Contemplative Outreach, Ltd.

Creating Self-Compassion Through Centering Prayer – via Zoom
2026-02-12 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | Internet – Online
Presented by Blair Ashby over six Thursday 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 since I began Centering Prayer.” Centering Prayer creates self-compassion because it requires us to learn and repeat the process of awareness (being present), acceptance, and letting go while consenting to the presence and action of the Divine within us.
What is happening in our brains biologically as we repeat this process of awareness, acceptance, and letting go? How does this process impact our mental and emotional well-being? The good news is when we do Centering Prayer, the work of the Spirit is teaching us self-compassion, and this class will help us understand some of the transformations enacted in this process. Finally, by aiding our developing awareness, acceptance, and letting go, the course will also offer us additional skills to increase compassion toward ourselves and others.
Over the six weeks, we will explore the physical changes Centering Prayer brings about in our brains. Then, we will explore the corresponding mental, emotional, and spiritual transformations resulting from those changes. Most importantly, in every class, we will practice those tools for creating self-compassion by discussing what we experience; we will learn from each other. Through this weekly repetition, participants will habituate new ways of caring for themselves. As we practice, our lives will feel more meaningful, grounded, and empowered to share ourselves in the world through God-given grace. This class will include session of Centering Prayer.
About Blair Ashby
In 1994, Contemplative Outreach International asked Blair to transfer the Christian Contemplative Heritage video series to audio cassettes. In the first fifteen minutes of the introductory tape, Fr. Thomas said so much about God and reality that Blair’s head exploded and unknowingly germinated a desire to experience and eventually teach this God-created reality. In 1997, Contemplative Outreach of Colorado asked Blair to record Fr. Thomas live, and Blair has been recording the annual conferences and fall retreats ever since. Through personal relationships with Fr. Thomas Keating and Fr. Tony D’Souza (Anthony DeMello’s apprentice), and the dozens of spiritual teachers he has recorded, Blair has gained deep contemplative insights. He has practiced Centering Prayer and self-compassion for the past twenty-eight years.
This is a six-week class, offered on Thursday mornings, October 9 – November 13, 2025
Times listed are mountain time (Denver, CO)
Click the website link below to learn more and register. Scholarships are available.

Centering Prayer Retreat
2026-02-10 14:00 - 2026-02-14 13:30 (America/New_York) | Holy Cross Monastery – New York, 1615 Route 9W, West Park, NY, 12493, United States
This retreat, offered from Tuesday, February 10 till Friday, February 13, 2026, at Holy Cross Monastery on the Hudson River in New York State, offers opportunities for both those new to the Centering Prayer and those who have an established practice. During the retreat, one will experience integrating contemplation and action through silence, solitude, community and the rhythm of this Episcopal Benedictine monastic community’s worship and prayer life.
The retreat offers two tracks. For those new to Centering Prayer, the basic essentials of the method and conceptual background of Centering Prayer will be presented. To those who have an established prayer practice, more time will be available to foster an ever-deepening level of interior silence and awareness of the presence of God in everyday life. This contemplative retreat welcomes both those new to and those comfortable with silence that have a yearning to rediscover this ancient prayer that prepares us to receive the gift of contemplation.
Check-in is from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday. Vespers begin at 5:00. Supper then follows. Orientation begins at 6:45. The retreat concludes with lunch on Friday. (Daily Holy Eucharist is available at 9:00 a.m.). The retreat concludes with noon meal on Friday.
Cost for the retreat is $445. The retreat fee includes a single room and all meals. Shared single occupancy bathrooms in the hallways.
To register, please contact our Guesthouse Office by phone at +1-845-384-6660, ext. 3002 or email guesthouse@hcmnet.org. The guesthouse office is open Tuesday through Friday.
If you have questions about the retreat content please contact retreat leader: Leslee Terpay at co-leslee@comcast.net.
As 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’s 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.

Centering Prayer Intensive & Post-Intensive Retreat
2026-02-09 16:00 - 2026-02-15 13:00 UTC | Knobs Haven Retreat Center, 515 Nerinx Road, Nerinx, KY, 40049, United States
An opportunity to deepen the practice of Centering Prayer in an atmosphere of silence and solitude within community.
There are two tracks:

The Intensive – for anyone who hasn’t been on a Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat, includes video presentations by Fr. Thomas Keating;
The Post-Intensive, for those who have previously attended an Intensive, offers a deeper silence.

