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SUMMARY:Contemplative Living I: Contemplative Practices in Daily Life - via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:I will give you a new heart\, and a new spirit I will put within you.\n– Ezekiel 36:26 \n“Contemplative life begins when we take the 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.”\n– Julie Saad\, Contemplative Life: Discovering Our Path Into the Heart of God \nThis 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. \nThe design of Contemplative Living I: Contemplative Practices in Daily Life: \nLearning\, cultivating and integrating into daily life the contemplative practices of \n\nCentering Prayer – a silent Christian contemplative (meditation) practice.\nLogging – a form of expressive writing designed to help you understand and deal with thoughts\, memories\, worries\, commentaries\, and afflictive emotions and the resulting behaviors.\nSpiritual Reading – using a spiritual book\, reading for formation rather than information\, listening for how God is speaking to you in the passage.\nThe Active Prayer – a prayer phrase or sentence that you create or take from Scripture or another meaningful reading and repeat throughout your day.\nLectio Divina – praying with Scripture\, allowing the meaning of the text and the experience of God to grow deeper.\nThe Welcoming Prayer – welcoming God into whatever you are experiencing in daily life—thoughts\, emotions\, body sensation\, or commentaries.\nResting in God and Sabbath-keeping – resting is the state of interior silence that you experience in daily life through contemplative prayer. Sabbath-keeping awakens you to this inner state.\nHoly Listening – Cultivating receptivity to attune to your inner wisdom\, to God\, and to the movement of the Divine in others.\n\nPlease see the link below to register.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/contemplative-living-i-contemplative-practices-in-daily-life-via-zoom/
LOCATION:Internet – Online
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:9-Day Intensive and Post Intensive Retreat
DESCRIPTION:This retreat offers two tracks simultaneously: Intensive I and Post Intensive. For everyone\, there will be 3 sets of two 30-minute periods of Centering Prayer daily. The Intensive I retreat will watch video talks from Fr. Thomas Keating’s Spiritual Journey\, focusing on “The Human Condition and the Spiritual Journey”. The Post Intensive retreat has no videos and an additional hour of Centering Prayer each day. You choose the track that works best for you. Any of the tracks may be repeated multiple times. If this is your first Centering Prayer retreat of this length\, we suggest you choose Intensive I. We recommend Intensive I before Intensive II. \nLectio Divina and a contemplative Eucharist will be offered daily\, as well as optional soul-friending with the staff. Throughout the retreat\, we will be in silence. \nPre-requisite: A daily practice of Centering Prayer for 6 months or longer. \nThe retreat will be facilitated by Susan Turpin\, Fr. Bill Sheehan\, OMI\, and Contemplative Outreach staff. Susan and Fr. Bill have served within the Contemplative Outreach network for many years and led numerous Centering Prayer retreats and workshops. \nThe retreat begins Wednesday\, October 16 with registration from 3:00 to 5:00\, an opening session at 5:00pm\, and dinner at 6:00pm. We end on Thursday\, October 24 at 11:00am (bag lunch optional). \nFor more information\, contact Susan Turpin at 541-324-1207 or email her at slturpin@me.com. \nIf you are traveling by air\, the Contemplative Outreach staff can arrange transportation from the Sacramento airport to the Mercy Center. Please book your arrival on the beginning day for 1:30pm or earlier and your departure on the ending day for 1:30pm or later. Let us know your flight information. A $25/one way\, $50 round trip cash or Venmo contribution is appreciated. \nLimited scholarship money is available to assist those who would otherwise be unable to attend. All of the scholarship money has been donated by former retreatants. \nSingle rooms with a sink in the room\, shared bathrooms.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/9-day-intensive-and-post-intensive-retreat-3/
LOCATION:Mercy Center Auburn\, 535 Sacramento Street\, Auburn\, CA\, 95603\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Turpin1":MAILTO:slturpin@me.com
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SUMMARY:Welcoming Forgiveness and Centering Prayer
DESCRIPTION:Welcoming Forgiveness. This retreat will be in silence with extended periods of Centering Prayer. We will explore the dance between the Welcoming Prayer practice and Forgiveness. Soul Friending will be available. Prior Centering Prayer experience required. \nFacilitated by Mary Dwyer. \nPlease see the link below to register.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/welcoming-forgiveness-and-centering-prayer/
LOCATION:Bethany Retreat Center\, 1031 Germania Rd\, Frenchville\, PA\, 16836\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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SUMMARY:Intensive 8-day Silent Centering Prayer Retreat
