WELCOMING YOU TO ST. COLUMBA'S INVERNESS
St. Columba's is an Episcopal Church and Retreat House revitalizing its roots in the contemplative spirituality of the Celtic Christian Tradition. Nestled on a mountainside overlooking Tomales Bay in Inverness, California, our retreat house is infused with the sacred presence of God in nature.
"Come to me, all you that are weary and heavy burdened and I will give you rest."
~ Matthew 11:28
ABOUT OUR CHURCH
We are an inclusive community open to all who seek companions along the journey of faith in Christ. Join us Sundays at 10:00 am for the celebration of the Eucharist.
ABOUT OUR RETREAT HOUSE
Our retreat house is open to groups and individuals seeking contemplative solitude and spiritual nourishment in the beautiful environs of West Marin.
ABOUT OUR VICAR
Throughout his ministry here, Father Vincent has brought to our community a contemplative spirit and academic rigor promoting openness and hospitality in the Celtic Christian Tradition.
NEXT EVENTS
CHRISTIAN
CONTEMPLATIVE
PRACTICE
25/FEB
Christian Contemplative Practice
1st & 3rd Sundays at 8:00 am
2nd & 4th Tuesdays at 7:15 pm
SHROVE TUESDAY
25/FEB
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
Free Community Event
Tuesday Evening at 6:00 pm
ASH WEDNESDAY
26/FEB
Morning Prayer with Distribution of Ashes
7:30 am
Ash Wednesday Eucharist
with Distribution of Ashes
12:00 pm
Triduum at St. Columba's
Maundy Thursday
APRIL 9
Good Friday
APRIL 10
Holy Saturday
APRIL 11
Easter Sunday
APRIL 12
Meditation Chapel
An interfaith online meditation community
Join Fr. Vincent Pizzuto, Ph.D. on Saturdays at 7:00 am Pacific Time for Meditation Sessions on
MeditationChapel.org
MIND THE GAP
A Lenten Day of Reflection
An Ash Wednesday Retreat
with The Rev. Vincent Pizzuto, Ph.d.
Vicar of St. Columba's
February 26
10am - 4pm
SERMONS
"You search the scriptures
because you think that in them you have eternal life;
but it is they that testify to me"
~ John 5:39
CANDLE LIGHT EVENING PRAYER CIRCLE
Thursday, March 19
7:00 PM
EVENSONG
This new monthly Evensong interprets and integrates core elements of the traditional Office of Evening Prayer in a welcoming hour of shared sung, spoken, and silent prayer. We'll learn simple forms of traditional Evensong canticles, pray the Psalms and excerpts from The Book of Common Prayer, share a reading from the Gospels, and offer our own personal prayers. Around 15 minutes of silence with meditative harp music will be held for contemplation, centering prayer, silent prayer, quietude. We will take turns leading and offering prayers - voluntary, not mandatory. All are welcome!
CHRISTIAN
CONTEMPLATIVE
PRACTICE
First & Third Sunday Mornings 8:00 am
Second & Fourth Tuesday Evenings 7:15 pm
St. Columba’s Episcopal Church and our Ecology Vision Council are proud to announce that we have now transitioned to 100% renewable energy sources through Marin Clean Energy "Deep Green" energy.
All of our electrical power is now supplied through California Wind and Solar Power.
We offer heartfelt thanks for those in our congregation whose vision and support have made this transition possible!
CONTEMPLATION
&
CONVERSATION
Noonday prayers
A short meditation on themes from the Celtic Christian tradition
Scripture study & Discussion
Wednesdays at 12 noon
in the Meditation Chapel
The Art of Soul Making
A Journey Through
Dante's Divine Comedy
A three day retreat of art, music, lecture and contemplation
with
Kayleen Asbo, Ph.D.
Friday, February 28 - Sunday, March 1
Anchored
in the
Heart
A Retreat with
Julian Norwich as Guide
A three day retreat of art, music, lecture & contemplation
with
Kayleen Asbo, Ph.D.
Friday, May 8 - Sunday, May 10
Blessing
of the
Animals
OCTOBER 6, 2019
GROWING OLDER:
GOING DEEPER
A Contemplative Approach to the Elder
Wednesday, May 13
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
A Day Retreat with Ruah Bull
DREAMS
Openings to the Source
Friday, June 19 - Sunday, June 21
A Retreat with The Rev. John Michael Hayes, Ph.D., ABPP, Priest-Psychologist-Psychoanalyst
The poet Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote “the world is charged with the grandeur of God.” The human psyche is the most mysterious and profoundly beautiful dimension of God’s creation. The psyche’s wildly unscripted and unpredictable depths most mirror the indeterminate freedom and creativity of the Divine, expressed in dreams that come unbidden, that disturb our set and settled opinions, overturn our precious self-images, and stretch our very sense of reality, as they point the way to a new future and intimate wisdom.
Contemplating Christ
The Gospels and the Interior Life
The incarnation has made mystics of us all. What if we read the gospels as if that were true? In his book Contemplating Christ, Fr. Vincent Pizzuto, offers an exploration of the interior life for modern contemplatives that is as beautiful as it is compelling. With an emphasis on the gospels and Christian mystical tradition, his book explores ancient themes in new and surprising ways. Drawing on his rich experience as an academic and priest, Pizzuto gradually unfolds the Christian mystery of deification to which the whole of biblical revelation and the Christian contemplative life are ordered: through the incarnation, we have all been made"other Christs" in the world.
