Name: Living Lent: A Day of Recollection to Ready Your Heart
Start: 2026-02-25T09:00:00-05:00
Location: St. Edmund's Retreat Center, 1 Enders Island, Mystic, CT 06355

St. Edmund's Retreat Center, 1 Enders Island,  Mystic,  CT 06355

Take time to rediscover your relationship with Christ, deepen the meaning of your Lenten journey, and prepare your spirit for Easter. During this day, you will explore traditional Lenten practices like prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, while reflecting on the powerful significance of the Cross of Calvary, the Empty Tomb, and the Risen Lord.
You will begin the day by joining us for Holy Mass in the Chapel at 9 AM. Check-in will start at 9:45 AM, with coffee, tea, and pastries available for you to enjoy.
A hot lunch will be served at 12:30 PM in the dining hall of the Enders House, an early 20th-century Arts and Crafts-style mansion and the oldest structure on the island.
  Please note: During Lent, we forgo dessert as part of our dedication to reflection and simplicity in this sacred season. If you wish to bring your own dessert items, you may.

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Stop by and pick out this month’s book! Fright Club is focusing on the theme of botanicals this month. The featured selections are on display and ready to be checked out!For more information, email <a href="https://mckenna@stoningtonfreelibrary.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">mckenna@stoningtonfreelibrary.org</a>

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Commemorate 20 years of the Homeless Hospitality Center with an incredible evening featuring 20 songs for 20 years and a guitar auction at intermission. Enjoy performances by a great lineup of artists including Steve Elci, The Rivergods, Dogbite and many more, with pizza available by donation and a cash bar.

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Summer Strings is an annual outdoor celebration of music and community, bringing together students and audiences of all ages in one of Westerly‘s most cherished public spaces. Guests are encouraged to bring blankets or chairs and enjoy an afternoon of live music in the park.

For more information, please contact Ashley Jones at 860-235-1478 or at <a href="mailto:info@ashleyjonesviolin.com">info@ashleyjonesviolin.com</a>

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This day will be a time to rest by the Ocean with like-minded people who enjoy the blessings of taking time on the journey of life. It might be called a time to re-boot the pace of daily life as we might re-boot a computer. Turn it off for five minutes. When it is turned back on it works well and smoothly. To help do this we will use the imaginative style of prayer taught by St. Ignatius. Bring your bible and your journal. There will be time for confession or -1- meetings.
We invite you to join us for Holy Mass in the Chapel at 9 AM. Check in will begin at 9:45. Coffee, tea and pastries will be available.&nbsp; &nbsp;Included in this day is a hot lunch. This will be served at 12:30 in the dining hall of the Enders House, an early 20th century arts and crafts style mansion and the oldest structure on the island.

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Gardens by the Sea (June 12 &amp; 13, 10-4 both days) is a self-guided garden tour through the historic Borough of Stonington. Experience the beauty hidden beyond its garden gates and explore waterfront vistas, terraced landscapes, and enchanted pocket gardens, designed in styles ranging from formal to eclectic. "Plein Air" artists will be painting in selected gardens. All gardens are within walking distance, and free parking will be available. In addition, there will be a tented Marketplace on Wadawanuck Square featuring a wide variety of vendors offering garden-inspired items, clothing, jewelry, and home decor. Event is rain or shine; tickets are non-refundable. For tickets (available starting on Feb. 1, 2026), go to www.stoningtongardenclub.org/garden-tour.

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Nothing says spring better than our popular Classic Design Luncheon and Lecture! We’re honored to feature Genevieve Wheeler-Brown, the author of&nbsp;<a href="https://beyondblueandwhite.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">“Beyond Blue and White.”</a>
Wheeler-Brown’s book explores the history of Delftware ceramics, focusing on the often-overlooked roles of women as makers, patrons, and collectors, from 17th-century factory owners like&nbsp;Barbara Rotteveel&nbsp;to Gilded Age collectors like&nbsp;Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan. A must for devotees of decorative arts and the history of material culture. 
Location: The award-winning Jay Estate Gardens designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz. Co-Chairs, Tracy Edwards, Liz Garrett, Emmy Lambert, Lindsay Bello Martin and Suzanne Clary.
Guests will enjoy botanical cocktails and a tour of the blue and white blooms of our gardens at 11:30am followed by lunch and lecture at 12 Noon. Booksigning at 1:30pm. Catering provided by Scarborough Fair Catering.
Spring garden attire and hats encouraged! 
Tickets start at $150. Tables of 10 start at $1500
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All proceeds will benefit JHC's family and adult horticulture programs.
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GENEVIEVE WHEELER BROWN
Founding Genevieve Wheeler Decorative Art Advisory in 2003, Genevieve comes to the advisory business with more than 12 years of experience in the auction world, strong generalist knowledge and a wide range of contacts in American, European and Asian decorative and fine arts.
Genevieve began her career with Christie’s in 1992 with the European Decorative Arts Department after working as an intern at The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C. in 1990. She was then asked to run Overseas Consignments at Christie’s Park Avenue, a department that handled inquiries for European based auctions including Indian and Southeast Asian art, Islamic Art, Miniatures, Textiles and Cameras. In 1995 Genevieve became the New York contact for sales of Fabergé and Russian Silver at Christie’s Park Avenue and most recently was as a specialist in Fine Musical Instruments at Christie’s Rockefeller Center from 1998 to 2003.
While at Christie’s, she was involved with important sales such as ‘The Pine Cone Egg’ by Carl Fabergé and ‘The Taft’ Stradivari which fetched the auction record for an instrument sold in the United States. She has also been an appraiser on the PBS production ‘The Antiques Roadshow’.
A supporter of several fine and decorative art related institutions, Genevieve has served on the Board of the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York, served as a member of the Young Fellows Steering Committee of the Frick Collection from 1995 to 2005 and co-Chaired the Winter Antiques Show Young Collector’s Night, New York in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
Genevieve currently advises several organizations including <a href="https://www.dumbartonhouse.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dumbarton House</a>, a Federal period house museum in Georgetown, as a board member as well as for <a href="https://www.thewintershow.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Winter Show</a> as a vice-chair of Opening Night and as co-founder of The Winter Show Luncheon.About The Jay Heritage Center
The nonprofit Jay Heritage Center (JHC) is dedicated to preserving, protecting, and revitalizing a place that has meaning for all Americans: The Jay Estate. The property is the centerpiece of the Boston Post Road Historic District, Westchester County's only National Historic Landmark District,&nbsp;an irreplaceable cultural and natural resource.&nbsp;
Through lectures, workshops, volunteer opportunities, school programs, and concerts, JHC offers timely lessons in history, environmental conservation, architecture, and social justice, while tracing the evolution of democracy in the United States. It hopes to inspire the future historians, civic advocates, and stewards of our fragile cultural and natural resources.&nbsp;
Just as the architects of our nation’s government pursued self-improvement through dialogue about our nation’s most relevant topics, JHC promotes learning through programs led by prominent experts, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, and academics in a variety of disciplines from sustainability to legal history.
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