Contemplative Outreach, Ltd.

“God Is All In All” Silent Saturday with Fr. Bill Sheehan
2025-06-07 08:30 - 14:00 UTC | Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist Church, 26001 Muirlands Blvd, Mission Viejo, CA, 92691, United States
Join us June 7, 2025 8:45 a.m. to 2:00 pm for a quiet time of cultivating interior silence with prayer, reflection and Christian meditation.
The day will reflect on Fr. Thomas Keating’s book, God Is All In All. Included are conferences by Fr. Bill, Q/A, Centering Prayer and plenty of free time for you to breathe in the Living Spirit of God for journaling, walking the labyrinth, visiting the prayer room, prayer garden or gazing at Saddleback Mountain. Time to “be” in the Presence.
All outside areas are ours to further experience the theme of God Is All In All.
Reservations are required. $35.00 per person, includes continental breakfast and lunch.
Registration Link: https://sothumc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/350/responses/new

Spiritual Radicals: Interspiritual Wisdom from Franciscan and Buddhist Spirituality - in person and online
2025-06-07 08:30 - 16:30 UTC | Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, 6107, United States
The parallel teachings of Christ and the Buddha find a home in the spacious minds and inclusive hearts of Franciscan and Buddhist spirituality. During this contemplative day, we’ll explore how Christian saints Francis and Clare of Assisi, and Buddhist Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, invite you into the interspiritual sense that love and compassion, lifelong learning and growing, peace and social justice, and a belief that the transformation of the world begins with our own transformation, and is at the heart of all contemplative paths. Off
This program will be offered both in-person and online via Zoom. Information on how to access the program on Zoom will be sent to participants in advance.
This program will include a morning and an afternoon session of Centering Prayer.
Please see the link below to register.

10-Day Contemplative Listening Retreat (“Post Post”)
2025-06-10 14:00 - 2025-06-19 10:30 UTC | Mercy Center Auburn, 535 Sacramento Street, Auburn, CA, 95603, United States
This is a retreat for those who have attended multiple Intensive and post-intensive 8-10 day retreats and find themselves desiring yet longer sessions of Centering Prayer in community. We will begin our day at 6:00am with three 30- minute periods of Centering Prayer. Mid-morning and mid-afternoon there will be an additional session of three 30-minute periods of Centering Prayer. Once a day, we will watch a brief (about five minute) segment of the film “From the Mind To the Heart”, a conversation with Thomas Keating, which he created for this retreat..
We will let the silence deepen in this retreat. There will be no scheduled soul friending, though staff will be available for a conversation if requested. There will be no reading at meals and no verbal prayer at the beginning of the Centering Prayer sessions. Lectio Divina and a contemplative Eucharist will be offered daily.
Pre-requisite: Two or more post-intensive Centering Prayer retreats given by Contemplative Outreach. This is a guideline, not a rule. Please speak with us if you have questions.
The retreat will be facilitated by Contemplative Outreach staff
The Retreat begins Tuesday, June 10 with registration from 2:00 to 4:00, an opening session at 4:15pm, and dinner at 5:15pm. We end on Thursday, June 19 at 10:30am (lunch optional).
For more information, contact Susan Turpin at 541-324-1207; slturpin@me.com.
If you are traveling by air, the Contemplative Outreach staff can arrange transportation to and from the Sacramento airport to the Mercy Center. Please book your arrival on the beginning day for 2:00pm or earlier and your departure on the ending day for 1:00pm or later. Let us know your flight information. A contribution of $25 per ride (cash, check or Venmo) sustains this for us.
Limited scholarship money is available to assist those who would otherwise be unable to attend. All of the scholarship money has been donated by former retreatants.
Rooms are single with a sink in the room; bathrooms are shared.

Introduction to Centering Prayer
2025-06-13 17:30 - 2025-06-15 11:00 UTC | Bethany Retreat Center, 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville, PA, 16836, United States
Sr. Ruth Ann Madera will introduce and guide you to the inner silence of Centering Prayer. Centering Prayer is a form of Christian contemplative prayer, to center awareness on the presence of God.
Please see the link below to register.

