In a world struggling through injustice, uncertainty, and collective grief, the time has come for a new kind of spiritual warrior—one who leads with love, stands in their truth, and walks with compassion. “Each of us can be a new saint,” says Lama Rod Owens. “In our pain, our trauma, and all our complexity, we all can—and must—awaken the virtue of our compassion for the benefit of our communities, our planet, and our own souls.”

Inspired by Lama Rod’s book The New Saints, this retreat invites us to reimagine sainthood not as beings of stained glass or carved stone, but through a lived presence and deep commitment to awakening amid the chaos of modern life.