Come to the Cornwall Grail Center!

Celebrate the passage of the seasons throughout the year. Plant and harvest--then can and freeze-- your own food. Take time out for silence and deepening. Or learn how to take better photos and make a book. Meet interesting people having interesting conversations about the arts, ideas, and important issues in contemporary culture. Discover more about yourself and the world around you.

PROGRAM SERIES in 2012

Solstice/Equinox Celebrations at the Labyrinth followed by Community Pot Luck.

Conversations from a Global Perspective--evening programs focusing on important issues of our time. Topics include Human Trafficking, Perspectives on Cuba, the Politics of Food, Seeds of Hope.

Grail Circle of Friends (for women) meets second Wed. of each month (excluding July & August) at 6pm with pot luck followed by discussion of themes chosen by the group. 

Meet The Makers--encounters with local artists and their work in a variety of media.

Organic Gardening--vegetables, herbs and flowers cultivated and harvested in collaboration with local friends and volunteers who learn through doing.

Time Out Retreats--for spiritual deepening, R &R, family fun, community building and personal renewal

Special Events--including October Yard Sale and Holiday Art & Gift show

Coming in January

Fri., Jan 6 thru Sun., Jan. 8:

Metanoia Retreat spiritual deepening weekend for Grail members

Wed., Jan. 11, 6pm:

Grail Circle of Friends--start-up session with Pot Luck Dinner

Tues., Jan. 17, 7pm:

International Trafficking of  Women & Children with Washingtonville High School Senior Lena Cheyne followed by discussion (snow date: Jan. 24)

Fri., Jan. 27 thru Sun., Jan. 29:

Play in the Snow family fun weekend

Coming in February

Wed., Feb. 1, 7pm:

Art, Commerce & Community discussion

Sun., Feb 5 & 12, 2pm:

Photo Workshop with Cornwall photographer Mary Ann Neuman (snow date: Mar. 4)

Wed. Feb. 8, 6pm:

Grail Circle of Friends with Pot Luck Dinner (discussion topic to be announced)

Tues., Feb. 21, 7pm:

Oscar Talk with filmmaker Barbara De Fina

Coming in March

Wed., Mar. 14, 6pm:

Grail Circle of Friends with Pot Luck Dinner (discussion topic to be announced)

Sun. Mar., 18, 2pm:

Calligraphy Workshop with Cornwall calligrapher and book maker Rita Ponessa

Tues., Mar. 20, 6pm:

Spring Equinox Celebration at the Labyrinth followed by Community Pot Luck Dinner

Wed., Mar. 28, 7pm:

Perspectives on Cuba with Cuba Trips organizer Emily Thomas

ON GOING PROJECTS:

United Nations NGO Team: Cornwall Center staff and associates participate (with other NY Grail members) in the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The UN Team also partners with other Non-Governmental Organizations committed to influencing global and local public policy as developed at the United Nations.

Phoenix Rising: An inter-faith, inter-spiritual project composed of representatives from the many diverse groups who use our Center.

Community Garden: Organic vegetables, herbs and flowers cultivated and harvested in collaboration with local friends and volunteers.

Newburgh Ministry & Project Life: Grail volunteers collect and deliver clothing and other necessities for the homeless through the Newburgh Ministry.

Forest Revitalization Project: In collaboration with Black Rock Forest and other local environmental agencies, the Grail is actively engaged in trying to save up to twenty acres of our forest property from enviornmental devastation.

Deer Management: An on-going discussion and local action committee focusing on how to alleviate the environmental impact of deer on the Cornwall and Cornwall-on-Hudson communities.

The Cornwall Grail Center makes possible the Elizabeth Stillman Meadow,
an education project of the Hudson Higlands Nature Museum
of the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum

For more information

or to register

for any of the above programs or projects contact:

grailconhsharon@igc.org

or call 845-534-2031

Check back for periodic calendar updates