Contemplative Outreach, Ltd.

Advent Retreat
2019-12-06 08:00 - 2019-12-13 17:00 UTC | Cedarbrake Renewal Center, 5602 Hwy 317, Belton, TX, 76513, United States
7-day Advent Centering Prayer Retreat. Includes a very spacious schedule with three hours of Centering Prayer each day, delicious meals, beautiful grounds and either double or private rooms with private bath.
The cost of the retreat is $695 and a deposit is required to reserve your space.

Advent Retreat
2019-12-06 08:00 - 2019-12-09 17:00 | St. Lawrence Retreat Center, 180 Sargent Ave, Beacon, NY, 12508, United States
Advent Centering Prayer Retreat December 6 – 8, 2019
Includes periods of Centering Prayer in common, Lectio Divina with emphasis on Advent readings, solitude and silence.
St. Lawence Retreat Center, Beacon, NY
Staff: Cathy McCarthy, Sr. Peggy Murphy, O.P.
The St. Lawrence Retreat Center is located on 25 beautiful acres in Beacon, NY, just one and one-half hours north of New York City. The center is off Route I-84, and is accessible to Stewart Airport and the Beacon, NY train station. The newly renovated, fully accessible facility has an elevator, wide hallways and flat, easily walkable grounds, ensuring that people of all ages and physical abilities can enjoy this sacred space.
The Center can accommodate up to 20 guests, including handicap accessible rooms and bathrooms. Every room has a private bathroom and individual climate control.

Conference
2019-12-06 08:00 - 2019-12-09 17:00 | Chestnut Hill College, 9601 Germantown Avenue, PA, 19118, United States
Love at the Heart of the Cosmos: Living in Relational Wholeness A conference with Ilia Delio, Ursula King, John F. Haught, Kathleen Duffy and Cynthia Bourgeault
Commonwealth Chateau at SugarLoaf
Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA
December 6th – 8th, 2019
Registration begins Friday, December 6th, at 5:00pm
Ends Sunday, December 8th, at 12:45pm
Divine Love, according to Teilhard de Chardin, is the core energy of the cosmos. God’s love is unceasing, dynamic, and creative—pulsing in the heart of all things, driving us ever forward to newness. Our wondrous human gift means that the future of the Earth is in our hands. But in these tumultuous times, where we are we going? We need a new story of the whole to guide our way.
Evolving toward wholeness begins with Teilhard’s rich awareness of the profound connection of God, cosmos, and humanity—what Catholic-Hindu theologian Raimon Panikkar called “Cosmotheandric Solidarity.” We live in an interconnected universe of deepening complexity, consciousness, and convergence. A new story of the whole transcends our differences and distances, encouraging a planetary faith of the Earth that welcomes all God’s peoples and all God’s life as one intricately connected spiritual community. It is a story where religion and science, faith and contemplation, and nature and technology converge toward a new creation.
Join Ilia Delio and friends for the second annual Omega Center conference, in collaboration with the Institute for Religion and Science at Chestnut Hill College, as we seek to harness the energies of love and together renew our world.
For more information and to register, go here: https://omegacenter.info/conference2019/overview/

Advent Retreat
2019-12-05 08:00 - 2019-12-09 17:00 | The Bosque Retreat Center, 6400 Coors Blvd, NM, United States
Silent Advent Retreat – Embracing Oneness…Renewing our Contemplative Life
The contemplative journey is the ever increasing appreciation of who God is and also knowing that God is Unknowable. Borrowing from the Psalms (Nan Merrill translation), scripture, chant and sacred poetry, we will explore the Spirit of Oneness as it forms our contemplative life.
Journeying together we will explore how we can nod to consent. Bow to surrender. Release to receptivity and be blessed into effortlessness.

"In oneness, there is not more or less, there is only oneness."

~Thomas Keating

"Forsake everything that is yours. Undertake this, and let it cost you everything you can afford. There you will find true peace, and nowhere else."

