Veriditas upcoming events

Being the Change: Supporting Your Life Path with SoulCollage® and the Labyrinth IN PERSON with Catherine Anderson (09 Apr 2026)

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:00:00 GMT

This retreat invites you into a spacious, creative, and embodied exploration of the labyrinth and the SoulCollage® process—two powerful pathways for navigating the sacred journey of your life. In a time that calls for deep soul-searching, clarity of purpose, and conscious participation in the world, we gather to ask: What is mine to do? Who am I becoming? How might I truly be the change I long to see in the world?

Drawing inspiration from Thomas Berry and Brian Swimme, we approach these practices with the understanding that each of us plays a unique role in the unfolding story of the universe. As Berry reminds us, the “Great Work” of our time is to discover how our personal gifts can contribute to the healing and flourishing of the Earth community. Swimme teaches that the universe evolves through the creative impulses of each being—and that when we listen deeply, we tap into the very creativity that shaped stars, oceans, and life itself.

Both SoulCollage® and the labyrinth serve as timeless languages of the soul—symbolic pathways that allow us to listen beneath the surface of daily life. Each offers a way to access inner resources, intuition, and imaginal insight, and when experienced together they amplify one another, inviting a deeper level of understanding and presence. These practices help us create coherence amid life’s constant movement, widen our perspective, and attune to a higher awareness. In this space of clarity and connection, we begin to sense what Maria Montessori called our cosmic task—the unique contribution each of us is here to make within a complex, ever-changing world.

During our time together, you will be guided through an embodied experience of walking the labyrinth and then invited to integrate your insights by making your own SoulCollage® cards. Through image, symbolism, movement, and reflection, we explore how our personal callings participate in the wider evolutionary creativity of the cosmos—how our choices ripple outward, shaping the world in ways both subtle and profound.

This is a qualifying workshop for anyone wanting to attend Veriditas Labyrinth Facilitator Training.

More information and registration here

Catherine Anderson, Faculty

cathy@catherineandersonstudio.com

The labyrinth Catherine constructed in her backyard in 2007 has been an important element in her mindfulness and creativity practices and Catherine loves showing others how the labyrinth can support us in quietening our mind and uncover our creativity. She is the author of Journaling the Labyrinth Path, a book of finger labyrinths, quotes and journal prompts inspiring you to find your unique work in the world, and Meeting Your Soul on the Labyrinth: SoulCollage® and the Labyrinth as Pathways for Transformation.

Catherine uses the labyrinth, SoulCollage®, expressive arts, poetry and mindfulness as pathways for self-discovery and as ways of uncovering meaning and purpose in life. Her personal journey of self-discovery has taken her from a career as an attorney to photography-franchise owner, to creativity-workshop facilitator.

Photography is another creative passion for Catherine and her book The Creative Photographer won a Silver Nautilus Award in the Creative Process Category in 2012. As a SoulCollage® Facilitator Trainer, Catherine loves teaching others how to facilitate workshops using the SoulCollage® process which uses images as a form of “soul language” to access our inner wisdom.

As a life-long learner, Catherine has been fortunate to train with Jean Houston, Seena Frost, Lauren Artress, Jan Phillips and many other wise teachers. In addition to her work in the US, Catherine leads creative pilgrimage retreats in South Africa, France, Italy, Mexico and Portugal.

www.CreativePilgrimage.com

WEBINAR: Pathways to Learning ~ Labyrinths for Children (20 Apr 2026)

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT

Join Australian Labyrinth Network (ALN) members and experienced educators Louise Mason, Linda Blyth, and Ange Virgona in an engaging conversation with Lars Howlett as they explore the powerful role of labyrinths in K–12 and primary educational settings.

Learn how simple seed patterns transform into intricate labyrinths. Explore hands-on drawing techniques that build visual sequencing, spatial awareness, and calm focus—accessible for learners of all ages. Discover how interactive card games support visual discrimination, memory, and collaborative play, making them ideal for classrooms, therapy settings, and home learning. Explore reflection exercises through journaling, drawing, and prompt-based activities helping students slow down, process emotions, and deepen self-awareness.

Register to join us live on Zoom on Monday, April 20th at 4pm Pacific (Tuesday morning, April 21st in Australia/NZ/Asia or receive a recording link to watch at your convenience. VIA Members can enroll for free and will also receive exclusive access to a special half-hour Q&A with the guests following the one hour conversation.

Drawing on classroom practice, therapeutic insight, and creative facilitation, this webinar explores how labyrinths can be used as dynamic tools for learning, wellbeing, and reflection. From drawing seed patterns to walking experiences, discover how labyrinths can be integrated across subjects and age groups to support creativity, emotional regulation, and deep engagement.

Grounded in real-world examples, including classroom stories and student reflections, this session highlights how labyrinths can engage diverse learners—from early primary through secondary—while also offering value for educators and facilitators.

Who Should Attend:

Educators, school leaders, therapists, facilitators, and anyone interested in creative, reflective, and embodied learning approaches for children and creative spirits of any age.

https://aln.org.au/wldes-resources

World Labyrinth Day: UK/Europe Handheld Finger Labyrinth Meditation (02 May 2026)

Sat, 02 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Every year on the first Saturday in May thousands of people around the globe participate in World Labyrinth Day as a moving meditation for world peace and celebration of the labyrinth experience. Many “Walk as One at 1” local time to create a rolling wave of peaceful energy passing from one time zone to the next. Join Veriditas Faculty Laura Esculcas for a free Handheld Finger Labyrinth Walk in celebration of World Labyrinth Day.

Creating Peace: A Labyrinth and SoulCollage® Workshop with Brighid FitzGibbon and Connie Beall (02 May 2026)

Sat, 02 May 2026 17:00:00 GMT

At this time, we are called to develop individual and collective capacities to bring more peace into our world. In this workshop, you will deepen your experience of peace through contemplation and creativity with labyrinth walks and the SoulCollage® process. As part of World Labyrinth Day, we will join the global wave of others Walking as One at One.

We will provide all materials and snacks.

Bring a sack lunch, a journal, and a pair of socks to wear during the indoor canvas labyrinth walk.

10:00 AM-4:00 PM

Workshop fee $100.00

Limited to 15 participants

Click here to register.
Refunds for cancellation will be considered, minus an administrative fee.

Short Hall, Church of the Incarnation

Santa Rosa, CA 95401

Use the parking lot on Cherry Street

Brighid FitzGibbon, MA, Veriditas Faculty and SoulCollage® Facilitator

Connie Beall, MA, Advanced Veriditas Facilitator and SoulCollage® Facilitator

World Labyrinth Day: Pacific Time Handheld Finger Labyrinth Meditation (02 May 2026)

Sat, 02 May 2026 20:00:00 GMT

Every year on the first Saturday in May thousands of people around the globe participate in World Labyrinth Day as a moving meditation for world peace and celebration of the labyrinth experience.

Join us as we celebrate World Labyrinth Day with a rolling wave of labyrinth walks as we "Walk as One at One."

Judith Tripp will lead a handheld labyrinth walk at 1:00 Pacific time on the theme of "Honoring the Constellation of Labyrinths" Ruth Cunningham will offer a musical accompaniment to our walk.

World Labyrinth Day gives us the opportunity to attune to the global community of labyrinth enthusiasts and honor the thousands of labyrinths that anchor the planet in a constellation of peace. We will honor the labyrinths we know from our pilgirmages, our communities and our homes as we remember the unity of spirit that arrives when we walk together.

MeetUp for Labyrinth Facilitators with the VERIDITAS Council (09 May 2026)

Sat, 09 May 2026 19:00:00 GMT

Please bring your cup of tea or coffee to the Zoom screen and MeetUp! with others interested in sharing labyrinth experiences from World Labyrinth Day. The Veriditas Council invites you to connect, chat informally and to learn from one another.