Please see the link below for more information and to register.

Silence that Connects the World – Session 1 (via Zoom)
2026-02-07 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Paris) | Internet – Online
Session 1. Consent to God’s Presence
Theme: The heart of Centering Prayer is consent — letting go and allowing God’s presence and action within.
“Centering prayer is not so much an exercise of attention as intention. Our intention is to be present to God’s presence and actions in our lives.”
— Thomas Keating
Step into Stillness
Pause from the noise of daily life and reconnect with the divine presence within. Join us for an online gathering of centering prayer practitioners—a simple yet profound space for silence, reflection, and shared practice within a global community. Together, we’ll explore stillness, presence, and the richness of the practice in community.
What to Expect
Shared silence and practice
Brief teaching and reflection
Small-group sharing
Encouragement in the contemplative path
2:00-3:30pm UTC +1 (8am Eastern Time).
Please see the link below to register and obtain the Zoom link.
This is the first of six sessions:
1. Consent to God’s Presence – 7 Feb 2026
2. The Fruits of Silence – 11 Apr 2026
3. Letting Go of Thoughts – 6 Jun 2026
4. Living the Contemplative Path – 18 Jul 2026
5. Embracing Vulnerability – 5 Sep 2026
6. Healing Presence in the World – 14 Nov 2026

12 Step Spirituality monthly in-person meeting, Minneapolis, MN
2026-02-07 09:30 - 12:00 (America/Chicago), 2026-01-03 09:30 - 12:00 UTC | 1st Universalist Church, 3400 Dupont Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
12StepSpirituality.org hosts an in-person meeting on the first Saturday of the month, October through May, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The meeting focuses on the 11th Step, using Centering Prayer meditation to open us to the presence and action of our own Higher Power. The meeting starts with Welcoming Prayer, a speaker sharing briefly on various topics, a 20-minute sit of Centering Prayer (teaching Centering Prayer to newcomers as needed), small group breakouts, and large group discussion.
There is also a zoom meeting which occurs every Saturday morning.
In-Person:
1st Saturdays, October through May
9:30 AM – 12:00 Noon Central Time
1st Universalist Church
Social Hall
3400 Dupont Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Mailing list and questions: 12StepCP@gmail.com

12-step Spirituality - weekly meeting via Zoom
2026-02-07 09:30 - 10:45, 2026-01-03 09:30 - 10:45, 2025-12-27 09:30 - 10:45 (America/Chicago) | Internet – Online
12StepSpirituality.org hosts a weekly zoom meeting (11th Step) using the practices of Centering Prayer and Welcoming Prayer. The meeting starts with Welcoming Prayer, a speaker sharing briefly on how Centering Prayer has impacted their life, a 20-minute sit of Centering Prayer (with teaching Centering Prayer to newcomers as needed), small group breakouts, and the practice of Grateful Heart.
This zoom meeting occurs on Saturdays from 9:30am to 10:45am Central Time (every week).
The zoom link is: https://tinyurl.com/2p9b4k9r
Meeting ID: 891 6056 9630
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Love is Love is Love Visio Divina Online Half-Day Welcoming prayer – Centering Prayer: mini-retreat (1st Saturday of every month)
2026-02-07 09:00 - 11:30 UTC | Internet – Online
Online Half Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat via Hawaiʻi (1st Saturday of every month)
@ 9:00 am – 11:30 am UTC-10
FREE
First Saturdays online retreats are a special time where we explore our Centering Prayer practice. We are looking forward to sharing Physio-Divina (Moving) practices, Visio-Divina (visual-Art) practices, Terra-Divna (Nature) Lectio-Divina (Sacred Text) practices in addition to the Centering Prayer and Welcoming Prayer practice that are our foundation. Pulelehua, Liedeke, and Margie welcome who wish to join us.
We hope you will join us from wherever & whenever you are! Schedule in Hawai’i Time (UTC -10)
8:45am Room open to for early connections
9:00 Welcome and introductions
9:15 Centering Prayer Focus on Love
9:45 Welcoming Prayer Embodied Love
10:05 Centering Prayer
10:35 Break
10:45 Centering Prayer Love is love is Love Reflections
11:15-11:30 Closing prayer
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/92185854158?pwd=[REDACTED]
Zoom Meeting ID: 921 8585 4158 Passcode: [REDACTED]
Website: http://www.cohawaii.org
Phone (628) 400-2644
Email: cohawaii@gmail.com
All session are freely offered, donations are welcome, no registration is needed.

