Contemplative Outreach, Ltd.

Grease Spot Theology: Living It Out in Everyday Life, with Mary Dwyer (via Zoom)
2025-12-04 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Internet – Online
Grease Spot Theology: Living It Out in Everyday Life
with Mary Dwyer
An entry into the Advent season
Thursday December 4 via Zoom
1-2pm ET (6pm GMT, noon CT, 11am MT, 10am PT)
free; suggested donation $25
Program description:
Our beloved teacher, Thomas Keating, was known to say, “If God were not animating us at every millisecond of our existence, we would be a grease spot!” What does this really mean? How do we live this amid the ordinary routines of daily life? How can we live into a reality that is larger, freer, and more hopeful than the psychological experience of this moment? Join us as we explore TK’s “Grease Spot Theology.”
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Mary Dwyer will explore how this understanding can be a radical and practical way to know God is with us as we move through our ordinary lives. It’s an invitation to practice the presence of God in each moment and know we are never alone, never separate from God. Mary will also relate this understanding to our practice of Centering Prayer and the Welcoming Prayer.
This is a timely practice for the Advent season – to know the Incarnation in us, as us.
There will be time to submit questions for Mary to address near the end of the hour. This event will also be recorded.
About Mary Dwyer
Mary Dwyer is a long-time student of Fr. Thomas Keating and has been practicing Centering Prayer since the 1980s. In the early 1990’s, she lived at Chrysalis House, a contemplative live-in community experiment blessed by Fr. Thomas in Warwick, New York. The community lived according to a rule of life, and became an incubator of practice and programs in the early years of Contemplative Outreach’s growth. It was her experience at Chyrsalis House – what she refers to as her “inpatient” or “residential treatment time” – that proved to her that a life of prayer, consent and practice is real, stable and deeply rewarding. Mary Mrozowski taught her that a devoted life of prayer was the real work of life; what we did the rest of the time was just how we made a living.
Mary is currently in private practice as a licensed clinical social worker in the Erie, Pennsylvania area. Mary devotes her time between private practice and giving retreats and workshops on behalf of Contemplative Outreach throughout the US and internationally.

12/4/2025 Grease Spot Theology: Living It Out in Everyday Life
a Zoom presentation with Mary Dwyer

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Virtual Silent Saturday Day of Prayer with Julie Saad - via Zoom
2025-12-06 08:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Internet – Online
Contemplative Outreach of Columbus is offering a Virtual Silent Saturday. A Silent Saturday provides a few hours that are set aside for Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina, spiritual teaching and reflection. “Come rest awhile with the Lord” in preparation for Christmas.
Embracing Darkness
Advent is a season of quiet and darkness where we wait with hopeful anticipation for the coming of the light of the world. We’ll explore how embracing darkness prepares us to embrace the peace, joy, and love we anticipate during this holy season. We’ll use some familiar contemplative practices and introduce some new practices for daily life that will help us manifest the fruits of the Spirit during this holy time of year. How can darkness be the place of receptivity to God coming to us as our lives?
Julie is the author of Contemplative Life: Discovering Our Path into the Heart of God. Julie practices and teaches Centering Prayer and the other contemplative practices outlined in the book. She has been a part of Contemplative Outreach since 1994. Currently, she teaches a contemplative living course through The Center for Lifelong Learning at Columbia Theological Center in Atlanta.
Expect that the day will begin at 8:30am and last until 2:30pm. EST
Register by sending an email to Bob Gorman at rbrtgorman@protonmail.com.
and a zoom link will be sent to you a few days in advance.

From the Heart of Yeshua: Following the Path of the Aramaic Jesus
2025-12-06 08:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, 6107, United States
Neil Douglas-Klotz, a renowned Aramaic Jesus scholar and teacher, dedicated over 40 years uncovering the original meanings of Jesus’s teachings and their modern relevance. His studies reveal deeper meanings and nuances grounded in the Aramaic language and worldview. This retreat, informed by Douglas-Klotz’s work, invites us to explore the living words of Jesus. We will journey from a deeper understanding of the heart of Jesus’ native language to experiencing his teachings with renewed depth, exploring how we might embody these teachings in our daily lives.
This event includes sessions of Centering Prayer.
Please see the link below for more information and to register.

