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 […]


Lectio Divina Advent Experience
Bring the experience of contemplative prayer into your Advent season! Review and practice the method of Lectio Divina for praying sacred Scripture. Through reading, reflecting, responding and resting in the […]
Harvesting Grace: An Eco-Spirituality Contemplative Retreat
“When (Jesus) asked his disciples to ‘look at the lilies of the field,’ I think he was asking them to read the book of nature as the book of God. […]

Notes of Rest – via Zoom
Hosted 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, […]
The Difference Between Centering Prayer and Contemplation — And Why It Matters
Q: I have a question about Centering Prayer, that has come to me after rereading David Frenette’s book about Centering Prayer. He talks as though Centering Prayer may, and sometimes […]