Walking the Path of Loss:
A Community Labyrinth Building and Meditation Experience
Join us at in-person for this creative and spiritual workshop
October 19th, 2024
9:00AM – Noon
at St. Francis in the Foothills
4625 E. River Rd., Tucson, AZ 85718
In collaboration with St. Francis in the Foothills we welcome you to share in this unique and sacred ritual of transformation. The labyrinth is an ancient symbol for the personal paths we each walk. Labyrinth walking is a meditation practice that presents us with the opportunity to reflect on our lived experiences while navigating the twists and turns in the path before us.
Under the guidance of labyrinth facilitator Charles Gillispie, MFA, we will collectively create a temporary labyrinth within the community center. Once created we will walk in acknowledgement of our collective and personal losses. Join us as we come together in community to support and hold space for each other in our journeys.
Please join us, to reflect, to support, and to bear witness to the tender places in each of us.
This workshop was made possible by the St. Francis
in the Foothills Endowment Fund
Charles Gillispie
Charles Gillispie is a licensed counselor and a certified spiritual director with a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Arizona. He has published articles and poems describing his work combining creativity and counseling in Journal of Poetry Therapy, Labyrinth Pathways and Psychological Perspectives. Charles has received grants from the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Pima Arts Council in support of his work bringing creative writing to the mental health community.
He has published two collections of poems, The Way We Go On (Backwaters Press, 2010) and Ever Loyal to the Story (League of Minnesota Poets, 2023, winner of the John Rezmerski Memorial Book Award). Most recently, his poems have appeared in ACM, December, and Oberon.