June 1, 2024
Online event at 7am EDT
In-person events beginning at 8:30am
Sisters of the Earth Community
Green Mountain Monastery/Thomas Berry Sanctuary
420 Hillcrest Road
Greensboro, VT, USA
Join Us for Our 25th Anniversary Celebration
AWE and WONDER
The human venture depends absolutely
on this quality of AWE……
and reverence and joy in Earth
and all that lives within and grows upon Earth.
Thomas Berry
June 1, 1999
Twenty five years ago we were missioned by our Passionist Community in Pennsylvania to co-found with Thomas Berry, Sisters of the Earth Community in Vermont.
June 1, 2009
Fifteen years ago Thomas Berry passed from this life and is now buried in a meadow on our land.
Celebrate with Us!
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Schedule:
Awe and Wonder
7am - Worldwide Zoom Call
Opening Reflections
Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim
Followed by 2 minute responses from our worldwide friends, sisters and partners, with this prompt:
How has the work of Thomas Berry opened you to the awe and wonder of the Earth Community?
Closing Song and Slideshow
Celebration of 25 years
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5655104539?pwd=b21iRk1JR0lLUmtIb2JnZzFxT2pnQT09
Zoom room: 5655104539
Passcode: Earth
Join us for all or part of the events
8:30am - Walking Pilgrimage from the UCC Church in Greensboro to GMM.
10:30am - Endangered Species Art Exhibit and Reflection with artist Angela Manno.
11:15 am - A Cosmic Liturgy
1pm - Lite Lunch
If you plan to join us for meals please let us know
gmm@gmmonastery.org
Rest/Yoga Nidra
Outdoor Forest Art Exhibit - Sr Bernadette
3pm - Social Band Concert
5:30pm - Light Supper
7pm - Sound Meditation with Kirk Jones