Seton Cove offers a day retreat comprising a drive through Hill Country back roads to enjoy Texas wildflowers and walk three different outdoor labyrinths. From the announcement:

While today people don’t use labyrinths to complete a specific symbolic pilgrimage per se, the experience of walking the labyrinth helps to clear one’s thoughts, detach from the daily grind and really focus on issues in life that need to be addressed.

The retreat will begin at 9:00 am in South Austin at Seton Southwest Hospital on FM 1826. After walking their 7-circuit labyrinth, participants will board a bus and travel back roads to St. StephensÂ’ Episcopal church in Wimberley. St. Stephen’s is blessed with a beautiful 51-acre campus that is home to a Spanish mission-style church and chapel, a nature trail, outdoor chapel, and labyrinth, as well as an abundance of Texas Hill Country flora and fauna. The next stop is Red Corral Ranch where retreatants will enjoy lunch prepared by their chef. The afternoon will be spent savoring the beauty of Red Corral Ranch including peacocks, flowers and hummingbirds. The group will walk their labyrinth before boarding the bus to return to Austin.

Take pleasure in a day that will include nature, community with others, and an afternoon of silence and reflection.

My heart is tuned to the quietness that the stillness of nature inspires.

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

The event is Saturday, April 17, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost is $80, including transportation and lunch. Pre-registration is required. Contact 512-451-0272.