Turning Over Tables: A Lenten Call - Monday, March 10th -April 14th - 8 to 9 AM - On Zoom
Join us in this virtual Lenten offering, where spiritual director Shawn Ashmore will lead us in reading and discussing Turning Over Tables: A Lenten Call for Disrupting Power by Kathy Escobar.
Each week, through poignant reflections and thought-provoking practices, we will discover the disruptive effect of Jesus’ teachings on the powers of his day and how they can effect our own worldview and communities today.
***Please purchase a copy of the book before the first meeting.
The meetings will be hosted on Mondays, March 10th -April 14th from 8 -9 CT AM on Zoom.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $25
Lectio Divina 2025 - Thurdays, March 13th -April 10th - 4 to 5:30 PM (In-Person)
Do you desire a closer relationship with God? Looking to try a new practice this Lent? Join us Thursday afternoons beginning March 13th for our 2nd annual Lectio Divina.
Nancy Somodevilla is our guest and leader. Nancy is a member at St. Michael and All Angels in Dallas and will lead us as we discover the power of Lectio Divina. Nancy has lead Lectio for years and will be serving the Abbey for the 2nd time for this year’s Lectio.
The meetings will be hosted on Mondays, March 13th - April 10th from 4 - 5:30 PM at the Abbey.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $30
Stations in the City 2025: Friday mornings (Online) March 14th - April 4th and Saturday April 12th (In person) from 9 am - 12 noon
In preparation for walking the Way of the Cross experientially, outdoors, through the streets and neighborhood with Stations in the City, we will first meet online Friday mornings March 14th - April 4th and pray the Stations of the Cross together.
On Saturday April 12th, we will gather at the Abbey and walk a route through the streets and neighborhood as together we pray and proclaim the Stations in the City. Friends, guests, and visitors are all welcome to join us for Stations in the City.
Fridays March 14 – April 4, online from 8-9 AM and Saturday April 12 – in person, 9 AM – Noon at the Abbey.
Email tom@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register
Cost: $30 for Friday Prayers and Stations in the City
$10 for only Stations in the City
$5 of either registration will be donated to Dallas Leadership Foundation
Turning Over Tables: A Lenten Call - Mondays, Continues March 17th -April 14th - 8 to 9 AM - On Zoom
Join us in this virtual Lenten offering, where spiritual director Shawn Ashmore will lead us in reading and discussing Turning Over Tables: A Lenten Call for Disrupting Power by Kathy Escobar.
Each week, through poignant reflections and thought-provoking practices, we will discover the disruptive effect of Jesus’ teachings on the powers of his day and how they can effect our own worldview and communities today.
***Please purchase a copy of the book before the first meeting.
The meetings will be hosted on Mondays, March 10th -April 14th from 8 -9 CT AM on Zoom.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $25
Lectio Divina 2025 - Thursdays, Continuing March 20th -April 10th - 4 to 5:30 PM (In-Person)
Do you desire a closer relationship with God? Looking to try a new practice this Lent? Join us Thursday afternoons beginning March 13th for our 2nd annual Lectio Divina.
Nancy Somodevilla is our guest and leader. Nancy is a member at St. Michael and All Angels in Dallas and will lead us as we discover the power of Lectio Divina. Nancy has lead Lectio for years and will be serving the Abbey for the 2nd time for this year’s Lectio.
The meetings will be hosted on Mondays, March 13th - April 10th from 4 - 5:30 PM at the Abbey.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $30
Stations in the City 2025: Friday mornings (Online) Continues March 21st - April 4th and Saturday April 12th (In person) from 9 am - 12 noon
In preparation for walking the Way of the Cross experientially, outdoors, through the streets and neighborhood with Stations in the City, we will first meet online Friday mornings March 14th - April 4th and pray the Stations of the Cross together.
On Saturday April 12th, we will gather at the Abbey and walk a route through the streets and neighborhood as together we pray and proclaim the Stations in the City. Friends, guests, and visitors are all welcome to join us for Stations in the City.
Fridays March 14 – April 4, online from 8-9 AM and Saturday April 12 – in person, 9 AM – Noon at the Abbey.