This meet up will be hosted by Veriditas Council members Donna Hawkins, Rob Hodges, and Rob Meyer-Kukan.

After registering for the meet up, you are invited to send any photos or short videos from World Labyrinth Day to Rob Hodges by Tuesday, May 5 for inclusion in a slide show presentation during the meet up.

We look forward to seeing you. Open to everyone! The MeetUP! is free but remember to register.

From Kansas to Courage. A VIRTUAL Experiential Workshop with Dr. Robin B. Dilley (16 May 2026)

Sat, 16 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT

We are all born in "Kansas." Kansas represents a world that Clarissa Pinkola Estés calls the Over-Culture. The Over-Culture consists of the rigid landscapes of family rules, societal expectations, and ancestral scripts that we inherit from our family systems. We often enter this world as if stepping into a pre-arranged family portrait with our roles already fixed—frequently as the "people pleaser," the "good child," or even the "black sheep."

Dorothy, a motherless daughter, navigates this gray landscape with her beloved dog, Toto. Just as Dorothy arrives at the farm with her companion, we enter this world with our own Toto: our instinctual intuition. However, the Over-Culture often finds intuition unruly. Toto loves to explore, dig into the shadows, and sniff out the truth. Because of this, he creates an enemy in Miss Gulch—the personification of the inner and outer critic. To survive the Over-Culture, we are often taught to cage our Toto, ignore our inner compass, and distrust our "scent" for danger or desire.

In This Workshop, We Will Journey Back to the Self

According to Internal Family Systems (IFS), the Self is the calm, confident, and compassionate core of a person, distinct from "parts" (emotions, thoughts, and sub-personalities).

In this experiential workshop (which serves as a Qualifying Workshop), we will explore how Toto’s instincts and the protection of the Ruby Slippers guide us home to our true nature. As we travel down the Yellow Brick Road, we will:

Identify the "Miss Gulch" Narratives: Uncover the specific voices in your life that attempt to seize your intuition and keep you grounded in the gray.
Listen to Toto: Engage in creative exercises to reconnect with the "inner bark" of your instinctual self.
Walk the Yellow Brick Road: Use the labyrinth to explore the twists and turns of your journey.
Claim the Ruby Slippers: Explore the power of "soul-shoes"—the psychic boundaries and movement needed to stand your ground and find your way back to your essential "Home."

Note: By integrating the labyrinth, storytelling, and journaling with group processing, this workshop facilitates a transition from external expectations to an authentic homecoming of the Self.

This workshop can also be used as a qualifying workshop for those going on to attend Facilitator Training.

Dr. Robin B. Dilley brings over 35 years of experience to the table as an Arizona Licensed psychologist, author, and workshop facilitator. She has been an Advanced Veriditas Labyrinth Facilitator since 2015 and recently became a Veriditas Faculty member.

Since learning about the Labyrinth in 1992, Robin has drawn on her background in Experiential Family Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Jungian Theory to develop an active Labyrinth practice. She incorporates the Labyrinth into her work with clients in several ways. She explores its use as an ancient archetypal symbol for guidance and personal insight. Additionally, she teaches clients to use the Labyrinth as a tool for mindfulness and anxiety management, empowering them to use it for relaxation and stress reduction.

Now, through her newest endeavor, Arizona Labyrinth Connections, an extension of her psychotherapy and spiritual consulting practice, Dr. Dilley leads well-designed transformative workshops which include storytelling, journal writing, and a labyrinth experience. She creates workshops regularly and has two signature workshops, “Lessons from The Yellow Brick Road” and “Lessons from The Miller’s Daughter.”

Robin is available to create a workshop for your group or individual consulting to enhance your life’s journey. She also publishes a regular newsletter, Continue Your Journey.

Robin lives happily with her spouse of 28 years, Pam Smead. They enjoy cruising, walking, reading, and exploring life together. Don't hesitate to get in touch with Robin at drrobinbdilley@gmail.com to learn more.

Cosmic Creativity: Co-creating the world we live in. A Walking a Sacred Path Pilgrimage with Lauren Artress and Catherine Anderson (08 Jun 2026)

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

“Awakening the universe that dreams through us”

The universe is a dance of creativity, and each of us moves as a vital part of its rhythm. In this time of unraveling and renewal, imagination becomes sacred ground — the meeting place of soul and cosmos.

Join us for a journey into the living conversation between creativity and spirit, where uncertainty itself becomes the threshold to transformation.

Inspired by Brian Swimme’s vision of a universe alive with allurement, creativity, and communion, and by Diarmuid O’Murchu’s vision of a living cosmos ever birthing itself into being, we will explore imagination as the deep pulse of our becoming — a wellspring of resilience, wonder, and hope.

Through shared dialogue, small-group reflection, daily SoulCollage® practice, and a private labyrinth walk in the luminous space of Chartres Cathedral - a place where human creativity and cosmic radiance meet - we will explore creativity as the universe expressing itself through us. Surrounded by centuries of devotion and light, we remember our original vocation: to say yes to the Great Work of co-creation — shaping a more conscious, compassionate, and vibrant world.

SoulCollage® is an intuitive collage process which connects you to your inner wisdom and a deeper understanding of your place in the cosmos. You do not need any prior experience in making SoulCollage® cards. All supplies and a generous supply of evocative images will be provided. Each participant will also receive their own book filled with images created specially for this retreat.

This is an invitation to honor the sacred impulses that seek expression through you, to follow their threads of allurement, and to live as a co-creator in the ever-evolving story of creation.

Watch the preview video with Lauren and Catherine here.

Come. Join us in an ancient place of refuge and renewal.

The Chartres Experience

From June 8-12, 2026, the Veriditas pilgrimage to Chartres, France, offers a blend of spiritual practice, historical exploration, and personal reflection. Program registration begins at the Hotelliere St. Yves in Chartres, France at 4:00 pm on Monday, followed by an orientation and opening reception. Each day begins with a seminar followed by a large group conversation, and leader led small group discussions. Participants will experience the sacred space of Chartres through a tour of the cathedral, as well as an unforgettable private candlelit labyrinth walk with medieval music. Participants will also have an opportunity to walk with the public, allowing time for reflection, connection, and community. The program concludes with a celebratory dinner on Friday evening that ends by 10 pm. You may want to plan to arrive a day prior to the start of the program to give yourself time to recover from jet lag, and we recommend planning to depart on the Saturday after the program concludes.

Watch the preview video:

Catherine Anderson

The labyrinth Catherine constructed in her backyard in 2007 has been an important element in her mindfulness and creativity practices and Catherine loves showing others how the labyrinth can support us in quietening our mind and uncovering our creativity. She is the author of Journaling the Labyrinth Path, a book of finger labyrinths, quotes and journal prompts inspiring you to find your unique work in the world, Meeting Your Soul on the Labyrinth: SoulCollage® and the Labyrinth as Pathways for Transformation, and Tracing the Labyrinth Path, a book of finger labyrinths to use as a daily practice.

Catherine uses the labyrinth, SoulCollage®, expressive arts, poetry and mindfulness as pathways for self-discovery and as ways of uncovering meaning and purpose in life. Her personal journey of self-discovery has taken her from a career as an attorney to photography franchise owner, to creativity workshop facilitator.

Photography as contemplative practice is another creative passion for Catherine and her book The Creative Photographer won a Silver Nautilus Award in the Creative Process Category in 2012. Her book Contemplative Photography Retreat: Deepen Your Connection to the Elements of Earth, Air, Fire and Water is a self-guided retreat in nature with your camera.

As a SoulCollage® Facilitator Trainer, Catherine loves teaching others how to facilitate workshops using the SoulCollage® process which uses images as a form of “soul language” to access our inner wisdom.

