Farmer innovation around clean energy, reduced tillage, growing a wider variety of crops, growing something all year such as cover crops, and integrating livestock into cropping systems are vital to the next agricultural revolution.
View DetailsWe will come to the triumphant conclusion that it is in love for others that we find the greatest peace of all
View DetailsThe Seasons of the Year have been spiritual lessons for our lives. In this retreat we will spend time reflecting on the winter season.
View DetailsThe Seasons of the Year have been spiritual lessons for our lives. In this retreat we will spend time reflecting on the winter season
View DetailsCOVID-19 has touched everyone. One area of great concern is how it has affected students. We are inviting four students to share, via ZOOM, their stories of losses, challenges, and surprises during this pandemic.
View DetailsDo you feel like you make the same mistakes again and again? Do you often think there has to be a simpler way to get through the day? In our time together we will identify areas of personal challenge and find ways to enter into more contemplative trust in yourself and your faith. We will use examples from popular culture and the bible to find relatable areas of personal challenge as well as ways to trust yourself and your God with more freedom and regularity. Join us for a lighthearted journey through life’s struggles with lots of time for reflection and introspection and more freedom.
View DetailsBarb Arland Fye, editor of The Catholic Messenger, will lead a discussion with people who will speak on their area of expertise about how they have dealt with being at one with Earth and caring for creation around them
View DetailsCHM Spirit Days is a 2-week series open to anyone who would like to know more about the Congregation of the Humility of Mary (also known as the Sisters of Humility). You are welcome to register for one or both sessions. During the first session, we will focus on the history, mission and ministries of the sisters. The second session on March 4th will focus on CHM spirituality, including the Magnificat and humility. There will also be time to learn about religious life today and CHM associates.
View DetailsBarb Arland-Fye will talk with Amy Kersten about her and her husband’s response to climate change by caring for God’s creation in their daily lives.
View DetailsCHM Spirit Days is a 2-week series open to anyone who would like to know more about the Congregation of the Humility of Mary (also known as the Sisters of Humility). You are welcome to register for one or both sessions. During the first session on February 25th, we will focus on the history, mission and ministries of the sisters. This second session will focus on CHM spirituality, including the Magnificat and humility. There will also be time to learn about religious life today and CHM associates.
View DetailsUsing The Prairie theme of “Living Lightly on the Earth,” Barb Arland-Fye will talk with Deacon Dan Freeman of St. Andrew Parish in Blue Grass about how we, as people of faith, form and support those who have a direct impact on creation in terms of farming and other rural activities.
View DetailsWe will listen to four people tell about their losses and disappointments as well as the silver linings they have discovered interacting with us, the public, as they try to conduct business as usual. We all need to hear their stories, if only as an act of appreciation for how much they have contributed to our lives.
View DetailsBarb Arland-Fye will have a conversation with Father Jeff Belger, priest director of the Newman Catholic Student Center in Iowa City. They will talk about his love for God’s creation and his work with young adults, inspiring them to build relationships with one another, with nature, and with God.
View DetailsWe will delve into the meaning of forgiveness & will look at our model of forgiveness, the suffering Jesus and the Jesus with the open heart of love and forgiveness.
View DetailsThe seasons of the year have been spiritual lessons for our lives. In this retreat we will spend time reflecting on the Spring Season.
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