Email tom@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register
Cost: $30 for Friday Prayers and Stations in the City
$10 for only Stations in the City
$5 of either registration will be donated to Dallas Leadership Foundation
Turning Over Tables: A Lenten Call - Mondays, Continues March 24th -April 14th - 8 to 9 AM - On Zoom
Join us in this virtual Lenten offering, where spiritual director Shawn Ashmore will lead us in reading and discussing Turning Over Tables: A Lenten Call for Disrupting Power by Kathy Escobar.
Each week, through poignant reflections and thought-provoking practices, we will discover the disruptive effect of Jesus’ teachings on the powers of his day and how they can effect our own worldview and communities today.
***Please purchase a copy of the book before the first meeting.
The meetings will be hosted on Mondays, March 10th -April 14th from 8 -9 CT AM on Zoom.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $25
Lectio Divina 2025 - Thursdays, Continuing March 27th -April 10th - 4 to 5:30 PM (In-Person)
Do you desire a closer relationship with God? Looking to try a new practice this Lent? Join us Thursday afternoons beginning March 13th for our 2nd annual Lectio Divina.
Nancy Somodevilla is our guest and leader. Nancy is a member at St. Michael and All Angels in Dallas and will lead us as we discover the power of Lectio Divina. Nancy has lead Lectio for years and will be serving the Abbey for the 2nd time for this year’s Lectio.
The meetings will be hosted on Mondays, March 13th - April 10th from 4 - 5:30 PM at the Abbey.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $30
Stations in the City 2025: Friday mornings (Online) Continues March 28th - April 4th and Saturday April 12th (In person) from 9 am - 12 noon
In preparation for walking the Way of the Cross experientially, outdoors, through the streets and neighborhood with Stations in the City, we will first meet online Friday mornings March 14th - April 4th and pray the Stations of the Cross together.
On Saturday April 12th, we will gather at the Abbey and walk a route through the streets and neighborhood as together we pray and proclaim the Stations in the City. Friends, guests, and visitors are all welcome to join us for Stations in the City.
Fridays March 14 – April 4, online from 8-9 AM and Saturday April 12 – in person, 9 AM – Noon at the Abbey.
Email tom@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register
Cost: $30 for Friday Prayers and Stations in the City
$10 for only Stations in the City
$5 of either registration will be donated to Dallas Leadership Foundation
Turning Over Tables: A Lenten Call - Mondays, Continues March 31st -April 14th - 8 to 9 AM - On Zoom
Join us in this virtual Lenten offering, where spiritual director Shawn Ashmore will lead us in reading and discussing Turning Over Tables: A Lenten Call for Disrupting Power by Kathy Escobar.
Each week, through poignant reflections and thought-provoking practices, we will discover the disruptive effect of Jesus’ teachings on the powers of his day and how they can effect our own worldview and communities today.
***Please purchase a copy of the book before the first meeting.
The meetings will be hosted on Mondays, March 10th -April 14th from 8 -9 CT AM on Zoom.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $25
Lectio Divina 2025 - Thursdays, Continuing April 3 -April 10th - 4 to 5:30 PM (In-Person)
Do you desire a closer relationship with God? Looking to try a new practice this Lent? Join us Thursday afternoons beginning March 13th for our 2nd annual Lectio Divina.
Nancy Somodevilla is our guest and leader. Nancy is a member at St. Michael and All Angels in Dallas and will lead us as we discover the power of Lectio Divina. Nancy has lead Lectio for years and will be serving the Abbey for the 2nd time for this year’s Lectio.
The meetings will be hosted on Mondays, March 13th - April 10th from 4 - 5:30 PM at the Abbey.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $30
Unlocking the Enneagram - Thursdays, April 3rd - 24th from 6:30 to 8:30 PM (In-Person)
Are you curious about the Enneagram personality test and how it can be used to grow your understanding of self?
Join us in this weekly class with friend of the Abbey, Aaron Manes, where we explore the interconnection between our psychology and spirituality through the 9 Enneagram personalities.
The meetings will be hosted on Thurdays, April 3rd-24th from 6:30 - 8:30 PM.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $125 for one registration
$200 for friends and couple
Stations in the City 2025: Friday mornings (Online) Continues Friday April 4th and Saturday April 12th (In person) from 9 am - 12 noon
In preparation for walking the Way of the Cross experientially, outdoors, through the streets and neighborhood with Stations in the City, we will first meet online Friday mornings March 14th - April 4th and pray the Stations of the Cross together.
