Women's Christmas:
From Weariness to Rest
Saturday, January 3, 2026
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
St Scholastica Monastery
There are twelve days of the Christmas season.
...times of planning and preparing precede these days
...times of gathering and feasting fill these days.
Now it is time to acknowledge our joy-filled weariness, and to rest. Come for the day (or add a night of rest overnight), ‘rest awhile’ and celebrate an old Irish tradition that is gaining popularity: Women’s Christmas.
It is a time to leave home and hearth, release holiday responsibilities, and spend time together as women who often hold the world together...our families and neighborhoods, our communities and nation, the earth and our world.
We will feast on Women’s Wisdoms…
Listen in story circles…
Develop a creative project… and
Dine on food someone else lovingly prepared.
Facilitator: Rev. Marina Lachecki grew up in Duluth and is a 1974 graduate of the College of St. Scholastica. She is a published author in the field of creation spirituality. She served as Campus Minister for Northland College and then as pastor of St. John’s UCC on Madeline Island. She is a grandmother, storyteller, environmentalist, singer and author.
Suggested Offering: $45 (includes lunch) Space is limited to 25
If your budget does not allow for this suggested offering, please contact Dawn Carrillo at dcarrillo@duluthosb.org or 320-260-8233. Our intention is to have this retreat available to any woman, regardless of affordability.
If you would like to combine this daylong retreat with an overnight stay,
please call Sister Lois Eckes at 218-348-6280 to make arrangements.
St. Scholastica Monastery
1001 Kenwood Avenue
Duluth, MN 55811
(218) 723-6699
retreat@duluthosb.org
Find us in Stanbrook Hall which faces the lake and is next to the chapel by following the signs to Duluth Benedictine Ministries.