Contemplative Outreach, Ltd.

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
2025-08-13 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 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.

Going Inward: Autumn Rest and Renewal–An Intensive/Post-Intensive 8-Day Centering Prayer Retreat
2025-09-27 11:00 - 2025-10-04 11:00 UTC | Benet House Retreat Center, 2208 88th Avenue W, Rock Island, IL, 61201, United States
This intensive/post-intensive retreat, hosted by Contemplative Outreach of Central Iowa, will consist of continuous periods of Centering Prayer from before sunrise until the dinner hour, with breaks for meals. Attendees may participate in as much prayer as they are called to. Short pauses for entering and leaving the silence will be offered every 30 minutes. This grand silence will be bracketed with teaching videos featuring Thomas Keating’s Spiritual Journey Series. Cost is $650*, which includes room with private bathroom facilities and all meals. A limited number of double occupancy rooms are available for $575.
The retreat will be held at the lovely Benet House Retreat Center at St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island, Illinois. Built in 2001 as a place apart to seek the Holy
One for persons of all faiths, Benet House offers a setting of peace, beauty and tranquility.
Veteran retreat leaders Chris Frantsvog and Paul Witmer look forward to hosting you for this journey into deep silence.
*The cost of this retreat has been lowered by $200 per participant through a grant from the Contemplative Outreach Divine Economy Fund.

Eight-Day Centering Prayer Dual Track Intensive/Post-Intensive Retreat
2025-09-27 14:00 - 2025-10-04 13:30 (America/New_York) | Holy Cross Monastery – New York, 1615 Route 9W, West Park, NY, 12493, United States
The eight-day Centering Prayer dual track intensive/post intensive retreat offered from Saturday, September 27 to Saturday, October 4, 2025, provides an opportunity to deepen the practice of Centering Prayer in an atmosphere of profound silence and community support. The intensive track will follow the Contemplative Outreach guidelines for an intensive retreat including six 30-minute Centering Prayer periods daily plus viewing and faith sharing on Thomas Keating’s human condition teachings. The post Intensive track provides an additional 30 minutes of Centering Prayer with time for daily solitude.
Retreat leaders: Leslee Anne Terpay and Br. Bernard Delcourt are available for soul-friending. During the retreat, one will experience integrating as one wishes contemplation and action through silence, solitude, community and the rhythm of this Episcopal Benedictine monastic community’s worship and prayer life including daily Holy Eucharist. An established practice of Centering Prayer for at least 6-months is highly recommended.
Check-in is from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Saturday. Vespers begin at 5:00. Dinner then follows. Orientation begins at 6:45. The retreat concludes with lunch on Saturday. (Daily Holy Eucharist is available at 9:00 a.m.).
Cost for the retreat is $1,000. The retreat fee includes a single room and all meals. Shared single occupancy bathrooms in the hallways. Register by e-mail or phone with our Guesthouse Manager, Donna Mallory at 845-384-6660 ext 1 or at guesthouse@hcmnet.org.
If you have questions about the retreat content or which track is best for you, please contact retreat leader: Leslee Terpay at co-leslee@comcast.net.
Leslee Anne Terpay is a Contemplative Outreach commissioned presenter of Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina, Leslee shares Fr. Thomas Keating’s teachings on the Christian spiritual journey in workshop and retreat settings. She is part of the service team that stewards Fr. Thomas’ teaching for serving Centering Prayer retreats. She is a spiritual director in Lone Tree, Colorado and a graduate of The Center for Action and Contemplation Living School
Br. Bernard Delcourt, is the Director of Associates of Holy Cross Monastery. Br. Bernard is a Contemplative Outreach commissioned presenter. Bernard has been a monk since 2004. Before becoming a monk, he was an investment banker and then a life and business skills coach. He is a spiritual director and regularly visits seminarians in New Haven to offer them spiritual direction.

BIPOC Centering Prayer Retreat 2025
2025-09-29 08:00 - 2025-10-02 17:00 UTC | Trinity Retreat Center, 79 Lower River Road, West Cornwall, CT, 06796, United States
A 5-day Centering Prayer retreat designed for and by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color – which includes Latinx and Asian) contemplatives. We gather to practice Centering Prayer, participate in facilitated dialogue about the changing needs of contemplatives in relation to the BIPOC community, and nurture and support BIPOC Centering and contemplative prayer retreat leaders within the Contemplative Outreach and the larger Christian contemplative prayer community.
Our shared intention is to reclaim and reimagine contemplative prayer and teaching through an ethnically inclusive lens and form a contemplative prayer retreat model more culturally sensitive to and inclusive of BIPOC persons’ unique needs and perspectives.

