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October 16, 2025, Florissant, Missouri – About 20 pilgrims hiked through the wetlands along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers on September 27-28, 2025, to deepen their appreciation of God’s creation, and especially the role of water. They were participating in “Pilgrims of Hope for Creation: The Rivers as Waters of Life,” hosted by the Pallottine Retreat and Conference Center in Florissant, Missouri.

Adrian Dominican Associate Celeste Mueller, DMin, President of the Board of Directors of the retreat center, organized and led the pilgrimage, convened at the end of the 2025 Season of Creation. The purpose was to “walk together to observe, listen and learn from the Rivers and the communities of plants, animals, and humans that depend on these living waters,” according to information on the retreat center’s website.

During the walk, Celeste told participants that they were hiking on “sacred sites” and encouraged them to treat these sites with an expectation that their encounter with them “might change something in us.” 

Laura Law, another Adrian Dominican Associate, also participated in the pilgrimage, and said she appreciated the meditation experience of the retreat. 

Read more about the retreat in an article by Laura Kosta published in The St. Louis Review, newspaper of the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

Feature photo at top: Some of the participants in the Pilgrimage of Hope for Creation, hosted by the Pallottine Retreat and Conference Center in Florissant, Missouri, take time to pose for a photo.

October 15, 2025, Adrian, Michigan – Do you want to prepare your heart and soul for the coming of Jesus at Christmas and in your daily life? Adrian Dominican Sister Carol Ann Gross, OP, offers an Advent Retreat: Encounter with Sunday Advent Scriptures, from 6:30 p.m. Sunday, November 30, 2025, through 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 4, 2025, at Weber Retreat and Conference Center.

The Sunday readings from Isaiah and Matthew provide a profound Scriptural preparation for the coming of the Messiah into our world. Listening to the Scriptures, reflecting on their meaning, and quietly contemplating the Word will prepare us for living fully to recognize and accept the new experience of God, beginning with Jesus Christ.

Sister Carol has been a director and teacher of spiritual direction, a pastoral minister, and a retreat director in both the United States and the Dominican Republic.

The cost is $125 for commuters, $225 per person double occupancy, and $325 single occupancy. The cost includes all meals for those staying at Weber Center and lunch for commuters. 

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.