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Contemplative Living I: Contemplative Practices in Daily Life – via Zoom
Internet - OnlineThis 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
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Listen: A 4-day Centering Prayer Retreat
Benet House Retreat Center 2208 88th Avenue W, Rock Island, IL, United StatesCentral 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
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9-day Intensive I, Advanced Intensive and Post Intensive Retreat
Mercy Center Auburn 535 Sacramento Street, Auburn, CA, United StatesThis retreat offers three tracks simultaneously: Intensive I, Advanced Intensive, and Post Intensive. If this is your first Centering Prayer retreat of this length, we suggest you choose Intensive I. We will be using two prayer rooms with two sets of staff, one for the Intensive retreats and one for the Post Intensive retreat. See
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Centering Prayer Essentials: 3-Day Course – via Zoom
Internet - OnlineFree, 3 day online course exploring the "why, what, and how" of Centering Prayer. We'll Explore: • Opening to the Divine within and all around us • Divine therapy
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I Am – The Sacred Doorway into the Aramaic Heart of Jesus
Avondale Presbyterian Church 2821 Park Road, Charlotte, NC, United StatesThe seven "I am" statements in the Gospel of John are a window into who Jesus is and the heart of his teaching. From the perspective of Jesus’ native language of Aramaic, these statements can also reveal who we are – and how we can enter more deeply into Divine Presence through the heart of
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For the Beauty of the Earth: Sculpture as Prayer; Beauty, the Apophatic and Hope (in-person and online)
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesThis event, with its conferences on beauty, the apophatic, and hope, will explore the nature of beauty as a revealed gift, the apophatic as negation leading to presence, and hope as embodying unity and solidarity. The sculptures from his current show at the Monastery Gallery will be integral to his conferences, and the day will
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Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop (online via Zoom)
Internet - OnlineJoin us for a time of reflection and silence in this presentation of a contemporary form of silent prayer that traces its origin to ancient Christian tradition. The discipline of Centering Prayer is presented as silent communion with God beyond concepts, words and images. The workshop will cover the roots of the prayer, the theological
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The Practice of Letting Go: The Wisdom of Release in Contemplative Prayer – via Zoom
Internet - OnlineThe Practice of Letting Go: A 90-minute Mini-Retreat The Wisdom of Release in Contemplative Prayer So much of our inner life is shaped by what we hold onto — fixed identities, familiar ways of thinking, inherited beliefs, and the stories we tell about who we are. Contemplative practice invites us to loosen, open, and “let
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Creating Self-Compassion Through Centering Prayer – via Zoom
Internet - OnlinePresented by Blair Ashby over six Monday evening sessions A foundational gift of practicing Centering Prayer is that we also begin caring for our mental and emotional well-being during our prayer sits. Fortunately, this is also one definition of self-compassion. Frequently, we start noticing this gift with a simple thought like, “my days feel better
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Living Flame 2 Program – via Zoom
Zoom!The first retreat day: October 17 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm and then each month on the dates shown below for the next six months. Dates: 2026 – Oct. 17, Nov. 21, 2027 – Jan. 16, Feb. 20, Mar. 20, Apr. 17 & May 15 Time: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST BOOK YOUR
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Four-Day Silent Centering Prayer Retreat
Prince of Peace Abbey 650 Benet Hill Rd., CA, United StatesContemplative Outreach of San Diego County is hosting a Fall Retreat at Prince of Peace Abbey in Oceanside, California, on October 22-25. Each year we look forward to this deep drink of silence and spaciousness that helps to refresh our ongoing prayer journey. Facilitated by the peaceful environment of the Abbey, graced by the field
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The Good Eye Opens: An Introduction to Contemplative Photography (in-person and online)
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesA Zen teacher observed that the moment we intellectualize what we see, it is no longer what we saw. Contemplative photography invites a different way of seeing—direct, fresh perception unfiltered by thought. From a still, silent, receptive mind, mindful photographing opens a richer visual field beyond concepts, revealing greater beauty, clarity, elegance, and poignancy. This