Online Wisdom Retreat: Revisiting the Welcoming Prayer
2025-06-14 09:30 - 12:30 UTC | Internet – Online
The Welcome Practice, also known as the Welcoming Prayer, is a powerful means for cultivating presence, releasing attachments, and deepening our connection to the Divine Indwelling or Great I Am. This practice strengthens us in our Greater I Am Self, allowing us to be anchored beyond the emotional, intellectual, and physical turmoil that we experience as humans living in the dense and challenging conditions of this world, helping us to disidentify with habitual patterns, plug energy leaks, and become free from that which ensnares, clouds, and divides the Heart. In the Wisdom tradition—as Cynthia Bourgeault, Robert Sardello, and others have pointed out—the Heart is considered not only the physical and psychic organ but also the organ of spiritual perceptivity. It is the center from which we can navigate the intertidal territory of this earthly realm and the imaginal realm, also known as the Kingdom of God co-arising within the Ray of Creation.
The Welcome Practice is a way to consciously loosen our emotional programs for happiness—the ways in which our egoic operating system (or small self) seeks power, control, affection, esteem, safety, and security to feel at ease. While these desires are natural for this level of selfhood, they can also keep us trapped in false security, clinging, and hoarding, preventing us from living out of our Whole Self.
We will explore the Welcome Practice in the context of understanding the human nervous system, exploring ways to deepen our understanding of when and how best to engage this practice in our lives. We will engage the practice individually and work with it collectively on behalf of the greater Body of Humanity.
This Wisdom Retreat will take place on Saturday, June 14th, 2025 from 9:30am to 12:30pm Pacific Time. It will be recorded and made available for later participation and viewing.
Offered by Heather Ruce.
Please see the link below to register.

​Benedictine Spirituality & Contemplative Prayer: A Timeless Connection - via Zoom
2025-06-21 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | Internet – Online
Join Br. Bernard Delcourt, OHC, to explore the roots of Centering Prayer in Benedictine wisdom. Benedictine spirituality cultivates a constant awareness of the Divine in daily life through a continuous dialogue of prayer with God. Centering Prayer opens oneself to God beyond thoughts and words, moving beyond conversations about God to direct communion with the Divine. Connecting the two enhances our prayer life.
The retreat will include two Centering Prayer sessions of twenty minutes each and ample time for discussion and Q&A.

11th-Step Retreat
2025-06-27 17:30 - 2025-06-29 11:00 UTC | Bethany Retreat Center, 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville, PA, 16836, United States
Nancy Cord-Baran and Michael Gidlewski invite you to join us in this weekend retreat. It is for people who participate in any 12-step program of recovery and have the intention to improve their meditation practice and enlarge their spiritual life.
Please see the link below to register.

Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop - via Zoom
2025-06-28 12:30 - 15:30 (Europe/Amsterdam) | 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 workshop offers a glimpse into this practice through short inputs on the method of Centering Prayer, along with times of silent practice together.
You are most welcome, whether you are a beginner or simply desire to refresh your practice.
Please register by June 26, 2025, following the link below.

OPENING TO THE UNIVERSAL CHRIST: THE INTER-SPIRITUAL INVITATION OF CENTERING PRAYER
2025-07-18 15:00 - 2025-07-21 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Mercy Conference and Retreat Center, 2039 N. Geyer Road, St. Louis, MO, 63131, United States
Howard Thurman wrote: “In the Presence of God there is neither male nor female, white nor black, Gentile nor Jew, Protestant nor Catholic, Hindu, Buddhist, nor Muslim, but a human spirit stripped to the literal substance of itself before God.”
Are you looking for a break from the busyness of life to rest in stillness and to reconnect with yourself? Are you longing to step away from the distractions of everyday life and nourish your spiritual center? Join this summer’s retreat to get away from the norm and reconnect with your true self and God alive within you.
This retreat focuses on Centering Prayer as a path back to the “original religious experience.” Centering Prayer with practice may brings us to the immediate experience of God, the Divine Mystery, lovingly present within.
Contemplatives of all great traditions speak the same silent language, practicing silence in deep prayer and meditation. We explore how contemplation leads us toward greater unity among people with different belief systems and returns us to the original spiritual experience.
Highlights of the Retreat:

God as the Ground of Being: Explore God as the very foundation of existence and our direct experience of the Divine.
Return to the Original Spiritual Experience: Discover how contemplative prayer brings us back to the primal encounter with the Divine Mystery.
Interconnection of Religion, Spirituality, and Mysticism: Explore the relationship between these aspects and how they unite us beyond belief systems

Join this silent retreat to deepen your understanding and practice of Centering Prayer, reconnecting with the Divine Mystery at the heart of all religious experiences.
Led by Keith Kristich, founder of Closer Than Breath community.
Learn more and get tickets for this retreat here.
Early Bird pricing until February 14, 2025 ranging from $437 for double occupancy options to $500 for single occupancy options.

