Saturday Program
Praying with a Brush: A Sacred Art Workshop
With Marek Czarnecki
June 27, 2026
Enders Island
Praying With a Brush is a one-day workshop for iconographers to learn essential brush techniques. Practice calligraphic strokes, study icon structure, and explore tonal modeling using dry brush methods.
Praying with a Brush: A Sacred Art Workshop
With Marek Czarnecki
September 26, 2026
Enders Island
Praying With a Brush is a one-day workshop for iconographers to learn essential brush techniques. Practice calligraphic strokes, study icon structure, and explore tonal modeling using dry brush methods.
A Day of Prayer and Writing Focused on the Sacred Heart of Jesus
With Sarah Cortez
October 10, 2026
Together we will reflect on the promises made to St. Margaret Mary Alcoque as our day’s basis for prayer, spiritual journaling, and reflection. We’ll anchor our time with morning Mass, then later we’ll have time to pray in the chapel. Walking reflection will help us awaken our appreciation for God’s gift of creation and its […]
Panel Preparation and Gesso making for Egg Tempera and Icon Painters
With Marek Czarnecki
October 17, 2026
Enders Island
In this hands-on, one-day workshop, iconographer Marek Czarnecki will guide you through the traditional process of making true artist’s gesso. Learn to apply linen and build up multiple layers of gesso on a Baltic birch panel, preparing it for egg tempera painting.