Advent a time to immerse in Welcoming and Centering Prayer ONLINE
2025-12-06 09:00 - 11:30 UTC | Internet – Online
Advent is the focus for this 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-Divina (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 all who wish to join us.
Dates 2026( the zoom link is the same for all these dates): First Saturday
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 Welcoming/Centering Prayer
10:00 Break
10:10 Centering Prayer
10:40 Break
10:50 Lectio Divina and Reflections
11:15 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.

Centering Prayer: Lectio Divina and the Four Senses of Scripture
2025-12-09 14:00 - 2025-12-12 13:30 (America/New_York) | Holy Cross Monastery – New York, 1615 Route 9W, West Park, NY, 12493, United States
This praying Holy Scripture retreat offers Centering Prayer periods plus presentations based upon Fr. Thomas Keating’s teachings on the deepening levels of faith: the Four Senses of Scripture – literal, allegorical, behavioral/moral, and unitive senses. The presentations teach a contemplative way of listening to and reading Scripture known as the ancient monastic practice of Lectio Divina. During the retreat, one will experience the interplay of the silence of Centering Prayer and praying Holy Scripture combined with the rhythm of this Episcopal Benedictine monastic community’s worship and prayer life including Holy Eucharist. This contemplative retreat welcomes those comfortable with silence and yearning to learn this ancient way of praying rather than studying Holy Scripture.
Check-in is from 2:00 to 5:00 pm Tuesday. Vespers begins at 5:00. Supper then follows. Orientation begins at 6:45 pm. The retreat concludes with noon meal on Friday. (Daily Holy Eucharist is available at 9:00 a.m.). The suggested donation for the retreat is $430. The retreat fee includes a single room and all meals. Shared single occupancy bathrooms in the hallways.
Leslee Anne Terpay: As a Contemplative Outreach commissioned presenter of Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina, Leslee shares Fr. Thomas Keating’s teachings on the Christian spiritual journey to Love in workshop and retreat settings. She is part of the service teams that steward Fr. Thomas’s teaching for serving intensive retreats and Lectio Divina. She is a spiritual director in Lone Tree, Colorado and a graduate of The Center for Action and Contemplation Living School.
To register, please contact the Guesthouse Office by phone at 845-384-6660, ext. 3002 or email guesthouse@hcmnet.org.

Advent Silent Saturday
2025-12-13 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | Holy Spirit Retreat Center, 4316 Lanai Road, Encino, CA, 91436, United States
As we enter the season of Advent, join us for a quiet morning of Centering Prayer and silence. The 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.
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 Waldemar, Unsplash)

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.

Epiphany Half Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat via Hawaiʻi (1st Saturday of every month)
2026-01-04 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.

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)

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.

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)

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 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)

Love is Love is Love Terra Divina Online Half-Day Welcoming prayer – Centering Prayer: mini-retreat (1st Saturday of every month)
2026-02-01 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.

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.

3-Day Contemplative Retreat
2026-02-19 17:00 - 2026-02-22 14:00 (Europe/Paris) | Sacred Heart Monastery, Missiezusters Klooster, 20, Steyl, Venlo, 5935 BX, Netherlands
“In silence, God ceases to be an object and becomes an experience.”
— Thomas Merton
Sharing silent prayer in the context of a retreat offers a profound experience of soul-to-soul connection — with fellow practitioners and with all living beings.
This 4-day retreat is designed to nourish the soul’s deep longing for intimacy with God, inviting participants into a transformative journey through contemplation and the sacred practice of silence.
Held entirely in silence, the retreat includes:
Two daily input sessions to deepen understanding of the Centering Prayer method and reflect on the contemplative path;
Multiple periods of Centering Prayer each day;
Opportunities for soul sharing with the guide (if desired);
Personal time for reflection and journaling.
It is recommended that: Participants have attended either a weekend Centering Prayer retreat or a one-day introductory workshop and maintain some level of ongoing practice.
Please see the link below for more information and to register.

Anam Cara: Thomas Merton, and Pursuing Relationships That Enlighten Our Lives
2026-02-21 08:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, 6107, United States
Though Thomas Merton craved the solitude of a hermitage and the silence in which “God shines there and is immediately found,” his mysticism and writing life were deeply fed and influenced by special friendships that he developed both in person and through a prolific correspondence that connected him to writers and spiritual thinkers all over the world. Sophfronia Scott will discuss how we can find and nurture similar bonds today to the great benefit of our lives and work.
This event includes sessions of Centering Prayer.
For more information and to register, please see the link below.

