From the comfort of your own home, join Circle Sanctuary in a healing ritual for Japan. The ritual is to be started at 7pm central time and Pagans from across the world are invitied to follow the ritual provided by Selena Fox, Circle Sanctuary founder.
If you wish to join in group ritual, all Pagans are welcome at Sacred Paths Center tonight to join in the ritual. Ritual starts at 7pm sharp, so please arrive early.
Click this link for the ritual format.
Although Pagan festivals are nothing new to the Twin Cities area, an indoor convention with soft beds, flushing toilets, and central air and heating is. Paganicon, a three day Pagan convention, starts March 25th. There are some deadlines coming up that Con organizers would like the community to know about.
Pre-registration for Paganicon ends March 4th. You can register on-line here. Once this date passes, you will need to register at the door on March 25th at a higher rate. Pre-registration is encouraged as there is a cap on attendance. On;y 250 people can attend this first Paganicon.
If you are planning on staying at the host hotel and wish to take advantage of the special room block rate, you need to make your reservations by March 4th. More information on hotel reservations can be found here.
The last deadline that Paganicon organizers want you to be aware of is the deadline to request advertising in the program book or
to sponsor Paganicon. This deadline is the same date as the other three, March 4th.
Paganicon organizers say they’ve received more programming submissions then they could find slots for, the vendor area is completely reserved, and several great entertainment acts are scheduled. If you would like to look at the interactive schedule you can do so here.
What: Paganicon
Where: Doubletree Park Place in St. Louis Park, MN
When: March 25-27
Web: http://tcpaganpride.org/paganicon/
The Upper Midwest Pagan Alliance celebrated it’s fourth anniversary Saturday evening with a capacity crowd at the Sacred Paths Center. Not only was the event packed with people, it was packed with activities. Attendees were treated to entertainment by the ever popular Murphey’s Midnight Rounders and tribal dancing by Kamala Chaand. UMPA held it’s annual meeting, where they ratified new by-laws and elected their officers for the next two years. New officers are Bonnie Hanna-Powers, Gary Lingen, Bress Nicneven, Grace Morgan. and Joshua Adam Blesi.
The community also settled a long simmering dispute – who makes the best red sauce, Don from the Coven of the Standing Stones or Mistress Judy Olson? Don won the competition handily, but many at the event said if you mix the two, it was better than each sauce alone.
The editors of PNC-Minnesota, Cara Schulz and I, are going on the road! In San Jose, CA. one of the country’s largest indoor Pagan conferences takes place, Pantheacon. Sponsored by the Ancient Ways bookstore in Oakland, it has warmed even California winters for seventeen years with lively workshops and rituals, timely authors, and a who’s who of the Pagan community. We are attending both in support of the launch of the national Pagan Newswire Collective website, and to offer our insights into starting a local bureau.
The Theme this year will be -Walking The Talk — Our pagan ethics and worship of our Earth Mother help us forge new sustainable lifestyles as we honor the old ways. What we know about the old ways of life, others now acknowledge as new imperatives to be custodians of our earth. What are we doing individually and as groups to take our vision of Earth Centered Spiritually out into the world? What skills and visions, found in our traditions, are especially needed for the future?
New SPC Board Members - photos by Jenna Touchette
The first Sacred Path Center (SPC) board of director’s election took place Sat, Feb. 12th.
The SPC board had four open positions up for election. The five candidates were Ci Benson, Jim Mosser, Mary Oczak, John Stitely and CJ Stone.
The newly elected board members are: Ci Benson, Jim Mosser, Mary Oczak, and CJ Stone.
SPC Board of Directors for 2011
Board of Directors for 2011: Keith Vorderbruggen, Mark Digatano, Cindy Miller, George Edgar, Carol Haselmann, Mary Oczak, Jim Mosser, CJ Stone, Ci Benso, and Teisha Magee
Pagan Newswire Collective - Minnesota Bureau 