Introduction to Centering Prayer Workshop
2025-07-20 13:00 - 18:00 UTC | Ignatius Jesuit Retreat House, 6700 Riverside Dr. NW, GA, 30328, United States
This workshop at Ignatius House, Atlanta, GA., includes themes of prayer as relationship, the method of Centering Prayer, thoughts and use of the sacred word, and deepening our relationship with God.
Please register using the link below.

Seven-Day Centering Prayer Dual Track Intensive/Post Intensive Retreat
2025-07-27 14:00 - 2025-08-02 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Siena Retreat Center, Racine WI, 5637 Erie St, Racine, WI 53402, Racine, WI, 53402, United States
This retreat offers two tracks simultaneously: Intensive I and Post-Intensive. For everyone there will be three sets of two 30 minute periods of Centering Prayer daily.
The Intensive Retreat provides an opportunity to deepen the practice of Centering Prayer in an atmosphere of profound silence and community support. Centering Prayer is supported with viewing a selection of the Spiritual Journey video series by Fr. Thomas Keating followed by discussion.
The Post-Intensive Retreat has no videos and an additional hour of Centering Prayer daily. Throughout the retreat, we will be in silence.
Lectio Divina will be offered daily. Soul friending with the retreat guides can be scheduled for both tracks.
Retreat Guides: JoAnne and Bill McElroy
Please see the flyer via the link below for more information and registration information.

Sacred Circle Dance as a Form of Embodied Prayer
2025-08-02 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | St. John’s Episcopal Church in Georgetown, 3240 O St NW, Washington, DC, 20007, United States
“God is not remote from us; . . . on the contrary, at every moment God awaits us in the activity, the work to be done, which every moment brings.”
-Teilhard de Chardin, Hymn of the Universe
In this in-person half-day retreat we’ll introduce dances from the Sacred Circle Dance tradition as a form of embodied prayer. These simple movements, done in a group setting, can help us unite mind, heart, and body in a three-centered awareness to deepen our prayer practice. We’ll also use chants and body prayers as other forms of embodied prayer and as vestibules to Centering Prayer.
Presented by Linda and Dick Hall, co-coordinators of COMW, and Suzi Kindervatter, former COMW team member and veteran teacher of Sacred Circle Dance.
Please see the link below to register.

Centering Prayer Essentials: 3-week course
2025-08-06 12:00 - 2025-08-20 13:30, 2025-08-13 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Internet – Online
Opening to Interior Silence
We’ll Explore:​
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• Opening to the Divine within and all around us
• Silence as the universal language of God
• The How-Tos of Centering Prayer practice
• Dealing w/ thoughts during meditation
• Mystical union with God and why it matters
Wednesdays, August 6, 13, & 20
12:00-1:30pm ET | 9am PT | 4pm GMT
“You can’t accomplish or work up to union with God because you’ve already got it.”​
— Richard Rohr
Taught by Keith Kristich & Marybeth Redmond from Closer Than Breath
Please see the link below to register.

Centering Prayer
2025-08-10 17:30 - 2025-08-17 11:00 UTC | Bethany Retreat Center, 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville, PA, 16836, United States
An in-depth retreat for those experienced in Centering Prayer. The retreat will facilitate entrance into a more profound level of spiritual practice in an atmosphere of silence, solitude and community.
Please see the link below to register.

Centering Prayer Essentials: 3-week course
2025-08-20 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Internet – Online
Centering Prayer Essentials: Foundations for Beginners & Practitioners
Opening to Interior Silence
We’ll explore:​
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• Opening to the Divine within and all around us
• Silence as the universal language of God
• The How-Tos of Centering Prayer practice
• Dealing w/ thoughts during meditation
• Mystical union with God and why it matters
Wednesdays, August 6, 13, & 20
12:00-1:30pm ET | 9am PT | 4pm GMT
“You can’t accomplish or work up to union with God because you’ve already got it.”​
— Richard Rohr
Taught by Keith Kristich & Marybeth Redmond from Closer Than Breath
Please see the link below to register.

