My Neighbour’s Faith: Labyrinth Walk

During this installment of My Neighbour’s Faith, we’ll learn about the history and practice of labyrinths, create personal finger-sized labyrinths, and also walk a full sized labyrinth! Labyrinths are ritual, symbolic pathways that found around the world and throughout history. A labyrinth is not a maze, but rather a single path that takes you to the centre. In the Western world, the best-known labyrinths are those from the middle ages. In the last 30 years, there has been a lot of interest in labyrinths as a contemplative practice. There is no wrong or right way to do this practice, and the possibilities are endless!

We will meet at the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, located near campus at 3415 Redpath Street, on Sunday, April 13 at 1:00-4:00pm.

Agenda:

1:00pm: Gather at the church building

1:30pm: 30-min. presentation about the history and practice of labyrinths

2:00pm: Introduction to finger labyrinths by Susan Brasier

3:00pm: Time for making fabric finger labyrinths and to walk the Concordia Chartres Labyrinth (there's plenty of time to do both).