On Saturday April 12th, we will gather at the Abbey and walk a route through the streets and neighborhood as together we pray and proclaim the Stations in the City. Friends, guests, and visitors are all welcome to join us for Stations in the City.
Fridays March 14 – April 4, online from 8-9 AM and Saturday April 12 – in person, 9 AM – Noon at the Abbey.
Email tom@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register
Cost: $30 for Friday Prayers and Stations in the City
$10 for only Stations in the City
$5 of either registration will be donated to Dallas Leadership Foundation
Turning Over Tables: A Lenten Call - Mondays, Continues April 7th-April 14th - 8 to 9 AM - On Zoom
Join us in this virtual Lenten offering, where spiritual director Shawn Ashmore will lead us in reading and discussing Turning Over Tables: A Lenten Call for Disrupting Power by Kathy Escobar.
Each week, through poignant reflections and thought-provoking practices, we will discover the disruptive effect of Jesus’ teachings on the powers of his day and how they can effect our own worldview and communities today.
***Please purchase a copy of the book before the first meeting.
The meetings will be hosted on Mondays, March 10th -April 14th from 8 -9 CT AM on Zoom.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $25
Lectio Divina 2025 - Thursdays, Concludes April 10th - 4 to 5:30 PM (In-Person)
Do you desire a closer relationship with God? Looking to try a new practice this Lent? Join us Thursday afternoons beginning March 13th for our 2nd annual Lectio Divina.
Nancy Somodevilla is our guest and leader. Nancy is a member at St. Michael and All Angels in Dallas and will lead us as we discover the power of Lectio Divina. Nancy has lead Lectio for years and will be serving the Abbey for the 2nd time for this year’s Lectio.
The meetings will be hosted on Mondays, March 13th - April 10th from 4 - 5:30 PM at the Abbey.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $30
Unlocking the Enneagram - Thursdays, Continuing April 10th - 24th from 6:30 to 8:30 PM (In-Person)
Are you curious about the Enneagram personality test and how it can be used to grow your understanding of self?
Join us in this weekly class with friend of the Abbey, Aaron Manes, where we explore the interconnection between our psychology and spirituality through the 9 Enneagram personalities.
The meetings will be hosted on Thurdays, April 3rd-24th from 6:30 - 8:30 PM.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $125 for one registration
$200 for friends and couple
Stations in the City 2025: Saturday April 12th (In person) from 9 am - 12 noon
On Saturday April 12th, we will gather at the Abbey and walk a route through the streets and neighborhood as together we pray and proclaim the Stations in the City.
Friends, guests, and visitors are all welcome to join us for Stations in the City.
Saturday April 12 – in person, 9 AM – Noon at the Abbey.
Email tom@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register
Cost: $10 for Stations in the City only
$5 of either registration will be donated to Dallas Leadership Foundation
Turning Over Tables: A Lenten Call - Mondays, Concludes April 14th - 8 to 9 AM - On Zoom
Join us in this virtual Lenten offering, where spiritual director Shawn Ashmore will lead us in reading and discussing Turning Over Tables: A Lenten Call for Disrupting Power by Kathy Escobar.
Each week, through poignant reflections and thought-provoking practices, we will discover the disruptive effect of Jesus’ teachings on the powers of his day and how they can effect our own worldview and communities today.
***Please purchase a copy of the book before the first meeting.
The meetings will be hosted on Mondays, March 10th -April 14th from 8 -9 CT AM on Zoom.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $25
Unlocking the Enneagram - Thursdays, Continuing April 17th - 24th from 6:30 to 8:30 PM (In-Person)
Are you curious about the Enneagram personality test and how it can be used to grow your understanding of self?
Join us in this weekly class with friend of the Abbey, Aaron Manes, where we explore the interconnection between our psychology and spirituality through the 9 Enneagram personalities.
The meetings will be hosted on Thurdays, April 3rd-24th from 6:30 - 8:30 PM.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $125 for one registration
$200 for friends and couple
Unlocking the Enneagram - Thursdays, Concludes April 24th from 6:30 to 8:30 PM (In-Person)
Are you curious about the Enneagram personality test and how it can be used to grow your understanding of self?