Contemplative Living I: Contemplative Practices in Daily Life (Online)
2025-09-01 00:00 - 2025-09-22 23:59 UTC | Internet – Online
Contemplative Living I: Contemplative Practices in Daily Life (Online)
September – December 2025
I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you.
– Ezekiel 36:26)
Course Description
“Contemplative life begins when we first step into the silence of our heart. It’s a pilgrimage—a journey that takes us first to the inner reaches of who we really are, and from there, into the life we were meant to live.”
– Julie Saad, Contemplative Life: Discovering Our Path into the Heart of God
This 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 (group spiritual direction.)
Contemplative practices are the doorway into the gift of contemplative prayer, where the journey that begins in the silence of our hearts leads us into the heart of God. As we cultivate contemplative practices in ordinary daily life, we begin to experience oneness with God and all creation.
Course Objectives
To establish a daily practice of Centering Prayer
To integrate contemplative spiritual practices into daily life
To cultivate contemplative attitudes and disposition
To foster contemplative listening that comes from a listening heart, rather than from the ego or mind
Please see the link below for more information and to register.

Introduction to Centering Prayer
2025-09-05 - 2025-09-07 | St Gertrude Monastery-Cottonwood, ID, 465 Keurterville RD, Cottonwood, ID, 83522, United States
Introduction to Centering Prayer – a weekend workshop.
September 5 – 7, 2025
Fr. Thomas Keating–As silence deepens, it transforms into Divine Presence in contemplative prayer. This pervasive presence invites us to accept the embrace of Divine Love and the realization of how much God loves us.
Please see the link below to register.

Silence and Contemplation: A Path to Inner Freedom
2025-09-05 17:00 - 2025-09-07 14:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Sacred Heart Monastery, Missiezusters Klooster, 20, Steyl, Venlo, 5935 BX, Netherlands
“Contemplative prayer is simply a wordless, trusting opening of self to the divine presence. Far from being advanced, contemplative prayer is the simplest form of prayer that exists.”
– Cynthia Bourgeault
In a world filled with noise and uncertainty, our soul thirsts for silence as a path to inner peace and freedom. More than a technique, contemplation is a way of being that is connected with the soul’s desire to touch God’s Mystery.
This weekend will be in silence and will include input sessions on the Centering Prayer method, guided practice as a group, and opportunity for soul companionship if desired.
Even if you are not a beginner, you are most welcome to make this experience of silence.

Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop
2025-09-06 09:00 - 12:30 UTC | Holy Spirit Retreat Center, 4316 Lanai Road, Encino, CA, 91436, United States
Contemplative prayer is God’s personal and unique gift to each of us. If we open to this gift, it will profoundly affect our lives and relationship to 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 intimacy with God and others. The workshop includes four presentations and the practice of Centering Prayer.
Please arrive by 8:45am.
For more information, please email Sr. Chris Machado at centeringprayer@hsrcenter.com
Register Online at www.hsrcenter.com by September 3rd with a non-refundable deposit of $10.00
(Image by Jay Castor, Unsplash)

Centering Prayer Silent Weekend Retreat
2025-09-12 17:00 - 2025-09-14 13:00 UTC | Saint Benedict Center, 1123 Road I, Schuyler, NE, 68661, United States
Nebraska Contemplative Outreach. Weekend Centering Prayer Silent Retreat
September 12-14, 2025 at Saint Benedict Center, Schuyler Nebraska
Contemplative retreats are one of the most wonderful ways to experience time with God in the present moment. Retreats give you time to spend being aware of God and enjoying God’s presence.
You are invited to gather with us for our fall retreat giving time to be present in the beauty of nature, prayer and solitude, and to be in a restorative community of silence and stillness.
We begin Friday, Sept. 12th at dinner time and conclude Sunday after the noon meal.
Registration includes: 2 nights in a private room, all meals, and programming.
Cost $340.00. Registration closes August 29th, 2025. Website: nebraskacontemplativeoutreach.org
Saint Benedict Center is a beautiful location (5 miles north of Schuyler NE) that provides walking paths, Stations of the Cross, a labyrinth, hotel-like accommodations and delicious food service. Everything is provided so all you need to do is come with the intention to sit with God and our community and let God do the healing work within.
Registration:
~Paying through PayPal: Submit payment and send an email to cathy.c@cox.net with the following information: name, address, phone, and email.
~Paying by check: Send a check ($315. which is minus the processing fee) to Nebraska Contemplative Outreach. In care of: Cathy Mann Christiansen 8415 North 52nd Ave, Omaha NE 68152. Email Cathy when check is sent, include information listed above. Payment must be received by August 29th, 2025.