~Meister Eckhart, Counsels #4

In this Advent weekend retreat we will be guided through the grace of Oneness by our spiritual friend and mentor, Susan Rush. Embraced by silence with short periods of reflection led by Susan we will delve deeper into the experience of being contemplatives on a journey of Oneness.
Download Flyer for registration information.

Centering Prayer Advanced Retreat
2019-12-01 08:00 - 2019-12-09 17:00 | Valle Crucis Conference Center, 146 Skiles Way, Valle Crucis, NC, 28604, United States
This retreat is for those who would like a more prolonged experience of Centering Prayer and who are interested in entering into the more profound levels of spiritual practice in an atmosphere of silence, solitude, and community.
In addition to several Centering Prayer periods offered daily, you will also have opportunities for contemplative worship, individual meetings with retreat leaders, walks and hiking, labyrinth walks, and time for solitude and reflection.
Retreat leaders are Becky Hannah, coordinator of Contemplative Outreach of Western NC, and Joan Ricci Thome, presenter of contemplative prayer retreats at the Oratory and St. Francis Springs Prayer Center in Stoneville, NC. The Rev. Robert Cook, Vicar of Christ Church, Walnut Grove, NC is spiritual director for the week.
Due to the length of this retreat, each participant should have an established practice of Centering Prayer for at least a year. This retreat is limited to the first 20 registrants. Participants must stay on campus and plan to attend the entire retreat.
For more information and to register contact:
https://vcconferences.org/programs
Valle Crucis Conference Center, 149 Skiles Way, Valle Crucis, NC
828-963-4453

Day of Enrichment
2019-11-23 08:00 - 17:00 | Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, 6107, United States
The Psychological Experience of Centering Prayer – This presentation is intended to clarify the psychological process on our journey to transformation through Centering Prayer.
The Psychological Experience of Centering Prayer
Saturday, November 23, 2019
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Jim McElroy
The human transformation we undergo in Centering Prayer is complex and multifaceted. We face common questions about how our practice is progressing and our psychological experience of releasing the emotional wounds of a lifetime. This presentation is intended to clarify the psychological process on our journey to transformation.
Click here for more information and to register for this workshop.
Jim McElroy is a commissioned presenter of Centering Prayer, which he has been practicing since 1996. He has been on the leadership team of 12-Step Outreach since its formation in 2005 and is especially interested in teaching contemplative practices to the recovery community. He is a former coordinator of Contemplative Outreach of St. Louis and is on the Welcoming Prayer and Living Flame faculty.

Centering Prayer Dual-Track Intensive Post-Intensive Retreat
2019-11-17 08:00 - 2019-11-23 17:00 | St. Andrews Retreat House, 7550 E. State Route 106, WA, 98592, United States
This retreat provides an opportunity to deepen your established Centering Prayer practice in an atmosphere of silence and community, away from the busyness of daily life, and to allow your mind, body and spirit to surrender to God’s presence and action within.
The Intensive and Post-Intensive tracks feature about three hours of Centering Prayer each day. The Intensive retreatants will also view videos from the Thomas Keating “Spiritual Journey” video series each day. The Post-Intensive retreat features more silence. No videos are shown, and the retreatants will observe grand silence to deepen the silence and their practice of Centering Prayer.
For more information and to register, see the flyer below under "additional information". This retreat is waitlisted.