Join us in this weekly class with friend of the Abbey, Aaron Manes, where we explore the interconnection between our psychology and spirituality through the 9 Enneagram personalities.
The meetings will be hosted on Thurdays, April 3rd-24th from 6:30 - 8:30 PM.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $125 for one registration
$200 for friends and couple
Walk the Camino with the Abbey
Join a spiritual journey walking the pilgrim’s way. As a small group, we will trace the steps of the Spiritual Variant on the Portuguese Way of the Camino de Santiago.
New Year’s Retreat 2025: Make your Annual Examen - Saturday February 1st - 9:30am - 2:30 pm
As 2025 begins, give up half-hearted resolutions about going to the gym and spending less time on your cellphone. Instead, reflect and refocus and start the year out with an authentic spiritual “center.” This Friday to Saturday New Year’s retreat uses the wider lens of the Ignatian Examen to guide you on the path to the good and beautiful you that you were created to be.
Time keeps moving and soon we will be swept into 2025 – ready or not!
Why not reflect and refocus and start the year out with an authentic spiritual center?
This New Year’s retreat is designed to use a wider lens of the Ignatian Examen to enable you to live life as the true self God created you to be.
Price: $60 per participant (dinner and lunch included). Any two people registered together - $110 using Family & Friends discount code
***Some low-cost housing is available for out-of-towners
New Year’s Retreat 2025: Make your Annual Examen - Fri Jan 31st - Sat Feb 1st
As 2025 begins, give up half-hearted resolutions about going to the gym and spending less time on your cellphone. Instead, reflect and refocus and start the year out with an authentic spiritual “center.” This Friday to Saturday retreat in the New Year uses the wider lens of the Ignatian Examen to guide you on the path to the good and beautiful you that you were created to be.
Time keeps moving and soon we will be swept into 2025 – ready or not!
Why not reflect and refocus and start the year out with an authentic spiritual center?
This New Year’s retreat is designed to use a wider lens of the Ignatian Examen to enable you to live life as the true self God created you to be.
Price: $60 per participant (dinner and lunch included). Any two people register together and use the Family & Friends discount code pay ONLY $110
***Some low-cost housing is available for out-of-towners
Postponed - A Retreat for Mothers of Young Children - Saturday January 11, 2025 - 9:30 am - 2:00 pm
Retreat Postponed
Due to inclement weather in Dallas, this retreat has been postponed until further notice. We do intend to reschedule.
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A Retreat for Mothers of Young Children: designed as a respite, refresher, and encouragement to mothers of young children.
This retreat is Saturday January 11th 2025. Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org for more info.
Jenny Watson, friend of the Abbey, will be the retreat facilitator. Cost: $45 including lunch and materials.
***Special Friends and Family Discount for any two people registering together***
Welcoming Advent - An Online Devotional and Discussion - Mondays - 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. - Concludes Dec. 23rd
Welcoming Advent: Hospitality for the Season.
Join Shawn Ashmore and friends online for the four Mondays in Advent (December 2nd through December 23rd).
The format includes a devotional, reflections, and discussion. This group meets online got an hour once a week from 8-9 a.m.
The four Mondays starting December 2nd ONLINE through December 23rd
Mondays - 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. CT.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $25. Special “Friends and Family discount” Any two participants registered together - $40 - Code:
WELADVFF
Blue Christmas Gathering- Sunday December 22nd at the Abbey
It’s not just Elvis who feels blue at Christmas. Many people struggle with sad feelings during “the most wonderful time of the year.” Whether you have any church or religious affiliation or not, feel free to join us at the Abbey on Lovers Lane for our Blue Christmas Gathering.
Hear from an expert about navigating the season.
Join together in worship designed especially for you and Blue Christmas
Learn and take away a new spiritual practice.
Enjoy fellowship & special refreshments.
When: Sunday Dec. 22nd from 2:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $25 - including refreshments - Any two people registering together - $40 with Family & Friends code
Welcoming Advent - An Online Devotional and Discussion - Mondays - 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. - Continues Dec 16th through Dec. 23rd
Welcoming Advent: Hospitality for the Season.
Join Shawn Ashmore and friends online for the four Mondays in Advent (December 2nd through December 23rd).
