EVENTS
Sinsinawa Mound Center offers retreats and programs as well as opportunities for personal reflection and renewal in a comfortable, rural setting.
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April 2019
Sinsinawa Art Gallery presents “Falling Away/Moving Ahead." Helen Reznicek is a printmaker whose work is always quite personal and expressive, and the motion of creating the images is often evident in the finished pieces.
May 2019
Lou Oswald - musician and vocalist
A Memory Café is a social gathering place where people with memory loss, mild cognitive impairment, early Alzheimer's or other dementias can come together. Family and friends are also encouraged to join! In this relaxed environment, participants can visit, share common interests, and enjoy refreshments. A unique program or activity is offered each month.
June 2019
The 13th annual Heritage Art Show will feature works in diverse media by Dominican Sister artists and others in the Motherhouse Collection. An oil-on-paper painting by artist Michel Godjevac (1896-1982), a gift to the Sinsinawa Dominican Congregation, will be displayed.
This year marks the 28th annual Organ Concert Series. Concerts feature organists from Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Texas, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Concerts are held every Wednesday in June, July and August (except July 17 and 24) at 7 p.m. in the Queen of the Rosary Chapel. These concerts are free and open to the public.
This year marks the 28th annual Organ Concert Series. Concerts feature organists from Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Texas, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Concerts are held every Wednesday in June, July and August (except July 17 and 24) at 7 p.m. in the Queen of the Rosary Chapel. These concerts are free and open to the public.
After completing Crossing Bridges, there is an opportunity for participants to meet regularly to discuss topics of their choice and share support. The program is sponsored in conjunction with the Alzheimer's & Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin.
A Day of Reflection for Women
Gail enjoys celebrating the delightful story of women's spirit in all its forms, colors, and possibilities using sculpture, poetry, photography and music. She shares her wonderful collection of miniature sculptured figures, which represent many of the delightful and beautiful aspects of women's spirit flowing from the Divine light within. Her goal is to offer women an opportunity to witness and to celebrate their own preciousness. With a sense of gratitude and awe, Gail invites you to celebrate with her the fullness of what it is to be woman.
This year marks the 28th annual Organ Concert Series. Concerts feature organists from Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Texas, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Concerts are held every Wednesday in June, July and August (except July 17 and 24) at 7 p.m. in the Queen of the Rosary Chapel. These concerts are free and open to the public.
Latin for "prayer and work," this retreat is an opportunity to nurture both soul and soil. Experience a balanced rhythm of work, prayer, presentation, discussion, and rest. Participants will spend the work portion of each day in the Sinsinawa Mound gardens and will enjoy meals prepared with food from the garden.
Join us in honoring the turning of the seasons through song and ritual, celebration and contemplation. All are welcome at this ecumenical outdoor gathering. Participants will gather inside the inside main entrance and proceed outdoors together.
This year marks the 28th annual Organ Concert Series. Concerts feature organists from Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Texas, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Concerts are held every Wednesday in June, July and August (except July 17 and 24) at 7 p.m. in the Queen of the Rosary Chapel. These concerts are free and open to the public.
A Memory Café is a social gathering place where people with memory loss, mild cognitive impairment, early Alzheimer's or other dementias can come together. Family and friends are also encouraged to join! In this relaxed environment, participants can visit, share common interests, and enjoy refreshments. A unique program or activity is offered each month.
Forest Therapy is inspired by the Japanese practice of Forest Bathing. Forest Therapy is not a naturalist walk. Rather, it is a slow meditative walk in nature that takes a holistic view to the physiological, mental, emotional, and psycho-spiritual benefits to be derived from an embodied contact with nature, and aims to engage humans through their senses, not their intellects.
July 2019
This year marks the 28th annual Organ Concert Series. Concerts feature organists from Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Texas, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Concerts are held every Wednesday in June, July and August (except July 17 and 24) at 7 p.m. in the Queen of the Rosary Chapel. These concerts are free and open to the public.
This year marks the 28th annual Organ Concert Series. Concerts feature organists from Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Texas, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Concerts are held every Wednesday in June, July and August (except July 17 and 24) at 7 p.m. in the Queen of the Rosary Chapel. These concerts are free and open to the public.
