There are many narratives scrolled across the spacious Wyoming landscape. We will begin to find language to share what is true and holy and hopeful and challenging and loving in those stories. And we will learn about creating hospitable, respectful, and generous space for others to share the same. The overarching goal of On Sacred Ground is that in listening to these stories each corps member will find that larger narrative that guides his or her own story. 

Our first and last weeks of On Sacred Ground will be spent in introspective studies separate from time spent at our placement sites. We will then develop a personal and group rule of life to guide our community living experience and will move towards a spiritual and personal critical reflection on call and money that will undergird our understanding of social justice. We will study the basic principles for cultivating an environment of respect and justice.

On Sacred Ground takes several Pilgrimages during our time in Wyoming. Our Pilgrimages address social justice topics familiar to the Wyoming landscape and focus heavily on “place” and our relationship with each other, as well as our cultural connection to ecology. Our Pilgrimages include the Medicine Wheel in the Bighorn Mountain Range, St. Mark’s Cathedral and Canterbury House at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Yellowstone National Park, The Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, and the Wind River Reservation. These pilgrimages mimic an indigenous intentional tradition of centering our studies by traveling in the four directions, North, West, East and South. On Sacred Ground also takes three retreats throughout the year, one at the beginning of Advent, Epiphany Pahaska Retreat, and our End of the Year Retreat.