Please register by October 21. Once we have received your registration, we will send you an invoice for the retreat. Please know we have scholarships available; if you would like to make a request, email S. Carol Ann at sophia@mountosb.org. We strongly encourage you to add sophia@mountosb.org to your email contacts to ensure the delivery of emails regarding your retreat. We look forward to welcoming you online.

Judith Valente spent many years as a journalist. In 2019 she left daily journalism to focus on writing that helps busy people slow down and find greater meaning in their daily lives. She is the author of several spirituality titles, including Atchison Blue: A Search for Silence a Spiritual Home and a Living Faith, the memoir of her time living as a laywoman at a Mount St. Scholastica Monastery in Atchison, Kan.; and How to Live: What The Rule of St. Benedict Teaches Us About Happiness, Meaning and Community. Her most recent book is a collaboration with a Trappist monk, titled How to Be: A Monk & A Journalist Reflect on Living & Dying, Purpose & Prayer, Forgiveness & Friendship. She has received numerous awards for her writing and leads frequent retreats on how to live a more contemplative life in the secular world.