The format includes a devotional, reflections, and discussion. This group meets online got an hour once a week from 8-9 a.m.
The four Mondays starting December 2nd ONLINE through December 23rd
Mondays - 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. CT.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $25. Special “Friends and Family discount” Any two participants registered together - $40 - Code:
WELADVFF
Abbey Autumn Book Club - Popular Stories & Poems for the Advent & Christmas Season - Thursdays - ONLINE - Ends Dec 12th
Abbey Autumn Book Club - Popular Stories & Poems of the Advent and Christmas Season: Selected readings by various authors.
Join Tom Hotchkiss, Co-founder of the Abbey and a special guest as they lead each week through some of the most popular stories and poems for the Advent and Christmas seasons.
The four Thursdays starting November 14th (excluding Thanksgiving week) ONLINE through December 12th
Thursdays - 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $30. Special “Friends and Family discount” Any two participants registered together - $40 - Code: BOOKFFAbbey
Welcoming Advent - An Online Devotional and Discussion - Mondays - 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. - Continues Dec 9th through Dec. 23rd
Welcoming Advent: Hospitality for the Season.
Join Shawn Ashmore and friends online for the four Mondays in Advent (December 2nd through December 23rd).
The format includes a devotional, reflections, and discussion. This group meets online got an hour once a week from 8-9 a.m.
The four Mondays starting December 2nd ONLINE through December 23rd
Mondays - 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. CT.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $25. Special “Friends and Family discount” Any two participants registered together - $40 - Code:
WELADVFF
Advent Retreat: Do You Hear What I Hear? -Saturday - December 7th - 9:30 am - 2:00 pm - IN PERSON
Advent One Day Retreat: Do you hear what I hear?
Join us for the Saturday Advent Retreat at the Abbey. Come and listen in expectation for the good news of great joy in the Advent season.
Led by Marcia and Tom Hotchkiss, Co-founders of the Abbey on Lovers Lane.
Saturday December 7th (9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.).
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $35 Limit 20 participants. Special “Friends and Family discount” Two participants registered together - $60 - Code: ADVFFAbbey
Abbey Autumn Book Club - Popular Stories & Poems for the Advent & Christmas Season - Thursdays - ONLINE - Continues Dec 5th - Dec 12th
Abbey Autumn Book Club - Popular Stories & Poems of the Advent and Christmas Season: Selected readings by various authors.
Join Tom Hotchkiss, Co-founder of the Abbey and a special guest as they lead each week through some of the most popular stories and poems for the Advent and Christmas seasons.
The four Thursdays starting November 14th (excluding Thanksgiving week) ONLINE through December 12th
Thursdays - 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $30. Special “Friends and Family discount” Any two participants registered together - $40 - Code: BOOKFFAbbey
Welcoming Advent - An Online Devotional and Discussion - Mondays - 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. - Dec 2nd through Dec. 23rd
Welcoming Advent: Hospitality for the Season.
Join Shawn Ashmore and friends online for the four Mondays in Advent (December 2nd through December 23rd).
The format includes a devotional, reflections, and discussion. This group meets online got an hour once a week from 8-9 a.m.
The four Mondays starting December 2nd ONLINE through December 23rd
Mondays - 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. CT.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $25. Special “Friends and Family discount” Any two participants registered together - $40 - Code:
WELADVFF
Grief & Loss in Contemplative Practice - Saturday - 10 AM - 2:30 PM - IN PERSON - November 23rd
Grief & Loss in Contemplative Practice
Everyone has experienced loss, either through death, relationships ending, or the loss of a job or home. Come join us as we take a look at the ‘holy’ in the midst of grief and loss through some creative meditation and discussion. Finding our way back to peace is possible.
Lunch is provided.
Saturday, November 23rd 10 AM - 2:30 PM at the Abbey.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $35
NEW DATE: Saturday November 23rd.
Abbey Autumn Book Club - Popular Stories & Poems for the Advent & Christmas Season - Thursdays - ONLINE - Continues Nov 21st - Dec 12th
Abbey Autumn Book Club - Popular Stories & Poems of the Advent and Christmas Season: Selected readings by various authors.
Join Tom Hotchkiss, Co-founder of the Abbey and a special guest, as they lead each week through some of the most popular stories and poems for the Advent and Christmas seasons.