Introduction to the Forgiveness Prayer
2025-10-03 - 2025-10-05 | Congregation of the Holy Spirit Province of the United States, Spiritan Center, 6230 Brush Run Road, PA, 15102, United States
Contemplative Outreach Pittsburgh invites you to join us as we explore forgiveness through a contemplative lens. Featuring Mary Dwyer as presenter, we will explore both the Forgiveness Process and Forgiveness Prayer while steeped in silence and Centering Prayer (with extended sits). Prior Centering Prayer experience recommended.
Location: Spiritan Retreat Center located south of the city of Pittsburgh in Bethel Park.
Please register using the link below or at https://www.pghcenteringprayer.org/ .

A Morning of Peace and Refreshment - via Zoom
2025-10-04 08:45 - 11:45 (America/Denver) | Internet – Online
In this mini retreat let the Holy Spirit fill you with the peace that passes all understanding as you rest in periods of silent prayer, contemplative breaks ending with lectio divina. (Phil 4:7)
There is no fee for this event, but a donation to Contemplative Outreach, Ltd., is greatly appreciated.
If you are new to a silent practice of prayer, please review beforehand the Centering Prayer brochure from Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. There will be no teaching of the method during the retreat.
Times listed are Pacific Daylight Time.

A Wisdom School on Wisdom Rhythms & Relationships with Heather Ruce
2025-10-05 17:00 - 2025-10-09 12:00 UTC | Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre, 1159 Passchendaele Road, Sorrento, British Columbia, V0E 2W0, Canada
Online and In-Person at Sorrento Centre, British Columbia, Canada.
October 5th (5 pm) – October 9th (12 noon), 2025 (Pacific Time).
In any moment, regardless of how significant or insignificant it may seem, we can offer ourselves as instruments, vessels, means by which worlds beyond can enter into this world, which has often been termed by several traditions ‘mixtus orbis.’ Wisdom teacher Cynthia Bourgeault often reminds us that this world’s dense conditions are not a mistake but a place where the rough material of our lives can be mixed with spiritual substances and nutrients from beyond and in so doing, something essential is created.
There is much to glean from the Wisdom lineages in every tradition, including Christianity, about waking up to a different reality and orienting our lives to something more than our everyday circumstances. In the case of the Christian Wisdom lineage, we can place our gaze towards the world beyond—kingdom of heaven, the imaginal realm—which is always in our midst when we have eyes to see and ears to hear. When we can attune ourselves to this dimension, we can begin to draw from an endless wellspring and be of service to God in our day to day lives and relationships. Drawing on the work of Cynthia Bourgeault, G.I. Gurdjieff, and others, this Wisdom School will focus on listening for the Wisdom rhythms that deepen presence in our three centres – intellectual, emotional, body – in order that we can perceive and act in accordance with the higher laws of the kingdom of heaven in cosmic servanthood and in particular in conscious relationships.
Join us in person or online at the Sorrento Centre. There will be an invitation to a ‘Wisdom way of knowing’ through a daily rhythm with periods of silence, centring prayer, teaching, conscious conversation, Gurdjieff Exercises and Movements, chanting, mindful work, lectio divina, and contemplative reflective time.
On-site participants must register for both:
1) flexible and affordable accommodation and meal plans at Sorrento Centre, and
2) the program taught by Heather Ruce as organised by TCS.
Costs vary depending on the in-person or online choices.
Offered by Heather Ruce.
Please see the link below to register.

9-Day Intensive, Advanced Intensive and Post-Intensive Retreat
2025-10-08 - 2025-10-16 | Mercy Center Auburn, 535 Sacramento Street, Auburn, CA, 95603, United States
This retreat offers three tracks simultaneously: Intensive I, Advanced Intensive and Post Intensive. See flyer for more information.
The Post Intensive retreat will be in a separate prayer room with a separate staff.
Pre-requisite:
A daily practice of centering prayer for 6 months or longer.
Rooms are single with a sink in the room; bathrooms are shared.

InterSpiritual Praxis in Community: Charis Meditation and Charis Circles
2025-10-11 08:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, 6107, United States
Charis Circles are small communities of interspiritual practice. We will introduce interspirituality and Charis Meditation, developed for interspiritual settings. The day is for those who embrace one religious tradition, more than one tradition, or are “spiritual but not religious.” As the Quaker Rufus Jones noted, “I pin my hopes to quiet processes and small circles, in which vital and transforming events take place.” Charis Circles embody this vision, where transformation and revelation within can unfold.
This event includes sessions of Centering Prayer along with others who may be practicing a different form of silent prayer.