Centering Prayer Workshop Presenter Formation - via Zoom
2025-09-13 | Internet – Online
This ZOOM event, facilitated by Contemplative Outreach Atlanta (COA), will offer participants an opportunity to be formed as commissioned presenters of the Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop. Working with a notebook of materials, each participant will have ample opportunity to learn the content of the Introductory Workshop and to practice presenting the content to others, with supportive feedback and guidance.
All participants must complete an application prior to registration for this event. To receive an application please contact Joanna Brunson joanna@contemplativeoutreachatlanta.com
The training will take place on two Saturdays: September 13, 2025 and September 27 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Eastern Time. There will an intro meeting on September 4 at 7:00 pm Eastern and a follow up meeting on September 30 at 7:00 pm Eastern.

Autumn Silent Saturday
2025-09-13 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | Holy Spirit Retreat Center, 4316 Lanai Road, Encino, CA, 91436, United States
As autumn approaches, join us for a quiet morning of Centering Prayer and silence. This day is open to beginners as well as those experienced in contemplative prayer or silent meditation. The day provides time for communal Centering Prayer, contemplative walks, private journaling and reflection, and ends with a period of Lectio Divina. All are welcome. A brief introduction to Centering Prayer will be offered for those new to the practice.
Please arrive at 8:45am.
Facilitators: Sr. Chris Machado, SSS, and Silent Saturday Centering Prayer Team
A free will offering is gratefully appreciated.
Registration online at www.hsrcenter.com is appreciated but not required.
For more information, please email Sr. Chris at centeringprayer@hsrcenter.com
(Image by Simon Berger, Unsplash)

Four Day Centering Prayer Retreat
2025-09-15 15:00 - 2025-09-18 11:00 UTC | Lutheridge Camp and Conference Center, 2049 Upper Laurel Dr, Arden, NC, 28704, United States
Join us for a time in community for sharing Centering Prayer, the teachings of Thomas Keating, Lectio Divina, the Great Silence and the beauty of the western North Carolina mountains.
For more information and registration, go to https://centersw.org/programs/4-days-of-contemplation-in-community

The Way of the Heart: InterSpiritual Wisdom and Invitation for Living in Difficult Times
2025-09-20 08:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, 6107, United States
Awakening the heart and experiencing life through the heart center can impact how we live and respond to our current times. For centuries, Christian, Jewish, Sufi and Hindu mystics have been drawn to the heart as our primary source of spiritual perception and connection to wholeness and relationship. Fr. Matthew Wright will weave together teaching and practice from different paths and share inspirations for living in today’s challenging times. The rhythm of teaching, meditation, chanting, and embodiment practices will enrich our ability to be present to these times.
This event includes sessions of Centering Prayer.
Please see the link below for more information and to register.

​Meeting God in the Silence: An Introduction to Centering Prayer
2025-09-20 09:00 - 13:00 UTC | Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, 3601 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
Do you have questions about Centering Prayer and whether it is the right practice for you? Are you ready to begin a practice but need help getting started? Are you interested in deepening your current practice and would like a refresher and connection with other practitioners? Join us to learn more about consenting to the presence of God through the practice of Centering Prayer. Let praying without words, in deep silence and openness, bring you to a more complete awareness of the Divine Indwelling.
This retreat follows the international Contemplative Outreach Ltd. approach, combining short presentations, two Centering Prayer practice sessions, and ample time for questions and discussion. It is open to anyone, whether you have a longtime Centering Prayer practice or have never tried this form of prayer. There’s enrichment and insight for everyone.
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Please use the address shown below for your GPS. It is different from the street address. Ample parking is available on-site.​
Your registration fee includes snacks and coffee, tea, and water. We’ll have vegan and gluten-free options.
Please see the link below to register.