A Memory Café is a social gathering place where people with memory loss, mild cognitive impairment, early Alzheimer's or other dementias can come together. Family and friends are also encouraged to join! In this relaxed environment, participants can visit, share common interests, and enjoy refreshments. A unique program or activity is offered each month.
Experience the enchanting music and profound wisdom of John Two-Hawks. With an evocative tapestry of mystical sound and moving oratory, Two-Hawks welcomes all to reawaken the awareness of our living connection to the earth and to the unseen world.
Throughout our life we experience the loss of people, places and things. We will take time to reflect on our losses and to discover how loss can lead to greater wholeness and holiness
Take a journey with Grammy® and Emmy® nominated Native Flute recording artist John Two-Hawks into the mysteries of the hokagapi; that ancient indigenous woodwind that makes a voice to the song of your heart, was used to serenade a beloved, and became an instrument of healing for a line of medicine people. A fun experience of interesting exploration of the amazing, enchanting Native American Flute, with stories, lessons and song! Flutes will be available to borrow or purchase during the workshop.
This year marks the 28th annual Organ Concert Series. Concerts feature organists from Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Texas, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Concerts are held every Wednesday in June, July and August (except July 17 and 24) at 7 p.m. in the Queen of the Rosary Chapel. These concerts are free and open to the public.
August 2019
Children today spend half the time their parents did playing outside. This camp, aimed at youth between the ages of 7 and 10, is designed to change that by connecting children with the natural world. Eric Anglada will guide youth as they explore the forest and gardens of Sinsinawa Mound and aim to cultivate a sense of deep respect and wonder for one another and Earth.
This year marks the 28th annual Organ Concert Series. Concerts feature organists from Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Texas, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Concerts are held every Wednesday in June, July and August (except July 17 and 24) at 7 p.m. in the Queen of the Rosary Chapel. These concerts are free and open to the public.
Join the Holy Women, kissed by God whose creativity flowed into our world in art, music and writing: Miriam the dancer, Hildegard the artist/musician/writer, Teresa of Avila and Therese of Lisieux, the writers. This interactive weekend retreat invites your creative expression as you explore art by and about Holy Women from ancient times (such as Mary Magdalene and the Woman at the Well) to today (including Tekakwitha and Hildegard).
This year marks the 28th annual Organ Concert Series. Concerts feature organists from Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Texas, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Concerts are held every Wednesday in June, July and August (except July 17 and 24) at 7 p.m. in the Queen of the Rosary Chapel. These concerts are free and open to the public.
The retreat will include morning presentations on the history of iconography, origin of icon painting, material used in iconography, difference between woodenboard & wall,first icon painters, most famous icon painters, materials used in modern iconography, usage of ancient techniques in present time, and icon painting in traditional style. After the morning sessions, you will learn the process of icon painting and will be painting your own icon.
This year marks the 28th annual Organ Concert Series. Concerts feature organists from Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Texas, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Concerts are held every Wednesday in June, July and August (except July 17 and 24) at 7 p.m. in the Queen of the Rosary Chapel. These concerts are free and open to the public.
Review life situations to consider when making the decision to move to facility care. This program is offered in conjunction with the Alzheimer's & Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin.
This year marks the 28th annual Organ Concert Series. Concerts feature organists from Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Texas, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Concerts are held every Wednesday in June, July and August (except July 17 and 24) at 7 p.m. in the Queen of the Rosary Chapel. These concerts are free and open to the public.
A Memory Café is a social gathering place where people with memory loss, mild cognitive impairment, early Alzheimer's or other dementias can come together. Family and friends are also encouraged to join! In this relaxed environment, participants can visit, share common interests, and enjoy refreshments. A unique program or activity is offered each month.
September 2019
In celebration of two decades of interactive fall programs at Sinsinawa Mound Center, Bill Kehl will be returning to offer a special version of his ever popular rhythmic retreat.
Join us in honoring the dawning of Fall through song and ritual, celebration and contemplation. All are welcome to these ecumenical, outdoor gatherings.
