Join us for a day retreat of exploring what it means to age well. In the contemplative spirit of creativity and love, we want to discover joy in the aging process. Through the use of artwork and poetry, words and research, we will look at aging in its beauty and losses. We address wisdom and resiliency as some tools that shape the journey in getting older. It’s never too soon to prepare. While this retreat is geared towards those concerned with aging, it applies to any of us who are getting older.
To know how to grow old is the masterwork of wisdom,
and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
Henri Amiel (1821-1881)
Facilitator
Mary Pandiani, D.Min
Dr, Pandiani, D.Min. is the Executive Director of Selah, a contemplative community creating sacred spaces to pause, encounter the Spirit and grow together. Her current focus is a posture of contemplative living across the seasons of life. Learn more about Mary Pandiani, D.Min
Julian Cleary, OSB
Sr Julian Cleary, OSB, has practiced disability law for about 25 years. More recently she has engaged in immigration work. To Sr. Julian the Reverend Howard Thurman has been a model and a mentor in absentia of inner transformation, peaceful advocacy, and a purveyor of dignity and respect to all. Learn more about Julian Cleary, OSB
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Date & Time Details: Saturday October 24, 2026 10 AM - 4:00 PM
A Shape of a Life: Aging Gracefully
With Mary Pandiani, D.Min and Julian Cleary, OSB
October 24, 2026
Aging Gracefully
Join us for a day retreat of exploring what it means to age well. In the contemplative spirit of creativity and love, we want to discover joy in the aging process. Through the use of artwork and poetry, words and research, we will look at aging in its beauty and losses. We address wisdom and resiliency as some tools that shape the journey in getting older. It’s never too soon to prepare. While this retreat is geared towards those concerned with aging, it applies to any of us who are getting older.
To know how to grow old is the masterwork of wisdom,
and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
Henri Amiel (1821-1881)
Facilitator
Dr, Pandiani, D.Min. is the Executive Director of Selah, a contemplative community creating sacred spaces to pause, encounter the Spirit and grow together. Her current focus is a posture of contemplative living across the seasons of life.
Learn more about Mary Pandiani, D.Min
Sr Julian Cleary, OSB, has practiced disability law for about 25 years. More recently she has engaged in immigration work. To Sr. Julian the Reverend Howard Thurman has been a model and a mentor in absentia of inner transformation, peaceful advocacy, and a purveyor of dignity and respect to all.
Learn more about Julian Cleary, OSB
PRIORY ARTS SHOP OPEN
IMAGES OF PEACE ART SHOW/SALE
Click image to view poster:

JOURNEYING IN HOPE VOCATION RETREAT
Click image to view or print poster:

SISTERS SPEAK: OUR BLOG
Sisters post on our Blog occasionally. See what our Sisters have to say about living Monastic Life in the 21st Century.
SR. LAURA ON YOUTUBE
See Sr. Laura’s youtube channel for some of her work in “restoring women to the stories we tell.”
CLICK, TAP, OR SCAN QR CODE WITH PHONE FOR HANDY MAP & DIRECTIONS TO ST PLACID:
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