Blooming in Centering Prayer with Visio Divina ONLINE
2026-03-01 09:00 - 11:30 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Internet – Online
Blooming in Centering Prayer with Visio Divina Online (1st Saturday of every month)
May 4 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am UTC-10
FREE
a half day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat via Hawaiʻi (1st Saturday of every month)
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-Divina (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 all who wish to join us.
Dates 2024 ( the zoom link is the same for all these dates): March 2, April 6, May 4, June 1, July 6, August 3, September 7, October 5, November 2, December 7
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
9:40 Break
9:45 Centering Prayer
10:10 Break
10:20 Visio Divina and Reflections
11:15 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.

9 Day Intensive I, Intensive II, and Post Intensive Retreat
2026-03-04 - 2026-03-12 | Mercy Center Auburn, 535 Sacramento Street, Auburn, CA, 95603, United States
This retreat offers three tracks simultaneously: Intensive I, Intensive II, and Post Intensive. See flyer for more information.
The Post Intensive retreat will be in a separate prayer room with separate staff.
Pre-requisite:
A daily practice of centering prayer for 6 months or longer.
Single rooms with a sink in the room. Shared bathrooms.

Introduction to Centering Prayer
2026-03-06 08:00 - 2026-03-08 17:00 UTC | Holy Cross Monastery – New York, 1615 Route 9W, West Park, NY, 12493, United States
Introduction to Centering Prayer in a retreat setting
March 6, 2026 – March 8, 2026
$310 overnight
$100 commuter
More info at: https://holycrossmonastery.com/event/introduction-to-centering-prayer-3/
To register, please contact our Guesthouse Office by phone at +1-845-384-6660, ext. 3002 or email guesthouse@hcmnet.org.

Learning and Opening to the Body’s Experience of Living in God
2026-03-06 15:00 - 2026-03-08 13:00 (America/New_York) | Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, 6107, United States
Jesuits, Fr. Edwin McMahon and Fr. Peter Campbell, incorporated the embodied practice of Focusing into the larger context of BioSpirituality. Their work allows us to know ourselves as parts of the greater Whole, the Body of Christ. This weekend opens us to experience BioSpiritual Focusing and explore, among other things, the embodied experience of grace and becoming a living expression of love. We’ll learn to reconnect to ourselves, one another, and to God, the Reality in whom we live and move and have our being.
This retreat includes sessions of Centering Prayer.
Please see the link below for more information and to register.

2026 United in Prayer Global Zoom Gathering
2026-03-06 19:00 - 2026-03-07 15:00 (America/New_York) | Internet – Online

Flowing Oneness: The Contemplative Vision of Thomas Keating
2026-03-18 - 2026-03-22 | Garrison Institute, 14 Mary's Way, Route 9D, Garrison, NY, 10524, United States
In this eagerly awaited Centering Prayer teaching retreat, Centering Prayer master teachers David Frenette and Cynthia Bourgeault once again team up to explore the late teachings of Fr. Thomas Keating and what they have to offer our own continuing spiritual evolution today.
As Thomas more and more fully embraced his nondual awakening, he began to write and see from a perspective rarely attained in the Christian mystical tradition, significantly “growing” the Christian spiritual roadmap in the direction of his signature brand of “flowing oneness.”
Through teaching, dialogue, guided meditations — and mostly through the practice of Centering Prayer itself — David and Cynthia will jointly explore how he charts this new course —and more important, how he has planted practical seeds to bring our practice of Centering Prayer to the next level.
Practicing Centering Prayer in light of the God of unity consciousness grounds us, more and more, in a reality that cannot be shaken by the crises of separation, disruption, and disintegration we are living through. From greater oneness through Centering Prayer flows the subtlety of contemplative service: God in us serving God in others.
Commuter option available. Please see the link below for more information and to register.

Being Bravely Yourself: Navigating a Personal Contemplative Enneagram Journey
2026-03-21 08:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, 6107, United States
This day will be filled with Contemplative Breathing and Awareness practices that remind us of Jesus’ commandment to love ourselves, as we love others. Using spiritual wisdom grounded in the Enneagram, this experiential time will open our hearts, minds, and bodies to our original blessing: being made in the image of G-d. Together, we will discover that Divine Love is deepened in ourselves and our communities when we live our unique, authentic lives, beloved of G-d and part of the tapestry of life.
This event includes sessions of Centering Prayer.
Please see the link below for more information and to register.

