“The time has come to lower our voices, to cease imposing our mechanistic patterns on the biological processes of the earth, to resist the impulse to control, to command, to force, to oppress, and to begin quite humbly to follow the guidance of the larger community on which all life depends.”
– Thomas Berry

We have been born and are living our lives at a time in the history of Earth where so much of what we have known is collapsing around us, where it seems there are no answers and we enter into the unknown. It is at this time that the voice and vision of Thomas Berry calls to us to listen and find meaning and a new way into the future.

On Wednesdays, Feb. 4 - April 8, we will pause for a half-hour to contemplate the illuminating wisdom of geologian and cultural historian Thomas Berry. Thomas Berry: A Book of Hours, edited by Kathleen Deignan, will be our guide. For nine weeks, as we pause and enter into communion with Thomas we will deepen into the understanding of what he called the Ecozoic Age – when the human and natural world go together into the future in a mutually enhancing relationship. Present to the Cosmos, Earth, and one another, Thomas will connect us to a transforming vision so necessary during these times when many are struggling to make sense of life and find meaning.

Purchasing the book Thomas Berry: A Book of Hours would be very helpful but not necessary.

You need not commit to all nine weeks. Join us on Wednesdays at 9 a.m. (Pacific) / Noon (Eastern) when you are available to do so..

Guide: Jeanne Clark, OP
Wednesday, March 4
9:00 - 9:30 AM Pacific
Donation (minimum $1)

This course meets online via Zoom. When you register, we’ll send you details to access the Zoom session.

Please register separately for each session that you plan to attend.

Registration closes 2 hours before the event begins, or when the class is full.

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Jeanne Clark, OP, is an author, storyteller, contemplative and poet living into the vision of Thomas Berry who encouraged her to become intimate with Earth. 

Jeanne is a member of the Dominican Order founded in the 13th century and is in the process of letting go of b-liefs that no longer align with the story of the universe, while at the same time embracing the truth and wisdom living in the traditions of the Catholic Church.

Jeanne is an educator who was instrumental in the creation of Homecoming Farm, a community supported  agricultural  project  or (CSA) which was founded to help humans heal through the nurturance of soil and seed and producing vegetables without the use of chemicals.Homecoming Farm was also the site for programs for children and adults in understanding themselves as part of Earth and as intricately connected to the land they call home.  

Sister Jeanne has been a teacher for over forty years; she has been a campus minister, a pastoral associate in parishes and a long-time activist in both anti-nuclear, anti-war and environmental issues. She attributes her coming home to the land to the Salvadoran people whom she accompanied home from a refugee camp in Honduras to El Salvador.

In 2005 Jeanne was awarded the Peacemaker of the Year by Pax Christi Long Island.   Her book – a memoir titled All The Way In traces her journey through activism, incarceration and organic farming. 

She counts as two of her great loves to be children and soil.

This course is part of the Meditation and Evolution of Consciousness Currents.

This event meets online via Zoom.

Having a space that is quiet and where you are not likely to be interrupted will contribute to a more beneficial experience for yourself and all participants. Co-creating a container of respect and presence for this conversation will enhance the benefits of this experience for each and all of us.

For this offering:

• We recommend that, if possible, you view this event on a PC or laptop so that you have access to Gallery view and can see all the participants.

• We also encourage you to keep your video on so that a sense of community and engagement is cultivated.

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