall

2026 Kindness: Fill Up Your Cup

With Henri Lock and Leslie Black

September 25 - 27, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Contemplative & Healing Practices for Troubled Times Gathered in supportive heart-centered community, we will engage in several contemplative and energy-healing practices to build inner strength and resilience for our lives. We will practice opening to the Source of Life to fill up with inner nourishment and kindness. And we will practice contemplative and energy-healing ways […]

2026 "Making Marks" The Natural World

With Catherine Nicholls and Kathy Kinsella

September 27 - October 2, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

For accommodations and program. When you receive your confirmation invoice there will be a link to do your meals separately. This is a new workshop and something I have wanted to do for ages. I am excited to find and make tools for mark making from the “natural supplies” on the Sorrento Centre grounds. Mark […]

2026 Staying the Course in the Life of Service

With Lin Langley MA, CAGS and Kirsten Maier PhD

October 4 - 8, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Those who choose a life of service will tell you it is a rich and gratifying adventure. In a quiet moment, they may also confide that a serving life brings abundant challenge. Social, political and organizational conflict; fire, flood and other climate-related crises; and wicked societal problems such as poverty, addictions, and homelessness can tax […]

2026 Staying the Course in the Life of Service Meals

October 4 - 8, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

2026 Fall Thanksgiving Associates Weekend

With Rev David Burrows

October 8 - 12, 2026
Sorrento Centre

Try a little kindness We are sure it’s a country song, sung by someone, somewhere. That said, our world needs more kindness. It is in the quality and experience of our relationships that love and grace are given and received. Whether in the church, or across the fence on the lane behind our house, conversations, […]

2026 Fall Thankgiving Associates Weekend Meals

October 9 - 12, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Associates Meals Friday October 9 Dinner - Monday October 12 Breakfast

2026 Fall Associates Weekend Thanksgiving Meal Only

October 11 - 12, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Meal: October 11 Dinner Only

2026 Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Dying with Indigo

With Nadine McSpadden and Zoe McDonell

November 6 - 8, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

7 – 9 pm, Friday Evening: Meet and Greet: Get to know your two presenters and share your hopes for the weekend. We have a tentative plan for the weekend but this can change depending on the experience of those who attend. If time permits, we will start our yellow and red dye pots Saturday: This day is […]