As a life-long learner, Catherine has been fortunate to train with Jean Houston, Seena Frost, Lauren Artress, Jan Phillips and many other wise teachers. In addition to her work in the US, Catherine leads creative pilgrimages to South Africa, France, Italy, Mexico, Portugal and Scotland.

www.CreativePilgrimage.com

The Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress

The Rev. Dr. Lauren Artress is Canon Emerita of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and author of Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Practice; The Sacred Path Companion: How to Use the Labyrinth to Heal and Transform; and The Path of the Holy Fool: How the Labyrinth Ignites our Visionary Powers. Her first book Walking a Sacred Path was instrumental in launching what the New York Times named The Labyrinth Movement in May, 1998. She founded the non-profit, Veriditas, the World-Wide Labyrinth Project, in 1996 to “pepper the planet with labyrinths.” With over 6,000 labyrinth sites in the U.S. alone, her nonprofit work embraces the vision to activate and transform the human spirit through the labyrinth experience. Lauren received the Gandhi, King, and Ikeda Peace Award for her work in bringing people together in creative, peace-giving ways. In 2021 she received the Extraordinary Visionary Leader award from Women Creating our Futures. She is on the Editorial Board of Presence Magazine, a publication of Spiritual Directors International. Lauren is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the State of California.

Logistical Information

Travel to and from Chartres: We look forward to welcoming you in Chartres! Participants are responsible for making their own travel arrangements to and from Chartres. Most airline flights will arrive at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France. You have a variety of options on getting to Chartres from CDG Airport.

- Consider taking an UBER to Chartres. It has proven to be a convenient and cost effective option.
- The most economical way is to take a taxi to the Montparnasse Train Station and take a train to Chartres. Chartres is about an hour outside of Paris by train. For train information, please see the SNCF website.
- You can make a reservation online for a car or small van to meet you at the airport and drive you to Chartres.
- You can also consider the option of taking a taxi all the way to Chartres, though the cost will be in the range of 150 – 200 Euro or more. If several participants arrive at the same time, sharing a taxi will bring the price down.

We will be creating an online Circle group for participants to be able to connect with each other prior to the start of the Pilgrimage in case you want to plan to share accommodations or transportation to Chartres. An invitation to join the group will be included in your confirmation email when you register.

Accommodation: Veriditas has a very small block of rooms reserved at the Hotellerie St. Yves for each week that we will be in Chartres in 2025. You will receive a link to book your room after you register for a Pilgrimage. Most participants find the rooms comfortable and convenient. Each has a small bathroom with a shower. Bedding and towels are provided, but you will need to bring a hairdryer. You may also choose to use booking.com to locate accommodation near to the Hotellerie St. Yves where the program is held.

Meals: Chartres is a charming, medieval village with many options for eating out from casual fare such as omelettes and soup to fancier formal restaurants. There is also a grocery store in walking distance that sells sandwiches and snacks. Breakfast is included in the cost of your accommodation if you book through our block of rooms at the Hotellerie St. Yves. You are responsible for your own lunches and dinners throughout the week.

Spouse packages (partner/family/friends) are available if they want to come but not participate in the full program. Includes opening reception, closing dinner and cathedral tour. Simply select spouse package when you register.

Cancellation Policy: We understand that life happens! When things don’t go as you planned, Veriditas has policies in place so that you always know what to expect should you have to cancel an event. Please read our updated cancellation policy here.

Travel Insurance: Veriditas strongly recommends purchasing travel insurance to cover your expenses in the event of an unforeseen circumstance that may hinder your ability to attend the program. . Click here for a link to Travel Guard, specializing in insurance for our Chartres programs.

For additional information on our Walking a Sacred Path Pilgrimages, please click here.

IN PERSON Facilitator Training in Chartres, France with Lauren Artress and Laura Esculcas (13 Jun 2026)

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT

The goal of Veriditas Labyrinth Facilitator Training is to prepare people to introduce others to the labyrinth in an articulate, professional and effective way.The training addresses meditative walking in a variety of settings, with a variety of different populations. It is focused primarily on the Eleven Circuit Medieval Labyrinth but is inclusive of all forms.

Walking the labyrinth is being embraced as a spiritual practice throughout the Western world mostly because of Veriditas trained facilitators. The Veriditas Facilitator Training -- which began in 1997 -- remains the most rigorous and comprehensive training offered.

How to know if Facilitator Training is right for you?

Want to deepen your own labyrinth practice?
Want the tools and guidance that will enable you to bring the labyrinth to your community?
Want to connect with a supportive community of Labyrinth Facilitators around the world?
Find yourself heading up a labyrinth program at your church, school, hospital, college etc. and need broad training and/or specific answers?
Considering offering labyrinth walking as part of your healing, counseling, yoga or coaching business and are curious about the business considerations involved?
Love the labyrinth and want to offer workshops of your own? Consider completing Facilitator Training on the path to becoming Certified, Advance Trained and Accredited. Our Veriditas Accredited Presenters are now offering some of our qualifying workshops.

We encourage you to join us!

Please note: prior attendance at a Veriditas qualifying workshop is required. The Pilgrimage prior to this training in Chartres is considered a qualifying workshop.

Learn more about becoming a Veriditas Trained Facilitator.

Becoming Whole: Practices for Healing Ourselves and a Fracturing World with Krista Tippett hosted by the Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress (15 Jun 2026)

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

It is an astonishing time to be alive — an age of tremendous peril and magnificent callings. It is hard to take in the generative possibilities of our time, and rise to our highest humanity, amidst the overwhelm of rupture. Yet the news that is, as we say, “breaking” is never seeing things whole. In this week, Krista Tippett will offer wisdom for tending the distress inside ourselves and those around — while embodying the world we want to inhabit as we go. Drawing on her quarter century of conversation with wise and graceful lives, she will offer ways of seeing and arts of living towards tangibly shifting our presence in the everyday and being of service to our larger crises and callings.

How to make sense of the gravity of being alive now?
How not to give in to overwhelm, and stay present to this world’s tenderness and its pain? How to muster a reasonable hope? How to anchor in what we love, and orient towards healing? How to walk forward if not together at least towards a shared future? How to discern what is my work to do?

We can train our imaginations and our lives towards what, amidst all that is breaking, wants to be born.

Come. Join us in an ancient place of refuge and renewal.

The Chartres Experience

From June 15-19, 2026, the Veriditas pilgrimage to Chartres, France, offers a blend of spiritual practice, historical exploration, and personal reflection. Program registration begins at the Hotelliere St. Yves in Chartres, France at 4:00 pm on Monday, followed by an orientation and opening reception. Each day begins with a seminar led by Krista Tippett, followed by a large group conversation with Krista and Lauren Artress, and leader led small group discussions. Participants will experience the sacred space of Chartres through a tour of the cathedral, as well as an unforgettable private candlelit labyrinth walk with medieval music. Participants will also have an opportunity to walk with the public, allowing time for reflection, connection, and community. The program concludes with a celebratory dinner on Friday evening that ends by 10 pm. You may want to plan to arrive a day prior to the start of the program to give yourself time to recover from jet lag, and we recommend planning to depart on the Saturday after the program concludes.

Krista Tippett

Krista Tippett is a Peabody-award winning broadcaster, National Humanities Medalist, and New York Times bestselling author. She created the groundbreaking public radio show and podcast On Being, which pursues deep thinking, moral imagination, social creativity, and joy towards the renewal of inner life, outer life, and life together. It has won the highest honors in broadcast, Internet and podcasting, and been downloaded over 450 million times. The On Being Project, which Krista founded in 2013, also engages “quiet conversations” to accompany the generative people and possibilities within this tender, tumultuous time to be alive. She received the National Humanities Medal at the White House in 2014 for "thoughtfully delving into the mysteries of human existence. On air andin print, Ms. Tippettavoids easy answers, embracing complexity and inviting people of every background to join her conversation about faith, ethics, and moral wisdom."

