Passionist Earth and Spirit Center

🌿 Listen to Your Imagination

Step away from the everyday and spend a day exploring dreams, symbols, creativity, and the living world.

Through art-making, guided imagery, gentle movement, dream reflection, and wandering the land, discover what images and insights are waiting to emerge.

🎨 No art experience needed—just curiosity and an open heart.

Join us, Saturday, August 28.

✨ Come create. Wander. Imagine. Discover.

🌿 Come try our new offering: Silent Sit & Zen Walking Meditation!

Start your Sunday with stillness, mindfulness, and peace. This 5-week series combines silent sitting and mindful Zen walking to help you reduce stress, quiet your mind, and reconnect with yourself in a welcoming community.

Whether you're brand new to meditation or looking to deepen your practice, everyone is welcome.

✨ Come as you are. Leave feeling grounded, refreshed, and renewed. Starts this Sunday! https://bit.ly/4yewjj5

🌿 A huge thank you to Samtec Cares for helping make Camp Odyssey at Shawnee Park possible!

Because of your generous support, children are spending the week hiking, gardening, creating nature-inspired art, discovering insects, playing educational games, practicing mindfulness, enjoying imaginative and free play, making healthy snacks, and building lasting friendships.

Together, we're helping young people develop confidence, curiosity, and a lifelong connection to the natural world. Thank you for investing in our community and the next generation! 💚🌎

June was filled with meaningful moments of mindfulness! 🌿💚

Our Mindfulness Mentors kicked off Joe Creason Park's Mindfulness Mondays, sharing breathwork, meditation, and mindful movement with community members. We also partnered with the Norton Sports & Learning Center, helping young athletes start each day with calm, focus, and confidence through daily mindfulness practices.

We're grateful for these opportunities to connect with our community, inspire well-being, and share simple tools that support resilience—both on the field and in everyday life. ✨



Learn more at http://bit.ly/4grn48Q

🌧️ Volunteer Day Canceled – Saturday, June 27

Due to the forecast for heavy rain and the potential for flooding, we have made the difficult decision to cancel tomorrow's Volunteer in Nature workday.

The safety of our volunteers is our top priority, and we appreciate your understanding. Thank you to everyone who planned to join us—we look forward to welcoming you back at a future volunteer day when conditions are safer.

Stay safe, and we'll see you in the woods soon! 💚🌿

🐝🌼 Happy Pollinator Week! 🌼🐝

This week, we celebrate the bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators that help our gardens, ecosystems, and food systems thrive.

You can support pollinators by planting native flowers, reducing pesticide use, and creating welcoming habitats in your own backyard.

Together, we can help protect these essential creatures and the biodiversity they support. 🌎💚

🌿 Volunteer in Nature with Us! 🌿

Looking for a meaningful way to spend your Saturday morning? Join us on Saturday, June 27 from 10:00 AM–12:00 PM at the Passionist Earth & Spirit Center and help care for our beautiful 27-acre nature preserve!

Volunteer projects may include:
🌱 Removing invasive species
🥾 Trail and woodland maintenance
🌼 Gardening and outdoor projects
🌳 General land stewardship

Whether you're a seasoned volunteer or trying it for the first time, everyone is welcome. Enjoy the fresh air, connect with nature, meet new people, and help protect one of Louisville's treasured green spaces.

Together, we can help our preserve thrive!

📍 Passionist Earth & Spirit Center
🗓 Saturday, June 27
⏰ 10:00 AM–12:00 PM

This week in Camp Odyssey’s Mindfulness Class, campers explored our Web of Connection activity, discovering how we are all connected to one another, to nature, and to the world around us. 🌎🕸️ Through reflection and teamwork, they learned that every action can strengthen the web that connects us all.

A special thank you to the The Gheens Foundation for helping make experiences like this possible through their generous support of Camp Odyssey. 💚 Their investment helps children build mindfulness, compassion, and a deeper connection to the natural world.

🧘‍♀️ Friendly Reminder! 🧘‍♂️

The next Meditation Monday at KMAC is coming up on Monday, June 15, from 12:30–1:30 PM at KMAC Contemporary Art Museum.

Take a midday pause to relax, recharge, and reconnect through guided meditation in a welcoming community setting. All experience levels are welcome!

We hope you'll join us. 🌿

🌱💚 A huge THANK YOU to our generous sponsor for providing fresh, organic ingredients for Camp Odyssey's cooking classes this summer!

Your generosity is helping make Camp Odyssey a fun, educational, and memorable experience for every child we serve. Thank you for investing in the next generation of healthy, environmentally conscious leaders!

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