Events for October 3, 2026
Contemplative Living I: Contemplative Practices in Daily Life – via Zoom
This 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
Listen: A 4-day Centering Prayer Retreat
Central Illinois and Mississippi Valley Contemplative Outreach invite you to retreat into silence. We will Center, experience Lectio Divina, and learn insightful methods of listening from Abbot Joseph Boyle of St. Benedict’s Monastery. A minimum of 3 months Centering Prayer practice is required to attend. Please see the link below for more information and to
Centering Prayer Retreat
Central Illinois and Mississippi Valley Contemplative Outreach invite you to retreat into silence. We will center, experience lectio divina, and learn insightful methods of listening from a video of Abbot Joseph Boyle of St. Benedict’s Monastery. Note: A minimum of 3 months Centering Prayer practice is required to attend. The retreat begins Thursday, October 1
Presence, Prayer, and Writing From the Heart: A Contemplative Writing Retreat
We are never closer to our Creator than when we are creating. In writing, we engage in God’s infinite creative impulse to birth the new, the unexpected. Silence and stillness can assist that process by opening a portal to inner depths where we connect to ourselves, to others, to God, and all of creation. All
Unknowable – Surrendering Faithfully to Wonder (via Zoom)
Presented by Rick Klein Might our many societal, cultural and world problems be viewed as a crises of faith? In this thought-provoking presentation, Rick Klein offers insight into an often unseen dilemma that lies at the heart of many of today’s dualistic sociopolitical issues: The decline of faith and the rise of beliefs. Through
Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop (in-person and online)
In this introductory workshop, you will learn the method and principles of Centering Prayer practice in a quiet, reflective atmosphere. Along with the method of Centering Prayer, we will cover the history, psychology, and theology of the practice. Two prayer sessions and a question-and-answer session are included. This program will be offered both in-person and
Changing with the Fall Colors Half Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat via Hawaiʻi (1st Saturday of every month)
Online Half Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat via Hawaiʻi (1st Saturday of every month) May 6 @ 9:00 am - 11:30 am UTC-10 FREE First Saturdays online retreats are a special time where we explore our Centering Prayer practice. We are looking forward to sharing Physio-Divina (Moving) practices, Visio-Divina (visual-Art) practices, Terra-Divna (Nature) Lectio-Divina (Sacred
