Facilitating Retreat – Postponed to Spring 2022
Our Lady of Bethesda 7007 Bradley Blvd, Bethesda, MD, United StatesContemplative Outreach of Maryland and Washington: Our May 2021 Facilitating Workshop is now-cancelled and is being rescheduled for Spring 2022. If you are registered for the cancelled workshop and would like a refund or to transfer your registration to the rescheduled workshop, please contact Kathleen Blank Riether at kathblankriether@gmail.com. Contact Marjorie Centofanti at mcentofanti@jhmi.edu with
Two Thomases: Merton and Keating Leading Us to Transformation – via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesA devotee of both Thomas Merton and Thomas Keating, Maggie Winfrey will share her reflections how these two have guided her spiritual journey simply as an ordinary seeker. A contemplative for over four decades, Maggie Winfrey taught kids to read as well as led adult spiritual enrichment for over 35 years. A commissioned presenter of
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,
Centering Prayer: The Human Condition via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesThe Mercy Center Centering Prayer Program presents: Centering Prayer and the Human Condition Live Online Saturday May 15, 2021 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM USA Pacific Time "Where are you? Why are you hiding?” In his book The Human Condition, Thomas Keating writes, "This marvelous story of creation is not just about Adam and Eve.
“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
The Gift of Life: Death & Dying, Life & Living via Zoom – 12-Step Friendly
Internet - Online , United StatesCovid-19 has caused most of us to experience some type of loss, stress, questions of faith and possibly death of loved ones. Even without Covid-19, there is an almost universal pondering we share about suffering and death. Join us as we explore these common and often "tabooed" subjects in a four-part Zoom meeting series. Four
Introduction to Centering Prayer
Internet - Online , United States9:00-12:30 Central Standard Time During these challenging times Centering Prayer is a way to draw closer to God. It is a Christian form of meditation that serves as a method of movement into contemplative prayer, a way to open oneself to the Divine Presence and, through the healing of the Holy Spirit, to be of
Recovery Centering Prayer Workshop
Internet - Online , United StatesFor those practicing a 12-step program, the simple yet powerful method of Centering Prayer opens one to a deeper spiritual awakening. Centering Prayer is a silent prayer practice like meditation that has been used over the centuries. This workshop will help those searching for emotional and spiritual sobriety through the 12-steps of AA, Al-Anon, and
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
