Greetings!

This week is the last chance to get tickets to hear Diana Beresford-Kroeger speak at our 25th anniversary celebration on June 6.

25th Anniversary Celebration

with Diana Beresford-Kroeger

Saturday June 6!

“When you walk into a forest —great or small—

you enter it in one state and emerge from it calmer.

You have that cathedral feeling and you’re never the same again.

You come out of there and you know something big has happened to you…

We now know that the alpha- and beta-pinenes produced by the forest actually do uplift your mood and affect your brain through your immune system….

The beneficial effects of a twenty minute pine forest walk

will remain in the immune system’s memory for about thirty days.”

Diana Beresford-Kroeger

We are thrilled to share this internationally renowned woman with you. Diana’s way of loving the Earth and holding hope for the future will inspire us all, along with her

award-winning work on protecting the climate. She is an endearing story-teller, with

many remarkable adventures to tell. Royal Canadian Geographical Society named

her one of 25 women explorers of Canada.

Diana plans to join in the Ceremony of Gratitude and Blessing at 11am. She will sign books (for sale) after she speaks in the afternoon.

Come prepared to bid on some unique antiques dating back to early owners of “The

Pines” – that’s what Maryholme was called before the Sisters purchased it in 1946.

There will also be new items and experiences –like dinner with our founder Sr. Jane McDonell– in this live auction. Watch our website for more specifics on auction items. Thanks to Dan Pollard of Pollards Auctions!

Check out our website for more info. (i.e. gourmet catered lunch; raffle of items donated by local businesses; kids' activities and more).



Tickets remain on sale through May 31.

We look forward to seeing you on June 6!

Advance tickets only.

Ticket link is: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/25th-anniversary-celebration-8

You can also visit our website (www.lorettomaryholme.ca) to register.

Email booking@lorettomaryholme.ca for ticket info

Something more than ordinary...

Our mission as a spirituality centre continues to be

"To encourage individuals and groups to explore and restore the energies needed for personal, communal, and world transformation."

A teaser of some items & experiences that will be up for auction.

Come ready to place a bid!

Experience:

Family/Group Weekend in Edgar House

Experience:

Dinner for 6 with Sr. Jane McDonell in Edgar House, Catered by Michele Taub

Experience:

Four TFC tickets

(TO Football Club)

& dinner

Donated by Vivian Palin

1920’s Brass Bed Frame (headboard, footboard and side rails)

From the estate, original to purchase of Maryholme in 1946:

Vintage children’s chairs (4)

Situated in the back suite (rooms 2-4) of Edgar House, these chairs were in the children’s & nanny’s bedrooms

From the estate, original to purchase of Maryholme in 1946:

Vintage green uranium glass serving dishes (2)

It has been said that Mrs. Fensom enjoyed entertaining while living here at ‘The Pines’

From the estate, original to purchase of Maryholme in 1946:

Vintage snow shoes, 1 set

Likely from the time of Sir Edgar’s residing here

From Loretto Abbey

101 Mason Blvd, North York, Ontario Est. by the Loretto Sisters in 1847

Prie-dieu

(prayer desk/kneeling bench)

This is the last one from several that used to be in the chapel - which is now our library - for prayer and Mass times

From the estate, original to purchase of Maryholme in 1946:

Vintage croquet set

It has been said that Mrs. Fensom enjoyed entertaining on the property while living here at ‘The Pines’

Here's a sampling of some events coming up. Stay tuned to our website at www.lorettomaryholme.ca for our newest events & retreats!

Maryholme News...

McMahon Cabin has re-opened!

We are so pleased to be able to offer McMahon Cabin year-round now.

With a lovely view of the lake from a new sliding glass front door and front-facing kitchen table, the cabin lets in sunshine and great vista views from the south & east. Thanks to Devin of Eredstone Contracting Limited for a job well done during the cold winter months we just experienced. Book your stay now!

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Maryholme Pondering Place

..what will you do with your one wild and precious life?

A wonderful opportunity to be at Loretto Maryholme virtually. Nestled along the lake's bluff between the sumac grove and the opening to the Stations Walk, this lovely pond is yet another meditative feature in our sacred space brimming with bird visitations, tadpoles in the pond, and a trickling fountain that is music to one's ears - although it was filmed a little later in the season last summer, it remains truly something more than ordinary...

Click here or on our visiting heron below to enjoy a quick visit...

“I want to remind you that the forest is far more than a source of timber. It is our collective medicine cabinet. It is our lungs. It is the regulatory system for our climate and our oceans. It is the mantle of our planet.”

Diana Beresford-Kroeger

We are so excited to be welcoming Diana Beresford-Kroeger to Maryholme!

“The truth was right there, so simple, a child could grasp it. Trees were responsible for the most basic necessity of life, the air we breathe.”

Diana Beresford-Kroeger

“To our young selves, though, there is no difference between the small questions and the big ones. We follow our curiosity to the edge of our understanding and then ask whoever is around what lies beyond it. I have spent my adult life fighting to keep what I possessed as a child: the ability to see the biggest questions sitting inside the smallest ones and the willingness to try to answer them.”

Diana Beresford-Kroeger

Our Labyrinth in the Trees

Enjoy a 23-minute virtual experience of Loretto Maryholme's Labyrinth in our beautiful woods. This contemplative walk immersed in the sounds of nature yet in personal silence, brings a sense of peace and calm as one breathes in the benefits of the woods - and yet as a virtual walk can still impress that same sense of quieting from us to you, where you're at...

Enjoy

Come spend time in this sacred space. Rest, reflect and renew in an atmosphere of beauty, peace and solitude on the beautiful shores of Lake Simcoe.

Dease, McMahon and Blackbird Cabins are available for personal retreats throughout the year. Spiritual direction is available upon request. Self-catered meals.

Edgar House and Fensom Cottage are available for group overnight retreats and day use through throughout the week. Consider time away on weekdays for professional development, ministry planning, or healing time. Self-catered meals.

Writers, artists & creatives welcome!

Spirit, soul & body healing practitioners are welcome in this sacred space!

Wifi accessible in all buildings.

Spiritual direction is available upon request.

Email booking@lorettomaryholme.ca

for availability.

We accept and prefer e-transfers. If mailing in a cheque payment however, please note our new mailing address is: Loretto Maryholme Spirituality Centre, 379A Bouchier Street, Keswick, ON L4P 3C8.

"I had a fantastic experience. I was able to focus on my writing. The surroundings played an influential role in my concentration. The cabin itself is beautiful. I live its simplicity & comfort. I will be returning soon. Thank you for a lovely stay."

"Wonderful! Surrounded by beauty, indoors, outdoors, at the lunch & dinner table... Maryholme is a haven of rest. It's a home! A home that helped me come back home to my body and let God encounter me there. Thank you for everything you to to keep this house so beautiful and welcoming. so cozy and open, in a spirit of simplicity and beauty, of love and care for the living!"

"Beautiful surprise how easy it was to feel at home here. It really helped me transition from 35 years at Loyola, Guelph."

"A very beautiful and uplifting setting - lake, forest, property and buildings. It was very comfortable and relaxing, able to just sit, walk and chat with God. Good spiritual direction that allowed & prompted good reflection and steering to the essential of the relationship with God. Very well run, everything went smoothly. The food was amazing, Michele's cooking was very creative with lovely taste combinations, all very yummy. This was the best transition into retirement that anyone could ask for! Would like to do it agin and invite others to do it in family, friends & church. Thank you for the sisters' prayers and provision of this sacred place."

Summer Blessings from the Maryholme team

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