The Christine Center

The Christine Center The Christine Center is a spirituality center offering solo and group retreats in a wooded sanctuary. The Christine Center was established in the lineage of St.
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Francis and St. Clare of Assisi, and embraces persons of all spiritual paths. Organizations, individuals, groups, teachers, and students are invited to share the energy of this sacred space. The Center offers lodging and meals for individual retreats, group retreats, seminars and sabbatical stays. You’re also welcome to have your day meeting or overnight gathering of your small faith community, hospital, church, educational or management group at the Center. Situated in a tranquil forest setting with guest house, hermitages (small cabins), and camping on 125 secluded acres, the Christine Center has served the spiritual needs of thousands of people from all over the world for almost thirty years. You’re invited to partake of its silence and beauty, and to participate in its opportunities for personal spiritual deepening and global transformation. Spiritual seekers are drawn to The Christine Center by the activities of a vibrant community, prayer, contemplation and work. The Center offers retreats on spirituality, transformational change and inner development. It hosts a diverse and wide range of workshops and retreat programs. As a Catholic retreat center, it welcomes opportunities to engage in dialogue with teachers and seekers of many spiritual paths. The Center also offers services such as spiritual guidance, bodywork, and recreational activities which can supplement your reflection and relaxation. A supportive, natural environment provides you with the ambience for a contemplative practice, creativity, or nurturing the Spirit within. Many come to explore inner awakening, holistic living and honesty in relationships. Out of this energy the Christine Center offers its signature program “Spiritual Deepening for Global Transformation.”

"The Holy Mysteries of Advent: Listen as the Stillness Calls", Nov 30, Dec 7, 14, 21from 10-11:30am Online with Chris Fl...
11/20/2025

"The Holy Mysteries of Advent: Listen as the Stillness Calls", Nov 30, Dec 7, 14, 21
from 10-11:30am Online with Chris Flynn. You are warmly invited to join us for the four Sundays of Advent, leading us towards the Birth of Light. We will explore the insights and gifts from the Natural World as we light a candle each Sunday. Our Advent wreath symbolizes our personal waiting experience from the darkness to the Light. Each week will consist of a Candle lighting meditation, a Wisdom story from our forest friends, a time to write, and a time to share our insights. For Info: https://christinecenter.org/event/holy-mysteries/

Cultivate inner warmth this season with our December offerings and a video from recent guests.https://conta.cc/485quIx
11/20/2025

Cultivate inner warmth this season with our December offerings and a video from recent guests.
https://conta.cc/485quIx

Email from Christine Center Find warmth, community, and inner light in this season of longer nights.   Welcoming December with the Warmth of Inner Light Here in the forest, the shorter days and star-f

45 years ago, October 1980 is when the Christine Center officially started.  Sr. Virginia and a few other brave souls we...
11/19/2025

45 years ago, October 1980 is when the Christine Center officially started. Sr. Virginia and a few other brave souls were here to stay for the winter and beyond. We had a weekend of recognition and celebration just over two weeks ago, and this intuitive painting was created by many happy hands.

"Archetypes and Patterns of Consciousness:How Did We Get Here? Now What?" Dec 13 Online, 9am to 3 pm.  In a time of turm...
11/18/2025

"Archetypes and Patterns of Consciousness:How Did We Get Here? Now What?"
Dec 13 Online, 9am to 3 pm. In a time of turmoil and shifting worldviews, we may be standing at the threshold of a transformation of consciousness itself. Guided by Ron Moor, this retreat invites us to explore the many beings within our inner world—saints, heroes, villains, and archetypal symbols—that shape both personal and collective experience. For more into & registration: https://christinecenter.org/event/sdgt-online-sessions/

Journey with us through the Holy Mysteries of Advent. 🕯️Over four online Sunday gatherings starting November 30, we’ll l...
11/17/2025

Journey with us through the Holy Mysteries of Advent. 🕯️

Over four online Sunday gatherings starting November 30, we’ll light candles, listen to wisdom stories from our forest friends, write, and share in gentle community. Together we’ll honor our own experience of waiting as we move from darkness into Light and remember there is more yet to come.

