In the Darkness, Find the Light
December 21, 2025
Even on the darkest night of the year, we seek the light, we see the stars, we find the courage to hope, to wish and to dream. We are drawn naturally into contemplation. Mark the Winter Solstice with a time of slow, quiet reflection and fellowship.
St. Lucy Day Celebration
December 12, 2025
Prepare for Christmas by sharing stories, songs and poems while planting wheat. Join us for a traditional celebration of St. Lucy Day. If you are not familiar with this ancient tradition as part of your Christmas rituals, join us and learn more about it. Register now.
Teach Us to Pray
December 4, 2025
We all want to learn more about how to pray. Each month for a year, practitioners of a variety of prayer styles, mostly from the Catholic tradition but also from other traditions, will demonstrate prayers in their particular style.
A Day Away Individual Retreats
December 4, 2025
Could you use a few hours away from the hurly burly of everyday life? Take some time for yourself at the Renewal Center. Schedule one-day or half-day quiet retreats. Spiritual directors are available or you can spend the time with your own thoughts and prayers.
An Advent Pilgrimage
December 6, 2025 – December 9, 2025
Fr. Timothy Armbruster will lead us on an Advent journey, sharing stories of hope as we walk with pilgrims of the past, John the Baptist, Anna and Joachim, Mary and Joseph.
To Pray Marvelously Well
November 23, 2025
In this one-person show, Lisa Wagner-Carollo of Still Point Theatre Collective brings to life Saint Teresa of Avila and Edith Stein. Lisa previously performed the play “Haunted by God: The Life of Dorothy Day” at the Renewal Center.
Called to Live in Hope!
November 22, 2025
An evening of music and worship. Nov. 22, Saturday | 7-8:30 p.m. St. James Catholic Church, 309 S. Steward Road, Liberty, Mo. 64068
Opening the Holy Door: Meditations for the Jubilee Year
October 28, 2025 – November 18, 2025
Using scripture and images from the bronze door on the north side of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Jubilee Door, Fr. Ron Will guides us through a series of lectio divina and visio divina meditations.
‘This is the way; walk in it.’ A directed retreat.
February 19, 2026 – February 22, 2026
We know we should cultivate silence in our lives. Why do we resist it? If you want “to learn to better wait in silence,” a silent, directed retreat might be what you’re looking for.
Taizé Prayer Service for June
June 5, 2025
Taizé is an ecumenical, meditative prayer experience using music, chants and scripture. All are welcome.