Welcome! My name is Tara Owens, and as the executive director of Anam Cara Ministries, I’m delighted that you are here. Our vision for Anam Cara is to provide a place dedicated to the practice of soul friendship, coming alongside one another in order to facilitate healing, wholeness, holiness, and spiritual formation.
Catch me in my anxious scurrying, Lord, and hold me in this Lenten season . . .
Offering empty is not the same as offering nothing. The neighbors did not shake their heads, close their doors and turn this widow away. No, they gave, but they gave empty, enlarging the space for an outpouring of grace.
For Ignatius the love of God is central. Everything rests upon it.
April 7th: 7a & 7p
Join us on Good Friday as we meditate on the 14 stations of the cross with traditional liturgy, poetry meditation, art and music.
Begins May 20, 2023
Training for spiritual directors interested in learning to lead directees through the Ignatian Exercises.
Join us on Good Friday as we visit the 14 stations of the cross. This liturgy features traditional elements, poetry, visual art and music. Register using the link below.
Join us on Good Friday as we visit the 14 stations of the cross. This liturgy features traditional elements, poetry, visual art and music. Register using the link below.
This is a Scripture Circle led by a teacher with the Anam Cara Community. Scripture Circles—an experience of community centered around the Word—are an experience of studying the Scriptures that is practical and pastoral, scholarly and mystical, personal and communal. Each Scripture Circle is a...
This is a Scripture Circle led by a teacher with the Anam Cara Community. Scripture Circles—an experience of community centered around the Word—are an experience of studying the Scriptures that is practical and pastoral, scholarly and mystical, personal and communal. Each Scripture Circle is a...
A community of women studying Scripture together in the rabbinic style.
As our awareness of trauma, neurodiversity, attachment, somatics, generational healing, and other modalities that bring healing to beloved image-bearers increases, our deep compassion for others grows. As practitioners, this posture is so deeply good. And yet, we need to attend to the temptations we face...
Sacred Journey retreats are designed for pastors, ministry leaders and their spouses. You'll join us in Buena Vista Colorado at the base of Mount Princeton for a few days of restful rhythms, good food, deep conversation, spaciousness, gentle companioning, and did we mention rest. Our...