Image: Wise Women Also Came © Jan Richardson In some parts of the world, Epiphany (January 6, which brings the Christmas season to a close) is celebrated as Women’s Christmas. Originating in Ireland, where it is known as Nollaig na mBan, Women’s Christmas began as a day when the women, who often carried the domestic […]
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Women’s Christmas: The Shimmering Hours
Thursday, January 2nd, 2014
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Women’s Christmas: The Map You Make Yourself
Friday, January 4th, 2013
Wise Women Also Came © Jan L. Richardson In some parts of the world, Epiphany (January 6, which brings the Christmas season to a close) is celebrated as Women’s Christmas. Originating in Ireland, where it is known as Nollaig na mBan, Women’s Christmas began as a day when the women, who often carried the domestic […]
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Celebrating Women’s Christmas
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Wise Women Also Came © Jan L. Richardson In some parts of the world, Epiphany (January 6, which brings the Christmas season to a close) is celebrated as “Women’s Christmas.” Originating in Ireland, where it is known as Nollaig na mBan, Women’s Christmas began as a day when the women, who often carried the domestic […]
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The Women’s Christmas
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Wise Women Also Came © Jan L. Richardson This past year I was delighted to learn of a women’s tradition connected with Epiphany, which falls on January 6 and marks the end of the Christmas season. There is a custom, rooted in Ireland, of celebrating Epiphany as Women’s Christmas, called Nollaig na mBan in Irish. […]
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Beloved: An Online Retreat for Lent 2015
Tuesday, February 17th, 2015
Blessings to you on this Fat Tuesday/Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras/Ash Wednesday Eve! I continue to be so grateful for the opportunity to travel through Advent with so many of you on the Illuminated Retreat, and also to have you share in the Women’s Christmas Retreat that I created for Epiphany this year. As we prepare to […]
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Beloved: An Online Retreat for Lent
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
Lent is drawing close, already! It was such a remarkable gift to travel through Advent with so many of you on the Illuminated Retreat, and also to have you share in the Women’s Christmas Retreat. As we look toward the coming season, I would love for you to join us for the all-new online retreat […]
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On the Threshold of Lent: Return
Monday, February 11th, 2013
Advent and Christmas are not so very far behind us, and already we’re standing at the edge of Lent! As Ash Wednesday draws near, I want to let you know that Gary and I will be offering an online retreat during Lent. We so enjoyed traveling with many of you during our online Advent retreat, […]
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