Krista grew up in a small town in Oklahoma, attended Brown University, worked as a young journalist and diplomat in Cold War Berlin, and later received a Master of Divinity from Yale. She is the author of three books, most recently Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living.

The Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress

Logistical Information

- Consider taking an UBER to Chartres. It has proven to be a convenient and cost effective option.
- The most economical way is to take a taxi to the Montparnasse Train Station and take a train to Chartres. Chartres is about an hour outside of Paris by train. For train information, please see the SNCF website.
- You can make a reservation online for a car or small van to meet you at the airport and drive you to Chartres.
- You can also consider the option of taking a taxi all the way to Chartres, though the cost will be in the range of 150 – 200 Euro or more. If several participants arrive at the same time, sharing a taxi will bring the price down.

For additional information on our Walking a Sacred Path Pilgrimages, please click here.

LABYRINTH SUMMER SCHOOL: Whole Week Discount Registration (28 Jul 2026)

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Labyrinth Summer School is for people of all ages and experience to learn how to draw, design, and create labyrinths using everyday materials and simple techniques. Come for a day or stay the whole week for a discount including a contemplative workshop and facilitator training. New Harmony, Indiana is a historic town infused with sacred geometry and home to three exquisite examples of Classical, Chartres and Contemporary Labyrinths.

Led by Veriditas Faculty and Master Builder Lars Howlett with Brighid FitzGibbon and special guests including local architects, artists, and musicians. Each program includes a lunch buffet and optional evening activity.

July 28: Sacred Space - Drawing Cosmological Mandalas
with Lars Howlett

Deepen your connection with and appreciation for sacred geometry and learn how it creates space for the labyrinth experience.

Sacred Geometry is reflected in the patterns and proportions of the universe, our bodies and the labyrinth itself. Discover how stepping into a circle instills sacred space and tracing a meandering pathway evokes sacred time. Channel your inner wisdom by working with intention and intuition in creating sacred spaces that reflect and resonate with nature. Connect with the shapes and patterns found in Sacred Geometry including the Flower of Life. Consider the meaning and symbolism of numbers and reawaken to the beauty and profundity of simple geometric forms in our environment. Learn the best practices for using a compass (bring your own or a basic one will be provided) and a comprehensive printed workbook will be provided.

Optional Evening Activity: Local architect and Designer of New Harmony’s Cathedral Labyrinth, Kent Schuette, will give a slide presentation about the history and design of New Harmony and lead us on a walking tour to reveal how Sacred Geometry was used in the planning of the town including its buildings, landmarks, and gardens.

July 29: Sacred Time - Stitching Classical Labyrinths
with Lars Howlett

The Classical pattern is the oldest and simplest form of a labyrinth, treasured by a wide variety of cultures and traditions over the past four to six-thousand years. A survey of its design gets us in touch with the archetypal roots of all labyrinths and a better understanding of the basic ingredients that evoke ‘the labyrinth experience’. Led by Veriditas Faculty member Lars Howlett, we will delight in the history, evolution, and application of the Classical Labyrinth.

Learn the ins and outs of its sacred geometry and symbolism including how it reflects the basic patterns of life, a journey through the chakras, and the four directions. We’ll contemplate the many Classical variations such as the Chakravyuha, Baltic Wheel, and Man in the Maze with photographs of stunning examples from around the world. Our afternoon craft includes hand stitching the Classical pattern on fabric, led by Brighid FitzGibbon. A comprehensive printed workbook will be provided.

Optional Evening Activity: Visit the studio of local artist and labyrinth designer Ben Nicholson.

July 30: Sacred Journey - Creating the Chartres Labyrinth
with Lars Howlett

Immerse yourself in the transcendent archetype of the Chartres Labyrinth as we trace its saga and secrets through stories and studies by modern day disciples.

The most widely recreated and beloved labyrinth today, the Chartres Labyrinth is an exquisite design that has turned around the lives of countless people from all over the world. Inlaid in the Chartres Cathedral in 1200, the labyrinth has been wedded to this beloved pilgrimage site, soaking in that holy space and reflecting its sacred geometry for over 800 years.

Join Veriditas Faculty Member Lars Howlett for a deep dive into the history and mystery of the Chartres Labyrinth. We’ll consider its design and variations, as well as how the center rosette and perimeter lunations took labyrinths to a whole new level. Photographs from Chartres and stunning replicas from around the globe will showcase some awe-inspiring renditions of this medieval pattern. A comprehensive printed workbook will be provided.

Optional Evening Activity: A full moon candlelit walk of the exquisite outdoor Chartres labyrinth replica (weather permitting).

July 31: The Labyrinth as Refuge: A Qualifying Workshop
with Brighid FitzGibbon

For millennia, the labyrinth has provided spiritual refuge as a symbolic, embodied practice of meditation, prayer, and self-reflection. This sacred path offers a quiet, trustworthy space to release worries, process life's complexities, regain clarity, and find inner peace. We can engage this powerful archetype for spiritual grounding and healing as an antidote to loss and uncertainty.

This event serves as a Qualifying Workshop for an online or in-person Veriditas Labyrinth Facilitator Training (offered on the subsequent Saturday/Sunday).

Optional Evening Activity: A southern bbq dinner with hosted by local artist Ben Nicholson.

August 1 - 2: Facilitator Training - A Spiritual Path

with Lars Howlett

"The labyrinth is a spiritual tool that has many applications in various settings. It reduces stress, quiets the mind and opens the heart. It is a walking meditation, a path of prayer, and a blue-print where psyche meets Spirit."

- The Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress

The goal of Veriditas Labyrinth Facilitator Training is to prepare people to introduce others to the labyrinth in an articulate, professional and effective way. The training addresses meditative walking in a variety of settings, with a variety of different populations. It is focused primarily on the Eleven Circuit Medieval Labyrinth but is inclusive of all forms.

Walking the labyrinth is being embraced as a spiritual practice throughout the Western world mostly because of Veriditas trained facilitators. The Veriditas Facilitator Training -- which began in 1997 -- remains the most rigorous and comprehensive training offered.

How to know if Facilitator Training is right for you?

Want to deepen your own labyrinth practice?
Want the tools and guidance that will enable you to bring the labyrinth to your community?
Want to connect with a supportive community of Labyrinth Facilitators around the world?
Find yourself heading up a labyrinth program at your church, school, hospital, college etc. and need broad training and/or specific answers?
Considering offering labyrinth walking as part of your healing, counseling, yoga or coaching business and are curious about the business considerations involved?
Love the labyrinth and want to offer workshops of your own? Consider completing Facilitator Training on the path to becoming Certified, Advance Trained and Accredited. Our Veriditas Accredited Presenters are now offering some of our qualifying workshops.

We encourage you to join us!

Optional Saturday Evening Activity: Storytelling around the campfire (weather permitting) with local guests.

Accommodations, Meals & Travel

To book a hotel room, please visit www.newharmonyinn.com and use the group code 72626 for a special rate of $99 (normally $135) plus tax and fees. You can also call the New Harmony Inn at 1-800-782-8605 and request the Veriditas Corporate rate. Our reserved block of rooms with discounted pricing will be available for reservation through June 25th, 2026.

A catered lunch is included in your event registration; breakfast and dinner are on your own at restaurants/cafes in town or bring your own provisions.

New Harmony is an easy drive from many Midwest metro areas. Evansville, IN: 30 min, St. Louis: 2.5 hours, Louisville: 2.5 hours, Indianapolis: 3 hours, Nashville: 3 hours, Chicago: 5 hours.

Airport transportation is only available from Evansville Regional and can be arranged with the Inn for $85 for two guests if the pick-up is for three or more it is $10 each additional guest in the same shuttle. Uber/Lyft or rental cars are also available.

