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We stayed 10 days with a group of 26 participants in the small and intense living & praying Jezuit community (5-6) of the Haus Gries. Our silent days consisted more or less of 4-5 hours of contemplative prayer/meditation, 1 hour of community work, 2-3 hours of walking in nature, 1/2 hour of daily talk with our spiritual counselor, a daily eucharisty and intention, vegetarian meals and sleep in a separate cell/hut. All in silence and submerged in our own process.

It was a challenging and deep source of inspiration. These photos are the best way to give you a taste of it.

Haus Gries where Marion had her small sacred room and the Hobbit house where Patrick stayed :

Taken from the garden of Haus Gries

Patrick’s hut

my lovely cell close to the woods

Maria in the light

Contemplative impressions

Found at the root of a fallen tree

Found at the root of a fallen tree

Many mushrooms end of july !

Hungry chicken

Hase

Rest

Haus Gries flowers

Beauty saved from the compost

Nature

Marion’s womb in nature and Patrick’s favorite praying place

Contemplating live

The fields

Morning meditation

Who is looking to who ?

Patrick’s nightly wood meditations

Working meditation : Marion in the garden and Patrick’s “Lieblinge” :

Cutting weed

Picking berries, 10 days in a row, choosing the exact ripe ones (not 1 day too early), gathering “Mein Lieblinge”

Chapels

Maria in Haus Gries

Chapel in the fields

Marions favourite