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  • Before We Called God “God”

    "In the Presence of God there is neither male nor female, white nor black, Gentile nor Jew, Protestant nor Catholic, Hindu, Buddhist, nor Moslem, but a human spirit stripped to the literal substance of itself before God" —Howard Thurman Join this 1.5 hour workshop and explore: Centering Prayer as a direct path to Divine Presence

  • “We Are All One” – Retreat

    This 4-day online Centering Prayer retreat is for those who wish to strengthen and deepen their relationship with God and with all others. Thomas Merton, in his writings and conferences, assures us that "We are all one" . We just don't know it yet. During this time together, we will explore the implications of this

  • Lectio Divina Immersion Retreat

    REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON AUGUST 1st, 2020 Lectio Divina Immersion Weekend Retreat presented via Zoom-online platform Friday, August 7, 2020, 7:00 – 8:00 PM CDT Saturday, August 8, 2020, 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM CDT Presented by: The Contemplative Outreach Lectio Divina Service Team   This online retreat provides an opportunity to explore and deepen one’s individual practice of Lectio Divina

  • Lectio Divina Immersion and Presenter Training Zoom Retreat

    REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON AUGUST 1st, 2020 Immersion Retreat: Friday, August 7, 2020 7:00 – 8:00 PM CDT Saturday, August 8, 2020 8:30 AM - 4:00PM CDT Presenter Training: Saturday, August 8, 2020 4:15PM - 5:15PM To Register, go to: https://forms.gle/jjHAU9j3TqUgFMs86 For additional information contact: Nancy Stimac at prayereventswl@aol.com After registration expect two emails. One

  • Lectio Divina Formation Training

    Lectio Divina Presenter Training offered via Zoom online platform Saturday, August 8, 2020 @ 4:15 – 5:15 PM Central Daylight Time (Chicago) Offered in conjunction with the Lectio Divina Immersion Retreat.  At its conclusion, the Lectio Divina service team will offer presenter training for qualified participants. One must be a Contemplative Outreach commissioned presenter of Centering Prayer. To

  • Centering Prayer Retreat

    SAVE THE DATE: Centering Prayer Wisdom School (MORE INFORMATION SOON) August 12 - 17, 2020   Begins Wednesday at 6:00pm with dinner, concludes Monday at 4:00pm “Wisdom Schools are a format for integral learning that’s based in some of the deepest roots for transformation and change in the Christian tradition. Wisdom schools are about awakening the yearning for

  • Centering Prayer Weekend Retreat

    Touching Into the Sacred: A Contemplative Centering Prayer Weekend   "God of the silence: Calm and quiet my soul at the fount of your loving presence. In your silence, replenish me with a force for love..."                                      

  • Centering Prayer Post-Intensive Retreat

     GOD IS LOVE: THE HEART OF ALL CREATION THIS CENTERING PRAYER POST INTENSIVE RETREAT is based on the teachings of Fr. Thomas Keating from his retreat GOD IS LOVE.  This 8-day retreat is an opportunity for more extensive periods of Centering Prayer to deepen the personal practice of contemplative prayer.  The Post Intensive Retreat focuses more

  • Touching into the Sacred: A Contemplative Centering Prayer Weekend

    This weekend, anchored in silence and Centering Prayer, will offer opportunities to connect with ourselves, with God, and with others, surrounded by the summer beauty of the Connecticut shore. The schedule will include three Centering Prayer sessions, an overview of the practice, evening prayer, lectio divina, and other contemplative practices. Remaining hours are unscheduled for

  • ONLINE CENTERING PRAYER RETREAT – A Three-Day Intensive

    EXTENDING THE WALLS OF OUR INNER ROOM TO ALL OF LIFE This retreat will be an opportunity to complement our basic Centering Prayer practice with a deeper experiential understanding of the Active Prayer phrase, the Welcoming Prayer, Guard of the Heart and Presence Practice--thus extending the walls of our inner room to all of life.

  • Centering Prayer Post-Intensive Retreat

    Ten Day Post-Intensive Retreat August 21 - 30, 2020 Provides opportunity for intensive Centering Prayer, solitude and stilness in community.  Prior Centering Prayer retreat experience necessary. St. Lawrence Retreat Center, Beacon, NY Staff: Fr. Bill Sheehan, Therese Saulnier The St. Lawrence Retreat Center  is located on 25 beautiful acres in Beacon, NY, just one and

  • Resting in God: An Invitation to Centering Prayer

    “In returning and rest, you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” - Isaiah 30:15 St. Gregory the Great wrote that contemplation is like “resting in God.” In Centering Prayer, we’ve come to understand that “rest” is two-sided. First, we can find comfort and peace in the Silence of the