The Way of the Rose

Presented by Karrie Kirchner

Have you ever opened a drawer and found a set of old rosary beads? Maybe when you were a kid, poking around in your grandmother’s or auntie’s things… tucked in a jewelry box or at the bottom of a purse. I remember holding them in my hands, not really knowing what they were for, but feeling something. A wonder. A kind of quiet pull.

Even now, I help people clean out rooms and reorganize closets, and these beads—these “roses”—keep showing up. And the interesting thing? It’s not just the devout. I find them in the homes of people who would never call themselves religious. So what is it about the rosary that lingers?

Why can’t we quite let go of it?

And maybe more importantly—why does it keep calling us back?

In this one-day circle, we’ll be gathering at the beautiful Wisdom House in Litchfield to explore The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary by Clark Strand and Perdita Finn. We’ll sit in conversation, wonder together, share stories, and open ourselves to what the ancient rhythm of these beads might be saying to us now.

You don’t need to have a rosary practice. You don’t need to be Catholic or religious or know anything more than the feeling that there’s something deeper here.

This isn’t a lecture. It’s a gathering of hearts.

Bring your curiosity, your questions, your stories, and—if you have them—your beads.

Let’s see what blooms on this path of the rose.

Lunch is included.