Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre

AT1 Traditional Medicine Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2026-05-26 - 2026-05-29 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
We welcome guest learners to join our ministry students in this circle. To register, download the registration form below and return completed form to connect@sandysaulteaux.ca.
This Learning Circle will introduce participants to the history, philosophies, practices, and contemporary relevance of Indigenous traditional healing medicines. It emphasizes respect for Indigenous knowledge systems, cultural sensitivity, and sustainability.
Participants of this Learning Circle will have an opportunity to explore traditional approaches to healing, as well as the nature of health from a wholistic perspective of mind, body, spirit, and emotion. They will be introduced to the way medicines are collected, prepared, and the nature of the relationship between the individual and healer.

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Ceremony of Celebration
2026-05-30 14:00 - 18:00 (America/Winnipeg) | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, R0E 0C0, Canada
Join us to to celebrate our graduating student, Brian George, and honoured elders Tarance Whiteye and Alma Ransom.
2:00 pm worship service, feast to follow
RSVP to connect@sandysaulteaux.ca or 204-268-3913, by May 18.

PC4 2SLGBTQIA+ & Healthy Relationships Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2026-06-02 - 2026-06-05 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
We welcome guest learners to join our ministry students in the circle. To register, download the registration form below and return completed form to connect@sandysaulteaux.ca.
This course seeks to provide students with trauma informed understandings, tools and resources to support families or individuals seeking healing from violent relationships or internalized oppression. Special attention will be given to the epidemic of gender-based violence against women and girls, as well as against 2SLGBTQIA+ persons. Students will explore these realities within the life of the church, as well as family and community systems more broadly. They will examine the ways scriptural passages and Christian teachings have often been used to promote or silently enable abusive behaviors that violate the dignity and respect of all people. Theologically, we will examine sexuality as a call to community flourishing. Collectively, we will continue to employ an appreciative inquiry lens to reflect on what community flourishing looks like in light of the power dynamics surrounding gendered violence in our communities.

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Return of the Buffalo Retreat
2026-06-19 19:00 - 2026-06-21 13:00, 2026-07-24 19:00 - 2026-07-26 13:00, 2026-09-25 19:00 - 2026-09-27 13:00, 2026-12-04 19:00 - 2026-12-06 13:00, 2027-01-08 19:00 - 2027-01-10 13:00, 2027-03-19 19:00 - 2027-03-21 13:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
A land-based cultural revitalization retreat for youth ages 15-25 and their families:
Join us for land based fun! Grow confidence, friendship & cultural identity. Learn ceremony, traditional drumming & dancing, beading, medicine harvesting & more!
Meals provided, accommodations available.
Legal parent and/or guardian MUST be present.
Limited number of funded spots available.
This retreat is part of a series. You can register for 1 weekend, or all of them:

June 19 – 21, 2026
July 24 – 26, 2026
Sept 25 – 27, 2026
Dec 4 – 6, 2026
Jan 8 – 10, 2027
Mar 19 – 21, 2027

REGISTER HERE

For more information, contact wahkotowin@sandysaulteaux.ca or 204-268-3913.

Summer Solstice Ceremony
2026-06-20 12:00 - 17:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, R0E 0C0, Canada
Seasonal ceremonies at Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre are a time to be on the land, to honour and give thanks for all of creation, to have some quiet reflective time around the fire and to renew and refresh our mind, body and spirit in the sweat lodge.
The ceremonies include a sweat lodge, followed by a potluck feast. Read more about what to expect at our seasonal ceremonies.

To enter the sweat lodge, you must register in advance by completing the form below.
You may also participate without entering the sweat lodge. Everyone is welcome to come and be with the sacred fire.

What to bring:

Tobacco
For the sweat lodge: shorts (men) or cotton nightgown or skirt/top (women) & towel
For outside the sweat lodge: any hat, jacket, rain gear, sun or bug protection you need to be comfortable and safe outside, depending on the weather of the day
Water bottle
Food – to share in potluck feast after the sweat
Donation for the Centre encouraged (cash or cheque made to Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, donating online available when you register)
Gift for the lodge keeper encouraged (cash or any item that expresses your gratitude for the ceremony)

Want to find out about other upcoming ceremonies? Select “Local News” when you sign up for our e-newsletter.

