We cannot live in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a home. Part of the terror is to take back your own listening, to use your own voice, to sing our own song, to see our own light — a reflection of God’s image and likeness.
Hildegard of Bingen
New Song
| Spiritual Direction | Retreats |
| Adult Faith Development | Facilitation of Learning Communities |
“Sing a New Song onto the Lord…..”
Embrace the Mission which the High Divine has given you…. Renew the Face of the Earth
Retreat: Not An Escape, but a Coming Home to God
Poustinia
In Christian spirituality, a small sparsely furnished cabin or room where a person goes to fast and pray — less austere than a hermitage.
new song facilitates directed or private retreats — either onsite at Anam Cara Spiritual Centre or in your home-environment
Services
offered to individuals or groups
spiritual direction; community-development; facilitation of collaborative learning communities
Making Space for God
Sabbath Design & Preparation
Domestic Church
Prayer Space Design
Living Space & Home Organization
Life Rhythms and Time-Management
Living the Liturgical Cycle of the Year
Listening Through Prayer
Various Prayer Traditions
Reading Scripture Devotionally
Christian Meditation
Ignatian Contemplation (Annotation 19)
Ministry of Presence: The Little Way of Ste. Therese of Lisieux
Directed or Private Retreats
Discernment for Action
Self-Awareness & Transformative Learning
Creative Speech: Practising Your Own Spiritual Voice
Developing Your Own Moral Guidance System
Small Community Development (& Economies of Grace)
Your Facilitator: Karen Holmes
Karen Holmes, B.A.(Hons), B.Ed., MRE, MTS Eastern Christian Studies, MA Transformative Leadership & Spirituality, DMin (cand), Spiritual Director
Testimonies
“Names the Situations”
Karen names the situations I’m in and helps me see the dynamics at play in my life story — what’s leading me toward God, what is taking me away. This has changed both how I am at work and how I am with my family.
Miriam
“Encourages My Own Understanding”
In my time with Karen, I’ve been able to voice Christian truths and teachings with my own understanding and in my own words. Through the journey, I have realized my vocation to share the Good News of Christ and work within the Church.
Barbara
“An Atmosphere of Reverence and Freedom”
Our group retreat was conducted in an atmosphere of reverence, but also was facilitated to be a forum to express ourselves in freedom. It feels like the embrace of the Father for the Prodigal Son, a community meeting in and through Christ. I am deeply grateful for what this day has given me: renewed relationships and a profound sense of the love of God.
Jonathon
New Song Thoughts
“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” Friedrich Buechner
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” Carl Jung
“The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it. ” + Henri J.M. Nouwen
About Us
Dedicated to Remembering the Sacred through the Cultivation of Sacramental Vision.
Living the Power and Grace of the Sacraments.
Facilitating the Discipleship Journey for Our Times.
Renewing the Face of the Earth Through Authentic Spiritual Voice
New Song 