Welcoming Prayer Introductory Workshop
2019-11-16 08:00 - 17:00 | The Church of The Blessed Sacrament, 152 W. 71st St, New York City, NY, 10023, United States
Introduction to the Welcoming Prayer Workshop
The Church of the Blessed Sacrament
152 W. 71st St., Manhattan, NY 10023
November 16th
9:30 am – 3:30 pm
9:00 am – Registration
Led by Therese Saulnier of Contemplative Outreach
The Welcoming Prayer is a method of consenting to God’s presence and action in our physical and emotional reactions to events and situations in daily life. The purpose of the Welcoming Prayer is to deepen our relationship with God through consenting in the ordinary activities of our day — “consent-on-the-go.”
The Welcoming Prayer helps to dismantle the emotional programs of the false-self system and to heal the wounds of a lifetime by addressing them where they are stored — in the body. It contributes to the process of transformation in Christ initiated in Centering Prayer.
Therese Saulnier has been praying the Welcoming Prayer for over 25 years. She learned the prayer from Mary Mrozowski, the author of the Welcoming Prayer. Therese has been praying Centering Prayer for over thirty years and teaching Centering Prayer and other contemplative prayer practices for over twenty-five years. She is employed as a web developer for a Fortune 500 company. Therese brings a practical perspective into how to live a contemplative life in the 21st century.
Please bring a bag lunch.
Please RSVP in advance as space is limited. Registration begins at 9 am so that we can begin promptly at 9:30. There is no registration fee. A suggested donation of $20 helps Contemplative Outreach sponsor future contemplative events and training.
For more information or to RSVP, contact Mary Jebara at marytjebara@gmail.com or 973-714-1409.

Centering Prayer Retreat
2019-11-16 08:00 - 17:00, 2019-10-19 08:00 - 17:00 | Church of Conscious Harmony, 7406 Newhall Lane, Austin, TX, 78746, United States
One-day Centering Prayer Retreat at The Church of Conscious Harmony in Austin, TX. Registration begins at 8:30 pm and the program begins at 9 am. The morning includes two 30-minute prayer periods, Lectio Divina, the option of a Fr. Keating video or prayer period in the afternoon, several periods of silence and solitude, and faith sharing.
Please bring your own lunch. There is a suggested love offering of $20. Please pre-register.

Introduction to Centering Prayer Workshop
2019-11-16 08:00 - 17:00 | St. Mary’s Sewanee: The Ayres Center for Spiritual Development, 770 St. Mary's Lane, TN, 37375, United States
Centering Prayer is a form of Christian silent mediation where one lets go of thoughts during periods of prayer typically lasting 20 minutes. It is rooted in the self-emptying love that forms the heart of Jesus’ teaching and life. The effect on those who practice it is an ever-increasing awareness of God’s action and presence in the course of ordinary life.
In this introductory workshop led by Tom Ward, participants will learn the method and principles of this prayer practice and have the opportunity to experience this ancient method in a quiet, reflective atmosphere.
The Rev. Tom Ward is the retired university chaplain at the University of the South and now spends his days focusing on the contemplative dimension of the gospel, teaching Centering Prayer, and leading retreats.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, November 16, 2019
$60 fee includes lunch
For more information go to www.stmaryssewanee.org

Centering Prayer Retreat
2019-11-15 08:00 - 2019-11-18 17:00 | Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame, CA, 94010, United States
May we all Be One: Centering Prayer and the Path of Oneness November 15 – 17, 2019
Begins Friday at 6:00 p.m. and Concludes Sunday at 1 p.m.
$325/$275 Commuter
“The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me”. John 17.22-23
Jesus’ deepest desire for his disciples was the transmission of his own personal experience of oneness with God and oneness with all things. He desires for us to experience and to live in this awareness of being One – a state which transcends all identifications in personality and tribe and finds rest in that profoundly silent place in our soul where God dwells.

What would be the implications if we consent to this Oneness? How does it change our identity, our sense of who we are? How would it change our daily living – our conversations, the organization of our day, our focus at work, our citizenship, our relationships, and our prayer life?

Join us for a weekend of silence, Centering Prayer, and a deepening consent to God’s presence and transforming action. Our retreat will include conferences, sharing, liturgy, contemplative free time in the natural beauty of the Mercy Center grounds, rest, and opportunity for gentle yoga and body work.