The four Thursdays starting November 14th (excluding Thanksgiving week) ONLINE through December 12th
Thursdays - 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $30. Special “Friends and Family discount” Any two participants registered together - $40 - Code: BOOKFFAbbey
Abbey Autumn Book Club - Popular Stories & Poems for the Advent & Christmas Season - Thursdays - ONLINE - Nov 14th - Dec 12th
Abbey Autumn Book Club - Popular Stories & Poems of the Advent and Christmas Season: Selected readings by various authors.
Join Tom Hotchkiss, Co-founder of the Abbey and a special guest, as they lead each week through some of the most popular stories and poems for the Advent and Christmas seasons.
The four Thursdays starting November 14th (excluding Thanksgiving week) ONLINE through December 12th
Thursdays - 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $30. Special “Friends and Family discount” Any two participants registered together - $40 - Code: BOOKFFAbbey
Rekindling Your Faith - Wednesdays - 11:45 am-1:15 pm - IN PERSON -Concludes November 6th
Rekindling Your Faith
Rekindling Your Faith - is for people who have struggled with their faith or found their faith changing or evolving. This is a contemplative, non-judgmental method to help us hold on to faith that works in a changing and sometimes confusing world.
Led by Shawn Ashmore, Retreat leader & Spiritual Director and Marcia Hotchkiss, Spiritual Director and Co-founder of the Abbey on Lovers.
Beginning Wednesday October 2nd (11:45a.m. - 1:15p.m.) for five weeks.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $35 Limit 12 participants. Special $5 discount for first five to register - Code: RYFAbbey
Rekindling Your Faith - NEW dates - Wednesdays - 11:45 am-1:15 pm - IN PERSON - Continues October 30th - November 6th
Rekindling Your Faith
Rekindling Your Faith - is for people who have struggled with their faith or found their faith changing or evolving. This is a contemplative, non-judgmental method to help us hold on to faith that works in a changing and sometimes confusing world.
Led by Shawn Ashmore, Retreat leader & Spiritual Director and Marcia Hotchkiss, Spiritual Director and Co-founder of the Abbey on Lovers.
Beginning Wednesday October 2nd (11:45a.m. - 1:15p.m.) for five weeks.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $35 Limit 12 participants. Special $5 discount for first five to register - Code: RYFAbbey
Rekindling Your Faith - NEW dates - Wednesdays - 11:45 am-1:15 pm - IN PERSON - Continues October 23rd - November 6th
Rekindling Your Faith
Rekindling Your Faith - is for people who have struggled with their faith or found their faith changing or evolving. This is a contemplative, non-judgmental method to help us hold on to faith that works in a changing and sometimes confusing world.
Led by Shawn Ashmore, Retreat leader & Spiritual Director and Marcia Hotchkiss, Spiritual Director and Co-founder of the Abbey on Lovers.
Beginning Wednesday October 2nd (11:45a.m. - 1:15p.m.) for five weeks.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $35 Limit 12 participants. Special $5 discount for first five to register - Code: RYFAbbey
Rekindling Your Faith - NEW starting date - Wednesdays - 11:45 am-1:15 pm - IN PERSON -Begins October 16th - November 6th
Rekindling Your Faith
Rekindling Your Faith - is for people who have struggled with their faith or found their faith changing or evolving. This is a contemplative, non-judgmental method to help us hold on to faith that works in a changing and sometimes confusing world.
Led by Shawn Ashmore, Retreat leader & Spiritual Director and Marcia Hotchkiss, Spiritual Director and Co-founder of the Abbey on Lovers.
Beginning Wednesday October 2nd (11:45a.m. - 1:15p.m.) for five weeks.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $35 Limit 12 participants. Special $5 discount for first five to register - Code: RYFAbbey
Pickleball Friendraiser Tournament - Friday, September 13th, 2024 - 6 PM - 9 PM - Dallas Indoor Pickleball (DIP) in Farmer’s Branch
Calling all Pickleball Enthusiasts!
Join the Abbey for the 2024 Abbey Pickleball Friendrasier Tournament, a fun-filled competition raising funds for The Abbey on Lovers Lane’s downtown ministry!
Dust off your paddles and play alongside fellow pickleball lovers!
