Retreat
Toward Emptiness: A Post-Intensive 8-Day Centering Prayer Retreat
Benet House Retreat Center 2200 88th Ave West, Rock Island, United StatesThis post-intensive retreat will consist of continuous periods of Centering Prayer from before sunrise until the dinner hour, with breaks for meals. Attendees may participate in as much prayer as they are called to. Short pauses for entering and leaving the silence will be offered every 30 minutes. There will be no teaching and no
Centering Prayer Eight-Day Retreat
Holy Spirit Retreat Center 4316 Lanai Road, Encino, CA, United StatesPresenter: Fr. Bill Sheehan, on the topic of The Third Consent: Letting Go of Everything This retreat is for those who wish to strengthen and deepen their Contemplative Practice. Reflecting on Fr. Thomas Keating's Third consent ... consenting to the gift of our mortality. How can this vulnerable time in our lives become a time
8-Day Centering Prayer Intensive/Post-intensive Retreat with Fr. Bill Sheehan
Marianist Retreat & Conference Center 4000 Highway 109, Eureka, MO, United StatesThis retreat will offer both intensive and post-Intensive tracks simultaneously. The intensive track will include selected videos from Fr. Keating's Spiritual Journey videos with discussion in addition to periods of Centering Prayer. The post-intensive track will not include the videos but will provide for additional periods of Centering Prayer, although the video sessions will be
Eight-Day Centering Prayer Retreat
St. Mary's Sewanee: The Ayres Center for Spiritual Development 770 St. Mary's Lane, TN, United StatesThis retreat is an opportunity for practitioners of Centering Prayer to deepen their contemplative journey in the contemporary world. It is a week-long experience of integrating contemplation and action through silence, solitude, and community. The retreat offers two tracks. The intensive track is recommended for people who have completed the introductory workshop and who have
Wisdom School: Wisdom Rhythms & Conscious Relationships
Mercy Center Burlingame 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA, United StatesIn any moment, regardless of how significant or insignificant it may seem, we can offer ourselves as instruments, vessels, means by which worlds beyond can enter into this world, which has often been termed by several traditions ‘mixtus orbis.’ Wisdom teacher Cynthia Bourgeault often reminds us that this world’s dense conditions are not a mistake
5-day Centering Prayer Retreat
Bethany Retreat Center 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville, PA 16836 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville, PA, United StatesThis 5-day Retreat will be an in-depth retreat for those experienced in Centering Prayer. The retreat will facilitate entrance into a more profound level of spiritual practice in an atmosphere of silence, solitude, and community with an opportunity to spend extended time in deep silence in community to encourage a more intimate union with God.
Welcoming Forgiveness – A Centering Prayer Retreat with Mary Dwyer
Mt. Angel, OregonNew information: partial scholarships available ~ contract Patricia, patricia.a.lacy@gmail.com In this six-day retreat, Mary Dwyer will explore the dance between Welcoming Prayer and the Forgiveness Prayer practices. There will be extended periods of Centering Prayer, silence & solitude. Welcoming Prayer is a method of consenting to God's presence and action in our physical and emotional
Living Flame Program
Internet - Online , United StatesThe Living Flame Service Team is pleased to offer a one-time only event to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of the Living Flame program (see below for dates)! As host of Living Flame 1 this fall, we are offering the program on Zoom to individuals as well as to small groups of five or less. The
Centering Prayer 8-day Post Intensive
Holy Cross Monastery - New York 1615 Route 9W, West Park, NY, United StatesThe eight-Day Centering Prayer Post-Intensive Retreat offered from Tuesday, September 12 to Tuesday, September 19, 2023, provides an opportunity to deepen the practice of Centering Prayer in an atmosphere of profound silence and community support. This retreat follows the Contemplative Outreach guidelines for the Post-Intensive Retreat including seven 30-minute Centering Prayer periods daily. Most days
Six-Day Centering Prayer Retreat: Intensive & Post-Intensive
Claggett Conference Center 3035 Buckeystown Pike, Buckeystown, MD, United StatesThe retreat will provide an opportunity to deepen one’s practice of Centering Prayer in an atmosphere of profound silence and community support. All participants observe silence from the opening to the closing of the retreat. The Intensive and Post Intensive tracks share the same schedule of several hours of group Centering Prayer daily, with one
Nine-Day Intensive and Post-Intensive Retreat
Mercy Center Auburn 535 Sacramento Street, Auburn, CA, United StatesThis retreat offers three tracks simultaneously: Intensive I, Intensive II and Post Intensive. For everyone, there will be three sets of two 30 minute periods of Centering Prayer daily. Intensive I and Intensive II will watch video talks from Fr. Thomas Keating’s Spiritual Journey. Intensive I focuses on “The Human Condition and the Spiritual Journey”.
Advent Centering Prayer Retreat
St. Mary's Sewanee: The Ayres Center for Spiritual Development 770 St. Mary's Lane, TN, United StatesThis weekend retreat will focus on how Centering Prayer can heighten one’s understanding and appreciation for the season of Advent. Centering Prayer is a form of Christian silent meditation where one lets go of thoughts during periods of prayer typically lasting 20 minutes. It is rooted in the self-emptying love that forms the heart of