Rev. Amber Sturgess is an Episcopal Priest, spiritual director, and a seeker on the contemplative path. She enjoys teaching contemplative practices that deepen our spiritual awareness. Amber serves as Rector of All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Carmel.
Catherine Regan, Ph.D. is a spiritual director, clinical psychologist, and Centering Prayer teacher at Mercy Center. She has a special interest in contemplative practices and the benefits of these practices in our individual and collective lives at this time in our world
Please register at www.mercy-center.org or telephone 650-340-7474
Registration closes November 8, 2019

Centering Prayer Weekend Retreat
2019-11-15 08:00 - 2019-11-18 17:00 | Mariawald Renewal Center, 1094 Welsh Road, Reading, PA, 19607-9363, United States
A silent weekend retreat is a wonderful way to deepen your spiritual practice of Centering Prayer. Coming as it does right before the holidays, the reteat provides us with quiet time to rest before we are preoccupied with providing for others. The retreat is staffed by members of Contemplative Outreach of Southeast Pennsylvania. (Roseanne Havird, Mary Ellen Norpel, Fran Pool, Erick Frankhouser, and Jane Joyce.)
Please see the flyer below under "Additional Information."

Centering Prayer Retreat
2019-11-09 08:00 - 17:00 | Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist Church, 26001 Muirlands Blvd, Mission Viejo, CA, 92691, United States
Silent Saturday – November 9, 2019
HOSPITALILTY OF THE SPIRIT
Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking;
if you hear my voice and open the door,
I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me.
– Rev 3:20
8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Breathe in the Living Spirit of God with Centering Prayer, journaling and walking a labyrinth. Holy Communion will be served.
$25.00 donation includes breakfast & lunch. Please see the flyer below under "additional information."
Register online: www.sothumc.org,
email: jyamada@sothumc.org or call church office: 949 837-2941
New to Centering Prayer? No experience required, simply the desire to “Be still and know that I am God” Ps 46.10

Centering Prayer Advanced Retreat
2019-11-08 08:00 - 2019-11-15 17:00 | Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, 6107, United States
Reclaiming the Mystical Heart of Christianity How Centering Prayer Can Deepen Your Experience of God
Contemplative Silent Retreat with Cynthia Bourgeault and other Contemplative Leaders

Reclaiming the Mystical Heart of Christianity
How Centering Prayer Can Deepen Your Experience of God
Contemplative Silent Retreat with Cynthia Bourgeault and other Contemplative Leaders
November 8-14, 2019 or November 8-10, 2019
This retreat provides a sacred opportunity for a large community of contemplatives to gather as a healing presence to the world and to one another. Individually you’ll deepen your Centering Prayer practice with Cynthia Bourgeault, one of the great contemplative guides of our time. The retreat will unpack some of the key ideas in her highly acclaimed book The Heart of Centering Prayer: Nondual Christianity in Theory and Practice. Emphasis will be placed on the notion of “nondual personhood,” as well as the method and foundations of the Centering Prayer practice. Participants will see that Centering Prayer is not simply a Christianized form of other meditation methods, rather a method that has its own specific mechanism to transform consciousness from a narrow to broader perspectives of personhood.
This retreat will be held in silence. Each day will include wisdom teaching with Cynthia, movement practice, Contemplative Eucharist, chanting, and multiple Centering Prayer periods. The retreat is open to practitioners on all spiritual pathways, the basis for our conceptual exploration and practical work will lie in centering prayer and the christian theological perspective which underlies it. All levels are welcome, though an established centering prayer or meditation practice is helpful. For those who cannot attend the full week, we welcome participants to join us for the weekend of November 8-10.
As part of the Christian contemplative experience, Holy Family Retreat Center is providing workshops and retreats to learn more about Centering Prayer and develop a practice in advance of this retreat. It is highly recommended that all attendees new to Centering Prayer attend a Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop prior to this retreat; the more you bring, the more you receive.
Please visit to learn more and to register: https://www.holyfamilyretreat.org/calendar/reclaiming-the-mystical-heart-of-christianity
The following teachers will be assisting and supporting Cynthia in her leadership of the retreat:

Rev. Matthew Wright
Rev. Bill Redfield
Fr. Michael Holleran
Fr. Bill Sheehan
Allen Bourque
Miranda Chapman
Deborah Welsh