Lars Howlett is a leading expert in the design and creation of sacred space for walking meditation, centering prayer, personal healing, conflict resolution and community building. Lars is a practitioner of mindfulness and student of sacred geometry since 2003, experimenting with a wide variety of designs, materials, intentions and settings in his personal and professional projects. Lars was a three year apprentice to Robert Ferré, inheriting the tools, techniques, and teaching curriculum of a master builder. Lars is a Veriditas Faculty Member and Certified Advanced Facilitator trained by the Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress at Grace and Chartres Cathedrals.

For more about Lars and his work see: http://www.DiscoverLabyrinths.com

Brighid FitzGibbon, MA, has been a teacher for over 25 years, working with students of all ages in a wide variety of settings. She teaches History and Social Studies at a public Waldorf charter high school in Sonoma County. She has introduced high school and university students to the labyrinth and has nurtured a local community labyrinth initiative for many years.

While completing her graduate studies in Humanities at Dominican University of California, Brighid served as an intern at the Veriditas Office. She has maintained a close connection to Veriditas while serving on the Board for consecutive terms. An Advanced Labyrinth Facilitator and Faculty Member, she has also served as a small-group facilitator in Chartres and the Women’s Dream Quest. As a trained SoulCollage® facilitator, she weaves together the transformative synergy of labyrinth practices with the SoulCollage® process.

RESERVATIONS FOR ON-SITE ACCOMMODATION NOW AVAILABLE. CLICK HERE TO BOOK.

LABYRINTH SUMMER SCHOOL: Sacred Space - Drawing Cosmological Mandalas with Lars Howlett (28 Jul 2026)

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Deepen your connection with and appreciation for sacred geometry and learn how it creates space for the labyrinth experience.

Included Evening Activity (7-8:30pm optional): Local architect and Designer of New Harmony’s Cathedral Labyrinth, Kent Schuette, will give a slide presentation about the history and design of New Harmony and lead us on a walking tour to reveal how Sacred Geometry was used in the planning of the town including its buildings, landmarks, and gardens.

Accommodations, Meals & Travel

A catered lunch is included in your event registration; breakfast and dinner are on your own at restaurants/cafes in town or bring your own provisions.

New Harmony is an easy drive from many Midwest metro areas. Evansville, IN: 30 min, St. Louis: 2.5 hours, Louisville: 2.5 hours, Indianapolis: 3 hours, Nashville: 3 hours, Chicago: 5 hours.

For more about Lars and his work see: http://www.DiscoverLabyrinths.com

LABYRINTH SUMMER SCHOOL: Sacred Time - Stitching Classical Labyrinths with Lars Howlett (29 Jul 2026)

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Our afternoon craft includes hand stitching the Classical pattern on fabric, led by Brighid FitzGibbon. A comprehensive printed workbook will be provided.

Included Evening Activity (7-8:30pm optional): Visit the studio of local artist and labyrinth designer Ben Nicholson (right).

Accommodations, Meals & Travel

A catered lunch is included in your event registration; breakfast and dinner are on your own at restaurants/cafes in town or bring your own provisions.

New Harmony is an easy drive from many Midwest metro areas. Evansville, IN: 30 min, St. Louis: 2.5 hours, Louisville: 2.5 hours, Indianapolis: 3 hours, Nashville: 3 hours, Chicago: 5 hours.

For more information about Lars and his work see: DiscoverLabyrinths.com

LABYRINTH SUMMER SCHOOL: Sacred Journey - Creating the Chartres Labyrinth with Lars Howlett (30 Jul 2026)

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Immerse yourself in the transcendent archetype of the Chartres Labyrinth as we trace its saga and secrets through stories and studies by modern day disciples.

We’ll consider its design and variations, as well as how the center rosette and perimeter lunations took labyrinths to a whole new level. Photographs from Chartres and stunning replicas from around the globe will showcase some awe-inspiring renditions of this medieval pattern. Our afternoon activity will be creating labyrinths with small objects and a walkable labyrinth with masking tape. A comprehensive printed workbook will be provided.

Included Evening Activity (7-8:00pm optional): A full moon candlelit walk of the exquisite outdoor Chartres labyrinth replica (weather permitting).

Accommodations, Meals & Travel

A catered lunch is included in your event registration; breakfast and dinner are on your own at restaurants/cafes in town or bring your own provisions.

New Harmony is an easy drive from many Midwest metro areas. Evansville, IN: 30 min, St. Louis: 2.5 hours, Louisville: 2.5 hours, Indianapolis: 3 hours, Nashville: 3 hours, Chicago: 5 hours.

For more information about Lars and his work see: DiscoverLabyrinths.com

LABYRINTH SUMMER SCHOOL: The Labyrinth as Refuge - Qualifying Workshop with Brighid FitzGibbon (31 Jul 2026)

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

In this contemplative workshop, we will attune ourselves to the protective space of the labyrinth through a shared, supportive journey. Through ritual, facilitated walks, and the SoulCollage® process, we will pause, reset, and cultivate a grounded, resilient presence. This event serves as a Qualifying Workshop for an online or in-person Veriditas Labyrinth Facilitator Training (offered on the subsequent Saturday/Sunday).

Included Evening Activity (7-8:00pm optional): A southern bbq dinner with hosted by local artist Ben Nicholson.Accommodations, Meals & Travel

A catered lunch is included in your event registration; breakfast and dinner are on your own at restaurants/cafes in town or bring your own provisions.

New Harmony is an easy drive from many Midwest metro areas. Evansville, IN: 30 min, St. Louis: 2.5 hours, Louisville: 2.5 hours, Indianapolis: 3 hours, Nashville: 3 hours, Chicago: 5 hours.

LABYRINTH SUMMER SCHOOL: Facilitator Training - A Spiritual Path with Lars Howlett (01 Aug 2026)

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

"The labyrinth is a spiritual tool that has many applications in various settings. It reduces stress, quiets the mind and opens the heart. It is a walking meditation, a path of prayer, and a blue-print where psyche meets Spirit."

-- The Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress

How to know if Facilitator Training is right for you?

Want to deepen your own labyrinth practice?
Want the tools and guidance that will enable you to bring the labyrinth to your community?
Want to connect with a supportive community of Labyrinth Facilitators around the world?
Find yourself heading up a labyrinth program at your church, school, hospital, college etc. and need broad training and/or specific answers?
Considering offering labyrinth walking as part of your healing, counseling, yoga or coaching business and are curious about the business considerations involved?
Love the labyrinth and want to offer workshops of your own? Consider completing Facilitator Training on the path to becoming Certified, Advance Trained and Accredited. Our Veriditas Accredited Presenters are now offering some of our qualifying workshops.

We encourage you to join us!

Included Saturday Evening Activity (7-8:00pm optional): A southern bbq dinner with hosted by local artist Ben Nicholson.

To read more about Facilitator Training, what topics are covered, our Facilitator Network and more, please click here

For more information about Lars and his work see: DiscoverLabyrinths.com

Accommodation

Accommodations, Meals & Travel

A catered lunch is included in your event registration; breakfast and dinner are on your own at restaurants/cafes in town or bring your own provisions.

New Harmony is an easy drive from many Midwest metro areas. Evansville, IN: 30 min, St. Louis: 2.5 hours, Louisville: 2.5 hours, Indianapolis: 3 hours, Nashville: 3 hours, Chicago: 5 hours.

Postcards from the Labyrinth: Reflecting the Inner Journey. A VIRTUAL Workshop with Laura Esculcas (01 Aug 2026)

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 15:30:00 GMT

The labyrinth has long served as a mirror of the inner journey. As we walk its winding path, insights, memories, questions, and quiet recognitions often arise.

In this creative workshop, we explore the labyrinth as a reflective companion, using collage and guided prompts to engage with what emerges along the way. Working with a labyrinth image as a steady presence on each page, you will create a visual journal through collage, color, and reflective writing—capturing moments of meaning along the path: entering, turning, arriving at the center, and returning.