Compete in your skill level: beginner, intermediate, advanced, or champion to vie for prizes, and support The Abbey’s ministry! (Charitable receipts available upon request.)
The Abbey's founders, Marcia and Rev. Tom Hotchkiss, will be your gracious hosts at Dallas Indoor Pickleball in Farmer's Branch. Food and beverages will be served.
Join us in this friendly and charitable competition!
Email marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with any questions.
Click below to register!
Cost: $100 per person (an investment in fun and a worthy cause!)
Registration is open NOW. Thank you for your patience.
POSTPONED -Contemplative Prayer Practices - Thursdays - 7-8:30 PM - IN PERSON - Begins September 12th
Contemplative Prayer Practices
Co-founder of the Abbey on Lovers, Rev. Tom Hotchkiss and Council Chair Paula Hart will be a leading a class in the Christian contemplative prayer tradition and its practices. How to do we become more ‘beholden’ to God in our lives through prayer? How can we grow a sensitivity to God and foster our longing for spiritual peace and contemplation?
Join us for this offering. Further understand the role that habitual prayer plays in the Christian life and how we can grow our attention to God’s will and purpose.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions.
Cost: $35
Faith Matters - Webinar on Civil Discourse in the Midst of the Toxic Norm - September 5th, 2024 - 7 PM - 8:30 PM via Zoom
Faith Matters: Webinar on Civil Discourse in the Midst of the Toxic Norm
In times of division, how does faith play a role in having the hard conversations of 2024 and taking a stance on social, political, and national issues?
Join us for a conversation to be facilitated by Co-Founder of the Abbey Rev. Tom Hotchkiss between three influential minds. Our speakers will be Professor Emerita from Agnes Scott College, spiritual director and author Lerita Coleman Brown, a distinguished scholar on the life and work of the activist and Christian mystic Howard Thurman; Commentary editor for the Dallas Morning News Ryan Sander whose journalism monitors our national Christian faith and culture; and Episcopal priest and psychotherapist Eric Liles, currently serving at Good Shepherd Church and practicing in Dallas.
The webinar will be hosted on Thursday September 5th from 7 PM - 8:30 PM on Zoom.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $10
Registration is open. Thank you for your patience.
Saturday Saints: Ignatius of Loyola, Soldier Turned Saint - Saturday, July 27th - 9:00-11:00 AM
Saturday Saints: Ignatius of Loyola
Ignatius of Loyola was a 16th century Spanish Basque soldier who became a Catholic priest and theologian later in life. With a group of six friends, he famously established the Order of Jesus, the Jesuits, a Catholic order responsible for countless missions and has established schools around the world.
Ignatius was educated as a minister later in life after years of pilgrimage and renunciation. Today, he is known for his personal meditations which were codified in his work on spiritual direction and retreat The Spiritual Exercises, a work that continues to be used in the Catholic and Anglican tradition.
Our activities will include presentation by the leader, group discussion, and individual reflection.
Jeff Bouis, Spiritual Director and Head Faculty of Spiritual Exercises at Heart Paths DFW, will lead this session. Jeff has studied Ignatius’ The Spiritual Exercises for many years and uses its methods in his own spiritual direction mentorship at Heart Paths.
9 – 11 AM on Saturday, July 27th
Price: $20 per participant (refreshments and coffee included)
All Creatures Alleluia! - Summer 2024 - Thursdays - 10-11:30 a.m. - IN PERSON - Begins May 30 - June 20th
All Creatures Alleluia!
Do you find yourself a lover of all creatures, a modern day St. Francis?
In this class, friend of the Abbey, Shawn Ashmore will lead us in this special offering as we explore our connection with our animals and how they connect us with our Creator and His Creation.
Join us for this 4-week offering.
Beginning Thursday May 30th (10-11:30 a.m.) for four weeks in-person at the Abbey on Lovers Lane.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions and click below to register.
Cost: $40
Discovering Jesus - Seven Encounters in the Gospel of John - Wednesdays - 11:45 am-1:15 pm - IN PERSON -Begins May 8th - June 19th
Discovering Jesus: Seven Encounters in the Gospel of John
Co-founder of the Abbey on Lovers, Marcia Hotchkiss will facilitate a seven-week series on discovering Jesus. This small group will meet at the lunch hour (bring your own lunch if you choose), and we will explore seven encounters with Jesus in the Gospel of John.