Centering Prayer Retreat
2019-11-02 08:00 - 17:00 | St. Andrew’s Abbey, 31001 N. Valyermo Road, Valyermo, CA, 93563, United States
Join us for a quiet day away from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at St. Andrew's Abbey in Valyermo, California. We'll spend time in Centering Prayer & Lectio Divina, and some quiet alone time in the beautiful nature setting of the Abbey. There will also be an opportunity to attend Mass with the Monks of the Abbey, as well as a delicious lunch and continental breakfast. For more information, please see the flyer below under "additional information."
The cost is $40.00 for the day. You may register online at https://agapejourneys.com

Special Event
2019-11-02 08:00 - 17:00 | St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 4512 College Ave, College Park, Maryland, 20740, United States
11-Step Fest 2019
Saturday, November 2, 2019
9:30 AM – 3:00 PM
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
111 NE 80th Street
Seattle, WA 98115
A day of fellowship for those practicing Centering Prayer as an 11th Step practice and for those in a 12-Step Recovery Program who are interested in knowing more about Centering Prayer as an 11-Step practice.
This year’s festival will feature a talk and reflections by Cherry Haisten on the Welcoming Prayer to support our Centering Prayer practice and continue it more fully into our daily lives. The program will also include lectio divina; shared prayers of petition, forgiveness, want and healing; and an Open 12-Step Meeting.
Please see the flyer below under "additional information."

Day of Enrichment
2019-11-02 08:00 - 17:00 | St. Walburga Monastery, 851 N. Broad Street, NJ, 7649, United States
Contemplative Outreach of New Jersey is pleased to announce the offering of the
Contemplative Enrichment Program
You are invited to participate in the Contemplative Enrichment Program for those practicing Centering Prayer. Each day’s program includes periods of Centering Prayer, conferences on the subject matter, and time for small group discussion.
Prerequisite A Daily Practice of Centering Prayer
When Saturdays 9:30 am – 3:00 pm
Gathering, Coffee & Registration – 9:00 am
Please bring a brown bag lunch
November 2, 2019 Holy Partnership: Couples Therapy for the Soul Christopher Hyde, PhD
January 4, 2020 The Forgiveness Prayer Therese M. Saulnier
February 1, 2020 Growing In Holiness Through the Five Universal Shapes Sr. Mary Jo Kearns, RSM
March 7, 2020 Contemporary Contemplatives and Paul's Philippians Fr. Anthony Randazzo
April 4, 2020 Being a Presence for Peace: Benedictine Hospitality and Community Rev. Dr. Jane Tomaino

Additional Date: December 21, 2019 Advent Day of Prayer Fr. Carl Arico

Where Benedictine Center at St. Walburga Monastery
851 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07208
The Monastery is accessible by bus from NYC

Fee $150 for all 6 sessions
includes registration fee for Advent Day of Prayer (normally $30)

$115 for all 6 sessions (seniors)
includes registration fee for Advent Day of Prayer (normally $20)
$30 – registration fee for a single session
$20 – registration fee for a single session – seniors
Payment Options
A. Pay in full ($150; $115 – Seniors ) by October 5th with completed registration form to hold your space
B. $75- deposit ($50 deposit for Senior Citizens) due by October 5th with completed registration form to hold your space. Remainder due January 4th.
For further information, contact Therese Saulnier, 201-436-8256 (Evenings and Weekends) or see the flyer below under "additional information."

Introduction to Centering Prayer Workshop
2019-11-02 08:00 - 17:00 | Church of the Assumption, 29 Jefferson Ave, Emerson, NJ, 07630-1229, United States
Church of the Assumption, 29 Jefferson Ave, Emerson, NJ
AN INTRODUCTION TO CENTERING PRAYER
Saturday, November 2, 2019
9:00 – 12:00
“When you pray, go to your inner room, close the door and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.” MT (6:6)
Centering Prayer is a method of silent prayer based on the wisdom saying of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. It prepares us to receive the gift of contemplative prayer in which we receive God’s presence within us, closer than breathing, closer than thinking, closer than consciousness itself.
Centering Prayer is not meant to replace other types of prayer; rather it casts a new light and depth of meaning on them. Centering Prayer is at the same time a relationship with God and a discipline to foster that relationship – a movement beyond conversation, to communion.
Join us in this introductory workshop to learn about – and experience — the practice of Centering Prayer. Appropriate for beginners and experienced practitioners wanting to refresh their practice.
Presenter: Maureen Hanley, Contemplative Outreach
For information, contact: Cynthia Allen, cynthiaallen6@gmail.com, 201-417-3908 or see the flyer below under "additional information."

