Retreat
“The Welcoming Prayer” – via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesThe Welcoming Prayer is a method of consenting to God's presence and action in the midst of the ordinary routines of our daily lives. To practice Welcoming allows us to make choices free of the domination of the false self system. We begin to respond rather than automatically react to life on life's terms. As the originator of
Good Friday Centering Prayer Vigil – via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesThe theme of this Good Friday Centering Prayer Vigil will be The Seven Last Words of Christ with Reflections from Julian of Norwich's "Revelations of Divine Love." Each word will be observed with twenty minutes of Centering Prayer. Each participant is invited to bring a hand-held cross. After the last word we will hold up
Presence, Prayer and Writing from the Heart Retreat
Mercy by the Sea Retreat and Conference Center 167 Neck Road, Madison, CT, United States“The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them. If a story comes to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive." - Barry Lopez in Crow and Weasel All of us have myriad
The Lectio Divina Retreat
The Franciscan Center 3010 N. Perry Ave., Tampa, FL, United StatesThe Franciscan Center and Contemplative Outreach of Tampa Bay presents The Lectio Divina Retreat With Julie Saad Location: The Franciscan Center, 3010 N. Perry Ave. Tampa, FL 33603 Dates: April 22-23, 2022. Times: Friday: check-in @4 p.m. EST.; Dinner, CP prayer & Orientation from 5:00-7:30 p.m. EST Saturday: Breakfast @8 a.m.; Prayer and (3) Teaching
Spring Silent Saturday – In Person
Holy Spirit Retreat Center 4316 Lanai Road, Encino, CA, United StatesSpring is a time for renewal. Rejuvenate your spirit with a quiet morning of Centering Prayer and silence. The morning provides time for communal prayer, a contemplative walk, private journaling and reflection, and ends with a period of Lectio Divina. This event is open to beginners as well as those experienced in contemplative prayer or
Eight-Day Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat
Holy Cross Monastery - New York 1615 Route 9W, West Park, NY, United StatesThe Eight-Day Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat offered from Tuesday, May 17 to Tuesday, May 24, 2022, provides an opportunity to deepen the practice of Centering Prayer in an atmosphere of silence and community support. This retreat follows the Contemplative Outreach guidelines for an Intensive Retreat including six 30-minute Centering Prayer periods daily. The prayer is
Centering Prayer and Oneness
Mercy Center Burlingame 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA, United States"Contemplation...is not a special gift. It is simply seeing form the perspective of oneness, or in other words, from the level of our spiritual awareness. It can indeed be practiced, and over time, with sincerity and persistence, it becomes an abiding state of consciousness.” ― Cynthia Bourgeault, in Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening Our contemplative
Post-Intensive Centering Prayer Retreat (In-Person)
Benedictine Sisters Retreat Center 916 Convent Road, AL, United StatesIn-person at Benedictine Sisters Retreat Center in Cullman, Alabama Fr. Bill Sheehan will be leading this 8-day post-intensive retreat. For safety reasons the retreat is limited to those who have attended an 8-day retreat previously, and the number of participants is limited to 10. If you are interested in the retreat, contact Katy Smith at
Centering Prayer Weekend Retreat Onsite
St. Mary's Sewanee 770 St. Mary's Lane, TN, United StatesFriday-Sunday Centering Prayer Retreat at St. Mary's Sewanee Retreat Center. Current CDC COVID safety guidelines will be required of all attending guests. Please see the link below for more information and to register.
Online Half-Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat (1st Saturday of every month)
Internet - Online , United StatesCome online to Hawaiʻi for monthly mini-retreat the first Saturday of the month. We will engage in Physio-Divina Embodied Practice for Centering Prayer and Welcoming Prayer. All are welcome. Please visit the website below or email the organizer for more information and a clickable Zoom link.
The Way of the Heart: Mysticism Across Spiritual Traditions
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesHow do we awaken the heart and experience life through the heart center? For centuries, Christian, Sufi and Hindu mystics have been drawn to the heart as our primary source of spiritual perception and connection within wholeness and relationship. Matthew will weave together teaching and practice from different paths that focus on cultivating our hearts
Practical Mysticism: Teachings from Evelyn Underhill – via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesA Half-Day Retreat led by the Rt. Rev. G. Porter Taylor “God is the only reality, and we are only real in so far as we are in God’s order and God is in us ... So those who wonder where they are to begin might begin here, by trying to give spiritual quality to