BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. - ECPv6.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20110101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210523 DTSTAMP:20210331T174547Z CREATED:20210331T174547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210331T174547Z UID:113453-1337299200-1621727999@www.contemplativeoutreach.org SUMMARY:Personal Days of Retreat & Renewal DESCRIPTION:You are invited to take a day or days of personal retreat to focus on your “self care.” How are you taking care of yourself spiritually\, physically and emotionally? At Bethany Retreat Center we are pleased to offer private retreats in a peaceful and beautiful setting where you can get away from the cares of everyday life and focus on your faith journey. You may come for a day\, overnight\, or a few days. Join the Sisters for prayer and daily Mass\, walk the grounds\, have opportunity for reconciliation and soul-friending. Enjoy home-cooked meals and a comfortable room in a nurturing environment.  We continue to take the COVID pandemic very seriously and are taking many safety precautions to keep you and our staff safe.  If you do not reside in a COVID “hot spot\,” and are not experiencing any symptoms\, or  have been around anyone that has been exposed to the virus\, you are welcome to come.  Call today! The cost is $88.00 per night. All meals are included. URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/personal-days-of-retreat-renewal/ LOCATION:Bethany Retreat Center\, 1031 Germania Rd\, Frenchville\, PA\, 16836\, United States CATEGORIES:Retreat ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Grotto-a.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bethany Retreat Center":MAILTO:bethanyretreatcenter@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210120T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210310T183000 DTSTAMP:20201214T034321Z CREATED:20201210T005203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201214T034321Z UID:110389-1611162000-1615401000@www.contemplativeoutreach.org SUMMARY:Introduction to Centering Prayer Workshop via Zoom DESCRIPTION:A weekly\, evening meeting program to provide the basics for people seeking a path to contemplative prayer. Centering Prayer is a receptive method of silent prayer to receive the gift of contemplative prayer\, in which we experience God’s presence within us\, closer than breathing\, closer than consciousness itself. This method of prayer is both a relationship with God and a discipline to foster that relationship. \nThe first 2 meetings offer a presentation of 1. Prayer as Relationship\, 2. The Method of Centering Prayer\, 3. Thoughts and Use the Sacred Word\, and 4. Deepening Our Relationship with God. \nThe remaining 5 meetings feature videos of Father Thomas Keating on Centering Prayer followed by discussion. \nAt the conclusion of the workshop\, participants are encouraged to find a group in the Meditation Chapel to join to continue their journey. \nRegister by sending an email to cthompson427@comcast.net. The Zoom link information will be sent to registered participants prior to January 20\, 2021.\nMeeting times are Pacific Standard Time.\nMaximum registration will be 30 people. URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/introduction-to-centering-prayer-workshop-33/ LOCATION:Internet – Online CATEGORIES:Workshop ORGANIZER;CN="Charlotte Thompson":MAILTO:cthompson427@comcast.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210213T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210220T113000 DTSTAMP:20210107T210421Z CREATED:20210106T211034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210107T210421Z UID:110931-1613208600-1613820600@www.contemplativeoutreach.org SUMMARY:The Welcoming Prayer (Part I & Part II) via Zoom DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Contemplative Outreach of Southeast Wisconsin\nPart I: February 13\, 9:30-11:30 am US Central Time\nPart II: February 20\, 9:30-11:30 am US Central Time \nTo welcome and to let go is one of the most radically loving\, faith-filled gestures we can make in each moment of each day. It is an open-hearted embrace of all that is in ourselves and in the world. – Mary Mrozowski \nThe Welcoming Prayer is an embodied practice for consenting to God’s presence and action in our physical and emotional reactions to events and situations in daily life. It welcomes the Holy Spirit into the particular pain we experience\, whether physical\, emotional or mental. The Welcoming Prayer\, like Centering Prayer\, is designed to help us allow the Divine Therapist to remove the obstacles that keep God’s all-powerful grace from flowing in and through us and out into a world in desperate need. It provides a means for moving deeper into trust and intimacy with the living God that Jesus experienced. \nFebruary 13:\nPart I of the workshop will explore how The Welcoming Prayer addresses the human condition\, and will introduce the prayer and offer an opportunity to experience the prayer. \nFebruary 20:\nPart II will explore the Prayer in greater depth\, offer a second practice session\, and discuss how to bring the practice of The Welcoming Prayer into daily life. \nA regular practice of Centering Prayer is recommended as a prerequisite for this workshop. \nPresenter: Ten years ago\, Jack Dierks began practicing Centering Prayer and the Welcoming Prayer. In 2017 he completed training and is now a commissioned presenter