Centering Prayer Weekend Retreat
2019-11-01 08:00 - 2019-11-04 17:00 | The Priory Spirituality Center, 500 College Street NE, Lacey, WA, 98516, United States
This Friday evening to Sunday afternoon silent retreat is sustained by multiple periods of Centering Prayer, chant, lectio divina, meditative walking, interspersed with periods for reading or rest. We intentionally create an environment that supports our Centering Prayer practice.
Retreat facilitators are Bob Delestrada and Charlotte Thompson.
Cost is $225.00

Forgiveness Prayer Workshop
2019-10-26 08:00 - 17:00 | Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, 6107, United States
Forgiveness Prayer and Practice – Join us as we will deepen our understanding of what it means to forgive one another as we consider what forgiveness is and what it is not.
Forgiveness Prayer and Practice
Saturday, October 26, 2019
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Steve Standiford
We will deepen our understanding of what it means to forgive one another as we consider what forgiveness is and what it is not. The day includes the opportunity to practice the Forgiveness Prayer, a guided meditation created by Mary Mrozowski, one of the founders of Contemplative Outreach.
Click here for more information and to register for this workshop.
Steve Standiford is a regular Centering Prayer practitioner. He leads retreats and workshops and teaches spiritual practices through Contemplative Outreach. He is also a psychotherapist in private practice in Manhattan and Westchester County.

Special Event
2019-10-26 08:00 - 17:00 | Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, 8900 35th Ave NE, WA, 98115, United States
Contemplative Outreach Joint Chapter Event Contemplative Outreach Northwest & Contemplative Outreach Puget Sound – North
We are all one
A day of prayer, enrichment, community and fun!
Saturday, October 26, 2019
9:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church
8900 35th Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Please see the flyer below under "additional information."

Centering Prayer Weekend Retreat
2019-10-25 08:00 - 2019-10-28 17:00 | Sisters of Charity Motherhouse, 5900 Delhi Road, Cincinnati, OH, 45233, United States
Contemplative Outreach of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky is offering a 12-Step friendly Centering Prayer/Meditation Enrichment Weekend. This is an opportunity to begin or deepen your practice of Centering Prayer/Meditation, as taught by Contemplative Outreach.
Make It Yours:
The daily format includes multiple sessions of Centering Prayer/Meditations, educational components, silent meals, spiritual reading, soul-friending, free-time and Lectio Divina. There will be a 12-step meeting on Saturday evening. Or, you may choose to create your own experience and spend more time in silence.
The Motherhouse grounds are rich in beauty and history. The campus' 75 acres provide ample spots for contemplation and reflection.
Please see the flyer below under "additional information." It includes registration details.

Centering Prayer Retreat
2019-10-20 08:00 - 2019-10-25 17:00 | Bethany Retreat Center, 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville, PA, 16836, United States
Contemplative Living
October 20–24, 2019 (Sun. to Thurs.)
Presenter: Mary Dwyer
This five-day retreat will explore how our contemplative practices shape our daily life. Contemplative Living is the call to bring the contemplative dimension of the Gospel into our every day, ordinary lives filled with ordinary activities.
How do we lead ordinary lives with extraordinary love?
We will share in community extended periods of Centering Prayer, silence, and conferences exploring the Welcoming Prayer, Forgiveness Process/Practice, Lectio Divina, and other prayer practices. Our hope is that each of us commits to a personal "rule of life" that supports and sustains our deepest desires. “… Centering Prayer is a life to be lived. Not just a method.” (Thomas Keating).
Prior Centering Prayer experience is helpful.
Offering: $275 per person (includes overnights & meals)
Deposit: $75 (nonrefundable)
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. Her housemates included Mary Mrozowski, David Frenette and Cathy McCarthy. 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.
In 2008 she met her beloved Juan through the Living Flame program. She moved to Miami, FL in 2009 and they married. Juan recently retired and they moved back to Erie, PA in July, 2018.
Mary is currently serving as a member of the Gift Committee of Contemplative Outreach. She previously has served as Chairperson of the Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. Governing Board; member of the Contemplative Outreach Faculty; Member of the Welcoming Prayer service team, and Coordinator for the Living Flame program. Mary now devotes her time to giving retreats and workshops on behalf of Contemplative Outreach throughout the US and internationally.

