This retreat offers two tracks simultaneously: Intensive II and Post Intensive. You choose the track that works best for you. For everyone, there will be 3 sets of two 30 minute periods of Centering Prayer daily. Intensive II will watch video talks from Fr. Thomas Keating’s Spiritual Journey, focusing on “Divine Love: The Heart of
In this universal time of civic discord, disease, fear for our environment and dire poverty, feeling powerless is especially hard to bear. But Thomas Keating often said: Silent prayer in community holds transformative power. And as people on a contemplative path, we know that meeting God in silence does more than refresh us. It is
Physio Divina – November 5th , 2022 9am-11:30am Hawaiʻi time (UTC -10) Online Embodied Centering Prayer /Welcoming Prayer Half Day Retreat Presented by Contemplative Outreach Hawaiʻi - Pulelehua Facilitator http://www.cohwaii.org https://us02web.zoom.us/j/92185854158?pwd=dDJxN0FkRkRvQWhrQURwN29SUTBFUT09 Zoom Meeting Id: 921-8585-4185 Password: 730086 An Online (Zoom) 2 ½ hour Centering Prayer retreat are offered on the first Hawaiʻi Saturday morning of
Subiaco Monastery Subiaco, Arkansas, USA November 7- 11, 2022 Consider giving yourself the GIFT of a Centering Prayer Retreat at Subiaco Monastery, November 7- 11, 2022. The monastery/retreat center location is in a peaceful, pastoral setting in the Arkansas River Valley. The retreat will have ample periods of SILENCE, three prayer/meditation periods per day, and
Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. (Mt. 11.28-30) When we step on the spiritual path we bring
Will you join us in this one-day retreat cultivating a contemplative prayer life as we study, practice, and share “The Method of Centering Prayer - The Prayer of Consent”? Gregory the Great summed up contemplative prayer at the end of the 6th century as the knowledge of God that is impregnated with love. He referred
With each passing day it seems our world is becoming more divided and polarized. Media commentators continually assure us that humanity is becoming more separated by the minute. Against this background of division, our common experiences of a global pandemic, the meteoric rise of information and misinformation, and the constant drumbeat of climate change evidence
Lectio Divina literally means “divine reading”. It is an ancient practice of praying the Scriptures. During the prayer period, the pray-er listens to a brief passage with “the ear of the heart” in conversation with God. In this one day workshop participants will learn how to practice Lectio Divina, as well as hearing something of
The Contemplative Prayer Ministry of Saints Simon and Jude in Huntington Beach, California invites you to an online morning of Prayer and Reflection on Monday, November 14 9AM – 12Noon Pacific Time. The theme will be The Gospel is a Life to be Lived: How do we bring what we hear in our prayer of
Contemplative Enrichment Day with Judith Valente and Brother Paul Quenon, O.C.S.O. Through the ages, correspondence has been an important contemplative practice to recognize and share the presence of God in our lives. Thomas Merton considered his nearly 20,000 letters as an "apostolate of friendship." We’ll look at how Merton's most engaging letters inspired a years-long
Contemplative Outreach of Maryland and Washington invites you to join us Saturday, Nov. 19 for half-day retreat (via Zoom) focusing on “Thomas Keating and the Snowmass Dialogue” led by Netanel Miles-Yepez, who will report on the historical interfaith discussions among world religious leaders that took place at Snowmass, as described at length in his book,
A four-day Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat November 28-December 1, Monday through Thursday, in Grand Junction, Colorado,the heart of the Colorado Wine Country, at Dragonfly Oasis Retreat Center. Six Centering Prayer sessions each day plus opportunity for 1-on-1 guided meditation and spiritual direction by appointment. Limit 8 persons. Registration $250 includes all meals and snacks. Room
"Bridges to Contemplative Living" leads participants on a journey toward personal spiritual transformation and a more contemplative and peace-filled life. This retreat is designed for those with an established daily practice of Centering Prayer who wish to deepen the transforming love of God in the midst of silence and solitude. The weekend will include Centering
"The season of Advent means there is something on the horizon the likes of which we have never seen before ... So stay. Sit. Linger. Tarry. Ponder. Wait. Behold. Wonder. There will be time enough for running. For rushing. For worrying. For pushing. For now, stay. Wait. Something is on the horizon." ―Jan L. Richardson
Join us for "Mary: Awareness and Anticipation" Contemplative Outreach retreat opportunity December 2-4 to welcome Advent in person at the grounds of the beautiful, contemplative New Melleray Guest House nestled quietly among the trees in Peosta, Iowa. You will have the opportunity to ponder the Mystery of Christ's coming, to go deep in the Silence
In this retreat, Ildiko Viczian, an experienced Centering Prayer presenter, will offer her decades-long integration of the practices of somatic awareness, contemplative movement, and Centering Prayer for the first time to the larger contemplative community. Ildiko will begin with a brief practice of opening to and being present in body and consciousness to God. She