A Weekend Centering Prayer Retreat
2025-10-17 12:00 - 2025-10-19 13:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | St. Vincent Seton Cove Spirituality Center, 2025 Dugan Drive, Indianapolis, 46260, United States
Centering Prayer is a receptive method of silent prayer in which we experience God’s presence within us, closer than breathing, closer than thinking, closer than
consciousness itself. This method of prayer is both a relationship with God and a discipline to foster that relationship. As one practices Centering Prayer with devotional sincerity and tries to respond to all situations within God’s will rather than through our own inclinations, we find ourselves being called on a journey of transformation. How does one respond to this call? What does this transformation involve? What does it look like in everyday life? These and related questions will be the theme of this weekend retreat.
There will be time for silence, lectio divina, videos with short discussions, and exploring the beauty of nature, all in the comfort and serenity of Seton Cove Spirituality Center.
Please see the link below to register.

Centering Prayer Weekend Retreat
2025-10-17 16:30 - 2025-10-19 13:00 UTC | Holy Spirit Retreat Center, 4316 Lanai Road, Encino, CA, 91436, United States
Topic: Fr. Thomas Keating and the Development of Christian Contemplative Prayer Practice
Presenter: Fr. Steve Coffey OSB Cam
On this weekend Centering Prayer Retreat, Fr. Steve will begin with the story of how Fr. Thomas developed his teaching on Centering Prayer. He will then examine the process of contemplative prayer that leads to union with the Divine. One presentation will be dedicated to a question-and-answer format.
We will be in silence for meals, breaks, and prayer time. Periods of Centering Prayer will be included in our time together. There will be discussion following each presentation. Soul-friending will also be available.
Pre-requisite: An established practice of Centering Prayer and a desire to grow in your contemplative practice.
Fee: $350.00 — all rooms are private. $250 Commuter
Registration online at www.hsrcenter.com by October 8th, with a non-refundable deposit of $50
For more information, please contact Sr. Chris at centeringprayer@hsrcenter.com or 818-815-4480
(Photo by Nabno Nabniok, Unsplash)

Unchanging – Awakening in the Flow of Hope (via Zoom)
2025-10-18 08:30 - 12:30 (America/Denver) | Internet – Online
We are living in turbulent times. In the churning, can you feel an anchor to something that is unchanging? Could it be a deep abiding hope? In this presentation, Rick Klein offers insight to a path out of the dualistic sociopolitical environments that keep us stuck.
How might I continue “Growing Up” on my spiritual journey?
Building on teachings from Cynthia Bourgeault, Richard Rohr, Thomas Keating and others, Rick believes the key to future spiritual growth—individually and collectively—begins with hope. Not the ordinary understanding of hope, but a deeper understanding: Contemplative Hope. As we awaken to the powerful presence of contemplative hope in our lives, we reveal the unchanging universal truths hidden in plain sight.
Join us as we explore how to weave the threads of universal truth into the fabric of our lives and open to the potential of a quantum leap in spiritual “growing up.” This collective leap is essential if we are to show up in new ways that can diffuse the anger and fear in our world.
We will begin this workshop with 20 minutes of Centering Prayer.
This presentation—Unchanging—grew out of Rick Klein’s February 2025 presentation, “Unfinished: A Spirituality of Change,” which explored Ken Wilber’s developmental “Growing Up” lens and left many of us wondering what is mine to do? In this new presentation, Rick continues the exploration of our collective and individual journeys. If you missed the Unfinished presentation, you will be able to watch the February recording as part of your registration for Unchanging. The recording is not necessary, however, as Unchanging is a unique presentation that builds on themes raised in the previous presentation.
Hope is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart; it transcends the world that is immediately experienced, and is anchored somewhere beyond its horizons.
—Václav Have
Time listed are Mountain daylight time.
Register using the Event Website link below.

The Healing of our Hearts — and our World
2025-10-18 09:45 - 15:00 UTC | St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 4755 North Peachtree Road, Dunwoody, GA, 30338, United States
Centering Prayer and the Healing of our Hearts — and our World
A Contemplative Outreach Retreat Day with Carl McColman.
This retreat day will include time for Centering Prayer, personal reflection, talks by our presenter, and opportunities for shared reflection and contemplative dialogue.
St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, Dunwoody, GA.

Contemplative Attitudes Centering Prayer Retreat
2025-10-22 17:30 - 2025-10-26 12:00 UTC | Bethany Retreat Center, 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville, PA, 16836, United States
This is an intensive Centering Prayer retreat based on the work of David Frenette in his seminal book, The Path of Centering Prayer, hailed by Fr. Thomas Keating as, ‘The best, most comprehensive and most practical book on Centering Prayer.’
David Frenette is a leader and senior teacher in the Centering prayer movement, a longtime student and friend of Fr. Thomas Keating. On this silent retreat we will explore the simple contemplative attitudes common to every way of Christian contemplation, some of which include: Simplicity and Awakening, Gentleness and Effortlessness, Letting Go and Letting Be, among others.
An established practice of Centering Prayer is required to attend this retreat as we will be sitting in Centering Prayer for several hours each day.
Retreat includes on-site lodging, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Please see the link below to register.
