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Contemplative Retreat: Five- or Eight-Day Centering Prayer Retreat

October 26 @ 2:00 pm - October 30 @ 10:00 am
$5 – $1200

Centering Prayer is a form of Christian silent meditation rooted in the self-emptying love that forms the heart of Jesus’ teaching and life. This retreat is an opportunity to deepen one’s contemplative journey in the contemporary world. The retreat offers two tracks: a five-day track, recommended for individuals with an established and regular practice of Centering Prayer, and an eight-day track, intended for those who have maintained a regular practice of Centering Prayer and previously participated in an intensive retreat. The intensive and post-intensive tracks are available for the five-day; only the post-intensive track for the eight-day. The Intensive Retreat includes the human condition teachings of Fr. Thomas Keating.

The retreat has two options:
Five-Day: October 26-30, 2026
Eight-Day: October 26 – November 2, 2026

The retreat begins for all tracks on Monday, October 26, with check-in from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. A welcome session will follow at 4:15 PM and optional Vespers at 5:00 PM.
The retreat concludes at 10:00 AM on the final day for both tracks. The five-day participants can stay for lunch on their day of departure with a reservation.

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

Details

Organizer

  • Columbia Theological Seminary

Venue

  • Benedictine Sisters of Cullman, Alabama at Sacred Heart Monastery
  • 916 Convent Road
    5055, AL 35055 United States     + Google Map
  • Phone (256) 734-4622
  • View Venue Website