The Welcoming Prayer
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, High Point, NC 108 W. Farriss Ave., High Point, NC, United StatesThe Welcoming Prayer is an incarnational method of consenting to God’s presence and action in our physical and emotional reactions to people and events in daily life. This “consent-on-the-go” embodied practice deepens our relationship with God as we move through the ordinary activities of our day, helping us to stay in the presence of God
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
Sister Kathleen Deignan, CND ”Thomas Merton: Guide Through the Dark Night of Earth” – via zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesAmong the great luminaries of the Christian spiritual tradition, the modern master, Thomas Merton, shines a penetrating light upon our challenging lives and times. More than half a century after his death, Merton grows in stature and relevance as a pattern of integral ecological consciousness becomes evident throughout his written corpus as its complexity and
Introduction to Centering Prayer Workshop — via Zoom and in-person
Internet - Online , United StatesThis event is both in-person and via Zoom. “Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.” (Mt 28:11) Centering Prayer, a Christian form of meditation, is a way to become more receptive to the Holy Spirit’s presence in our life, supporting, inspiring and leading us. Centering prayer
All Parts of You Are Welcome Here
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesDo you do and feel things you don’t want to? Do you long to connect with God exactly as you are and not as you “should” be? Join therapist Jenna Riemersma as she explains why all parts of you are welcome and guides you into a deeply transformational connection with the Divine. This day is
Notes of Rest – via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesHosted by Contemplative Outreach of Chicago Notes of Rest is a musical-textual retreat, which places meditations from a Bible passage and writings from Black contemplatives on a bed of music, cultivating stillness, introspection, and creativity in communities so that all may find rest. The approach may be thought of as a kind of "Musica Divina,"
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
Mystic Series: Gift of Tears
Internet - Online , United StatesIn-person and via Zoom at the Center for Contemplative Living in Elm Grove, Wisconsin, USA In ancient times contemplatives aspired to the Gift of Tears. Here and there it is treasured even today. Mingled perhaps with some ambivalence. We will touch on several perspectives of the nature of this delicate Gift: historical, contemporary, psychological, and
Overnight Facilitating Workshop
Our Lady of Bethesda 7007 Bradley Blvd, Bethesda, MD, United StatesHosted by Contemplative Outreach of Maryland and Washington. National Contemplative Outreach (CO Ltd.) presenters, along with COMW’s service team, offer this special event to encourage and enrich the experience of being a Centering Prayer group facilitator. It’s the first of its kind in our area. Our mission aims to help attendees: 1) recognize their calling
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
The Six Continuing Sessions to the Introduction To Centering Prayer — via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesThis event is via Zoom. Six Continuing Sessions: This course is designed to help the daily practice of Centering Prayer to take root. Each session consists of a Centering Prayer sit, a 30-minute video teaching by Fr. Thomas Keating and facilitated discussion. Dates: Saturdays, May 28, June 4, 11, 18, 25 and July 9 Time:
