• Retreat in Iceland with Mary Dwyer

    Welcoming Forgiveness This retreat will be in silence with extended periods of Centering Prayer (Contemplative Prayer). Information and support will be available for those that do not know Centering Prayer. Mary Dwyer will explore with us the dance between the Welcoming Prayer practice and Forgiveness. Soul friending will be available. The Welcoming Prayer is a

    $85.000 – $110.000
  • The Body’s Bridge to the Experience of Living in God: Exploring BioSpiritual Focusing in Context of BioSpirituality – in person and online

    Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United States

    Two Jesuits, Fr. Edwin McMahon and Fr. Peter Campbell, incorporated the embodied practice of Focusing into the larger context of BioSpirituality. Their work opens us to know ourselves as living within the greater Whole, the Body of Christ. During this day, we’ll experience BioSpiritual Focusing and explore, among other things, the embodied experience of grace

  • Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop

    Holy Spirit Retreat Center 4316 Lanai Road, Encino, CA, United States

    Contemplative Prayer is God's personal and unique gift to each of us. If we are open to this gift, it will profoundly affect our lives and relationship with God, others, and the world. Centering Prayer is a form of contemplative prayer. It is a method of prayer that opens us to interior transformation and deeper

    $45
  • Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop – via Zoom

    Internet - Online

    Are you seeking a path to explore or strengthen your inner connection with God at the centre of your being? Centering Prayer is a practice that leads to contemplation by opening oneself to God’s love, healing, and inner goodness; moreover, it nurtures the soul’s desire to grow in kindness and compassion towards all. The online

    Free
  • Black Contemplative Prayer Virtual Summit

    Internet - Online

    Hosted by Pastor Tia Norman, friend of Contemplative Outreach and Centering Prayer Facilitator. On February 22-23, the Black Contemplative Prayer Virtual Summit brings together black spiritual teachers and thought leaders to explore prayer, activism, and community. In the contemplative community, diversity is essential. This summit addresses a critical question that arises in contemplative communities and

    $125
  • Spirituality of the Earth: Thomas Berry’s Wisdom for an Ecological Age – in person and online

    Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United States

    Thomas Berry, C.P., arguably the father of “ecological spirituality,” anticipated by decades the contemporary turn toward Earth as the living home of incarnate divinity, exhorting us to awaken to our sacred role within the “New Story” and the “Great Work” in a living community honored and protected as “a communion of subjects, not a collection

  • Introduction to Centering Prayer

    St. James Episcopal Church 766 N Main Street, Hendersonville, NC, United States

    During this workshop we invite you to learn and experience the contemplative practice of Centering Prayer. We will explore its historical and theological background as well as ways to sustain and support this practice. All are welcome. St. James Episcopal Church 766 N Main Street Hendersonville, NC 28731 Please RSVP to Rev. Wendy Pinzino at

    Free
  • Blessed Are the Clean of Heart: Living With Spiritual Integrity in an Age of Fragmentation – in person and online

    Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United States

    We will explore Jesus' invitation to live from an undivided heart and strategies to live in the world with deeper spiritual integrity in an age of fragmentation. We’ll look at the challenge and promise of living fully in God, and the wisdom to be gleaned from countercultural Christian movements, including the early Church, the Desert

  • The Wisdom Way of Christian Spirituality – in person and online

    Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United States

    Wisdom is at the contemplative headwaters of every major religious tradition, including Christianity. Wisdom takes many shapes and focuses on human transformation more than on a set of beliefs. The Christian Wisdom path is about learning to listen to the Divine within – attending to our interconnectedness with a larger whole. This kind of listening

  • Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop (ONLINE)

    Internet - Online

    Are you seeking a path to explore or strengthen your inner connection with God at the centre of your being? Centering Prayer is a practice that leads to contemplation by opening oneself to God’s love, healing, and inner goodness; moreover, it nurtures the soul’s desire to grow in kindness and compassion towards all. The online

    Free
  • An Ancient Flowing Stream – via Zoom

    Internet - Online

    This workshop presents how African origins, heritage, culture and music power the Christian contemplative spirit. Combining the wisdom and talents of the Very Reverend Michael Battle, Ph.D. and Julian Davis

    $35 – $50
  • The Enneagram and Eco-Spirituality: Self-Awareness and Contemplation Through a Nature-Based Lens – in person and online

    Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United States

    This workshop focuses on the integration of the Enneagram and Eco-Spirituality. Eco-Spirituality recognizes the sacredness of all life on Earth, as well as the inherent "wildness" of the human soul. The Enneagram is a set of teachings that show us how to be present to our life and free ourselves from self-defeating habits and patterns.