Day of Contemplative Prayer
2019-10-20 08:00 - 17:00 | Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame, CA, 94010, United States
Centering Prayer Our Practice, Our World
Sunday, March 11, 2018 1-4:30 p.m.
$20
“The Christian is one who is connected through the heart to the whole of life, attuned to the deeper intelligence of Nature and called forth irresistibly by the Spirit to creatively express one’s gifts in the evolution of self and world.” – Ilia Delio
Please join us for an afternoon of Centering Prayer and community
Centering Prayer is sometimes spoken of as the Divine Therapy. We usually reflect on this aspect of our practice in reference to our own spiritual journey. Today we continue our exploration of a wider vision of God’s healing action, and consider how our daily practice may actually be a channel for the Divine Presence to bring healing to our world.
This is an afternoon for those familiar with Centering Prayer – beginners and long-time practitioners. We gather to deepen our consent to God’s presence and action in our world. (Instruction in Centering Prayer will not be offered.)
Our time together will include 2 periods of Centering Prayer, a short talk, a video, and conversation.
Marty Badgett is an Oblate of the Camaldoli Benedictine Community. He has co-led extended Centering Prayer retreats for many years, and hosted many one-day Contemplative Prayer days at Incarnation Monastery in Berkeley.
Catherine Regan, Ph.D. is a spiritual director, retired psychologist, and adjunct staff member at Mercy Center, primarily serving on the Centering Prayer team. She has a special interest in fostering contemplative practices so urgently needed at this time in our world.
Joy Andrews Hayter, Ph.D. is a spiritual director, scientist, and Centering Prayer coordinator at Mercy Center. She is dedicated to fostering Centering Prayer and other contemplative practices that help us become aware of God's ever-present love.
To register for this program, please go to www.mercy-center.org or call 650-340-7474.

Centering Prayer, Introductory Program
2019-10-19 08:00 - 17:00 | The Chapel of St. John The Divine, 10 Church Way, Saunderstown, RI, 2874, United States
Centering Prayer Day
There are tremendous benefits to having a daily practice of meditation, and for Christians the practice of Centering Prayer as a form of meditation can also provide spiritual growth and depth in your relationship with God. Come try it out in this special day of retreat. A full Introduction to Centering Prayer Workshop will be lead by Contemplative Outreach Commissioned Presenter, Mike Smoolca. At the same time, for experienced practitioners, an Advanced Workshop will be offered with instruction from Thomas Keating’s The Spiritual Journey. Lunch will be provided (suggested donation $10) as well as snacks and refreshments.
Click here for more information and to register for this workshop.
You can also view the flyer below under "additional information."

Welcoming Prayer Introductory Workshop
2019-10-19 08:00 - 17:00 | Dominican Sisters of Amityville, 555 Albany Avenue, Amityville, NY, 11701, United States
The Welcoming Prayer
A Workshop Sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Amityville
Presenter: Therese Saulnier – Contemplative Outreach
Therese has been practicing Centering Prayer for 30 years and teaching contemplative prayer practices for over 25 years.
This workshop will focus on the Welcoming Prayer. This is a method of consenting to God's presence and action in the physical and emotional reactions to events and situations in daily life. Therese will offer a practical perspective and practical advice in living a contemplative life in the 21st century.
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Mother Josepha Hall — Amityville Campus
9:30 A.M. — 3:00 P.M.
9:30 Arrival, Refreshments, Presentations
Please bring your own lunch, beverages provided
Registration by October 11th – Marie Danaher, O.P.
516-233-9278 – mdanop56@gmail.com or for more information, please see the flyer below under "additional information."
Live Streaming Available
Welcoming Prayer Book ( optional ) available for Purchase – $20
FREE WILL OFFERING FOR WORKSHOP

