• Advent Retreat: Incarnation as Practice – via Zoom

    Internet - Online

    This online retreat is an entry into an intentional Advent where we are invited to pause, listen, reflect, and be renewed in our relationship with the Indwelling Presence through prayerful, silence, solitude and community. During this three-day retreat, we will practice Incarnation through intentional silence, solitude, listening, resting and stillness. This retreat is about spaciousness

    Free
  • The Fullness of Love: An Advent Wisdom Retreat

    Mustang Island Conference Center, Port Aransas, Texas 6981 TX-361, Port Aransas, TX, United States

    Join us for a three-day in-person Advent retreat exploring Mary’s relationship to Jesus as a hidden-in-plain-sight illumination of the Christian path of engaged non-attachment. Following the Gospel texts and the poetry of Khalil Gibran, we will discover Mary’s robust and courageous embodiment as a joy-filled teaching and invitation to shelter, germinate, release, and sow the

    $499
  • Leaning Into Blessing: A Silent Advent Retreat

    Mercy Center Burlingame 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA, United States

    The Mercy Center Centering Prayer Program presents: Leaning Into Blessing: An Advent Silent Retreat December 3-5, 2021 Starts 4 pm Friday and ends 12 pm Sunday (lunch provided afterwards) on site at Mercy Center in Burlingame, CA. Registration: $300 (includes retreat, accommodations, and meals) "The season of Advent means there is something on the horizon

    $300
  • Weekend Advent Retreat

    Siena Retreat Center 5637 Erie St, Racine, WI, United States

    December 9-12, 2021 Advent is a season of waiting, listening, and watching for God to move in unexpected ways in our lives and world. This retreat will explore the familiar characters of the Advent story from a contemplative perspective. How can these people of old invite us into a deeper contemplative stance in our advent

    $375.00
  • The Patience of Mary – Advent 2021

    Shalom Spirituality Center 1001 Davis Street, Dubuque, IA, IA, United States

    “Letting go of what is ,to welcome what is to come..." Join us for "The Patience of Mary" December 10-12 to welcome Advent in person at the grounds of the beautiful, contemplative Shalom Spirituality Center nestled quietly among the trees in the center of Dubuque, Iowa. You will have the opportunity to ponder the Mystery

    $279.00
  • Advent Centering Prayer Retreat

    St. Mary's Sewanee 770 St. Mary's Lane, TN, United States

    This three-day retreat will focus on how Centering prayer can heighten one's understanding and appreciation for the season of Advent. See the link below to register.

    $475
  • “No Room” Advent Silent Saturday Via Zoom

    Internet - Online

    Saturday, December 11, 2021 9:00 am Pacific Standard Time From Luke Chapter 2 Joseph went to Bethlehem to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged, she was with child. The time came for her to deliver. She gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him

    Free will offering
  • Lectio Divina Introductory Workshop for Advent

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

    This workshop introduces the method of Lectio Divina, to pray sacred scripture. Through reading, reflecting, responding and resting in the Word of God, one’s relationship with God is nourished and deepened. Scripture will be appropriate for the Advent season. Both individual and group experiences will be provided. Please see the link below for more information

  • A Contemplative Advent Retreat

    St. Mary's on the Lake Peace and Spirituality Center 1663 Killarney Way, Bellevue, WA, United States

    Contemplative Outreach of Puget Sound North is pleased to be able to offer our ninth Advent Retreat - and it will be in person! The retreat will once again be held at the beautiful Peace and Spirituality Center at Saint Mary on the Lake in Bellevue Saturday, December 11th. The day will blend periods of

    $30.00
  • Centering Prayer: Lectio Divina and the Four Senses of Scripture

    Holy Cross Monastery - New York 1615 Route 9W, West Park, NY, United States

    This Praying Holy Scripture in-person retreat at Holy Cross Monastery in the Hudson Valley, NY offers Centering Prayer periods plus presentations based upon Fr. Thomas Keating’s teachings on the deepening levels of faith: the Four Senses of Scripture – literal, allegorical, behavioral/moral, and unitive senses. The presentations teach a contemplative way of listening to and

    $385
  • Half-Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer retreat via Zoom from Hawaiʻi

    Internet - Online

    A particular blessing for busy, active people, we are invited to pause and just be in the presence of God. All are welcome to this mini-silent retreat. While Centering Prayer is the basis of our teaching, all meditation paths are welcome and honored. Books on the Spiritual Journey will be available for purchase and loan.

    Free
  • Icons as Portals for Unlocking the Contemplative Heart via Zoom

    Internet - Online

    Led by Mary Atalo, a half-day retreat sponsored by Contemplative Outreach of Maryland and Washington. Icons, as opposed to paintings, are considered as “writings of the heart” which open the contemplative to “Behold” the Glory of the Lord. Many paintings can aid in our “seeing,” but icons allow us to “behold.” In our contemplative prayer,

    $25