No Yule Fair?!

That is right. This year there will be no Yule Fair as we will be selling our wares at Montreal Mini Holiday ComicCon!!

Come find us at the Mini Holiday ComicCon in Montreal at booth #624
Palais de Congress over the weekend of December 2-3, 2023.

Pictures to come once we are set up.

Montréal ComicCon 2023

We are having a great time here at Booth #1737.

Open House & Registration

 YES! Finally! 

We are sorry for the delays as we worked around scheduling issues. We wanted to have an IN PERSON Open House and now we can! 

Find us at Thesaurus Terrarium at Rue de l'Église, Verdun, QC H4G 2M5

***La version française suivra***

CMS Registration Opens August 15th for the Fall 2022 sessions

 

Saturday, September 3rd will be both a physical Open House (at Thesaurus Therrarium in Verdun). A vitural Meet the Coordinator will be scheduled in the evening (8pm via ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87223306513 )

 

Come have some tea, view the display tables, and participate in the free workshop:

1:30pm - (English) Sacred Tea
Choosing the right tea for a your purposes; turning the moment into something sacred; followed by a short tea meditation

 

Registration ends on Labour Day, September 5th.

 

Level 1 & 2 Classes will be held ONLINE via ZOOM! Level 3 will be a Blended Learning of online and in-person learning.

 

LEVEL 1 (in English): Sundays 6-9pm starting September 11th
- 3 payments of $150 every 6 or 7 weeks
- included are 12 subject booklets either by mail or as PDF
- space is LIMITED (max 9 students)

 

LEVEL 2: Sundays 2-5pm starting September 11th
- $150 payments every 6 weeks
- included are PDF's of most readings
- not included are the art supplies (which can be mailed to you as needed or you can acquire them yourselves) and some books (which you must either purchase on your own or borrow)
- Prerequisite: completion of Level 1 or passing exemption exam

 

Register here: https://crescentmoonschool.blogspot.com/p/registration.html

 

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L'inscription à la CMS ouvre le 5 août pour les sessions d'automne 2022

 

Le samedi 3 septembre sera une journée portes ouvertes physique (chez au Thésaurus Thérrarium en Verdun). Une rencontre virtuelle avec la coordinatrice sera programmée en soirée (20h via ZOOM : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87223306513 )

 

Venez prendre le thé, découvrir les tables d'exposition et participer à l'telier gratuits :

13h30 - (anglais) Thé sacré
Choisir le bon thé pour vos besoins ; transformer le moment en quelque chose de sacré; suivi d'un court thé méditatif.

 

Les inscriptions se terminent le 5 septembre, fête du Travail.

 

Les cours de niveau 1 et 2 auront lieu EN LIGNE via ZOOM ! Le niveau 3 sera un apprentissage mixte d'apprentissage en ligne et en personne.

 

Niveau 1 (en anglais) : les dimanches de 18h à 21h à partir du 11 septembre
- 3 versements de 150$ aux 6 ou 7 semaines
- inclus sont 12 livrets de sujets soit par courrier ou au format PDF
- l'espace est LIMITÉ (max 9 étudiants)

 

Niveau 2 (en anglais) : les samedis de 14h à 17h à partir du 11 septembre
- Paiements de 150 $ toutes les 6 semaines
- inclus sont les PDF de la plupart des lectures
- ne sont pas inclus les fournitures d'art (qui peuvent vous être envoyées par la poste au besoin) et certains livres (que vous devez acheter vous-même ou emprunter)
- Prérequis : réussite du niveau 1 ou réussite à l'examen d'exemption

 

Inscrivez-vous ici : https://crescentmoonschool.blogspot.com/p/registration.html

Beltain Spring Fair Coming Together

Yes... you read that right. This fair is coming together! We have an on theme special guest speaker, a ritual, and a special children's reading time (so bring your children!). 

 

BELTAIN SPRING FAIR

Saturday, April 30th, 2022
10am - 5pm

Located at the Montreal-West Curling Club
17 Chem. Ainslie, Montréal-Ouest, QC H4X 1K4

 

Here are some details:

12pm - Public Beltain Ritual

As part of the Beltain Fair, we will be welcoming the return of Spring with Dance! More to come!

What to bring:
* Small liquid offering
* Fee: $5

 

1:30pm - Creating a Pollinator Friendly Garden with Local Medicinal Plants

Discover how easy it is to create a gorgeous wildflower-herb garden to attract butterflies & bees, and provide a little food and medicine at the same time. Any sized garden, even a balcony, can promote biodiversity! Monica will share a few easy to grow plants and simple recipes for herbal vinegars, honeys and oxymels so you can fill your pantry/apothecary with nourishment from your harvest.

Hosted by Herbs On the Side speaker: Monica 

3:30pm - Children's Reading Corner

Some time (30min.) with books on the theme available for children to read, discuss, draw pictures from. Paper will be available with some crayons. The host of this will read one story to the children present (or anyone who wants to sit and listen).

Hosted by 6-yr-old Summer Jory

BUSY BUSY

February is so SHORT!

February is SO busy........

February has flown past us and we are nearly at Spring.

So, if you missed newsletters or simply hearing from us, this is why: Classes came to an end, an Open House happened, a new session of classes began, Pandemic rollercoaster of regulations, planning for a Spring Fair on April 30th. All these things while parenting and trying to just live life.

Esbat rituals took a shift too from Full Moons to the New Waxing Moons. 

March plan...

• Registration of Vendors for the Beltain Spring Fair on April 30th
• Spring Break for students in Elementary / High school
  
• Dark Moon Meditation
• New Moon Esbat Ritual
• St-Patrick's Day (Celebrate Irish Heritage)
• Full Sap Moon & Sugaring Off
  
• Day Light Savings Time (move clocks forward 1-hr)
  
• Ostara (March 20th this year)
• Earth Hour (March 26th)

This is also the time to start planning things like:

• your TAXES (ugh...)
• planting seeds indoors for your eventual outdoor gardens
• spring cleaning & house blessings

 

Snowy Willow Moon

February is often a very hard month for folks. Valentine's Day... the COLD (bitter bitter cold)...

A long time ago, a friend used to hold a party in February called "Beat the Winter Blues" party. It was something to remind us we are still together, still have friends and connections and commonalities, can still support each other and our community, and can make it thru this horrible dark and cold time of year.

The weather and the light officially and markedly changes in February. You should be noticing that it is lighter out for longer. We get pockets of warm-ish weather between cold snaps... instead of just a long deep cold. This is GREAT for Sugaring Off in March.

What can you do for the time being?

1- plan a small sugaring off with family or friends or book to go to a Sugar Shack together

2- map out and plan your garden and start getting the supplies you need for it

3- take care of yourself! work on whatever you need to for self-healing

4- honor our health care providers

5- remember to be flexible as the willow even in the snow

Blessed Be all of you on this Snow Moon, this Willow Moon.

 

 

Good Grief! Open House!

Time sure flew fast! If you had not gotten the Newsletter, here is what is coming up.

 

OPEN HOUSE & REGISTRATION!

(Late registration available up to February 12th)

Saturday, January 29th, 2022 at 2-4pm

This is a casual meet & greet with short workshop about the differences between: traditional vs eclectic, wiccan vs pagan, coven vs solitary, and how CMS is all and none of these.

 

Registration for Level 1 is open now through this Open House and ends February 2nd Winter 2022 session*

 

ZOOM LINK:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82434900583...

 

Level 1 Seeker Program

Sundays, 2-5pm starting February 13th, 2022 through to end of June 2022

Includes booklets and readings over three trimesters
Classes are held online via ZOOM
Cost: 3 payments of $150 every 6 weeks