Join us for a tour of several significant Indigenous sites in the Quad Cities: Black Hawk State Historic Site; Antoine LeClaire’s home; the site of the 1832 Treaty signing; Ft. Armstrong; and the site of the Dakota Prisoner of War Camp. Historian Jane Simonsen will lead this tour. Jody Durnin (Meskwaki) will offer opening ceremony.

Sarah Barnes will guide you step-by-step in how to paint on canvas. All supplies will be provided. This is an 11 x 14 canvas using mixed media (paint, paper, marker). Bring along your family and friends for an enjoyable and creative evening out!

Autumn is described as "the richest season of the soul" by Angie Weiland-Crosby. Let's look and listen for the wise lessons autumn teaches, e.g. how she embraces change even as "she is falling to  pieces." (AWC) Bring some autumn wisdom with you to share.

Join us at the Mound for a fall Forest Bathing experience where we bathe in the good medicine of Mother Earth. Nature and Forest Therapy, also called Forest Bathing, is a slow, sensory focused walk with the land. There will be a morning session from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and an afternoon session from 2-4 p.m.

Join us to discuss the memoir of the Sauk leader in his own words. Originally published in 1833, this important book was the first memoir written by a Native American actively resisting US Indian removal policy. 

Kevin Abourezk (Lakota) and Margaret Jacobs (white settler) are the co-directors of Reconciliation Rising (www.reconciliationrising.org), a multimedia project that showcases the lives and work of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the U.S. who are engaged in honestly confronting painful and traumatic histories, promoting meaningful and respectful dialogue between Natives and non-Natives, and creating pathways to reconciliation.

For four decades Dr. Frederick Baltz has been a Bible Detective, investigating events in the Scriptures which some have simply dismissed as non-historical. This is  your chance to review and learn some Bible texts  yourself while hearing from the disciplines of the biblical languages, archaeology, history, geology, and even astronomy.

Sarah Barnes will guide you step-by-step in how to paint on canvas. All supplies will be provided.  Bring along your family and friends for an enjoyable and creative evening out!

Liz Carlisle will present on a powerful land movement happening in this country: she has followed the story of four Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and Asian American regenerative farmers who are reviving their ancestors’ methods of growing food—techniques long suppressed by the industrial food system. These farmers are restoring native prairies, nurturing beneficial fungi, and enriching soil health.

Farming has been a way of life at the Mound since 1847, when Father Samuel Mazzuchelli founded the order of Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa. This talk will walk you through the past legacy of farming at Sinsinawa and explore where the future of farming is taking us.

Mary experiences an invitation from an Angel and she visits her cousin Elizabeth who is with child. Joseph meets an angel in his dreams and vows to support Mary in any way he can. This holy couple have much to teach us as we journey through the weeks of Advent.

Throughout our life we experience the loss of people, places and things. Mary Hopkins, OP will guide us in taking time to reflect on our losses and to discover how loss can lead to greater wholeness and holiness.

This ecumenical memorial service will be held to honor family and friends who have died. We are planning to honor our deceased loved ones by displaying a personalized ornament on a tree in our Queen of the Rosary Chapel. During this service you will be invited to receive the ornament as your loved one's name is called.

Farming has been a way of life at the Mound since 1847, when Father Samuel Mazzuchelli founded the order of Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa. This talk will walk you through the past legacy of farming at Sinsinawa and explore where the future of farming is taking us.

For four decades, Frederick Baltz has been a Bible Detective, investigating events in the Scriptures which some have simply dismissed as non-historical. This is your chance to review and learn some Bible texts yourself while hearing from the disciplines of the biblical languages, archaeology, history, geology, and even astronomy.

The great monk, mystic, and writer Thomas Merton lived one of the most fascinating lives of the 20th century. But of all the years he lived, his last - 1968 - may have been his most wide-ranging and fascinating. During our time together we'll explore the amazing life of Thomas Merton, with special attention to his final year.