Falling in love with Mother Nature

Now more than ever, it’s time to fall back in love with Mother Nature. We see it world-wide, we feel it in our own backyard… Mother Nature is calling to us to pay attention and to take care of her, to nurture her as we get to know her better. We also understand that humans have become profoundly alienated from Mother Nature, and that is one source of our current crises. 

The Swan

Did you too see it, drifting, all night, on the black river?
Did you see it in the morning, rising into the silvery air –
An armful of white blossoms,
A perfect commotion of silk and linen as it leaned
into the bondage of its wings; a snowbank, a bank of lilies,
Biting the air with its black beak?
Did you hear it, fluting and whistling
A shrill dark music – like the rain pelting the trees – like a waterfall
Knifing down the black ledges?
And did you see it, finally, just under the clouds –
A white cross Streaming across the sky, its feet
Like black leaves, its wings Like the stretching light of the river?
And did you feel it, in your heart, how it pertained to everything?
And have you too finally figured out what beauty is for?
And have you changed your life?

– Mary Oliver 

Land-based Programs

Join us on the land to deepen your living connection with nature.

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Sorrento Centre is a values-driven social purpose retreat centre, striving for environmental and social sustainability by hosting events and engaging in activities that are good for people, good for our community and good for the natural world around us. We share, along with every other faith tradition, a commitment to express our love for our neighbours in practical and tangible ways – like food and shelter. Our gardens, our forests, our wetlands and farm, our orchards and even our solar panels provide valuable learning opportunities for students, the community and our guests.

Take a look at some of the activities, programs and initiatives focused on nurturing the love of nature in our hearts and in our community. 

Keeping Warm on Winter Days

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Winter fun in the Shuswap

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Let your feet wander…

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Watch out for that bear!

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Water water every where!

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Thank you, Dr. Mary Thomas!

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Knúcwentwecw: Dr Mary Thomas

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The beauty of spring

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Signposts: Walking the land

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Oh Mother Nature…

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Sorry about the weather

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Biosphere Commitment Program

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This Giving Tuesday, support Sorrento Centre

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Early days of latest climate crisis

Thanks to our generous donors! This article was published on Nov. 27, 2021. As we head into the final weekend ...
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You can help us help. Here’s how

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You are welcome. You are safe. You are cared for.

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Global Sustainable Tourism

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Green retreat with Hildegard of Bingen

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Lessons from the geese

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Evening sky… day sky

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Beautiful flowers abound

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Incredible beauty all around

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Internet restored, on-line registration back on-line!

Fixing up after devastating lightning strike This article was posted 4 August 2020. Good news: Internet service at the Sorrento ...
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No phones, no internet as lightning strikes!

Just as the holiday weekend begins This article was published on Aug. 2, 2020. A great big bolt of lightning ...
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Welcome Wild Church BC!

First of two weeks for summer of 2020 For current information regarding wild church please click here. This article was ...
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Our beautiful flowers

Across our main campus The Sorrento Centre's gardens blossom and bloom throughout the spring, summer and fall. The colours and ...
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Beautiful summer skies

Sunshine spills over the Sorrento Centre campus - and across the Shuswap. The days are warm, but not hot, and ...
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The many critters

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We don’t want plastic with our tomatoes

Reducing and eliminating single use plastic Update: This article was published on Aug. 21, 2019. Our farm is currently laying ...
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How a place can transform people

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