Emotional Sobriety Through Contemplative Practice
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesContemplative Enrichment Day with Jim McElroy Bill Wilson, one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, coined the term “Emotional Sobriety.” He noticed that some AA members with long-term sobriety still experienced troublesome emotional reactions which were caused by “faulty emotional dependencies.” Contemplative practice heals the emotional wounds of our lifetime and touches the deep unconscious,
Spring Silent Saturday
Holy Spirit Retreat Center 4316 Lanai Road, Encino, CA, United StatesIn this season of new life and promise, it is good to take a quiet Spring morning for Centering Prayer and silence. The day is open to beginners as well as those experienced in contemplative prayer or silent meditation. The day provides time for communal prayers, a contemplative walk, private journaling, reflection, and an opportunity
Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat
Holy Cross Monastery - New York 1615 Route 9W, West Park, NY, United StatesThe eight-day Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat, Tuesday, May 16 to Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 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. Following Fr. Thomas Keating’s guidelines
Abide in the Mercy
Mercy Center Burlingame 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA, United StatesThe Mercy Center Centering Prayer Program presents: Abide in the Mercy: A Silent Wisdom** and Centering Prayer Retreat "As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Abide in my love." - John 15:9 In many of Jesus' sayings we can find an invitation to a deeper contemplative way of being, so relevant
Five-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 five day 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
The Ecstasy of God – Contemplative Day of Reflection
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesAnnual Day of Reflection with Fr. Michael K. Holleran How fully, deeply, and consciously do we live the overwhelming dynamism of the Trinitarian Life? Do we recognize it as our own life, and that of the whole universe? Come and explore this vast and vibrant mystery, so central to our faith, in a synthesis inspired
8-Day Intensive and Post-Intensive Retreat
Benedictine Sisters Retreat Center 916 Convent Road, AL, United StatesFr. Bill Fickel will be leading this eight-day retreat which provides an opportunity to go deeper into the silence with up to three hours of Centering Prayer a day. All meals are in silence, and most days are spent in what is called "grand silence" when you are asked not to speak at all or
Intensive/Post-Intensive Eight-Day Retreat
Holy Spirit Retreat Center 4316 Lanai Road, Encino, CA, United StatesEnter into a more profound level of spiritual practice in an atmosphere of silence and community. The Eight-Day Intensive and concurrent Post-Intensive Retreat is designed to strengthen one’s discipline and practice of Centering Prayer. The Intensive also provides a conceptual framework for the prayer through the viewing of selected DVDs from Thomas Keating’s Spiritual Journey
Prayer Without Ceasing: Contemplation in Work, Body, and Creation
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesContemplative Immersion Retreat with Mark Kutolowski ‘Pray without ceasing.’ (I Thessalonians 5:17) How can we experience ceaseless prayer and conscious union of our hearts with God? This retreat will explore the integration of silent contemplation with prayerful engagement with our bodies, creative manual work, and interaction with the natural world. We’ll engage with the Benedictine
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
Introduction to Lectio Divina via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesThe Lectio Divina Service Team will present an Introduction to Monastic Lectio Divina. More information to come.