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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bethany Retreat Center":MAILTO:bethanyretreatcenter@gmail.com
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210214T120000
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SUMMARY:Centering Prayer: Weekend Immersion via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Deepening the Contemplative Dimension of Life \nContemplative Outreach Chicago is sponsoring this online 2021 Winter Weekend Retreat\, with Alan Krema as retreat guide. \nThis retreat will immerse us into three days of Centering Prayer with attentiveness to our activities between the meditation sessions. We will explore awareness of our being and openness to the presence resident in our bodies. We will listen to the calling of living into abundance and liberation. This comes with responsibility to remove the obstacles we have in us arising from the addictive and reactive structures that restrict our growth. \nWe will meet for Centering Prayer sessions with small presentations in each session. Between meditation sessions we will be invited to carry the awareness of our Divine indwelling source into the tasks of our day. In addition to reflection and prayer\, you will be invited to have simple tasks like meal preparation available for you to practice attention. Couples are encouraged to participate together. We assume that participants have a regular practice of Centering Prayer. \nThe schedule will include five sessions (US Central time): \nFriday Evening 7:00 – 8:30 pm\nSaturday Morning 9:00 – 11:00 am\nSaturday Afternoon 1:00 – 3:00 pm\nSaturday Evening 6:00 – 7:00 pm\nSunday Morning 9:00 am – 12:00 pm \nAlan Krema is a presenter of Centering Prayer and Welcoming Prayer for Contemplative Outreach. Alan is a Wisdom student of Cynthia Bourgeault and has completed the Living School program at the Center for Action and Contemplation. He is a long time practitioner of Centering Prayer as well as facilitator of several Centering Prayer groups. Alan currently serves as chapter coordinator for Contemplative Outreach Chicago and is a member of the Shalem Institute program for Group Spiritual Leadership. \nRegistration\nThere is no charge for this retreat. Upon registering\, you will receive a confirmation email and be given an opportunity to make a freewill donation. To register\, click on the website listed below on the left. \nRegistration will close on Friday February 12 @ 10:00 AM (US Central Time). \nZoom link\nThe Zoom link will be emailed on Friday February 12 @ 12:00 PM (US Central Time). \nQuestions?\nPlease email registrar@centeringprayerchicago.org for a Zoom link resend or for any questions.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/centering-prayer-weekend-immersion-via-zoom/
LOCATION:Internet – Online
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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ORGANIZER;CN="Alan Krema":MAILTO:alkrema@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210213T063000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210213T173000
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SUMMARY:Transfiguration Centering Prayer Retreat via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 13th\, 6:30AM-5:00PM Central Time\, $90 \nOffered online via Zoom. \nCentering Prayer is a form of Christian silent mediation where one lets go of thoughts during periods of prayer typically lasting 20 minutes. It is rooted in the self-emptying love that forms the heart of Jesus’ teaching and life. The effect on those who practice it is an ever-increasing awareness of God’s action and presence in the course of ordinary life. \nThe Rev. Tom Ward is the retired university chaplain at the University of the South and now spends his days focusing on the contemplative dimension of the gospel\, teaching Centering Prayer\, and leading retreats. \nPlease register using the link below.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/transfiguration-centering-prayer-retreat-via-zoom/
LOCATION:Internet – Online
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Beth Best%2C Reservation & Retreat Coordinator":MAILTO:reservations@stmaryssewanee.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210213T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210213T120000
DTSTAMP:20210201T223711Z
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SUMMARY:Centering Prayer Pre-Lenten Morning: "I Will Lead Her Into the Desert" - Via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Therefore\, I will now allure her\, and bring her into the wilderness\, and speak tenderly to her. From there I will give her vineyards\, and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she shall respond as in the days of her youth\, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.\n―Hosea 2:14 \nLent offers us one of those rare times to let go and make a space for God. Our common participation in this ritual can open us more deeply to the sacredness of the moment\, ourselves\, and our world. Our prayer morning is an opportunity to cease all activities and ponder our personal aim for this Lenten season. We will have two sessions of Centering Prayer\, Lectio Divina\, and time for community sharing. Please come join us for contemplative fellowship\, as we open ourselves together to be a chalice for God’s love. \nMarty Badgett has co-led extended Centering Prayer retreats for many years\, and hosted many one-day contemplative prayer days in Berkeley California and in Austin Texas. Marty is a commissioned Centering Prayer presenter\, and is the coordinator for the Northwest San Francisco Bay Area. \nPrayer Mornings are a new part of the ongoing Centering Prayer program at Mercy Center Burlingame\, in hopes of deepening our community relationships and our Centering Prayer practice. \nA $20 donation is suggested to support the program; however\, any donation you are able to contribute is gratefully accepted. Your presence is most important.\nPlease register at mercy-center.org using the link below. \nTimes for the morning retreat are Pacific Standard Time (PST).