REGISTER HERE

Indigenous Day Celebration: tipi raising & potluck feast
2026-06-21 13:00 - 17:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Join us for teachings, teamwork and time on the land, as we put up our tipi.
Please bring a dish of food to share in a potluck feast.
All ages welcome. Participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent, guardian or caregiver.

Accessibility:
The tipi raising portion of this event will take place outside. The ground is mostly grass covered and may be uneven. After a rain, the ground may be soft and muddy.

Shelter from the weather is available under our open-side pavilion, on a concrete pad.

Limited outdoor seating is available. Participants are welcome to bring their own chairs or blankets for sitting on the ground.

Presenters will not have their voices amplified.

Indoor washrooms are available.
Parking is available on site, a short distance from where we will be gathering. Please leave priority spots for those who require accessible parking and/or loading and unloading.

If you have questions or require any accommodations to be able to participate, please contact connect@sandysaulteaux.ca, 204-268-3913.

All Nature Sings! Retreat: POSTPONED
2026-06-26 18:00 - 2026-06-28 11:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
This event has been postponed. Contact connect@sandysaulteaux.ca/204-268-3913 to be the first to hear when a new date is set.

Kindom Come & Embody Song
through practices of
Presencing Prayer, Yoga, Qi Gong &
LovingKindness BlesSINGALONG

a weekend retreat with Lori Erhardt

Delicious made-from-scratch meals, starting with a simple supper on Friday night, ending with breakfast Sunday morning
Opening circle with friend of Sandy-Saulteaux Elaine Beauchemin
A loose schedule of group practices (all optional) led by Lori Erhardt to help us be present
Time for rest, forest walks and solitude as participants wish
Your own private room in a cabin with shared washrooms
Cost: $385/individual (or $690/couple for a room with a double bed)

Lori Erhardt has been known for encouraging and gathering circles of all shapes and sizes – in concerts and conferences, classrooms, and churches, palliative care wards, peace rallies, and celebrations of Life and Love. She is a United Church minister and a certified Yoga and Qi gong instructor. She engages music, movement, meditation, breathing, bodywork, inquiry, intuition, prayer, reflection, humour and humility for healing and wholeness.

To register, complete the form and send to office@sandysaulteaux.ca. Payment will be due June 8. Please wait for confirmation before submitting payment.

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Mamawe Ota Askihk: Sharing Life Together Here on Earth
2026-07-03 19:00 - 2026-07-05 13:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Gather with Indigenous and non-Indigenous allies of all ages for a weekend of hands-on skill sharing. Make friends, share fireside meals from the garden, learn traditional crafts, take part in Indigenous dance, forage & connect with the land & more!

REGISTER ONLINE

OR

DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM

Workshops, teachings and activities:

Daily sharing circle time
Sunrise ceremony
Sweatlodge ceremony
Foraging, medicine & berry picking nature walk
Traditional Powwow & Hoop Dancing + teachings
Painting
Daily campfire stories & snacks
Traditional drumming & singing
Medicine wheel teachings
Leather making
Beading

Fall Equinox Ceremony
2026-09-19 12:00 - 17:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Seasonal ceremonies at Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre are a time to be on the land, to honour and give thanks for all of creation, to have some quiet reflective time around the fire and to renew and refresh our mind, body and spirit in the sweat lodge.
The ceremonies include a sweat lodge, followed by a potluck feast. Read more about what to expect at our seasonal ceremonies.

To enter the sweat lodge, you must register in advance. REGISTRATION COMING SOON.
You may also participate without entering the sweat lodge. Everyone is welcome to come and be with the sacred fire.
What to bring:

Tobacco
For the sweat lodge: shorts (men) or cotton nightgown or skirt/top (women) & towel
For outside the sweat lodge: any hat, jacket, rain gear, sun or bug protection you need to be comfortable and safe outside, depending on the weather of the day
Water bottle
Food – to share in potluck feast after the sweat
Donation for the Centre encouraged (cash or cheque made to Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, donating online available when you register)
Gift for the lodge keeper encouraged (cash or any item that expresses your gratitude for the ceremony)

Want to find out about other upcoming ceremonies? Select “Local News” when you sign up for our e-newsletter.

Winter Solstice Ceremony
2026-12-19 12:00 - 17:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, R0E 0C0, Canada
