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Leaning Into Blessing: An Advent Online Retreat
Mercy Center Burlingame 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA, United States"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
Simple Presence – A Contemplative Prayer Experience with the Vision of Contemplative Outreach – via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesIn Simple Presence, the divine Presence becomes an invitation for our community to listen deeply to the Spirit’s movement and action within. The event will offer a communal prayer experience dedicated to contemplation of the Vision Statement of Contemplative Outreach: “We embrace transformation in Christ, both in ourselves and in others through the practice of
Wisdom School: The Encounter with Evil – ZOOM OPTION
Internet - Online , United States“From time immemorial Wisdom Schools have emerged in times of global crisis or on the cusp of great leaps in human consciousness in order to help shepherd our planet through the transition. While there is academic teaching that goes on here, that is not the primary business of a Wisdom school; the primary business is
It’s All About Love Big Sit – via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesSaturday, March 11th - 10:00 - 12:00 Eastern Time Join us for a meaningful morning exploring the theme "It's All About Love." This Big Sit incorporates two 20-minute silent Centering Prayer sessions with Lectio Divina (sacred reading four times), Taizé chant, and a story about Love for our reflection. See the link below to register.
Lenten Day Retreat: Preparing to Accompany Jesus and Mary Magdalene through Holy Week – online or in-person
Multifaith Centre Victoria, BC, CanadaOn this Lenten Day, we will prepare ourselves to enter Holy week from the inside by embodying the postures of Jesus and Mary Magdalene through this timeless passage. Let’s join together in community to learn and practice Wisdom, weaving in the transformative currents of surrender, three centered presence, attention, and recollection. May we open more
Resurrection – Transformation Big Sit – via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesJoin us for a meaningful morning exploring the Resurrection-Transformation theme. This Big Sit incorporates two 20-minute silent Centering Prayer sessions with Lectio Divina (sacred reading four times), Taizé chant, and stories about transformation for our reflection. Please see the link below to register.
4-Day Holy Week Silent Wisdom Retreat: Accompanying Jesus and Mary Magdalene through the Paschal Mystery – in-person or online
Bethlehem Centre Nanaimo, BC, CanadaHoly Week is more than a series of events surrounding the final days of Jesus’s earthy life that we are to commemorate. We can enter this sacred week from the inside as a way of mutual accompaniment in which we are concurrently embodying the postures of Jesus and Mary Magdalene through this timeless passage through
Holy Saturday Retreat: Accompanying Jesus and Mary Magdalene – online or in-person
Centre for Spiritaul Renewal at St. Andrew's Church Langley, BC, CanadaHoly Saturday marks Jesus’ journeys into the heart of the earth in which he not only encounters the most constricted, cut off and hurt states of human consciousness in the collective false self but allows love to reach them and weave them into the whole. Meanwhile Mary Magdalene, the Tower, keeps vigil with a heart
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
Wisdom School: Wisdom Rhythms & Conscious Relationships
Mercy Center Burlingame 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA, United StatesIn any moment, regardless of how significant or insignificant it may seem, we can offer ourselves as instruments, vessels, means by which worlds beyond can enter into this world, which has often been termed by several traditions ‘mixtus orbis.’ Wisdom teacher Cynthia Bourgeault often reminds us that this world’s dense conditions are not a mistake
