Welcome to the Galilee Centre
We are HIRING!
Galilee Centre is now hiring, check out our Job Opportunities page for details and application instructions.
Canadians for a Synodal Church is live!
Galilee Centre is now hosting the Canadians for a Synodal Church event.
The Zoom meeting will open as of 6:15 pm (Eastern Time).
We ask that participants stay muted, camera use is optional. The event will be recorded and a link to the recording will be distributed to all
registered participants within a week of the event.
We are delighted to have over 300 registered participants; please recognize that we may not have the time to address everyone's questions during the session but we encourage you to share them with our moderator via the chat function.
Situated next to an old growth forest overlooking the Ottawa River, Galilee Centre is a welcoming holistic spiritual life centre that is an oasis of peace, care and comfort.
Sponsored by OMI Lacombe, our mission is to provide an environment, programs and services which nurture people’s personal and spiritual growth, enabling them to contribute to a healthier world.
There will be an operational pause at Galilee Centre for January - March 2024. We look forward to welcoming guests, program participants, and community members back to Galilee starting April 1, 2024. We will continue to take reservations for bookings, programs and events scheduled for after April 1. To reach a staff member, please contact us at info@galileecentre.com or 613-623-4242x 21. Our office hours are Tuesday - Friday, 9:30 -3:30.
Spirituality Message
News From Galilee Centre
Preparing for Lent
Fr. Roy Boucher, OMI was fond of saying “It’s all about who we are being while we are doing.” It is important to understand the “why” behind our actions, and in particular, our habits. Coming into Lent there many suggested actions, like giving up chocolate, (which seems poignant with Ash Wednesday coinciding with St. Valentine's Day this year!) and it is important to consider the “why” behind those actions.
Vinita Hampton Wright shared these suggestions in her article “How to Prepare for Lent” on https://www.ignatianspirituality.com/
“It’s good to have a plan for doing. It’s also good to have a plan for being.
How do I want to be during Lent this year? More quiet and thoughtful? More open to God’s desires? Better able to sit with people who need me? More attentive to sacred readings, whether in church or in private? Do I need to be more compassionate toward my own fears and failings? Do I need to become more courageous about using the gifts God has given me?...
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Walking the Path of Adult Faith
The Emmaus Encounter as Model of Where Faith and Life Meet to Transform Us
Friday, April 19 and Sunday, April 21, 2024
Facilitator: Dr. Carol Kuzmochka
When the search for meaning and hope is keenly felt we enter a threshold space where encounter and transformation can happen. This retreat is an invitation to prayerful reflection opening to God who comes alongside to walk with us, leading into the learning/growing spaces of adult faith. Dr. Kuzmochka’s approach to the Emmaus story offers a way into the wide, rich, real, and relational journey of integral faith that can prepare us to be vitally a part of the Synodal Church.
Click here to register online.
Our Synod Journey
Over the past year, a series of speaker panels was convened to discuss the Synodal Process in Canada and beyond. Click here for more information on the Synod and to view the videos of the speaker panel events.