12-Step Spirituality - weekly Zoom meeting
2026-01-31 09:30 - 22:45, 2026-01-24 09:30 - 22:45, 2026-01-17 09:30 - 22:45, 2026-01-10 09:30 - 22:45, 2025-12-20 09:30 - 22:45, 2025-12-13 09:30 - 22:45 (America/Chicago) | Internet – Online

Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop
2026-01-24 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 are open to this gift, it will profoundly affect our lives and relationship with 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 contact Sr. Chris at 818-815-4480 or centeringprayer@hsrcenter.com
Register at www.hsrcenter.com by January 21st with a non-refundable deposit of $10.00
)Photo by Juan Davila, Unsplash)

God in the Cosmos: How Hildegard of Bingen and Teilhard de Chardin Invite Us into the Sacred
2026-01-24 08:30 - 16:30 UTC | Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, 6107, United States
In order to expand our vision of God, we explore the lives and spirituality of two extraordinary mystical scientists, Hildegard of Bingen and Teilhard de Chardin. These mystics radically lived their experience of Divine Presence in and through creation. Born centuries apart, they were mystics with a cosmic vision as well as scientists who seamlessly wove together their faith with the science of their time, creating powerful visions of the universe. This day includes “Eco-Divina”, a practice contemplating the deep interconnection of all being.
This event also includes sessions of Centering Prayer.
Please see the link below for more information and to register.

Centering Prayer Summit via Zoom: "Learning to See in the Dark"
2026-01-24 08:00 - 2026-01-25 17:00 UTC | Internet – Online
Learning to See in the Dark
A 2-day Journey of Opening to Mystical Hope in a Collective Dark Night

What if the darkness we face—alone and together—helps us uncover the hope already within us?
In a time when uncertainty, division, and collective weariness touch nearly every soul, many of us find ourselves navigating both personal shadows and a world that feels increasingly dim. Yet the contemplative path reminds us that even in the darkest places, something tender and resilient is already at work within us.
This year’s 5th Annual Centering Prayer Summit offers a sacred space to meet this moment with honesty and openness. Together we will explore how the dark night—both personal & collective—can become a place of awakening rather than despair, a place where the deeper Light that has never stopped shining, begins to make itself known.
Through shared stillness, in-depth teaching, and real-time interaction, you’ll experience how Centering Prayer opens us to the quiet hope already alive within: a hope not dependent on circumstances, but rooted in the Presence that holds us all.

For more information, schedule and to register, please see the link below.

Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop - via Zoom
2026-01-17 12:30 - 15:30 (Europe/Helsinki) | 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 see the link below for more information and to register.
12:30-3:30pm CET (UTC +2)

Introduction to the Welcoming Prayer – via Zoom
2026-01-17 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | Internet – Online
“Martha, Martha, you are worried and anxious about many things … but one thing is needful.”
-Luke 10:42
The Mary and Martha story is an example of the focus we can bring to everyday life activities. As the Welcoming Prayer 40-day practice booklet reminds us: “To assist this process, we need complementary practices. Centering Prayer teaches us consenting in stillness; the Welcoming Prayer practice teaches us consenting in activity.”
“The Welcoming Prayer practice is a way of letting go into the present moment in the ordinary routines of daily life. It is used when your needs for security, affection and control are frustrated or gratified and cause emotional reactions. It is a way of turning everything over to God …” Thomas Keating, Open Mind, Open Heart
The presenters are part of the community of the Center for Contemplative Living in Denver CO. Over the years they have been blessed through the presence and teachings of Thomas Keating OCSO, and Mary Mrozowski as well as many other spiritual leaders.
We hope to see you at our workshop. May you be open to including the Welcoming Prayer in your invitation to the Holy Spirit to extend the walls of your inner room to all of life.
Time listed is Mountain Daylight Time (Denver, Colorado)
Click the website link below to register.

Basic Centering Prayer
2026-01-12 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Internet – Online
If you enjoyed the Introductory Workshop and want to make Centering Prayer a daily practice, this six-week basic course is the next step. Each week, you will view a video-recorded talk on the Spiritual Journey by Fr. Thomas Keating, followed by group discussion.
The course will cover:
Prayer as relationship with God,
The four levels of scriptural experience,
Resting in God,
Centering Prayer as method and,
Progress in Centering Prayer.
Each week, we will begin with Centering Prayer. Your facilitators will provide an introduction to the topic for the week and we will watch the video (20 to 25 minutes) together. Then we will look over the questions to be discussed. Discussion will take place in the break-out groups and we will gather together once again to close out the class.
Time Listed are Mountain Time (Denver, Colorado)
Click the website link below to register. Scholarships are available.

Living Flame 1 Program – via Zoom
2026-01-10 11:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Internet – Online
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR LIVING FLAME 1 PROGRAM HAPPENING IN 2026
The first retreat day: January 10 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm and then each month on the dates shown below for the next six months.
Dates: 2026 – Jan. 10, Feb. 14, Mar. 14, Apr. 11, May 9, June 13, July 11
Time: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST (-5 UTC)
The Living Flame 1 Program is offered on Zoom for individuals, and small groups of six people or fewer who gather in-person. This program is hosted by Contemplative Outreach’s Living Flame Service Team.
LF 1 is open to everyone who has had a consistent daily Centering Prayer practice for a year or more and who has reflectively read Open Mind, Open Heart by Thomas Keating. This will support a more engaged participation and assimilation of the program content. Additional suggested resources are Keating’s Invitation to Love and Intimacy With God.
Living Flame is a seven-day in-depth spiritual formation program presented over seven months by commissioned presenters of Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. It’s designed to heighten the awareness of the dynamics of Centering Prayer in the context of the spiritual journey. Registration and participation in the program is a commitment to all seven sessions. Topics for the Living Flame Program are noted in the Living Flame brochure
Each retreat-like day is facilitated in a five-hour scheduled format which includes: two periods of Centering Prayer; two presentations with Q&A; small group sharing; silent breaks and time for a meal.

New Year Silent Saturday
2026-01-10 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | Holy Spirit Retreat Center, 4316 Lanai Road, Encino, CA, 91436, United States
Begin the new year by deepening your relationship with God. Join us for a quiet morning of Centering Prayer and silence. 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 by 8:45am.
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
(Photo by Simon Berger, Unsplash)

Introduction to Centering Prayer
2026-01-10 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | Online Zoom, Select a Country:
Are you looking for a way to explore or deepen your relationship with God?
In our introductory workshop to Centering Prayer, you will discover a centuries-old prayer method. Centering Prayer consists of simply sitting in silence with God—beyond thoughts, words, and emotions—and opening our mind, heart and whole being to the Ultimate Mystery.
In this workshop, you will learn the basics of Centering Prayer, experience it in a guided setting, and be able to ask questions and share experiences with the presenter and your fellow initiates.
Centering Prayer is based on a Christian contemplative practice first described in The Cloud of Unknowing, written in the latter half of the 14th Century. It calls one to abandon any consideration of God’s attributes and actions, and to surrender to The Creator’s influence in our lives.
It is a very personal prayer practice but is also practiced in groups. It opens one to God’s infinite love and power to heal, and opens the door to other related prayer practices around forgiveness, and dealing with painful situations and emotions.
Time listed for the workshop are Mountain Time.
Click on the link below to register.

Cynthia Bourgeault and David Frenette in Dialogue (via Zoom)
2026-01-09 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Internet – Online
Cynthia Bourgeault and David Frenette in Dialogue
Friday January 9, 2026
1-2pm Eastern Time (6pm GMT, noon CT, 11am MT, 10am PT) via Zoom
Free; $25 suggested donation
This event will be recorded
In this hour-long Zoom conversation, Cynthia and David will discuss Father Thomas Keating’s non-dual teachings on unity consciousness, exploring how they can deepen our practice of Centering Prayer and enhance our lives. This is a rare opportunity to experience these two wise teachers and longtime friends of Fr. Keating in lively conversation. Time will be provided for some questions.
Please register below for the Zoom link. Donations of any size are greatly appreciated.
Cynthia and David will also be offering an in-person retreat at the Garrison Institute in March. For more information, go here.
About Cynthia Bourgeault

Cynthia is a modern-day mystic, Episcopal priest, and theologian. She divides her time between solitude at her seaside hermitage in Maine and traveling globally to promote the rediscovery of the Christian contemplative path. She is a core faculty member emerita at the Center for Action and Contemplation and founding director of an international network of Wisdom Schools. Cynthia’s articles and essays have appeared in many journals and publications, and she is the author of numerous books, including Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, Eye of the Heart, The Wisdom Jesus, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene, The Holy Trinity and the Law of Three, and The Heart of Centering Prayer. You can find out more about her teachings and events at wisdomwaypoints.org and cynthiabourgeault.org

About David Frenette
David Frenette is author of The Path of Centering Prayer: Deepening Your Experience of God, and a spiritual director/transpersonal counselor (now retired). He studied and worked closely with Father Thomas Keating for 35 years, and co-founded and co-led Chrysalis House, a Christian contemplative retreat community under Fr. Keating’s guidance. David has led Centering Prayer retreats at leading venues across the country, served as a trustee of Contemplative Outreach, on the faculty of Naropa University, and was involved with the founding of Ken Wilber’s Integral Institute. More info and teachings can be found at www.davidfrenette.com/.

Heartfulness: Transformation in Christ – via Zoom
2026-01-08 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Internet – Online
Heartfulness is the sixth in a series of eight courses in the Spiritual Journey Series. In this series Fr. Thomas guides the listener toward an understanding of the contemplative dimension of the Gospel and its extraordinary implications and applications for personal freedom and global peace. Fr. Thomas calls this the journey of heartfulness, and says that Centering Prayer might be thought of as heartfulness. Centering Prayer as contemplative prayer is a reflection on the mysteries of faith that has been digested and reflected upon and expressed in acts of love until it has simplified into a movement of the will that is becoming quasi-permanent – a way of occupying the mind and transferring it to the heart so that with practice it becomes more “heartfulness” than “mindfulness”.
This is a nine-week course officially starting on Thursday, January 9 2025, at 6:30 pm Mountain Time.
A wide range of topics is covered in this course. The topics for each week are:
Week 1 – The Pursuit of Happiness
Week 2 – The Human Condition
Week 3 – Centering Prayer
Week 4 – Sin
Week 5 – Suffering
Week 6 – Redemption
Week 7 – Love and The Trinity
Week 8 – Divine Indwelling
Week 9 – Divine Transformation
Each week, we will begin with Centering Prayer. Your facilitators will provide an introduction to the topic for the week and we will watch the video (20 to 25 minutes) together. Then we will take a break and you will look over the questions to be discussed in the break-out groups. Discussion will take place in the break-out groups and we will gather together once again to close out the class.
Time Listed are Mountain Time (Denver, Colorado)
Click the website link below to register. Scholarships are available.

From Eclipse (False Self) to Essence (True Self) - via Zoom
2026-01-04 18:00 - 2026-01-09 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Internet – Online
A 6-day contemplative retreat with Centering Prayer and the Enneagram.
Invitation
At times, our protective patterns drift across the heart like the moon across the sun. The light isn’t gone—only veiled. Over six days we’ll pray and reflect with the Enneagram as a compass, learning to notice ego’s eclipses and to return—gently and steadily—to the radiance of the True Self in God.
What We’ll Explore
• Centering Prayer — resting, receiving, re-centering
• The Enneagram as Compass — reading patterns without shame; realigning with essence
• Living from Essence — courage, clarity, compassion in daily life
Core Practices
• Morning & evening Centering Prayer
• Enneagram reflection sessions (type structures, fixations, invitations to freedom)
• Journaling and spacious silence for integration
• Gentle small-group sharing (Circle-of-Trust posture: no fixing, deep listening)
• Optional one-on-one check-ins
Core Text (Single-Book Edition): The Wisdom of the Enneagram — Don Richard Riso & Russ Hudson
Daily Schedule Highlights (Pacific Time)
• Sunday Evening (Jan 4): Opening Session · 6:00 PM (PT)
• Monday–Thursday (Jan 5–8): 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM (PT)
– Morning: Centering Prayer and small-group reflections
– Afternoon: Contemplative practices, Enneagram teaching & inner work, restful intervals, and one-on-one meetings
• Friday Morning (Jan 9): Closing Integration & Prayer
– Final reflection and prayer; departure at 10:30 AM (PT)
Generosity-Based Contribution
Choose the contribution that fits your season. If you have more, your generosity opens a seat for another. If you have less, receive what you need with gratitude. No one is turned away for lack of funds.
• Overflow — $490 (helps seed scholarships)
• Sustain — $390 (covers program costs)
• Receive — $290 (community-supported rate)
If none of these fit, simply select “Pay what you can” on the registration form.
Registration
Register here: https://forms.gle/pbJrggXqE3BzW5zS7
(You’ll receive payment instructions after you submit.)
You’ll Take Away
• A lived map of Essence → True Personality → False Personality
• Ways to notice an “eclipse” in real time and re-center
• Contemplative tools for discernment, relationships, and work
• A kinder stance toward yourself and others
Who This Is For
Seekers, pastors, and spiritual companions drawn to contemplative practice who want to grow in self- and other-awareness—and live more freely from essence.

Epiphany Half Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat via Hawaiʻi (1st Saturday of every month)
2026-01-03 09:00 - 11:30 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Internet – Online
Online Half Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat via Hawaiʻi (1st Saturday of every month)
FREE
First Saturdays online retreats are a special time where we explore our Centering Prayer practice. We are looking forward to sharing Physio-Divina (Moving) practices, Visio-Divina (visual-Art) practices. Lectio-Divina (Sacred Text) practices in addition to the Centering Prayer and Welcoming Prayer practice that are our foundation. Pulelehua, Liedeke, and Margie welcome others if you are called to join us.
We hope you will join us from wherever & whenever you are! An approximate Schedule in Hawai’i Time (UTC -10)
8:45am Room open to for early connections
9:00 Welcome and introductions
9:15 Welcoming prayer
9:45 Centering prayer
10:15 Break
10:30 A centering Practice on Epiphany and Reflections
11:15-11:30 Closing Prayer
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/92185854158?pwd=[REDACTED]
Zoom Meeting ID: 921 8585 4158 Passcode: [REDACTED]
Website: http://www.cohawaii.org
Phone (628) 400-2644
Email: cohawaii@gmail.com
All sessions are freely offered, donations are welcome, no registration is needed.

Contemplative Living II: Daily Life as Prayer (Online)
2026-01-01 00:00 - 2026-01-26 23:59 UTC | Internet – Online
January – April 2026
Further enrich your contemplative living and embrace the practice of living each day as a form of prayer. In Contemplative Living I (CL I,) the focus was on deepening your interior prayer life, leading to the awareness of God’s presence in all that is. The interior life cultivated in CL I brings you to greater humility and vulnerability and lowers your defenses. You might think of it as standing naked before the God of Love.
In Contemplative Living II (CL II,) the focus shifts towards increased intentionality in how you are living your daily life. You likely have a better understanding of what blocks you in deepening your relationship with God, others, and even with yourself. You are now more capable of looking at your part in relationships and what gets in the way of being and becoming the person God created you to be. Building on the contemplative practice learned in CL I, in CL II you will assess where you are in your life and how you can make choices aligning with your authentic self.
Course Objectives
To deepen established daily practice of Centering Prayer
To integrate contemplative awareness into everyday activities and interactions
To foster contemplative sensibilities and a listening heart in decision-making in daily situations
To create contemplative Rule of of Life that supports ongoing transformation, making daily life as prayer
Please see the link below for more information and to register.