No artistic experience is required. The emphasis is on curiosity, reflection, and expressive exploration. Through handheld labyrinth meditation, guided prompts, reflective pauses, and creative process, we listen for what the labyrinth may be revealing in our lives right now. These journal pages become messages from the journey and reminders of what is unfolding within.

By the end of the workshop, participants will have created a series of visual journal pages reflecting their relationship with the labyrinth and the insights emerging from their own unfolding path.

This workshop is held over two 3-hour sessions, with a week in between—offering spacious time for creative exploration, reflection, and integration.

What the Workshop Includes

In this workshop, you will:

Explore the labyrinth as a mirror for the inner journey
Work with a consistent labyrinth image as a contemplative and creative anchor
Create visual journal pages using collage, color, and reflective writing
Engage in handheld labyrinth meditation
Receive guided prompts to deepen awareness and insight
Reflect on key moments of the labyrinth path: entering, turning, center, and return
Have time between sessions for continued creative exploration and integration
Share (optionally) in a supportive and reflective group space
Receive a materials list upon registration so you can gather your supplies in anticipation of the workshop

Laura Esculcas, Faculty

With passion for myth and metaphor, Laura curates wisdom journeys and immersion experiences in Portugal’s mystical landscape. Laura is co-founder of EarthShamans, a SoulCollage® facilitator, and teaches Energetics of Art with Ubiquity University Wisdom School. She is trained in Sacred Landscapes, Intuitive Feng Shui, and the Personessence™ System of Understanding People. Laura holds both an M.A. in Wisdom Studies and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering.

Originally from the US and having worked in Silicon Valley for over ten years in high tech operations and management, Laura moved to Portugal to pursue her dream of an integrated life lived as a sacred journey shared with others. Now informed by more than ten years of immersion in the Portugal ecofield, Laura uniquely blends depth of experience, keen curiosity, and genuine open-heartedness as she facilitates wisdom journeys and pilgrimage experiences into Portugal's place-based myths.

Laura first met the labyrinth in 2001, on an Advent Quiet Day in Santa Cruz, California. Since that day, Laura has been a Labyrinth Enthusiast. She has served with Veriditas as a small group facilitator in Chartres, and teaches qualifying workshops and Labyrinth Facilitator Training in Europe.

Laura speaks English and Portuguese and lives near Lisbon with her husband and son, and their two dogs.

Postcards from the Labyrinth: Reflecting the Inner Journey. A VIRTUAL Workshop with Laura Esculcas (08 Aug 2026)

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 15:30:00 GMT

The labyrinth has long served as a mirror of the inner journey. As we walk its winding path, insights, memories, questions, and quiet recognitions often arise.

By the end of the workshop, participants will have created a series of visual journal pages reflecting their relationship with the labyrinth and the insights emerging from their own unfolding path.

This workshop is held over two 3-hour sessions, with a week in between—offering spacious time for creative exploration, reflection, and integration.

What the Workshop Includes

In this workshop, you will:

Explore the labyrinth as a mirror for the inner journey
Work with a consistent labyrinth image as a contemplative and creative anchor
Create visual journal pages using collage, color, and reflective writing
Engage in handheld labyrinth meditation
Receive guided prompts to deepen awareness and insight
Reflect on key moments of the labyrinth path: entering, turning, center, and return
Have time between sessions for continued creative exploration and integration
Share (optionally) in a supportive and reflective group space
Receive a materials list upon registration so you can gather your supplies in anticipation of the workshop

Laura Esculcas, Faculty

Laura speaks English and Portuguese and lives near Lisbon with her husband and son, and their two dogs.

VIRTUAL Facilitator Training with Lars Howlett and Laura Esculcas (10 Aug 2026)

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Would you like to introduce the labyrinth to others, facilitate group walks and lead transformative workshops? Join Veriditas Faculty Members Laura Esculcas and Lars Howlett (see bios below) for our next Virtual Labyrinth Facilitator Training. Go deeper with your personal practice in the labyrinth, meet others on a similar path, and receive a hard copy of our updated 160-page facilitator's manual with a wealth of labyrinth resources! Past participants can also enroll in the course again for half-price as a refresher.

Take the training from the comfort of your home in five consecutive 4 hour Zoom sessions (with breaks totaling one hour). Laura and Lars will share their insights, experiences, and inspiration from their personal and professional work with the labyrinth. Attendance in a Qualifying Workshop within the past two years is required for participants to experience a shared labyrinth journey led by a Veriditas Advanced Labyrinth Facilitator. (Check our calendar for in-person or online qualifying workshops). To become trained, you must actively participate in the entire 16-hour training. For more information about scholarship opportunities and the program see: Veriditas.org/ft

So, what is a labyrinth facilitator? First, it's someone who understands what a labyrinth is and can speak about it to a variety of audiences. This is actually a bit tricky, since the definition is quite slippery, and the origins are mysterious. Also, the terminology and applications of labyrinths vary a lot depending on if you’re talking to a group of high school students, a church congregation, patients at a cancer treatment center, or employees in a corporate office. Likewise, there are an infinite number of applications for the labyrinth. You could walk for prayer, healing, transformation, creativity, problem solving, community building, or stress reduction, among other things.   The second main aspect is organizing events and optimizing the labyrinth experience. There are many aspects to leading a group walk from framing the labyrinth with music, light, and thematic elements to incorporating a ritual or interactive element. There's also the pace and flow of the walk-- conducting the symphony of different people entering and exiting into sacred time and space. Lastly, there is the practice of holding space for a variety of experiences and providing opportunities for processing the walk through small group sharing, journaling, or other creative reflective exercises. Finally, becoming a labyrinth facilitator creates a pathway to working professionally in the realm of labyrinths.

This training runs from Monday, January 26th through Friday January 30th, from 9 AM to 12:30 PM Pacific time each day with moderate breaks.

Laura Esculcas, Faculty

http://www.mysticalportugal.com

Intuitive Feng Shui, and the Personessence™ System of Understanding People. Laura holds both an M.A. in Wisdom Studies and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering.

Laura speaks English and Portuguese and lives near Lisbon with her husband and son, and their two dogs.

Lars Howlett, Faculty

www.DiscoverLabyrinths.com

Lars Howlett is a leading expert in the design and creation of sacred space for walking meditation, centering prayer, personal healing, conflict resolution and community building. Lars is a practitioner of mindfulness and student of sacred geometry since 2003, experimenting with a wide variety of designs, materials, intentions and settings in his personal and professional projects. Universities, churches, health centers, retirement communities, mental health centers, retreats, and individuals find Lars for inspiration and insight in creating exact replicas of historical patterns or one-of-a-kind artistic installations.

Lars was a three year apprentice to Robert Ferré, inheriting the tools, techniques, and teaching curriculum of a master builder. Lars is a Veriditas Faculty Member and Certified Advanced Labyrinth Facilitator trained by the Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress at Grace and Chartres Cathedrals. He was the Chairperson of World Labyrinth Day from 2013-18.

Lars is an inspiring teacher and passionate speaker on the history, spirituality, and practice of walking labyrinths, leading workshops to cultivate inner wisdom for personal transformation with slideshows of personal projects and visits to sacred sites on four continents.

Meeting Mary in Chartres - experience of the Sacred Feminine in Chartres with Judith Tripp (17 Sep 2026)

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:30:00 GMT

Led by Judith Tripp, MA, MFT, a member of the Veriditas Faculty, a transpersonal psychotherapist, leader of Women's Dream Quest, and teacher. She leads pilgrimages and retreats in the US, Europe and Australia. She is also an author, a musician and singer.

Anyone who comes to Chartres whether it be to visit the labyrinth, to explore the magnificent medieval architecture or to meditate in the glory of this always sacred site, soon realizes that this holy place is an homage to Mary. The Sacred Feminine is alive and well in Chartres and has been throughout history.

