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August 14, 2026, Adrian, Michigan – All are invited to join Weber Center’s mindfulness community as we deepen our understanding of and commitment to daily meditation practice. Monthly mindfulness sessions are planned for Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with lunch included.
 
The dates and focuses of the mindfulness sessions are as follows:

• September 12, The Wandering Mind. Our task is to notice how easily the mind takes us for a ride into the past or the future, with its memories, judgments, emotions, and desires. 
• October 10, Becoming a Zone of Peace. We are beginning to hear the call to participate in the evolution of humanity. Let us seed the blessings of interdependence, community, and loving awareness with compassion, kindness, and mutual respect. 
• November 7, Steadiness in Challenging Times. Breath and conscious breathing are a portal into the ease of body, mind, and heart.
• December 5, Open to One’s Vulnerabilities. Intimacy deepens when we are willing to share from the heart those scary feelings of insecurity, shame, loneliness, and even love.

 The mindfulness sessions are facilitated by Sister Esther Kennedy, OP, a Dominican Sister of Adrian, retreat leader, and spiritual director. 
 
The cost of $35 per session includes lunch. Each session is limited to 30 participants.
 
Registration is required. Visit www.webercenter.org and click on “programs,” call 517-266-4000, or email [email protected]. Limited scholarships are available.
 
Weber Center is on the campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters Motherhouse, Adrian, Michigan. On East Siena Heights Drive, turn into the driveway between Adrian Rea Literacy Center and the solar panel-covered carport. Follow the signs to Weber Center. For information, call the Weber Center at 517-266-4000.

June 17, 2026, Adrian, Michigan – At the end of summer, we are invited to appreciate the results of our work with seeds we planted in the spring. The same is true of our writing.

Participants in the writing workshop, In Full Flower, have the opportunity to write and to let the other writers in the group provide feedback. It can be touching to hear how listeners are moved by the words you choose to use and the stories or poems you have written. Beginning and advanced writers are welcome.

The workshop is offered in person and through Zoom from 1:00 p.m. EDT to 4:00 p.m. EDT on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at Weber Retreat and Conference Center. Sister Tarianne DeYonker, OP, an Adrian Dominican Sister and a certified leader of Amherst Writers and Artists workshops, facilitates. Share the event flyer (PDF).

The cost of the workshop is $35. A Zoom link will be provided closer to the time of the event. Registration is required. Visit www.webercenter.org and click on “programs,” call 517-266-4000, or email [email protected]. 

Weber Center is on the campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters Motherhouse, Adrian, Michigan. On East Siena Heights Drive, turn into the driveway between Adrian Rea Literacy Center and the solar panel-covered carport. Follow the signs to Weber Center. For information, call the Weber Center at 517-266-4000.