Events

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.

Baking Spirits Bright!

December 7, 2025

Join us for an afternoon of fellowship and festive baking as we celebrate Advent and prepare for Christmas. An event for young adults ages 18-30.

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.

Teach Us to Pray

January 8, 2026

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.

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.

Mary: A Bridge for Christians and Muslims

November 5, 2025

Cosponsored with Dialogue Institute of Kansas City Islam, like Christianity, has long tradition of reverence for Mary, the Mother of Jesus. This evening explores the question: What can we learn from each other’s devotion?

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.

The 5 Love Languages: Book Study for Couples

September 8, 2025 – October 6, 2025

Discover simple, effective, and immediate ways to strengthen the relationship with your loved one. Lucia and Michael will lead discussions of Dr. Gary Chapman’s “5 Love Languages” approach to showing and receiving love and revolutionize how you communicate and experience love in your relationship.

Study Richard Rohr’s new book ‘The Tears of Things’

June 17, 2025 – August 5, 2025

Discuss Richard Rohr’s newest book. In The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage, Rohr finds lessons in the Jewish prophets for living compassionately in a time of violence and despair.

God Chose You for Me: A Prayer Experience for Married Couples

April 26, 2025

Worldwide Marriage Encounter is offering this seven-hour experience designed to deepen the spiritual connection of married couples. The program is guided by a priest or deacon, a married couple, and a widow or widower who will share their personal experiences of building strong spiritual foundations within marriage.