Online Retreat: Discovering Celtic Advent

Advent is a season of expectant waiting and preparation. But in the weeks leading to Christmas, how do we maintain this balance as the days grow shorter as our to-do lists often grow longer. What if there was a way to lean into Advent that invites us into a time of deeper, more spacious reflection? Welcome to Celtic Advent!

Join this online retreat as we learn about the history of this forty-day season as a companion to Lent and explore spiritual practices that reflect on the gifts of waiting expectantly in darkness while welcoming the glimpses of light in our world. Please register in advance below.

About the program leader

Dr. Terri Lynn Simpson is a writer, retreat leader, and program coordinator for the Center for Prayer and Pilgrimage at Washington National Cathedral. In addition to having a graduate degree in theology and a doctorate in Spirituality and Story, Terri is a long-time student of Celtic spirituality. Grounded in the three-fold practices of prayer, pilgrimage, and poetry, she weaves strands of these Celtic influences into the retreats, pilgrimages, and workshops she leads in the US and in the UK.