Meet Dan Rotnem

14 January 2025

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Watch as Dena DeLuco interviews our facilitator, Dan Rotnem regarding his new monthly series CoreTraining: Building the Foundation for Meditative Living

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Dust Off Your Inner Child

6/24/2025

Summer is the season of childhood. It calls forth the carefree inner child from the serious-minded winter worker in each adult. “C’mon! Come outside and play!!” No matter how old we get, there is always that core child-spirit which moves more from WONDER than duty.

We Have to Have Fog

5/12/2025

It happened again—twice in a week! I have to catch this teaching!! I walked outside for my early morning walk, and I found myself enveloped by fog. Last week the fog was even denser! But today’s fog was equally mysterious and compelling.

With Joy and Prayer: Welcoming Pope Leo XIV

5/9/2025

Villa Maria Education and Spirituality Center, a Catholic retreat center rooted in prayer and spiritual hospitality, joins the global Church in welcoming our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, with joy and gratitude.