of the Introduction to Centering Prayer Workshop. Drawn to the Welcoming Prayer\, he has completed training and is eager to share it with others. Jack is a member of the Leadership Team of the Contemplative Outreach of Southeast Wisconsin chapter\, responsible for organizing and offering Introductory Workshops on Centering Prayer. Jack is a retired teacher. \nPlease register using the link below. URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/the-welcoming-prayer-part-i-part-ii-via-zoom/ CATEGORIES:Workshop ORGANIZER;CN="Ann Koerner%2C CSA":MAILTO:Akoerner45@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210219T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210221T120000 DTSTAMP:20210201T223945Z CREATED:20210201T223945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210201T223945Z UID:111584-1613728800-1613908800@www.contemplativeoutreach.org SUMMARY:The Cosmic Web of Love: A Centering Prayer Weekend Retreat via Zoom DESCRIPTION:“In any given moment we have access to a connected\, powerful wisdom spanning the entire cosmos; and we can learn to participate in a more complete\, even joyous exchange with it.”\n—Joy Andrews Hayter \nWe are in desperate need of wisdom at this time. And at this very moment\, we are blessed with two powerful lenses through which this wisdom is making herself available to us: contemplative practices like Centering Prayer and the exploding world of science. Wisdom is always present\, within and around us\, ready to respond to our seeking. In these retreat days\, we will attune ourselves to the revelatory relationship between science and spirituality\, between the cosmos and our hearts. \nPlease join us as we engage – mind\, body\, and emotions – in this joyous exchange. How will the virtual retreat work? \nYou are invited to join us from your own home as we practice integrating prayer with our daily lives\, in our homes\, and in our circumstances as they are. Teaching sessions will include experiential\, participatory\, and embodied exercises to draw us more deeply into the healing\, contemplative space. Breaks will be provided to help integrate the retreat with our lives as they are. \nProgram Features\n• Live Online Centering Prayer Sessions – Join via Zoom at scheduled times or practice on your own.\n• Live Online Teaching Sessions – Join us live via Zoom or view recordings at a later time.\n• Live Online Small Groups – for experiential processing (not recorded). \nWe hope that you will choose as much or as little of it as fits in your life\, on any given day. Let the rest go. Be met\, exactly where you are\, trusting that God’s love surrounds all of it\, all of us\, exactly as we are. \nJoy Andrews Hayter\, Ph.D. is a spiritual director\, and Centering Prayer coordinator at Mercy Center. Joy is dedicated to fostering contemplative practices such as Centering Prayer and others within the Christian Wisdom tradition that help us become aware of God’s ever-present love. As a scientist she sees in the physical world an expression of that love. \nCatherine Regan\, Ph.D. is a spiritual director\, retired psychologist\, and adjunct staff member at Mercy Center\, primarily serving on the Centering Prayer team. She has a special interest in participating in the reclamation of the Christian Wisdom tradition and fostering the contemplative practices so urgently needed at this time in our world. \nHeather Ruce\, M.A. is a wisdom spiritual director with a background as a therapist and training in a neurophysiology based approach to trauma resolution. She loves working with individuals as well as facilitating groups and retreats focused on learning and practicing the Wisdom Tradition. \nPlease register at www.mercy-center.org using the link below or telephone 650-340-7474. Scholarship funds available upon request.\nRegistration closes February 18\, 2021 \nAll times are in Pacific Standard Time (PST). URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/the-cosmic-web-of-love-a-centering-prayer-weekend-retreat-via-zoom/ LOCATION:Internet – Online CATEGORIES:Retreat ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Heart-Nebula.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Cristina Esguerra":MAILTO:registration@mercywmw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210220T083000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210220T120000 DTSTAMP:20210215T161717Z CREATED:20210127T195457Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210215T161717Z UID:111446-1613809800-1613822400@www.contemplativeoutreach.org SUMMARY:COMW Feb 20 Half-Day Centering Prayer Retreat Via Zoom DESCRIPTION:Centering Prayer:\nRevisiting the Fundamentals\nInvitation from God—an Overview by Thomas Keating \nThis is the first half day retreat in a series of three based on the video Invitation from God (2007) with Father Keating filmed in Saint Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass\, Colorado. The first half day retreat presents the video on Father Keating’s overview of the benefits of Centering Prayer and its place in healing of not just the individual person but of the whole humanity. The subsequent two retreats will show additional videos from the same interview\, where Father Keating goes in more detail with the method and effects of Centering Prayer. \n“Peace in the world begins with yourself” says Father Keating in Invitation from God. It starts affecting everyone else. It is not a private matter. The whole human race transforms with you. Father Keating considers that the Kingdom of God is a higher state of consciousness. By saying yes to God’s action within us\, we can create a more loving and merciful world. The discussion after the video will focus on how centering prayer can be relevant in today’s world as an instrument of promoting peace and greater understanding. \nThe morning will include three 30 minute periods of centering prayer and an interactive discussion.