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The intent of Contemplative Outreach is to foster the process of transformation in Christ in one another through the practice of the Centering Prayer

The Gift of Life: Death & Dying, Life & Living Series

During four days of filming in December 2010, Fr. Thomas sat with Fr. Carl Arico, his long-time friend, colleague, and founding member of Contemplative Outreach in an intimate conversation focused on the transformative process of death and dying as...
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2013 June

Spiritual Evolution, Fr. Thomas KeatingSpiritual evolution is a process of liberation. It completes biological evolution which has brought us to the relative freedom of rational consciousness. But full access to that stage of development is limited...
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God is All in All - DVD

“One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” –Ephesians 4:6 (NAB) Filmed at the 2012 Contemplative Outreach annual conference in Snowmass Colorado, which celebrated the spiritual bond between St. Benedict’s Monastery and...
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Community: Oneness in Contemplation

Listen to the recording.  An mp3 of the call is now available. This is a celebration of our global prayer community, including reflections from Gail Fitzpatrick-Hopler, Fr. Carl Arico and several community members.  There was an...
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The Gift of Life

The Gift of Life Death & Dying, Life & LivingOn the Christian Contemplative Journey Gail Fitzpatrick-Hopler & Mary Anne Bestwith Hadley Morris Come to Listen,Reflect, to be still... The dying process is the culmination or peak of...
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The Path of Centering Prayer, Deepening Your Experience of God - Hardcover

For all Christians who seek to move closer into the presence of the Divine, The Path of Centering Prayer offers guidance in this practice, to help break through obstacles and illuminate the way.  With The Path of Centering Prayer, David...
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Sign up to receive our free monthly e-bulletin.  Filled with teachings, resources, useful links, and retreat notices, the bulletin is one of the ways you can support an intention to live the contemplative life. If you are new to us, please...
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Human Ground Spiritual Ground

Author:  Kess Frey Description: Inspired by Thomas Keating’s conceptual background for Centering Prayer, this book begins by using the biblical story of Adam and Eve to describe four basic parameters that frame the universal human condition....
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Gifts for Living Series

The Gift of Life: Death & Dying, Life & Living DVD set offers a vision of hope and a view of reality that counter the cultural norms that view death as a tragedy, or the end of living, or an entry into harsh judgment and retribution. These videos are out-takes from the video series and presented here for your enrichment. A new video will be presented every Monday.

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