Creating a Connected World: Social Justice Camp for Youth
June 7, 2022 – June 8, 2022
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. Youth (grades 7 and up) from the Kansas City Metro Area will gather for empowering talks, fun crafts and socializing. The aim is to know yourself better and meet new friends.
Stilling the Soul: Positive Ways to Manage Stress
June 11, 2022
Stress is part of all of our lives and comes from many sources: marital issues, family disputes, chronic illness, work, loss of a loved one, unsettling national or world events. Join us for a relaxing day of calming activities, explore practical ways to manage stress and refresh our souls.
Taizé for June: Come Holy Spirit, Empower Us
June 2, 2022
We pray that this Season of Pentecost will bring us to new life in the world of the Spirit. Come Holy Spirit, Empower Us!
Taizé for May: Resurrection: Our Common Hope
May 5, 2022
Easter is the feast of hope, direction, purpose, meaning, and community. Jesus destroyed death for all of us. Easter is an announcement of our common hope.
A Spa for the Heart and Soul
April 20, 2022 – May 18, 2022
The Heart Spa is your totally relevant six-week scripture series for women that helps you develop relationships with other women as you grow in your relationship with God.
Taizé for April: Hope & Trust
April 7, 2022
Like Job, we cry out, “Where is my hope?” We long to hear Joshua, “Be strong and of good courage; be not frightened, neither be dismayed; for the Lord your God is with you.” We pray for hope and trust as we gather in April for our Taizé prayer service.
5th Annual Iftar Dinner With the Dialogue Institute of Kansas City
April 5, 2022
For the 5th consecutive year, the Renewal Center will join with the Dialogue Institute of Kansas City to celebrate Iftar, the meal that breaks the daylong fasts Muslims practice during their holy month of Ramadan.
Mercy and Gratitude: A mini-retreat with Dorothy Day
April 2, 2022
Dorothy Day founded the Catholic Worker Movement to serve the poor and seek justice, embodying the works of mercy and the practice of gratitude. We will use Dorothy’s life and writings to explore our own spiritual journeys. The retreat will combine prayer, guided reflections, personal contemplation, and group sharing.
Taizé for March: Embraced by Love
March 3, 2022
We will recall Jesus’ agony in the garden as a mediation on love. Lent gives us the chance not to prove how holy we are, but to help us see that true peace resides in God’s loving embrace.
On Retreat with Henri Nouwen: Engaging Life’s Big Questions
March 10, 2022 – April 14, 2022
Join us this Lent for a life-changing journey. Our guide will be Henri Nouwen, one of the greatest spiritual masters of our time. We will explore Nouwen’s wisdom through the study of the newly published On Retreat with Henri Nouwen: Engaging Life’s Big Questions.