Join us for this offering. Discuss who God is, what did Jesus say or mean, and how do Jesus’ words from long ago matter to us today.
Beginning Wednesday May 8th (11:45a.m. - 1:15p.m.) for seven weeks.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $50
All Creatures Alleluia! - Summer 2024 - Thursdays - 10-11:30 a.m. - IN PERSON - Begins May 30 - June 20th
All Creatures Alleluia!
Do you find yourself a lover of all creatures, a modern day St. Francis?
In this class, friend of the Abbey, Shawn Ashmore will lead us in this special offering as we explore our connection with our animals and how they connect us with our Creator and His Creation.
Join us for this 4-week offering.
Beginning Thursday May 30th (10-11:30 a.m.) for four weeks in-person at the Abbey on Lovers Lane.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions and click below to register.
Cost: $40
Discovering Jesus - Seven Encounters in the Gospel of John - Wednesdays - 11:45 am-1:15 pm - IN PERSON -Begins May 8th - June 19th
Discovering Jesus: Seven Encounters in the Gospel of John
Co-founder of the Abbey on Lovers, Marcia Hotchkiss will facilitate a seven-week series on discovering Jesus. This small group will meet at the lunch hour (bring your own lunch if you choose), and we will explore seven encounters with Jesus in the Gospel of John.
Join us for this offering. Discuss who God is, what did Jesus say or mean, and how do Jesus’ words from long ago matter to us today.
Beginning Wednesday May 8th (11:45a.m. - 1:15p.m.) for seven weeks.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $50
All Creatures Alleluia! - Summer 2024 - Thursdays - 10-11:30 a.m. - IN PERSON - Begins May 30 - June 20th
All Creatures Alleluia!
Do you find yourself a lover of all creatures, a modern day St. Francis?
In this class, friend of the Abbey, Shawn Ashmore will lead us in this special offering as we explore our connection with our animals and how they connect us with our Creator and His Creation.
Join us for this 4-week offering.
Beginning Thursday May 30th (10-11:30 a.m.) for four weeks in-person at the Abbey on Lovers Lane.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions and click below to register.
Cost: $40
Discovering Jesus - Seven Encounters in the Gospel of John - Wednesdays - 11:45 am-1:15 pm - IN PERSON -Begins May 8th - June 16th
Discovering Jesus: Seven Encounters in the Gospel of John
Co-founder of the Abbey on Lovers, Marcia Hotchkiss will facilitate a seven-week series on discovering Jesus. This small group will meet at the lunch hour (bring your own lunch if you choose), and we will explore seven encounters with Jesus in the Gospel of John.
Join us for this offering. Discuss who God is, what did Jesus say or mean, and how do Jesus’ words from long ago matter to us today.
Beginning Wednesday May 8th (11:45a.m. - 1:15p.m.) for seven weeks.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $50
All Creatures Alleluia! - Summer 2024 - Thursdays - 10-11:30 a.m. - IN PERSON - Begins May 30 - June 20th
All Creatures Alleluia!
Do you find yourself a lover of all creatures, a modern day St. Francis?
In this class, friend of the Abbey, Shawn Ashmore will lead us in this special offering as we explore our connection with our animals and how they connect us with our Creator and His Creation.
Join us for this 4-week offering.
Beginning Thursday May 30th (10-11:30 a.m.) for four weeks in-person at the Abbey on Lovers Lane.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions and click below to register.
Cost: $40
Discovering Jesus - Seven Encounters in the Gospel of John - Wednesdays - 11:45 am-1:15 pm - IN PERSON -Begins May 8th - June 16th
Discovering Jesus: Seven Encounters in the Gospel of John
Co-founder of the Abbey on Lovers, Marcia Hotchkiss will facilitate a seven-week series on discovering Jesus. This small group will meet at the lunch hour (bring your own lunch if you choose), and we will explore seven encounters with Jesus in the Gospel of John.
Join us for this offering. Discuss who God is, what did Jesus say or mean, and how do Jesus’ words from long ago matter to us today.
Beginning Wednesday May 8th (11:45a.m. - 1:15p.m.) for seven weeks.
Email Marcia@abbeyonlovers.org with questions or click below to register.
Cost: $50