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21 December 2026 · Online

Three Refuges Ceremony on Winter Solstice

An online ceremony of taking the Three Refuges, held on the winter solstice in two identical sessions, at 9:00 and at 18:00 Central time. Open offering, donations welcome.

21Decemberto December 21, 2026
Ceremony09:00 AM–10:00 AM
FormatCeremony
PeriodWinter 2026
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Three Refuges Ceremony on Winter Solstice

An online ceremony of taking the Three Refuges, held on the winter solstice in two identical sessions, at 9:00 and at 18:00 Central time. Open offering, donations welcome.

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Meet Kate Townsend.

Kate Townsend

Kate Townsend is an ordained Daoist priest in the Huashan lineage of Quanzhen Daoism, with a second ordination in the Qingjing lineage, Clarity and Stillness. She is co-founder, co-director and president of the Daoist Foundation, where she teaches Daoist cultivation and contemplative practice, and is developing a Kūndào programme centred on women's paths within Daoism. She also practises Chinese medicine.

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