Bidder 70 centers on an extraordinary, ingenious and effective act of civil disobedience demanding government and industry accountability. In 2008, University of Utah economics student Tim DeChristopher committed an act which would redefine patriotism in our time, igniting a spirit of civil disobedience in the name of climate justice.
Memory Walk
A Memory Café is a social gathering place where people with memory loss, mild cognitive impairment, early Alzheimer's or other dementias can come together. Family and friends are also encouraged to join! In this relaxed environment, participants can visit, share common interests, and enjoy refreshments. A unique program or activity is offered each month.
October 2019
Come and join us for a multigenerational evening of music and worship. ValLimar is a highly regarded inspirational / catechetical speaker, singer, composer and recording artist. She sings a broad range of styles from traditional to contemporary. ValLimar has a long history of singing sacred music starting at the age of five.
The Overstory explores the essential conflict on this planet: the one taking place between humans and nonhumans. This is the story of a handful of people who learn how to see that conflict and who are drawn up into its unfolding challenge.
Learn how to communicate with a person in the late stage of dementia and understand their emotions. This program is offered in conjunction with the Alzheimer's & Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin.
Come use your creativity and have fun! With Barb's guidance, each student will design and decorate six fused glass ornaments or four ornaments and a small 4" tray.
Glass artist Barb McKinlay will help you make a bowl of your own design. Learn about glass fusing, design, and decorating with pieces of glass, abstract shapes, pebbles, noodles, and stringers. Each participant will also make four abstract magnets with many options for creativity.
Halloween - Fever River Puppeteers
A Memory Café is a social gathering place where people with memory loss, mild cognitive impairment, early Alzheimer's or other dementias can come together. Family and friends are also encouraged to join! In this relaxed environment, participants can visit, share common interests, and enjoy refreshments. A unique program or activity is offered each month.
November 2019
A Memory Café is a social gathering place where people with memory loss, mild cognitive impairment, early Alzheimer's or other dementias can come together. Family and friends are also encouraged to join! In this relaxed environment, participants can visit, share common interests, and enjoy refreshments. A unique program or activity is offered each month.
This retreat is for people who don't sing and for people who love to sing. Songleader, Liz Rog will help us relax into the voices we were born to sing with as we share beautiful, playful, simple songs that can reshape the world. Come bring your voice to help create an island of sanity, a place of belonging. We'll learn songs that are relevant to the world we're tending, songs that are easy to carry home and keep singing in our everyday lives.
A Memory Café is a social gathering place where people with memory loss, mild cognitive impairment, early Alzheimer's or other dementias can come together. Family and friends are also encouraged to join! In this relaxed environment, participants can visit, share common interests, and enjoy refreshments. A unique program or activity is offered each month.
December 2019
Throughout life, we experience the loss of people, places, and things. We will reflect on our losses and discover how loss can lead to greater wholeness and holiness.
This ecumenical 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. The service is a living memorial and provides an opportunity for you and your family to experience a new and meaningful ritual. During this service you will be presented with the ornament to take and place in your home during the holiday season.
Moms, daughters, and other loved ones of all ages are invited to join us for this annual tea gathering. Wear your favorite holiday dresses, and girls, bring your dolls, too! We will be presenting tea, hot chocolate, canapés, and holiday desserts on the Mound’s Heritage Collection of porcelain plates and silver services. Nativities from around the world will be available for viewing in our Art Gallery.
Registration will not start until September 1, 2019.
Join us in honoring the longest night and shortest day of the year through song and ritual, celebration and contemplation. Most of this session will take place indoors, though we'll have a small fire outdoors, as well as opportunity for contemplative time outdoors. All are welcome to this ecumenical gathering.
March 2020
Amidst the chaotic and violent atmosphere in which we live, have you been motivated to reflect on Jesus' parables lately? If, perhaps, you have come to such a reflection point, could you possibly imagine your discovery of Jesus' parables speaking to you
April 2020
COME AND BE FED! You've been singing Dan's beloved melodies for years. Now the composer of "Here I Am, Lord, " "City of God" and "Sing a New Song" wants to share his love of God with you. Dan weaves stories, prayer and reflection with song, inviting all into a deeper relationship with God.
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