This event is hosted by the Narragansett Indian Tribe in Rhode Island and is open to the public. Some folks who have journeyed with Find A Way will be coordinating attendance to the powwow; learn more and RSVP for the Narragansett Powwow here.
Lallie Lloyd has graciously offered to host a small gathering in Cotuit, MA to pray together, connect with the land, and discuss the state and evolving shape of the Find A Way Journey.
Join us to hear Sarah Augustine, a Pueblo (Tewa) descendent, founder of The Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery, and author of The Land is Not Empty, discuss what is hidden in plain sight: how violence against Indigenous people is ongoing, and how we, as church, are uniquely called to dismantle the systems that continue to justify it.
The talk will take place at 7:30 pm on 9/10 on Zoom and is hosted by the St Paul Center for Theology and Prayer. Learn more and RSVP here.
Monday, October 12, 2026, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM: Journey to the Great Swamp: Day of Remembrance & Reckoning in South Kingstown, RI – On December 15, 1675 a Narragansett encampment of over a thousand civilians that was attacked by a colonial militia alongside Pequot allies, killing hundreds. On Indigenous Peoples' Day 2026, we will gather near the site of the Great Swamp Massacre for a day of ceremony and prayer guided by Native neighbors and including the bishops of the Dioceses of Connecticut and Rhode Island. A bus from Boston will be organized closer to the date.
The opportunity to RSVP will be forthcoming; please check back to the Find A Way website or email findawaypilgrimage@gmail.com to be kept abreast of updates.
Following the gathering, there is the opportunity to join a 4-day pilgrimage walking north to Boston. Pilgrimage schedule and interest form will be forthcoming.
This summer solstice gathering is intended to serve as spiritual resourcing of people involved in the Find a Way journeys.
Learn more and RSVP here.
This visit occured in consultation with John Brown, Narragansett Medicine Man.
This October, we will journey to Deer Island with the leadership of the Dioceses of Massachusetts and Western Massachusetts.
Schedule and signups for Sacred Journey to Deer Island events below!
October 13, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM: Journey (by bus) from Natick to Deer Island – the internment site where hundreds of Native people from the “praying towns” died from exposure and starvation in the winter of 1675 - 1676. This spiritual experience of place, presence and still reflection will be guided by Native neighbors and include the bishops of both the Diocese of Massachusetts and the Diocese of Western Massachusetts. Registration is required by Friday, October 3.
Sacred Journey Interest Form 2025
The Harvard University Native American Program began hosting the annual powwow in 1995 in collaboration with students.
Finding A Way: Developing practices towards healing historical trauma with the help of the Land and Waterways
Many of the challenges facing our world and church today, such as racism, climate crisis, inequity, misogyny, are the result of patterns with deep historical roots. Our past has created legacies which we are struggling to disrupt. This emerging movement Finding A Way uses the contemplative arts to train ourselves to listen to the wisdom of land and body, to help reckon with, witness, grieve, and honor our complex past, with the hope of slowly undoing these patterns of harm.
The ‘Walk It Back’ immersive learning experience was a weekend in which participants saw and explored how to develop a land-based, historically informed walking practice in their own context. Offered through The St. Paul Center for Theology and Prayer, as an event of the Province I network, this weekend was hosted by the Church of the Holy Spirit, Orleans, MA. The Leadership team for the event included the Rev. Dan Smith (UCC Chaplain, Harvard University), Peggy Jablonski (Creator of the Cape Cod Camino Way), and the Rev. Patrick Ward (Rector and our host at Holy Spirit, Orleans).
In April 2024 the Rev. Rita Powell will offer a weekly online course: ‘Finding our Way: Developing practice of contemplation with land to reckon with trauma’. The goal is to connect to the land around us - and the history of that land - in prayerful, healing and transformative ways. Attendees will be able to take the ideas explored in the course back to their own parishes and landscapes.
This series is hosted by the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul.
