Centering Prayer
Events
5-Day Centering Prayer Retreat
Hosted by Contemplative Outreach of Portland (COOP) and Contemplative Outreach of Willamette Valley (COWV). Experience Deep Silence at recently remodeled St. Benedict's Guesthouse, Mt. Angel Abbey. Retreat includes 4 nights in a private room, private bath, all meals. Opportunities abound to pray with the monks, walk the stations of the cross in the park-like grounds,
8-Day Intensive/Post-Intensive Retreat
Hosted by Contemplative Outreach of Portland (COOP) and Contemplative Outreach of Willamette Valley (COWV). Dual-track Centering Prayer retreat, silence and sits, Spiritual Journey videos. Includes 7 nights in a private room, private bath, all meals, at recently remodeled St. Benedict's Guesthouse, Mt. Angel Abbey. Opportunities abound to pray with the monks, walk the stations of
Presence, Prayer and Writing from the Heart Retreat
August 19 - 21, 2021 All of us have myriad stories to tell. Some involve your family history, spiritual journey, experiences in Nature or a life-changing situation. Stories can also take many forms -- memoir, essay, poem, blog posts, or journal entries -- but the most compelling are the ones written from the heart, those
Wisdom School: The Imaginal Realm
"The imaginal is a meeting ground, a kind of cosmic intertidal zone ... In this realm, the fruits of our human strivings — both conscious and unconscious — are offered up to the whole. From this realm, in turn, we receive blessing, inspiration, guidance, and vivifying force, which are ours to share and bestow here
Dwell in Silence Eight-Day Retreat
A Post-Intensive Eight-Day Centering Prayer Retreat This post-intensive retreat will consist of continuous periods of Centering Prayer from before sunrise until the dinner hour, with breaks for meals. Attendees may participate in as much prayer as they are called to. Short pauses for entering and leaving the silence will be offered every 30 minutes. There
From Seeker to Sage: Journey to the Unknowable — A Center Prayer Retreat via Zoom
This is a three-day online Centering Prayer retreat via Zoom August 20th (Friday, starting at 5:30pm Central Daylight Time) to August 22nd (Sunday, ending at 12:30pm CDT) This is co-sponsered by Contemplative Outreach of New Orleans and the School for Contemplative Living. The presenter is Susan Komis of Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. The retreat will consists
