Heart and Hearth: A Writing Retreat

With Kate Foran, Joyce Hollyday and Lydia Wylie-Kellerman

January 17 - 19, 2025

A frozen pond in the midst of trees, all covered in snow.

Date and Time Details: Check in is between 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm on Friday, January 17th. The first event will be dinner on Friday evening at 6:00 pm. The retreat will end after lunch on Sunday, January 19th, at approximately 1:00 pm.

Location: The Farmhouse

Address: 2281 Fox Gap Road, Bangor, PA, USA

Contact: Lacey
laceyh@kirkridge.org

  • Commuter – $215.00
  • Farmhouse Private Room – $475.00
  • Farmhouse Shared Room – $375.00

In the heart of winter, come nurture your spirit at a hearth of warmth and creativity. As we face an increasingly unpredictable winter season, we invite you to take some time apart to reflect, write, and sit within a supportive circle. We will keep a rhythm of solitude and gathering, with space to share with one another what we’re writing, for those who would like to. Writing prompts will be provided for those who want them. No writing experience is required. You are welcome whether you want to take a first step toward putting words on paper or are in the throes of writing the next best-selling novel or book of poetry. There’s sure to be fun and feasting, stories and songs to keep us warm around the fire as well.

About the Leaders

Kate Foran

Kate Foran is a freelance writer and language arts instructor from Podunk lands now known as East Hartford, CT. For her, writing has been about expression, but also about connection. Whenever she shares a poem with her monthly writing group, she thinks of a saying from Nelson Johnson, one of her mentors who continues to […]

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Joyce Hollyday

Joyce Hollyday is the author of Pillar of Fire, a historical novel based on the witness of the Beguines. She has written several other books on oral history, spirituality, and social witness, including Clothed with the Sun: Biblical Women, Social Justice, and Us, and a memoir titled Turning Toward Home. Joyce has served as an editor of Sojourners magazine, a […]

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Lydia Wylie-Kellerman

Lydia Wylie-Kellermann is a writer, editor, activist, and mother. She is the director of Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center and editor of Geez magazine, which explores the intersection of activism, art, and spirit. She is the editor of The Sandbox Revolution: Raising Kids for a Just World. She lives with her partner and two boys at Kirkridge on Lenape land […]

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