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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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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
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Opening to God’s Being and Becoming – via Zoom
Internet - Online2-part Online Centering Prayer Retreat Series God — the source of true joy and lasting peace — is not outside or at a distance from us. God is the very source and ground of our being, closer than breath. As the anonymous author of The Cloud of Unknowing writes, “God is your being.” Across two
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Contemplative Retreat: Five- or Eight-Day Centering Prayer Retreat
Benedictine Sisters of Cullman, Alabama at Sacred Heart Monastery 916 Convent Road, 5055, AL, United StatesCentering Prayer is a form of Christian silent meditation rooted in the self-emptying love that forms the heart of Jesus' teaching and life. This retreat is an opportunity to deepen
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Five-Day Intensive/Post-Intensive Centering Prayer Retreat
Benedictine Hospitality Center 802 E. 10th St, Ferdinand, IN, United StatesIn Contemplative Outreach (CO) Centering Prayer retreats, practitioners are given an opportunity to deepen their practice and relationship with God by joining with others in community for the experience of
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4-Day Contemplative Retreat
Sacred Heart Monastery Missiezusters Klooster, 20, Steyl, Venlo, Netherlands"In the stillness of Centering Prayer, we learn to rest in God, not as an idea, but as a living presence that transforms us from within." - Cynthia Bourgeault Sharing
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Centering Prayer Essentials: 3-week course – via Zoom
Internet - OnlineCentering Prayer Essentials: Foundations for Beginners & Practitioners Free, 3 week online course exploring the "why, what, and how" of Centering Prayer. We'll Explore: • Opening to the Divine
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Centering Prayer Silent Retreat Weekend – October Centering Prayer Retreat
Sisters of Charity Motherhouse 5900 Delhi Road, Cincinnati, OH, United StatesJoin the Contemplative Outreach of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Chapter for a four day Centering Prayer, silent retreat. The retreat is being held at the scenic Sisters of Charity
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Modern Mystical and Contemplative Wisdom: Spiritual Insights from Howard Thurman, Evelyn Underhill, and Ram Dass
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesThe twentieth century brought sweeping technological, political, and social change, reshaping religion and spirituality in public and private life. It also witnessed a revival of mystical and contemplative spirituality led
