Events

From the Creators of the Award Winning Film The Village of Lovers: An online Summit with 15 guest speakers including Stephen Jenkinson. Filmmakers Ian MacKenzie and John Wolfstone had a whole life before coming through the doors of the Orphan Wisdom School but here on the other side - they continue big work together. This time, […]

 A 2-Day Gathering Exploring: Grief, Dying, and the Great Love of Life in Joshua Tree, CA with Stephen Jenkinson & Kimberly Ann Johnson.  Learn More and Sign Up Here Only the Living Die: A Year of Reckoning will take place at the breathtaking Joshua Retreat Center on March 7 and 8.   Stephen Jenkinson: Stephen […]

  Here's what's in the works: Stephen has invited a couple of luminary allies to join him on-camera. He has mobilized the Orphan Wisdom ensemble to grind out the details, and soon we'll be inviting you to join us in bearing witness to Sanity and Soul: Die Wise, Ten Years On, a livestream encounter with […]

Matrimony, The Bonehouse of Love: Heart and Culture meet in Ceremony ~August 20-23, 2025~ At Orphan Wisdom in Ontario. Registration opens May. Origin of Bonehouse. From Old English bānhūs (“the body, the chest, breast”, literally “the bone-house”).