The Centering Prayer Post-Intensive Retreat provides an opportunity to deepen the practice of Centering Prayer in an atmosphere of profound silence and community support. There are seven 30-minute periods of Centering Prayer daily. Participants observe Grand Silence for six days of the retreat. The evening gathering will offer a time of praying Holy Scripture in

"THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL": The Night of Sense, The Night of Spirit  “How gently and lovingly You wake in my heart, Where in secret You dwell alone; And in your sweet breathing, filled with good and glory, How tenderly You swell my heart with love……. John of The Cross The Dark Night is

Four Day Post-Intensive Retreat August 22 - 25, 2019 Provides opportunity for intensive Centering Prayer, solitude and stilnness in community.  Prior Centering Prayer retreat experience necessary. St. Lawrence Retreat Center, Beacon, NY Staff: Fr. Bill Sheehan, Therese Saulnier The St. Lawrence Retreat Center  is located on 25 beautiful acres in Beacon, NY, just one and