Retreat
Integrating Nature and Body in Contemplative Practice
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesThis day-long immersion centers around the relationship of the physical world, with the journey of transformation in Christ. Participants will practice disciplines for integrating the body in the journey of contemplative transformation. We will also learn methods of prayer and meditation that support intimacy with God’s presence in the natural world. Presented by: Mark Kutolowski
Half-Day Online Retreat Series: “Invitation from God”
Internet - Online , United StatesCentering Prayer: Revisiting the Fundamentals Half-day retreats to deepen awareness of God’s transforming presence in our lives. "Invitation from God" An interview with Thomas Keating—the third in this COMW retreat series Saturday, April 17, 2021, 9 a.m. Eastern Time to noon (via Zoom) In our third half-day retreat in this series presented by Contemplative Outreach
Six-Week Centering Prayer and Divine Therapy
Internet - Online , United StatesJoin this six-week program with Dr. Jana Rentzel as she presents on the psychological dimension of Centering Prayer known as "Divine Therapy," by which we become healed of our lifetime emotional wounds and grow more fully into who God created us to be. You may have experienced that in entering the silence of prayer and
Closer Than Breath, Six-Week Centering Prayer Course via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesJoin the six-week Centering Prayer course to deepen your prayer and meditation. Closer Than Breath focuses on the Divine Indwelling at the heart of Centering Prayer teaching and practice. With weekly, bite-sized videos to deepen your practice and three optional contemplative prayer groups a week, this course can be used to deepen your practice and
Re-Entering Community through Silence: Centering Prayer Retreat with Mary Dwyer
Bethany Retreat Center 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville, PA, United StatesPresenter: Mary Dwyer Come away to Bethany Retreat Center for a deeper experience of Centering Prayer in community. We will have extended prayer times (3 to 4 hours per day) and input on deepening our Centering Prayer practice. The retreat will be in silence with time for personal reflection and renewal. An already established knowledge
The Mystical Meaning of Silence via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesJoin this free Centering Prayer workshop and unpack the Mystical Meaning of Silence by exploring - Silence as a path to the Divine Presence within - The mystical approach to silence and awareness - Opening to God beyond words and concepts Cost: Free Presenter: Keith Kristich, commissioned Centering Prayer presenter and certified mediation teacher See
Centering Prayer from the Ground of the Heart
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesLooking afresh at Centering Prayer beginning from utter surrender, we will practice the cues of: be surrender, letting thoughts be as they are, and letting go of thoughts we have collapsed upon. We will practice noticing especially the interplay of surrender and spaciousness of heart, and the gentlest of return/re-recognition of surrender during regular sits,
“In the Shadow of Your Wings” via Zoom
Internet - Online , United States“In the shadow of your wings I take refuge, until the times of destruction pass.” - Psalm 57:1 Sponsored by Contemplative Outreach of Maryland and Washington (COMW), Fr. Vincent Pizzuto will lead a virtual half-day retreat entitled "In the Shadow of Your Wings" on Saturday, May 15th, 1-4pm (Eastern Time). In light of the challenges
Living the Beatitudes: Discovering the Mystical Truth of Jesus’ Words
Mercy Center Burlingame 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA, United StatesLiving the Beatitudes: Discovering the Mystical Truth of Jesus' Words Hybrid retreat: On site* at Mercy Center and Online May 27-31, 2021 Begins Thursday at 4:00 p.m. and concludes Monday at 12 p.m. (Pacific Time) $400 *on-site, $400 online (Learning grant funds available on request.) "Consider that the word Jesus uses, which we have traditionally
Opening to Our Pre-Existing Union with God
Bethany Retreat Center 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville, PA, United StatesPresenter: Keith Kristich So many of us grow up with the message that God is the great, old Guy-in-the-Sky. This God loves the world, but is ultimately separate from it and separate from us. But the great contemplatives say otherwise, that God is the Heart of our hearts and the very Center of our souls.
Spiritual and Physical Evolution: In Contemplative Hindsight of 2020
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesLooking back on the Covid-19 evolution of 2020, we will reflect on our own evolving and devolving during the pandemic. We must encounter the unwanted to be able to recognize the wanted in times of change. How have we changed physically? How have we grown spiritually? What brought out the best in us? What brought
Contemplative Spirituality in a Contemporary Time
Bethany Retreat Center 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville, PA, United StatesPresenter - Susan Komis What is contemplation? In addition to exploring three stages critical to our spiritual journey relative to prayer and faith in ordinary life, this extended weekend retreat will include presentation and discussion on the dynamic of the many people who are beginning to experience and live a contemplative life in our contemporary