Toward Emptiness: A Post-Intensive 8-Day Centering Prayer Retreat
Benet House Retreat Center 2208 88th Avenue W, Rock IslandThis post-intensive retreat will consist of continuous periods of Centering Prayer from before sunrise until the dinner hour, with breaks for meals. Attendees may participate in as much prayer as they are called to. Short pauses for entering and leaving the silence will be offered every 30 minutes. There will be no teaching and no
Centering Prayer Eight-Day Retreat
Holy Spirit Retreat Center 4316 Lanai Road, EncinoPresenter: Fr. Bill Sheehan, on the topic of The Third Consent: Letting Go of Everything This retreat is for those who wish to strengthen and deepen their Contemplative Practice. Reflecting on Fr. Thomas Keating's Third consent ... consenting to the gift of our mortality. How can this vulnerable time in our lives become a time
Presence, Prayer and Writing from the Heart
Trinity Retreat Center 79 Lower River Road, West CornwallAll of us have myriad stories to tell. Some involve our family history, spiritual journey, experiences in Nature, or a life-changing situation. Stories can take many forms, but the most compelling are the ones written from the heart, those that move us and sometimes transform both the writer and reader. Writing from the heart demands
