Contemplative Living I: Contemplative Practices in Daily Life (Online)

Contemplative Living I: Contemplative Practices in Daily Life (Online)
September – December 2025

I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you.
– Ezekiel 36:26)

Course Description

“Contemplative life begins when we first step into the silence of our heart. It’s a pilgrimage—a journey that takes us first to the inner reaches of who we really are, and from there, into the life we were meant to live.”
– Julie Saad, Contemplative Life: Discovering Our Path into the Heart of God

This four-month long online course is experiential, guiding participants to deepen their experience of the abiding presence of God by cultivating their contemplative capacities. Participants will learn and integrate contemplative spiritual practices into daily life within a community of seekers through monthly meetings, a weekly online prayer chapel, personal practices, and monthly Holy Listening Circles (group spiritual direction.)

Contemplative practices are the doorway into the gift of contemplative prayer, where the journey that begins in the silence of our hearts leads us into the heart of God. As we cultivate contemplative practices in ordinary daily life, we begin to experience oneness with God and all creation.

Course Objectives
To establish a daily practice of Centering Prayer
To integrate contemplative spiritual practices into daily life
To cultivate contemplative attitudes and disposition
To foster contemplative listening that comes from a listening heart, rather than from the ego or mind

Please see the link below for more information and to register.