Retreat

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON AUGUST 1st, 2020 Lectio Divina Immersion Weekend Retreat presented via Zoom-online platform Friday, August 7, 2020, 7:00 – 8:00 PM CDT Saturday, August 8, 2020, 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM CDT Presented by: The Contemplative Outreach Lectio Divina Service Team   This online retreat provides an opportunity to explore and deepen one’s individual practice of Lectio Divina

SAVE THE DATE: Centering Prayer Wisdom School (MORE INFORMATION SOON) August 12 - 17, 2020   Begins Wednesday at 6:00pm with dinner, concludes Monday at 4:00pm “Wisdom Schools are a format for integral learning that’s based in some of the deepest roots for transformation and change in the Christian tradition. Wisdom schools are about awakening the yearning for

Touching Into the Sacred: A Contemplative Centering Prayer Weekend   "God of the silence: Calm and quiet my soul at the fount of your loving presence. In your silence, replenish me with a force for love..."                                      

 GOD IS LOVE: THE HEART OF ALL CREATION THIS CENTERING PRAYER POST INTENSIVE RETREAT is based on the teachings of Fr. Thomas Keating from his retreat GOD IS LOVE.  This 8-day retreat is an opportunity for more extensive periods of Centering Prayer to deepen the personal practice of contemplative prayer.  The Post Intensive Retreat focuses more

This weekend, anchored in silence and Centering Prayer, will offer opportunities to connect with ourselves, with God, and with others, surrounded by the summer beauty of the Connecticut shore. The schedule will include three Centering Prayer sessions, an overview of the practice, evening prayer, lectio divina, and other contemplative practices. Remaining hours are unscheduled for

EXTENDING THE WALLS OF OUR INNER ROOM TO ALL OF LIFE This retreat will be an opportunity to complement our basic Centering Prayer practice with a deeper experiential understanding of the Active Prayer phrase, the Welcoming Prayer, Guard of the Heart and Presence Practice--thus extending the walls of our inner room to all of life.

Ten Day Post-Intensive Retreat August 21 - 30, 2020 Provides opportunity for intensive Centering Prayer, solitude and stilness in community.  Prior Centering Prayer retreat experience necessary. St. Lawrence Retreat Center, Beacon, NY Staff: Fr. Bill Sheehan, Therese Saulnier The St. Lawrence Retreat Center  is located on 25 beautiful acres in Beacon, NY, just one and

Centering Prayer is a form of Christian prayer rooted in the ancient Christian contemplative tradition.  Its purpose is to foster a deeper intimacy with Christ through the silence and stillness of contemplative pryer.  This weekend workshop/retreat is designed for those new to Centering Prayer.  Private rooms and the ability to maintain silence are required.  Retreat

St. Mary’s Sewanee invites you to spend time in prayerful silence and contemplation during this day-long Centering Prayer retreat led by the Rev. Tom Ward and Rebecca Paluzzi. This event is modeled on the rhythm of the multi-day retreats that St. Mary’s Sewanee has offered for more than 20 years. In preparing this new retreat

Facilitator: Contemplative Outreach Team Saturday, September 12, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon (Pacific Daylight Time) (Zoom in at 8:50 am) As the season of Autumn approaches, join us for a quiet morning of Centering Prayer and silence. This day is open to beginners as well as those experienced in contemplative prayer or silent meditation. The