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Lenten Baking Retreat: Mediterranean Braided Loafs (Copy)

  • Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT, 06107 United States (map)

Mediterranean Braided Loafs

Lenten Baking Retreat
Thursday, March 13, 2025
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Pam Hardiman

Our Easter bread this year is a braided loaf decorated with colored eggs, found in Italy, Greece, and around the Mediterranean.  In keeping with the egg theme, we will be making egg cards decorated with Pam’s hand painted silk scraps.

Space is limited to 15 participants.

Offering: $75, includes lunch and baking ingredients


Presenter Profile

Pam Hardiman

Pam Hardiman creates vibrant liturgical fiber art at her studios in Farmington, CT, and Ludlow, VT, including banners, paraments, vestments, and clothing. Author of Raise the Banners High!, Pam has done this work full time since 2004. Her work is in churches, schools, hospitals, and retreat centers (including Holy Family) across the country and around the world. When not creating in her studio she can be found in her kitchen baking delicious breads and other tasty treats.


Dietary restrictions? Holy Family is committed to making your stay as comfortable and enjoyable as possible, and to that end, we can accommodate most dietary needs. Please email Ted, our registrar, at tjastrzebski@holyfamilyretreat.org, if you have any dietary restrictions or food allergies, so that we may make preparations in advance of your retreat.

Later Event: March 14
Men's Retreat