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29 November 2026 – 25 December 2026 · Online

Holy Resistance: Becoming Mystics and Prophets

A four-week Advent retreat online, in which Howard Thurman, Simone Weil, Dorothy Day and Dietrich Bonhoeffer are read as four twentieth-century mystics who speak their own words of holy resistance to our times. Led with John Valters Paintner and four other teachers, with live sessions in the late afternoon, Greenwich time.

29Novemberto December 25, 2026
Online retreatSun 12:00 AM to Fri 12:00 AM
FormatOnline retreat
PeriodAutumn 2026
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CapacityOpen
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Holy Resistance: Becoming Mystics and Prophets

A four-week Advent retreat online, in which Howard Thurman, Simone Weil, Dorothy Day and Dietrich Bonhoeffer are read as four twentieth-century mystics who speak their own words of holy resistance to our times. Led with John Valters Paintner and four other teachers, with live sessions in the late afternoon, Greenwich time.

Teacher

Meet Christine Valters Paintner.

Benedictine oblate · poet

Christine Valters Paintner

Poet, writer and Benedictine oblate in Galway who leads Abbey of the Arts, a virtual monastery for contemplatives and artists.

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The wider context.

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Prayer & contemplation

Christian mysticism

Silence, prayer and direct experience within the mystical traditions of Christianity.

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