Many of these events are being conducted via zoom, or scheduled with the hope we will be past restrictions at that time Please contact the Zen Center with any questions.

Spring – Summer – Fall  2023

Jan 7 – Mar 31		Winter Heart Kyol Che, PZC
Feb 25	Sat	One–Day Retreat with Terry Cronin JDPSN ,  NLZC
Apr 1/2	Sat	Buddha’s Birthday and Precept Ceremony, PZC
Apr 29	Sat	One–Day Retreat with Terry Cronin JDPSN ,  NLZC
Jun 24	Sat	One–Day Retreat with Terry Cronin JDPSN ,NLZC
Aug 26	Sat	One–Day Retreat with Terry Cronin JDPSN ,  NLZC
Oct 28	Sat	One–Day Retreat with Terry Cronin JDPSN ,  NLZC
Dec 09	Sat	Buddha’s Enlightenment Day Ceremony, PZC
Dec 30	Sat	One–Day Retreat with Terry Cronin JDPSN ,  NLZC

For retreats, arrival and registration for new participants will begin at 6:50am. For experienced participants arrival and registration begins at 7:50. Retreat ends at 4:30pm.  FMI or to register for a retreat, email, northernlightzencenter@gmail.com or call (207) 835-1480.

Contact us for more information. Registration is required for all retreats.

For any practice or retreats, please know that we respect people’s judgment if they choose not to travel for safety reasons due to conditions.  We try to follow the Town of Topsham when it comes to inclement weather.  If there is a parking ban in Topsham, then practice for that night is likely cancelled.  Please check Topsham for parking bans.

Guiding Teacher for Retreats

 Terry Cronin, JDPSN started practicing Zen and Christian contemplation in 1980 while a  student at Yale Divinity School. Since 1986, he has trained in the Kwan Um School of Zen. He is  Guiding teacher at the Northern Light Zen Center in Topsham, Maine, and received inka from  Zen Master Soeng Hyang in April 2014. For the past 21 years he has worked in a variety of roles  for hospice programs, currently serving as a hospice chaplain. He lives in Maine and has one adult son.