Introduction to Centering Prayer Workshop
2019-10-19 08:00 - 17:00 | Jesus House, 2501 Milltown Rd., Wilmington, DE, 19808, United States
This Introduction to Centering Prayer Workshop is for those new to Centering Prayer, as well as those who already practice this prayer. The practice of Centering Prayer allows us to open to the presence and action of God, not only during the prayer period, but also during the activities of everyday life. It offers an approachable way of deepening intimacy with God and increasing one's capacity to live a fully Christian life.
We welcome teens and adults of all ages to this workshop. In addition to the October 19 workshop, there will be 6 optional weekly followup sessions ( will choose mutually agreeable dates on October 19).
Workshop runs from 9:30 am to 3 pm, lunch included. Checkin starts 9 am. Fee is $40.
Register at jesushousecenter.org
Presenters: Bev Roberts and Kate Burchess

Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina Retreat
2019-10-19 08:00 - 17:00 | St. Andrew’s Abbey, 31001 N. Valyermo Road, Valyermo, CA, 93563, United States
Join us for a quiet day away from our busy lives.
We'll gather at the beautiful grounds of St. Andrew's Abbey in Valyermo, California (just north of Los Angeles) for a day of quiet community. https://www.saintandrewsabbey.com
We begin at 9:00 am and end at 3:00 pm.
Please arrive by 9:00 am when you will have a few minutes to enjoy the Continental Breakfast provided by the Monks of the Abbey. We will then experience a time of Centering Prayer together, followed by a time of Lectio Divina reading and meditating. There will then be time for individual quiet exploration of the grounds of the Abbey (Stations of the Cross, Praying at the duck pond and many other places of quiet provided). At noon, if you wish, you may join the Monks for Mass in the Chapel, followed by a healthy and delicious lunch. After lunch there will be more quiet individual time to pray and explore. We will close the day with Centering Prayer, then a time of sharing.
For more information, please contact us at Agape Journeys of see the flyer below under "additional information":
Dr. Terry Van Hook, DMin and United Methodist Clergy terry (a) ocspeakers.com 661-717-0162
Joanne Van Hook joanne (at) ocspeakers.com 858-254-5175
Cost for the day: $40.00 Register at https://agapejourneys.com/events%2C-coaching-register

Centering Prayer Weekend Retreat
2019-10-18 08:00 - 2019-10-20 17:00 | Benet Hill Monastery, 3190 Benet Lane, Colorado Springs, CO, 80921, United States
Anyone with an established Centering Prayer practice is invited to participate in this Centering Prayer Weekend retreat. The retreat serves as a way to go deeper in your prayer practice plus time to spend in silence and solitude in community. Several periods of Centering Prayer each day allows time for rest and walking in the Benet Hill Monastery forest in the Black Forest of Colorado Springs, CO. The retreat begins with arrival at 4pm Friday continuing with dinner at 5pm and orientation at 7pm. The methods of Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina will be reviewed. The retreat concludes with a video teaching from Fr. Thomas Keating. Departure on Sunday is at 3pm.
Fall Centering Prayer Weekend Retreat
Friday, October 18 – Sunday, April 20, 2019
Cost: $250 with a non-refundable deposit of $50 due with registration.
Please click below on "Additional Information" to download the retreat registration flier.
Retreat Team: Sr. Therese O'Grady and Leslee Anne Terpay
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Benet Hill Retreat Center Retreat Details: All bedrooms are private with shared bathrooms. Space is limited to 9 retreatants plus the team. Meals will be shared with the Sisters of Benet Hill. Benet Hill Monastery is located at 7600 feet elevation.