\nClick on the website link for details and registration information. Pre-registration is required! \nTimes in U.S. Eastern time zone \nSponsored by Contemplative Outreach of Maryland and Washington (COMW) www.comwcp.org URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/comw-feb-20-half-day-centering-prayer-retreat-via-zoom/ LOCATION:Internet – Online CATEGORIES:Retreat ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Unknown.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Benedicte Vibe Christensen":MAILTO:BenedicteVibeChristensen@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210220T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210220T110000 DTSTAMP:20210201T174017Z CREATED:20210201T173749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210201T174017Z UID:111606-1613811600-1613818800@www.contemplativeoutreach.org SUMMARY:A Quiet Morning with Centering Prayer via Zoom DESCRIPTION:Welcome…Silence…Center…Receptiveness…Spaciousness…Rest…\nPlease join us this morning for a time together in Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina.\nWe will gather via Zoom for a 2 hour time of quiet and prayer in community.\nPraying in silence together\, experiencing our God praying in us together\, allowing God\nto breathe love in us together\, being present in each of us and in us together.\nA taste of Heaven. \nPlease see the website below to register. Time of retreat is in Pacific Time. URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/a-quiet-morning-with-centering-prayer-via-zoom/ LOCATION:Internet – Online CATEGORIES:Retreat ORGANIZER;CN="Joanne &%3B Terry Van Hook%2C Agape Journeys":MAILTO:joanne@agapejourneys.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210220T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210220T120000 DTSTAMP:20210114T202106Z CREATED:20210114T202106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210114T202106Z UID:111199-1613811600-1613822400@www.contemplativeoutreach.org SUMMARY:Exploring Desert Wisdom: A Contemplative Lenten Retreat (on Zoom) DESCRIPTION:In the fourth and fifth centuries\, hundreds of years after Christ’s birth\, literally thousands of early Christians flocked to the desert to deepen their relationship with Christ. In this retreat\, we will explore the power of the desert through psalms\, Desert Father and Mother sayings and contemporary literature as well as Centering Prayer and lectio divina. It will be a time to quiet our minds and open our hearts to the desert’s wisdom relevant to our Lenten journeys. \n9am – noon Eastern Time \nPlease register using the link below. URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/exploring-desert-wisdom-a-contemplative-lenten-retreat-on-zoom/ LOCATION:Internet – Online CATEGORIES:Retreat ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/arid-desert-pixabay-1867000_640.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Anne A. Simpkinson":MAILTO:asimpkinson@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210220T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210220T150000 DTSTAMP:20210130T044236Z CREATED:20200831T211059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210130T044236Z UID:108032-1613813400-1613833200@www.contemplativeoutreach.org SUMMARY:7th Centering Prayer and Enneagram Retreat DESCRIPTION:“Centering Prayer and Enneagram” retreat is meant for anyone who wants to advance in their contemplative prayer practice with a deeper knowledge of who we are and why we do the things we do. Knowing who we are is the first step into growing in wisdom. Enneagram personality types will show us what motivates us and why some of us can focus\, learn\, pray\, and have a discipline of life better than others. \nThis online one-day retreat on zoom is a quick look into the Enneagrammic person in us. When we know what inspires us\, then it will be easier for us to pray and play. When we pray well\, we will play well\, meaning\, we will do whatever we do for living joyfully. \nSet aside one day and take this program from the comfort of your home. Each session is about 45 minutes long with a 10 minutes break in between. You can interact with Fr. Jos while you are attending just like being in a classroom. You don’t need to download anything or call anyone. Just simply be home in your PJs and have a cup of coffee and relax\, learn\, and grow. Register now and you will be provided with a secure link for the Zoom Retreat. \n09:30 am Introduction and Prayer\n10: 00 am Session 1\n10: 50 am break\n11: 00 am Session 2\n11: 50 am Centering Prayer Session\n12: 10 pm Lunch break\n01: 00 pm Session 3\n01: 50 pm break\n02: 00 pm Session 4 URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/centering-prayer-and-enneagram-retreat/ LOCATION:Internet – Online CATEGORIES:Retreat,Webcast,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cp-and-enneagram1-2.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Fr. Jos Tharakan":MAILTO:fatherjos@gmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR