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9-Day Centering Prayer Retreat: Intensives I, II, and Post
Jesuit Retreat Center 5629 State Rd, Parma, United StatesSEPTEMBER 9-17, 2026 This retreat offers an in-depth experience of silent prayer for those who already have an established practice of Centering Prayer of 6 months or more. It is an opportunity for deeper union with God through communal sharing of silence and stillness. This retreat offers three tracks simultaneously: Intensive I, Intensive II,
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Saint Hildegard of Bingen: Bringing the Fruits of the Holy Spirit into our Lives
St. Paul of the Cross Retreat Center 148 Monastery Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThe Retreat offers: • Dr. Susan Muto presenting two conferences on St. Hildegard’s life and teachings, the fruits of the Holy Spirit and contemplative service, with opportunity for questions and sharing • Quiet time to pray, reflect, and just to be • Centering Prayer as a group throughout the day • Time and space away
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Eight Day Centering Prayer Dual Track Intensive/Post Intensive Retreat
Holy Cross Monastery - New York 1615 Route 9W, West Park, NY, United StatesThe Eight-Day Centering Prayer Dual Track Intensive / Post Intensive Retreat offered from Friday, September 11 – Friday, September 18, 2026, 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
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Centering Prayer Weekend Retreat
Bethany Retreat Center 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville, PA, United StatesJoin Sr. Ruth Ann for our new Centering Prayer Series, offered every other month. This ongoing retreat invites you to broaden and deepen your Centering Prayer practice in a warm and welcoming environment. Come once or come to them all—each session stands on its own while also supporting a growing contemplative rhythm. Together, we’ll explore
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Introduction to Centering Prayer
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
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8-day Centering Prayer Intensive and Post-Intensive retreat
Creighton University Retreat Center 16493 Contrail Ave, Griswold, IA, United StatesSouth Dakota and Nebraska Contemplative Outreach invite you to an 8-day Centering Prayer Retreat September 13 -20, 2026 Creighton Retreat Center, located 45 minutes from Omaha, NE near Griswold, IA, is a beautiful location, among the trees with comfortable accommodations, delicious meals, trails, and a labyrinth. The retreat will offer two tracks. If this is
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Contemplative Attitudes
Bethany Retreat Center 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville, PA, United StatesThis 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
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God is All and All – The Evolution of the Contemplative Christian Spiritual Journey (via Zoom)
Internet - OnlineThe book God is All in All: The Evolution of the Contemplative Christian Spiritual Journey is an edited transcript of a talk Father Thomas Keating presented at Snowmass, Colorado, at the 2012 Annual Conference of Contemplative Outreach. In 2018, Father Thomas gave permission for three of his friends and companions on his journey, Father Carl
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Introduction to Centering Prayer retreat weekend
Monestary of St. Gertrude 465 Keuterville Road, Cottonwood, IDSt. Benedict frequently unites silence and prayer in the work of seeking God. Centering Prayer is one of several prayer practices that flow out of Benedictine Life. Thomas Merton describes Centering Prayer as “a ‘return to the heart,’ finding one’s deepest center, awakening the profound depths of our being in the presence of God.” The
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Contemplative Living I: Contemplative Practices in Daily Life – via Zoom
Internet - OnlineThis 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
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Silent Retreat
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd 533 East Main Street, Lexington, KY, United StatesIn a world that never stops talking, give yourself the gift of silence. On Saturday, September 19, 2026, at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, join The Reverend Hendree Harrison and the Contemplative Worship team for a day of contemplative teaching and silence designed for your life. Attend one "movement" or stay for all four. It’s a
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Presenter Formation Retreat
Sophia Center, Atchinson KS 751 S 8th St, Atchison,KS, KS, United StatesThe Presenter Formation Team of Contemplative Outreach.org provides this retreat to offer participants the opportunity to become 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
$100.00
