Centering Prayer
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9-Day Intensive and Post-Intensive Retreat – Spaces still available
We still have a few spaces available (10/28/2023). This retreat offers three tracks simultaneously: Intensive I, Intensive II and Post Intensive. For everyone, there will be three sets of two 30 minute periods of Centering Prayer daily. Intensive I and Intensive II will watch video talks from Fr. Thomas Keating’s Spiritual Journey. Intensive I focuses
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Advent Centering Prayer Retreat
This weekend retreat will focus on how Centering Prayer can heighten one’s understanding and appreciation for the season of Advent. Centering Prayer is a form of Christian silent meditation 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
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Finding Fullness Through Simplicity
Finding Fullness Through Simplicity
Contemplative Enrichment Day with Mark Kutolowski This day is an opportunity to rediscover simplicity of life as a path to finding fullness and contentment in God. Drawing from his long experience living in an off-grid intentional community, Mark will invite us into an audit of three fundamental areas of human life: our relationships with time
Silent Saturday with Sr. Carol Ann Spencer: The End of All that is not Christ – via Zoom
Silent Saturday with Sr. Carol Ann Spencer: The End of All that is not Christ – via Zoom
Virtual Silent Saturday with Sr. Carol Ann Spencer The End of All that is not Christ December 9 8:30-2:30pm Eastern Standard Time Contemplative Outreach of Columbus is offering a 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 Healing Power of Centering Prayer
The Healing Power of Centering Prayer
Presented by the Rev. Tim Grayson “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” - St. Augustine Thomas Keating, one of the founders of the modern Centering Prayer movement, popularized the Centering Prayer process as “divine therapy" because it enables the healing of deep psychological
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Lectio Divina and the Four Senses of Scripture
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
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Back to Basics: Exploring the Why, What, & How of Centering Prayer – via Zoom
Back to Basics: Exploring the Why, What, & How of Centering Prayer – via Zoom
Free Contemplative Prayer Workshop Join to return to the sacred basic tenants of Centering Prayer. "Silence is God's first language. All others are just poor translations." — Thomas Keating We'll explore: • Opening to God and peace within • Silence as the universal language of God • How to practice Centering Prayer meditation • Mystical
Back to Basics: Exploring the Why, What & How of Centering Prayer – via Zoom
Back to Basics: Exploring the Why, What & How of Centering Prayer – via Zoom
Free Contemplative Prayer Workshop Join to return to the sacred basic tenants of Centering Prayer. "Silence is God's first language. All others are just poor translations." — Thomas Keating We'll explore: • Opening to God and peace within • Silence as the universal language of God • How to practice Centering Prayer meditation • Mystical
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Back to Basics: Explore the Why, What & How of Centering Prayer – via Zoom
Back to Basics: Explore the Why, What & How of Centering Prayer – via Zoom
Free Contemplative Prayer Workshop Join to return to the sacred basic tenants of Centering Prayer. "Silence is God's first language. All others are just poor translations." — Thomas Keating We'll explore • Opening to God and peace within • Silence as the universal language of God • How to practice Centering Prayer meditation • Mystical
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Blue Christmas Service – via Zoom
Blue Christmas Service – via Zoom
Blessed are those who mourn … - Matthew 5:4 Sometimes Christmas doesn’t feel so ‘Merry and Bright’, and you just don’t have the energy to ‘Deck the Halls’. This may be a difficult season for you and you’d rather skip over the month and go straight to the new year. If this resonates with you,
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