Events

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.

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.

Taizé Prayer Service for June

June 5, 2025

Taizé is an ecumenical, meditative prayer experience using music, chants and scripture. All are welcome.

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.

Thomas Merton’s Contemplative Living

March 17, 2025 – May 5, 2025

Join a journey of spiritual transformation with Monk Thomas Merton. Over eight sessions we will learn how to use our own life experiences and contemplative living as the primary tools for spiritual growth guided by Merton and other spiritual masters.

He Loved Us … Pope Francis’ reflections on the Sacred Heart of Jesus

March 11, 2025 – April 8, 2025

In his latest encyclical letter, Pope Francis reflects on the Sacred Heart as a symbol of how much God loves us; he invites us to experience that love, and then share that love in our various personal living situations. We will study this encyclical on Tuesdays of Lent.