The Enneagram - a Christian Wisdom Approach
2025-09-20 09:30 - 15:30 (America/Halifax) | St Paul’s Episcopal Church, 127 Summer Street, Lynnfield, MA, 01940, United States
From a Wisdom perspective, the overarching message of Jesus’ teaching is the transformation of our ordinary ego-driven consciousness. In the scriptures, this is spoken of as stepping into the larger mind, or putting on the mind of Christ. The Enneagram is a tool based on ancient wisdom that can help us to see the contours of ego — appreciating the strengths and limitations of personality as well as revealing the path for growth and transformation. Through a balance of
teaching and practice, this retreat will explore structures of personality that make up the nine different points of the Enneagram. With a greater understanding of how these structures work, participants will be able to approach the Enneagram as a tool for the transformation of consciousness that Jesus calls us to — a tool that includes and goes beyond the descriptions of the nine types.
The program includes sessions of Centering Prayer.
Henry Schoenfield is a member of the service team for Contemplative Outreach of Boston and a board member and senior student in Cynthia Bourgeault’s Wisdom network, Wisdom Waypoints. He has studied the Enneagram of personality with Russ Hudson among other teachers and is certified in the Integrative
Enneagram assessment tool (iEQ9). He is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, a spiritual director, certified professional coach, and retreat and workshop facilitator.
To register, email: info@henryschoenfield.com

Six-day Post Incarceration Centering Prayer Retreat
2025-09-24 - 2025-09-30 | Sacred Heart Jesuit Retreat Center, 4801 North Highway 67, Sedalia, CO, 80135, United States
Contemplative Outreach Prison Outreach Service Team (COPOST) is partnering with Prison Contemplative Fellowship (PCF) in offering a six-day intensive Centering Prayer retreat in September 2025 in Colorado for those affected by incarceration.
To attend it is advised that the participant have a six month or longer practice. Financial support is available.
You may find a brochure about the retreat here.
The first step is to express interest in the retreat and/or in requesting financial help to attend is to text or call +1 (850) 296-8420 or email hello@praestolari.org

God is Love – The Heart of All Creation - via Zoom
2025-09-25 18:15 - 20:30 UTC | Internet – Online
God is Love: The Heart of All Creation Series continues and builds on the works of Thomas Keating over the past 30+ years, beginning with the Spiritual Journey series. It offers a vision of hope and a view of reality that at once integrates the sciences, religion and humankind’s place in the cosmos as divine in origin, unifying in purpose, unfolding in its grandeur.
This nine-week God is Love video series is Fr. Thomas Keating’s latest in the Spiritual Journey Series. It is a masterful overview of how we can grow and deepen our relationship with God and how God manifests through us. The presentations both motivate and inspire us to be faithful to the Centering Prayer practice.
Thomas also shares how God invites us to draw closer to Him and to allow God to transform us through Centering Prayer. This is a “must attend” series, especially for those who have been doing the practice for some time. Class session will begin with 20 minutes of Centering Prayer.
This is a nine-week class, offered on Thursday evenings, September 25 – November 20, 2025
Times listed are Mountain time (Denver, CO)
Click the website link below to learn more and register. Scholarships are available.

Introduction to Centering Prayer in German Language – Stille finden mitten im Leben
2025-09-27 10:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Berlin)
In den 70er Jahren begannen Thomas Keating und andere den Reichtum der christlichen, stillen Meditationspraxis (Kontemplation) wiederzuentdecken. Aus diesen Anfängen ist eine Praxis entstanden, die inzwischen weltweit verbreitet ist und das Gebet der Sammlung (Englisch: Centering Prayer) genannt wird.
Die praktizierte Stille tut einfach gut und kann heilsam wirken.
In diesem Workshop wird das wortlose Gebet der Sammlung (Centering Prayer), einer modernen Form des Herzensgebets, anhand vier einfacher Schritte vorgestellt und eingeübt.
Neben der Einführung in die Methode gibt es die Gelegenheit Fragen und Austausch. Ein Anfang, um “beherzt” dem modernen Leben zu begegnen.
Der Kurs ist kostenlos.
27.9.2025 in Berlin Steglitz (Paulus-Gemeinde Lichterfelde), 10-14:00 Uhr.
Veranstaltungsort: Dorfkirche der Paulus Gemeinde Berlin Steglitz-Lichterfelde, Hindenburgdamm 101a, 12203 Berlin.