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/centering-prayer-pre-lenten-morning-i-will-lead-her-into-the-desert-via-zoom/
LOCATION:Internet – Online
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cristina Esguerra":MAILTO:registration@mercywmw.org
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cristina Esguerra":MAILTO:registration@mercywmw.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210220T083000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210220T120000
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Benedicte Vibe Christensen":MAILTO:BenedicteVibeChristensen@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210220T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210220T110000
DTSTAMP:20210201T174017Z
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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  &amp%3B Terry Van Hook%2C Agape Journeys":MAILTO:joanne@agapejourneys.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210220T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210220T120000
DTSTAMP:20210114T202106Z
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Anne A. Simpkinson":MAILTO:asimpkinson@gmail.com
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210220T150000
DTSTAMP:20210130T044236Z
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fr. Jos Tharakan":MAILTO:fatherjos@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210226
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210301
DTSTAMP:20210127T185224Z
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SUMMARY:Centering Prayer Weekend Retreat via ZOOM
DESCRIPTION:Fr. Bill Sheehan OMI will be presenting on Fr. Thomas Keating’s book\, Consenting to God As God Is.\nRetreat is from Friday evening to Sunday midday (Pacific Time Zone) \nScholarships available.\nPlease register using the link below and click on Featured Events to locate this offering. \nFor more information contact Sr. Linda Snow CSJ at: srlinda.snow@gmail.com
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/centering-prayer-weekend-retreat-via-zoom/
LOCATION:Internet – Online
CATEGORIES:Retreat
ORGANIZER;CN="Holy Spirit Retreat Center":MAILTO:srlinda.snow@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210227T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210227T120000
DTSTAMP:20201229T204954Z
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SUMMARY:The Welcoming Prayer Practice via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:The Welcoming Prayer is a method for living out the teachings of Fr. Thomas Keating.  Its purpose is to deepen our relationship with God through consenting in ordinary activities.  Retreat Leaders will be Sue Miller and Sheila Roche.  This is a Zoom online workshop\, 8am-Noon Central Time. \nFor registration and costs contact the Benedictine Sister Retreat Center via the email below.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/welcoming-prayer-zoom/
LOCATION:Internet – Online
CATEGORIES:Retreat
ORGANIZER;CN="Benedictine Sisters Retreat Center":MAILTO:retreats@shmon.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210227T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210227T163000
DTSTAMP:20210220T161357Z
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SUMMARY:Exploring the Wisdom of the Gospels
DESCRIPTION:Among the various titles given Jesus is “Wisdom Master.” An exploration of the Gospels Wisdom Parables will give us an understanding of what this title might imply. Using a Lectio Divina approach\, we will unpack such parables as the Laborers in the Field\, the Parable of the Talents\, and others. You will end the day appreciating Jesus as “Wisdom Master” and with a method that gives the Gospels a living meaning. \nA Live and Zoom option will be available. \nPresented by: Rev. Bill Redfield is an Episcopal priest and licensed clinical social worker who has worked in private practice in central New York and Maine. He served for nearly 20 years as rector of Trinity Church in Fayetteville\, NY\, before retiring. He has had a lifelong interest in the intersection of spirituality and the inner life. He is the creative force behind the birth of Wisdom House in Fayetteville and has been a long-time student of and collaborator with Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/exploring-the-wisdom-of-the-gospels/
LOCATION:Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center\, 303 Tunxis Road\, West Hartford\, CT\, 6107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mike  Smoolca":MAILTO:msmoolca@hotmail.com
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