Details and registration:

Email from Christine Center Join us online as we honor the sacred mystery of waiting and the Birth of Light.   Tune Into Nature as All Creation Waits for the Coming of the Light The Holy Mysteries of

Creativity! SDGT 7 moved into the realm of self discovery and creativity through the medium of the mandala. It was a pow...
11/17/2025

Creativity! SDGT 7 moved into the realm of self discovery and creativity through the medium of the mandala. It was a powerful afternoon of silent concentration and open heartedness. Each individual soul showed it own strength and beauty.

Those who have come before-The Ancestors.  They have made us who we are. How are they are still with us? Willing and abl...
11/16/2025

Those who have come before-The Ancestors. They have made us who we are. How are they are still with us? Willing and able to support us? To remind us and to help us heal? In the SDGT program we bring our ancestors into the room, in the display at the altar, and with our words and our hearts. Sister Gabe is now an important ancestor, who is with us all in ever so many ways!

What if ancient wisdom could offer a way forward for today’s world?Join longtime Tao student and teacher Ron Moor for An...
11/15/2025

What if ancient wisdom could offer a way forward for today’s world?

Join longtime Tao student and teacher Ron Moor for An Introduction to the Deep Wisdom of the Tao Te Ching, a one-day online retreat exploring how this beloved text invites us to live in harmony with all of creation.

Ron also offers weekly Tao Te Ching sessions on Wednesdays at 10:15am (CT), meeting steadily for over five years. You’re welcome to drop in anytime.

Learn more and register: https://conta.cc/4oHnzNh

Email from Christine Center An invitation to the deep wisdom of the Tao   Explore the Tao Te Ching Two Ways An Online Introduction to the Deep Wisdom of The Tao Te Ching November 22, 2025 The sage Lao

Intuitive Painting: Discover Your Wellspring of Joy - Dex 12-14.  Experience the joy of creative expression through intu...
11/15/2025

Intuitive Painting: Discover Your Wellspring of Joy - Dex 12-14. Experience the joy of creative expression through intuitive painting—a practice of freedom, discovery, and spiritual reflection. Guided by Jean Kubes-Werremeyer and Brita Rekve, former students of Sister Gabe, this retreat continues her legacy of creativity and contemplation once rooted in Hope at The Christine Center. For More Info: https://christinecenter.org/intuitive-painting-discover-your-wellspring-of-joy/

The Stillness Calls . . .   Deep and Golden, the ferns were turning to gold just two weeks ago.  Now we've moved on to t...
11/14/2025

The Stillness Calls . . . Deep and Golden, the ferns were turning to gold just two weeks ago. Now we've moved on to the browns and greys of early winter, awaiting the first snow. Is it time for you to take some time away? We have a Thanksgiving time of fellowship and quiet coming up soon . . . and many other opportunities for contemplation, fellowship and just plain quiet. https://christinecenter.org/program-offerings/

Inner Peace and the Black Latifa: A Diamond Approach Retreat, Dec 5-7  Online. This retreat offers a deep exploration of...
11/13/2025

Inner Peace and the Black Latifa: A Diamond Approach Retreat, Dec 5-7 Online. This retreat offers a deep exploration of the Black Latifa — a subtle, luminous quality of presence that evokes profound inner peace, stillness, and mystery. When this essential center awakens, the mind becomes quiet, and awareness opens to truth and insight that arise effortlessly from within. Part of the ongoing Midwest Diamond Approach Group 4. More Info: https://christinecenter.org/event/inner-peace-and-the-black-latifa/

We see lots of deer on our campus, but mostly the does and the young deer.  Last week Val spotted this handsome guy over...
11/12/2025

We see lots of deer on our campus, but mostly the does and the young deer. Last week Val spotted this handsome guy over by Guadalupe hermitage. They are a little more bold and likely to be seen during the fall mating season. So we're extra careful when driving in the area at night, and excited when we get a glimpse of these handsome antlers in the daytime.

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W8303 Mann Road
Willard, WI
54493

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm
Saturday 8:30am - 2:30pm
Sunday 8:30am - 2:30pm

Telephone

(715)2677507

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