We will create a sacred circle to explore how Mary has been honored in Chartres throughout history. We will meet her spirit through lecture, meditation, art, music and ritual. We will share insights, creations and stories. Includes one special evening labyrinth walk in Chartres Cathedral.

This can be a stand-alone workshop or a perfect pairing with to Cycle One of Walking A Sacred Path.

The Cosmological Imagination: Dancing the Universe’s Dream. A Walking a Sacred Path Pilgrimage with Brian Thomas Swimme in conversation with Lauren Artress (21 Sep 2026)

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT

In the hush of Chartres, where stone and starlight speak across centuries, we enter the cosmological imagination — the deep, evolutionary field where the universe becomes aware of itself through our human journey. Here, the cosmos is not a distant expanse but a living, self-creating process, rising from within at every moment. Our dreams, intuitions, and inner symbols emerge from the same generative ground that births galaxies. To walk into this dimension is to feel the universe’s longing moving through our own lives, calling us into greater creativity, responsibility, and awe. These seminars invite us to recognize ourselves as co-creators in an ever-unfolding cosmos, tuning our hearts to the sacred reciprocity at the center of cosmogenesis."

Come. Join us in an ancient place of refuge and renewal.

The Chartres Experience

The Veriditas pilgrimage to Chartres, France, offers a blend of spiritual practice, historical exploration, and personal reflection. Program registration begins at the Hotelliere St. Yves in Chartres, France at 4:00 pm on Monday, followed by an orientation and opening reception. Each day begins with a seminar followed by a large group conversation, and leader led small group discussions. Participants will experience the sacred space of Chartres through a tour of the cathedral, as well as an unforgettable private candlelit labyrinth walk with medieval music. Participants will also have an opportunity to walk with the public, allowing time for reflection, connection, and community. The program concludes with a celebratory dinner on Friday evening that ends by 10 pm. You may want to plan to arrive a day prior to the start of the program to give yourself time to recover from jet lag, and we recommend planning to depart on the Saturday after the program concludes.

Dr. Brian Thomas Swimme

Brian Thomas Swimme is the Director of the Center for the Story of the Universe and a professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Mathematics at the University of Oregon in 1978 for work in gravitational dynamics. He brings the context of story to our understanding of the 13.7 billion year trajectory of the universe. Such a story, he feels, will assist in the emergence of a flourishing Earth community.

Swimme is the author of The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos and The Universe is a Green Dragon. He is co-author of The Universe Story, which is the result of a ten-year collaboration with cultural historian, Thomas Berry. Swimme is also the creator of three educational video series: Canticle to the Cosmos, The Earth’s Imagination, and The Powers of the Universe. Most recently he co-wrote and hosted the 60-minute film Journey of the Universe, broadcast on PBS television stations nationwide.

The Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress

Logistical Information

- Consider taking an UBER to Chartres. It has proven to be a convenient and cost effective option.
- The most economical way is to take a taxi to the Montparnasse Train Station and take a train to Chartres. Chartres is about an hour outside of Paris by train. For train information, please see the SNCF website.
- You can make a reservation online for a car or small van to meet you at the airport and drive you to Chartres.
- You can also consider the option of taking a taxi all the way to Chartres, though the cost will be in the range of 150 – 200 Euro or more. If several participants arrive at the same time, sharing a taxi will bring the price down.

For additional information on our Walking a Sacred Path Pilgrimages, please click here.

IN PERSON Facilitator Training in Chartres, France with Lauren Artress and Laura Esculcas (26 Sep 2026)

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT

How to know if Facilitator Training is right for you?

Want to deepen your own labyrinth practice?
Want the tools and guidance that will enable you to bring the labyrinth to your community?
Want to connect with a supportive community of Labyrinth Facilitators around the world?
Find yourself heading up a labyrinth program at your church, school, hospital, college etc. and need broad training and/or specific answers?
Considering offering labyrinth walking as part of your healing, counseling, yoga or coaching business and are curious about the business considerations involved?
Love the labyrinth and want to offer workshops of your own? Consider completing Facilitator Training on the path to becoming Certified, Advance Trained and Accredited. Our Veriditas Accredited Presenters are now offering some of our qualifying workshops.

We encourage you to join us!

Please note: prior attendance at a Veriditas qualifying workshop is required. The Pilgrimage prior to this training in Chartres is considered a qualifying workshop.

Learn more about becoming a Veriditas Trained Facilitator.

Seeking Communion with Creation: How the Great Spirit Weaves into our Lives. A Walking a Sacred Path Pilgrimage with Diarmuid O’Murchu in conversation with Lauren Artress (28 Sep 2026)

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT

The upheavals of our time — ecological collapse, climate disruption, and the fracturing of human community — reveal a deeper truth: we are living through a spiritual crisis of belonging. For generations, humanity has imagined itself apart from Nature, claiming dominion and extracting from the Earth without limit. Our institutions, including the church, have often reinforced this separation.

Yet a new spiritual horizon is dawning. Ecological Spirituality invites us to remember what ancient peoples never forgot: that we live inside a holy universe, alive with intelligence, beauty, and relationality. This emerging spirituality is participatory, embodied, inclusive — calling us back into the vast communion of life.

When we attune to nature’s astonishing, life-giving rhythms, something in us awakens. A shift in consciousness begins. We recognize ourselves as Earthlings — kin to water, wind, stone, and star. From this remembering emerges a deeper spiritual maturity, one equal to the challenges of our age.

What is our role in this emerging New Paradigm?

How do we cultivate communion with Creation in our ordinary days?

What wisdom is seeking to be born through us now?

Together, through shared presence, discussion, small group process and a private evening walking the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral we will listen for the subtle movements of spirit within and around us.

We will seek the pathways — ancient and newly unfolding — that lead toward communion with Creation and a renewed sense of the sacred in our evolving world.

Come. Join us in an ancient place of refuge and renewal.

The Chartres Experience

Recommended Reading for Diarmuid O’Murchu

Adult Faith: Growing in Wisdom and Understanding

Evolutionary Faith: Rediscovering God in Our Great Story

Ecological Spirituality (all by Orbis Press)

Recommended Reading for Lauren Artress

Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Practice

The Path of the Holy Fool: How the Labyrinth Ignites our Visionary Powers

Diarmuid O'Murchu

Diarmuid O'Murchu, a member of the Sacred Heart Missionary Order, and a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin Ireland, is a social psychologist whose early working life had been in social ministry, predominantly in London, UK. In more recent years he has worked as a workshop leader and group facilitator, conducting pioneering programmes on Adult Faith Development across several countries. He is a widely read author, with many of his books listed on this webpage. Now as a retired missionary, he lives in Dublin, Ireland.

The Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress

The Rev. Dr. Lauren Artress is Canon Emerita of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, internationally recognized teacher on the Spirituality of the Labyrinth, and author of Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Practice; The Sacred Path Companion: How to Use the Labyrinth to Heal and Transform; and The Path of the Holy Fool: How the Labyrinth Ignites our Visionary Powers. Her first book Walking a Sacred Path was instrumental in launching what the New York Times named The Labyrinth Movement in May, 1998. She founded the non-profit, Veriditas, the World-Wide Labyrinth Project, in 1996 to “pepper the planet with labyrinths.” With over 6,000 labyrinth sites in the U.S. alone, her nonprofit work embraces the vision to activate and transform the human spirit through the labyrinth experience. Lauren received the Gandhi, King, and Ikeda Peace Award for her work in bringing people together in creative, peace-giving ways. In 2021 she received the Extraordinary Visionary Leader award from Women Creating our Futures. She is on the Editorial Board of Presence Magazine, a publication of Spiritual Directors International. Lauren is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the State of California.

