Resistance As Hope:
A Lenten Retreat with Brian Terrell
As the first year of the current regime draws to a close, people of faith and conscience are challenged: how do we find hope, and how do we resist the hatred and violence that's being spewed all over this country? We are excited to announce our Lenten Retreat, which will focus on those questions under the guidance of our friend Brian Terrell.
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Brian has been a peace activist since 1975, when he joined the Catholic Worker movement in New York City. There he worked and prayed with Dorothy Day and the CW community, helping to edit the Catholic Worker newspaper and keep the communal work going. Since 1986, Brian and his wife Betsy Keenan have lived at Strangers and Guests CW Farm in Maloy, IA, where they raised their children and where they support themselves by small-scale agriculture and hand crafts.
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Brian has participated in anti-war work all over the world. From 2010 to 2019 he was a coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, and made annual visits to Afghanistan. He has spent more than 2 years in jails and prisons in the US and abroad. Brian is currently a coordinator for the Nevada Desert Experience.
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As we have talked about plans for this next retreat, it's become clear that life is changing rapidly and it's hard to predict what will be happening in March. As Brian said, "In this remarkable time when human history is unfolding at breakneck speed, a title for a Lenten Retreat in March seems like a moving target." It is clear to us, though, that we will still need hope, and we'll still need to resist.
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Brian will be our guide as we reflect on our lives, sharing stories, providing input, and helping us build community.
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We hope you'll join us!
Retreat Leader: Brian Terrell