Centering Prayer
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Certificate in Contemplative Spiritual Direction
The certificate offering is a 2-year formation and training program for persons who discern a call to the ministry of spiritual direction. Applicants will begin Phase I in July 2025. Certificate in Contemplative Spiritual Direction features: Contemplative spiritual formation as the foundation A 24-month Focused Program with home-based assignments A Cohort Model in a hybrid
Contemplative Outreach of Northern Nevada Silent Retreat 2025
A 5-day silent retreat hosted by Contemplative Outreach of Northern Nevada at Zephyr Point, Lake Tahoe Nevada. The retreat begins Sunday April 27 and ends Friday May 2, 2025. Zephyr Point offers private rooms with individual in suite bathrooms. Meals are provided. The silent retreat includes daily Centering Prayer sits and Lectio Divina practice. There
5-Day Intensive Prayer Retreat
This five-day Centering Prayer intensive retreat provides an opportunity to deepen the practice of Centering Prayer in an atmosphere of silence and community support. This retreat follows the Contemplative Outreach guidelines for an intensive retreat including five 30-minute Centering Prayer periods on most days. An established practice of Centering Prayer for at least six months
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Centering Prayer Presenter Formation Retreat
This retreat, facilitated by the Contemplative Outreach Presenter Formation Service Team, will offer participants an opportunity to be formed as 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
Centering Prayer in the Treatment of Mental Illnesses – via Zoom
Centering Prayer in the Treatment of Mental Illnesses – via Zoom
3-4pm Eastern Daylight Time (New York); 7pm GMT, 2pm Central, Noon Pacific Time Free No need to register. The Zoom link is here. Dr. Bob Hesse will report the results of neuroscientific studies on improvement in quality of life using Centering Prayer in the treatment of: PTSD, Bipolar Disorder, Parkinson’s Disease, and excessive fear of
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Centering Prayer and Visio Divina Flowering ONLINE
Centering Prayer and Visio Divina Flowering 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-Divina (Nature), Lectio-Divina (Sacred Text) practices
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6-Day Intensive and Post-Intensive Centering Prayer Retreat
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 watch and discuss video talks from Fr. Thomas Keating’s The Spiritual Journey. Instead of videos, the post-intensive retreat includes an additional hour of Centering Prayer each day. You
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Seven-Day Centering Prayer Dual Track Intensive/Post Intensive Retreat
The seven-day Centering Prayer dual-track intensive/post intensive retreat offered from Monday, May 13 to Sunday, May 19, 2025, 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 30-minute Centering Prayer
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The Enneagram and Eco-Spirituality: Self-Awareness and Contemplation Through a Nature-Based Lens – in person and online
The Enneagram and Eco-Spirituality: Self-Awareness and Contemplation Through a Nature-Based Lens – in person and online
This workshop focuses on the integration of the Enneagram and Eco-Spirituality. Eco-Spirituality recognizes the sacredness of all life on Earth, as well as the inherent "wildness" of the human soul. The Enneagram is a set of teachings that show us how to be present to our life and free ourselves from self-defeating habits and patterns.
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Morning of Prayer Honolulu, Hawaii 3rd Saturdays every Month
Morning of Prayer Honolulu, Hawaii 3rd Saturdays every Month
2025 Morning of Prayer Third Saturdays In Person 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. Hawai’i time (UTC -10) Central Union Church • Women’s Building 1660 S. Beretania St. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi Let us join together to pause in the presence of the Divine in the sacred silence. An introduction to the method of Centering Prayer is provided. While
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The Transformative Practice of Humility
The Transformative Practice of Humility
"When there is no more sense of an "I" (ego), the great I AM takes over our lives." - Fr. Thomas Keating, Reflections on the Unknowable What is humility? And how do we practice it? What role does humility play in Centering Prayer and transformation? With Fr. Thomas Keatings’ Reflections on the Unknowable and Philippians
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6-Day Contemplative Retreat
“So, I came to the graced realization that I could, in the midst of my life in the world, cultivate a contemplative culture in my heart by renewing my fidelity to a daily quiet time in which I could learn from God how to love and be loved by God.” - James Finley Through the
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Directed Silent Retreat
with the topic Heartfulness Transformation in Christ - with Thomas Keating and Betty Sue Flowers. Spiritual direction or spiritual companionship is a process guided by the Holy Spirit in which two people enter into a unique conversation. The spiritual director or guide is trained to listen in a particular way to hear where God is
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God in Nature practices Welcoming Prayer – ONLINE
God in Nature practices Welcoming Prayer – ONLINE
God in Nature 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
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