Logistical Information

- Consider taking an UBER to Chartres. It has proven to be a convenient and cost effective option.
- The most economical way is to take a taxi to the Montparnasse Train Station and take a train to Chartres. Chartres is about an hour outside of Paris by train. For train information, please see the SNCF website.
- You can make a reservation online for a car or small van to meet you at the airport and drive you to Chartres.
- You can also consider the option of taking a taxi all the way to Chartres, though the cost will be in the range of 150 – 200 Euro or more. If several participants arrive at the same time, sharing a taxi will bring the price down.

For additional information on our Walking a Sacred Path Pilgrimages, please click here.

Dreaming Our Gathering: Daylong Women's Dream Quest with Judith Tripp and Small Group Leaders (07 Nov 2026)

Sat, 07 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT

SAVE THE DATE! more information and registration coming soon.

Judith Tripp

Judith Tripp, MA MFT, is a transpersonal psychotherapist, pilgrimage leader and musician. She is on the Veriditas faculty and teaches at Chartres Cathedral. She has led the Women’s Dream Quest at Grace Cathedral for 37 years as well as other venues all over the world. She also leads pilgrimages to Iona, Portugal and Avalon. Judith has created the musical offerings Homage, Return Again, and To Bless the Walk and authored the Book: Circleway, The Story of the Women’s Dream Quest. More information on Circleway.com.

The Luminous Path: Photography, Presence and the Labyrinth with Catherine Anderson (04 May 2027)

Tue, 04 May 2027 15:00:00 GMT

On the wild edge of Ireland, where sea, sky, and ancient land meet in quiet conversation, lies a stone labyrinth overlooking Clew Bay. Here, walking becomes a form of prayer, and photography becomes a way of listening. This retreat invites you into a creative pilgrimage where each step and each image becomes an opening into deeper presence, wonder, and soul.

Imagine…

Slowing down into the rhythm of the tides.

Letting the Irish landscape stir your senses.

Walking the labyrinth with a question, an intention, or a longing.

And allowing your camera to reveal what your heart is already noticing.

Photography, like the labyrinth, is a contemplative pathway. One offers a physical journey into the center; the other offers a visual journey into the essence of what calls to you. Together, they awaken a way of seeing that is spacious, intuitive, symbolic, and deeply personal.

More information on Catherine's website: https://www.creativepilgrimage.com/live-events/2027/5/essenceofmulranny

Catherine Anderson, Faculty

cathy@catherineandersonstudio.com

Veriditas upcoming events

Being the Change: Supporting Your Life Path with SoulCollage® and the Labyrinth IN PERSON with Catherine Anderson (09 Apr 2026)

Catherine Anderson, Faculty

WEBINAR: Pathways to Learning ~ Labyrinths for Children (20 Apr 2026)

World Labyrinth Day: UK/Europe Handheld Finger Labyrinth Meditation (02 May 2026)

Creating Peace: A Labyrinth and SoulCollage® Workshop with Brighid FitzGibbon and Connie Beall (02 May 2026)

World Labyrinth Day: Pacific Time Handheld Finger Labyrinth Meditation (02 May 2026)

MeetUp for Labyrinth Facilitators with the VERIDITAS Council (09 May 2026)

From Kansas to Courage. A VIRTUAL Experiential Workshop with Dr. Robin B. Dilley (16 May 2026)

Cosmic Creativity: Co-creating the world we live in. A Walking a Sacred Path Pilgrimage with Lauren Artress and Catherine Anderson (08 Jun 2026)

The Chartres Experience

Catherine Anderson

The Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress

Logistical Information

IN PERSON Facilitator Training in Chartres, France with Lauren Artress and Laura Esculcas (13 Jun 2026)

How to know if Facilitator Training is right for you?

Becoming Whole: Practices for Healing Ourselves and a Fracturing World with Krista Tippett hosted by the Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress (15 Jun 2026)

The Chartres Experience

Krista Tippett

The Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress

Logistical Information

LABYRINTH SUMMER SCHOOL: Whole Week Discount Registration (28 Jul 2026)

July 28: Sacred Space - Drawing Cosmological Mandalas with Lars Howlett

July 29: Sacred Time - Stitching Classical Labyrinths with Lars Howlett

July 30: Sacred Journey - Creating the Chartres Labyrinth with Lars Howlett

July 31: The Labyrinth as Refuge: A Qualifying Workshopwith Brighid FitzGibbon

August 1 - 2: Facilitator Training - A Spiritual Path

with Lars Howlett

Accommodations, Meals & Travel

RESERVATIONS FOR ON-SITE ACCOMMODATION NOW AVAILABLE. CLICK HERE TO BOOK.

RESERVATIONS FOR ON-SITE ACCOMMODATION NOW AVAILABLE. CLICK HERE TO BOOK.

LABYRINTH SUMMER SCHOOL: Sacred Space - Drawing Cosmological Mandalas with Lars Howlett (28 Jul 2026)

Accommodations, Meals & Travel

LABYRINTH SUMMER SCHOOL: Sacred Time - Stitching Classical Labyrinths with Lars Howlett (29 Jul 2026)

Accommodations, Meals & Travel

LABYRINTH SUMMER SCHOOL: Sacred Journey - Creating the Chartres Labyrinth with Lars Howlett (30 Jul 2026)

Accommodations, Meals & Travel

LABYRINTH SUMMER SCHOOL: The Labyrinth as Refuge - Qualifying Workshop with Brighid FitzGibbon (31 Jul 2026)

LABYRINTH SUMMER SCHOOL: Facilitator Training - A Spiritual Path with Lars Howlett (01 Aug 2026)

How to know if Facilitator Training is right for you?

Accommodation

Accommodations, Meals & Travel

Postcards from the Labyrinth: Reflecting the Inner Journey. A VIRTUAL Workshop with Laura Esculcas (01 Aug 2026)

What the Workshop Includes

Laura Esculcas, Faculty

Postcards from the Labyrinth: Reflecting the Inner Journey. A VIRTUAL Workshop with Laura Esculcas (08 Aug 2026)

What the Workshop Includes

Laura Esculcas, Faculty

VIRTUAL Facilitator Training with Lars Howlett and Laura Esculcas (10 Aug 2026)

Laura Esculcas, Faculty

http://www.mysticalportugal.com

Lars Howlett, Faculty

Meeting Mary in Chartres - experience of the Sacred Feminine in Chartres with Judith Tripp (17 Sep 2026)

The Cosmological Imagination: Dancing the Universe’s Dream. A Walking a Sacred Path Pilgrimage with Brian Thomas Swimme in conversation with Lauren Artress (21 Sep 2026)

The Chartres Experience

Recommended Reading:

Dr. Brian Thomas Swimme

The Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress

Logistical Information

IN PERSON Facilitator Training in Chartres, France with Lauren Artress and Laura Esculcas (26 Sep 2026)

How to know if Facilitator Training is right for you?

Seeking Communion with Creation: How the Great Spirit Weaves into our Lives. A Walking a Sacred Path Pilgrimage with Diarmuid O’Murchu in conversation with Lauren Artress (28 Sep 2026)

The Chartres Experience

Diarmuid O'Murchu

The Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress

Logistical Information

Dreaming Our Gathering: Daylong Women's Dream Quest with Judith Tripp and Small Group Leaders (07 Nov 2026)

Judith Tripp

The Luminous Path: Photography, Presence and the Labyrinth with Catherine Anderson (04 May 2027)

Catherine Anderson, Faculty

July 28: Sacred Space - Drawing Cosmological Mandalas
with Lars Howlett

July 29: Sacred Time - Stitching Classical Labyrinths
with Lars Howlett

July 30: Sacred Journey - Creating the Chartres Labyrinth
with Lars Howlett

July 31: The Labyrinth as Refuge: A Qualifying Workshop
with Brighid FitzGibbon