On 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 […]
4-Day Holy Week Silent Wisdom Retreat: Accompanying Jesus and Mary Magdalene through the Paschal Mystery – in-person or online
Holy 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 […]
SAVE the DATE: Ubuntu and Contemplation: How an Indigenous African Philosophy Maps Our Spiritual Path to Global Community via Zoom
with Michael Battle https://michaelbattle.com/about/ Emerging from the ancient cultural traditions of sub-Saharan Africa, the deeply communitarian philosophy known as Ubuntu challenges Western habits of mind in ways that complement and […]
Introduction to Lectio Divina via Zoom
The Lectio Divina Service Team will present an Introduction to Monastic Lectio Divina. More information to come. […]
Centering Prayer Summit – via Zoom
Join the two-day Centering Prayer Summit: a teachings & practice event. Hear from these teachers: – Cynthia Bourgeault – Fr. Carl Arico – Carl McColman – Colleen Thomas – Phileena Nikole […]
Key Contemplative Women Ancestors
Join us in person at Canterbury’s beautiful settings: $50 (includes lunch) or attend remotely via zoom for $25 A room at Canterbury for Friday night before the conference is available […]
Centering Prayer and the Mystical Imagination – via Zoom
Contemplative Outreach Chicago’s 2022 One-Day Fall Workshop presented by Carl McColman “Be still and know that I am God” is a promise from the Psalms: a promise that God may […]
The Mystical Experience of Everyday Living
Contemplative Enrichment Day with Sophfronia Scott, M.F.A. Mysticism is often viewed as the privileged experience of a few chosen, holy individuals. But German Jesuit, Karl Rahner, wrote about “everyday mysticism,” […]
Fear, Freedom and Levels of the Mind: Cultivating Interior Freedom in Fierce Times
Contemplative Enrichment Day with Mark Kutolowski Fear blocks our ability to hear God’s presence and action in our midst. How do we live from a place of spiritual freedom in […]
Emotional Sobriety Through Contemplative Practice
Contemplative Enrichment Day with Jim McElroy Bill Wilson, one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, coined the term “Emotional Sobriety.” He noticed that some AA members with long-term sobriety still […]
Prayer Without Ceasing: Contemplation in Work, Body, and Creation
Contemplative Immersion Retreat with Mark Kutolowski ‘Pray without ceasing.’ (I Thessalonians 5:17) How can we experience ceaseless prayer and conscious union of our hearts with God? This retreat will explore […]
Heart Speaks to Heart: Correspondence as Spiritual Practice
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 […]