Living the Questions with Rainer Maria Rilke
2026-04-11 08:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, 6107, United States
In one of his Sonnets to Orpheus, Rilke invites us to “desire the change!” Transformation was one of his central themes. But how do we find the courage to do this? This retreat invites us to explore his invitation to “live the questions,” and indeed to “live everything” as the path toward that end. We’ll explore his invitation to live into “the Open,” and discover our lives as belonging to “the Whole.” Come to practice doing what Rilke called the “heart-work” of life.
This event includes sessions of Centering Prayer.
Please see the link below for more information and to register.

Contemplative Outreach of Northern Nevada - Centering Prayer Intensive Silent Retreat
2026-04-26 - 2026-05-01 | Zephyr Point Presbyterian Conference Center, 660 Hwy. 50, Zephyr Cove, NV, 89448, United States
Contemplative Outreach of Northern Nevada (CONN) is hosting an Intensive silent retreat. The retreat begins Sunday April 26 and ends Friday May 1, 2026. Check in begins at 4pm Sunday 4/26. The retreat concludes Friday at 12 Noon, with a celebratory lunch.
The retreat will be held at Zephyr Point Presbyterian Conference Center. The web address is https://www.zephyrpoint.org if you would like additional information about the center.
Information is also available at the CONN website: https://www.contemplativeoutreachnv.org
For further information about the retreat or to reserve your place please contact:
Cathy Wayne
925-586-3627
sgtmom167@gmail.com

6-Day Contemplative Retreat
2026-04-27 17:00 - 2026-05-03 14:00 (Europe/Paris) | Sacred Heart Monastery, Missiezusters Klooster, 20, Steyl, Venlo, 5935 BX, Netherlands
“Here, in this unforeseen defencelessness, is granted the contemplative experience… that the present moment, just the way it is, is already, in its deepest actuality, the fullness of union with God we seek.”
– James Finley
Through the practice of Centering Prayer, we open ourselves to the ongoing process of transformation—within ourselves and in our relationships with others and with all of Creation.
As we remain faithful to this practice, a compassionate way of seeing and being begins to unfold. It creates space for the soul’s natural sense of awe and wonder to be rekindled, allowing us to experience creation with renewed reverence.
This retreat offers a rhythm of deepening silence and spiritual nourishment, including:
Two daily input sessions exploring themes of silence, contemplation, the Centering Prayer method, and the transformative journey.
Multiple guided Centering Prayer periods each day.
Opportunities for soul companionship, if desired.
Personal time for reflection, journaling, walking in nature, and rest.
It is recommended that: Participants have attended at least one weekend retreat in silence and have a regular practice of Centering Prayer.
Please see the link below for more information and to register.

6-Day Intensive and Post-Intensive Centering Prayer Retreat
2026-05-03 15:00 - 2026-05-08 13:00 (America/New_York) | Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, 6107, United States
This retreat offers two tracks simultaneously: intensive and post-intensive. Everyone attending will share three sets of two 30-minute periods of Centering Prayer, daily. The intensive retreat will hear and discuss teachings based on Fr. Thomas Keating’s The Spiritual Journey. Instead of teachings, the post-intensive retreat includes an additional hour of Centering Prayer each day. You choose the track that works best for you. Lectio Divina will be offered daily, as well as optional soul-friending with the staff. Silence is maintained throughout the retreat.
Please see the link below to register.

Praying with Creation: Encountering God in a Theophanic Universe
2026-05-16 08:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, 6107, United States
The Ancient Church understood the natural world as an expression of God’s creative love. On this day of enrichment, we’ll explore a Trinitarian vision of Creation as ‘theophanic’, or ‘God-revealing’. We’ll engage with prayer practices to enter into the love relationship between Creator and Creation, including practices of Immanence, Ascent Transcendence, and Descent. Participants will learn resources for reimagining their relationship with the natural world, and developing daily and weekly habits to increase their contact with God in Creation.
This event includes sessions of Centering Prayer.
Please see the link below for more information and to register.

Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop: In person and online
2026-05-30 08:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, 6107, United States
In this introductory workshop, you will learn the ancient method and principles of Centering Prayer practice in a quiet, reflective atmosphere. We will cover the history, psychology, and theology of the practice. Two prayer sessions and a question-and-answer session are included.
Please see the link below to register. $50 offering. Scholarships are available.