DESCRIPTION:October 18-25\, 2024\nSaint Benedict Center\,\nSchuyler Nebraska\nCentral Time Zone \nLiving a contemplative life is not easy in our contemporary society. That’s why retreats can be a restorative practice\, giving deep time in God’s presence nestled in community with silence\, stillness\, and serenity. Consider this a rendezvous of availability with God*\, a place to let go of all ‘doing’ and relax in to ‘being’. \nCentering Prayer sits will be offered back-to-back at the top or half hour of each hour from 7-7:30am\, 9-11:30am and 2-5pm. You are encouraged to attend as many sits as you feel comfortable. \nSBC is a beautiful setting with hotel-like accommodations. Private rooms\, all meals and programing are provided. The grounds provide space for walking and connecting with nature\, Stations of the Cross\, a labyrinth and art to contemplate. \nCost $840.\nSave $25.00 by paying with check \nIt is suggested you have a least a six month Centering Prayer practice and attendance at a couple of 3-day silent retreats (or longer) as a prerequisite to attend an 8-day retreat. \nRegistration:\n~Paying through PayPal: Submit payment and send an email to cathy.c@cox.net with the following information: name\, address\, phone\, email\, explanation of your Centering Prayer practice (length -months and/or years of practice and experience in silent retreats). \n~Paying by check: Send $815. check to Cathy Mann Christiansen 8415 North 52nd Ave\, Omaha NE 68152. Email Cathy when check is sent\, include information listed above. Payment must be received by Oct. 1st. \n*This phase is used in the video\, Tending the Fire Within\, James Finley (YouTube -10 min. talk)
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/intensive-8-day-silent-centering-prayer-retreat/
LOCATION:St. Benedict Center\, 1126 Road I\, Schuyler\, NE\, 68661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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SUMMARY:Weekend Silent Centering Prayer Retreat
DESCRIPTION:This in-person retreat is the perfect place for those new to Centering Prayer and silent retreats to begin\, as well as for experienced practitioners to have a chance to sit with others and experience a weekend of silence and rest. We will gather on Friday night to set our intention for the weekend and then begin our silence after a Centering Prayer sit. We will sit together throughout the week-end\, maintaining silence in between our sits and then end with a gathering on Sunday afternoon to share our experience. There will also be an opportunity to do a group lectio divina if you desire to. \nThe retreat fee\, $270.00\, includes a private room\, meals and the opportunity to join the sisters in Liturgy of the Hours and mass on Sunday. \nPlease see the link below to register.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/weekend-silent-centering-prayer-retreat/
LOCATION:St. Placid Priory\, 500 College Street NE\, Lacey\, WA\, 98516\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreat
ORGANIZER;CN="St. Placid Priory":MAILTO:camillewooden5@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:The Spiritual Journey Program for Young Contemplatives (weekly) – via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Join the COL Young Contemplatives community for weekly gatherings exploring the essential teachings of Thomas Keating. \nThe Spiritual Journey program is a series of teachings structured in five parts. The program consists of 100 videos\, all of which are accessible online.\nThese teachings provide a backbone for the contemplative life and the psychological background for the work of Centering Prayer in the formation of our spiritual lives. \nBeginning Saturday\, July 13th 2024\, facilitators from our Young Contemplatives community will hold space for our 40s and under community to journey together through the program. \nEach Saturday for one hour\, 10:30am – 11:30am (Eastern Time US) a facilitator will guide a small group through the program. The hour will consist of a short Centering Prayer sit\, viewing of the video teaching from the week’s session\, followed by a time of faith sharing and discussion around the week’s themes. \nThese are open\, drop-in meetings. No pre-registration is required. Anyone is welcome to join as often as possible! We recognize it may not be feasible to come every Saturday but do encourage you to follow along with the sessions\, viewing the videos for the previous week(s) you may have missed. \nWe ask that those who join do so with their camera-on. The Zoom space will be monitored by the facilitator(s) to create a sacred and safe space. If you are not able to be fully present and participatory with your camera on we kindly ask that you complete the session on your own and join us another week! \nClick here to join the Zoom sessions.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/the-spiritual-journey-program-for-young-contemplatives-weekly-via-zoom/
LOCATION:NE
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Colleen Thomas - COL Diversity Outreach Coordinator":MAILTO:colleen@coutreach.org
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