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Defiant Love: Nurturing Resilient Community is the 2026 CSC Gathering, held October 30 through November 1 at Mercy Retreat Center in St. Louis, Missouri. More than a conference, this participatory weekend invites us into ritual, learning, creativity, ecological consciousness, embodied spiritual activism, grief, gratitude, and communal imagination as we cultivate resilient communities capable of faithful, loving dissent in difficult times.
Single Room Residential Weekend Pass includes participation in the full Gathering for 1 individual, lodging in a private single room at Mercy Retreat Center on Friday and Saturday night, and meals during the weekend for 1 individual.
Defiant Love: Nurturing Resilient Community is the 2026 CSC Gathering, held October 30 through November 1 at Mercy Retreat Center in St. Louis, Missouri. More than a conference, this participatory weekend invites us into ritual, learning, creativity, ecological consciousness, embodied spiritual activism, grief, gratitude, and communal imagination as we cultivate resilient communities capable of faithful, loving dissent in difficult times.
Single Room Residential Weekend Pass includes participation in the full Gathering for 1 individual, lodging in a private single room at Mercy Retreat Center on Friday and Saturday night, and meals during the weekend for 1 individual.
