Learn & Pray the Centering Prayer Way - via Zoom
2022-06-28 17:00 - 2022-08-30 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online Zoom, Select a Country:
A weekly program of contemplative practice, study and support in Centering Prayer … a Contemplative Outreach Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop offered through Journey Center Online.
We will:
Learn, share, and pray the Centering Prayer method. You will gain knowledge, awareness, gifts and fruit in your life. You will discover this practice of letting go of anxiety, worry and hurry…to rest in the presence of the One who loves you.
We will meet online via Zoom: Tuesdays from 5:00 to 6:00pm (Pacific Daylight Time) for 10 weeks.
Starts on 6-28-22, meeting weekly, and ends on 8-30-22

Eight-day Centering Prayer Post-Intensive Retreat: God Is Love
2022-08-19 17:30 - 2022-08-27 13:00 UTC | Benet House Retreat Center, 2208 88th Avenue W, Rock Island, IL, 61201, United States
God is Love: The Heart of All Creation builds on the works of Fr. Thomas Keating and is possibly his last major published series. As Fr. Thomas notes in the series:
“Everything in the universe – everything our senses observe and technology uncovers at the highest level of infinitude is prophetic witness of the Divine. The Divine Presence is happening in, through, and amidst every detail of life… penetrates all that exists … is in relationship to every part of creation … is trying to move humanity to the next stage of consciousness.”
During this Intensive Retreat, viewing of the God Is Love video series will be in silence. The retreat experience offers several periods of Centering Prayer in community each day with time for rest, reflection and enjoying the exquisite nature which envelopes the campus of St. Mary Monastery grounds. Meals are silent, with the exception of conversation at the evening meal on opening night and at the last meal on the final day of the retreat.
Susan Komis is the facilitator of the retreat and will be available for private walks and talks throughout the duration of the retreat.
See link below for more information and to register.

6-Day Centering Prayer Intensive/Post-Intensive Retreat hosted by Contemplative Outreach St. Louis
2022-08-21 16:00 - 2022-08-26 13:00 (America/New_York) | Kings House Retreat and Renewal Center, 700 N. 66th St., Belleville, IL, 62223, United States
This retreat is an opportunity for practitioners of Centering Prayer to deepen their contemplative journey in the contemporary world. It is a six-day experience of integrating contemplation and action through silence, solitude and community.
Both tracks of the retreat provide daily experiences of Centering Prayer, silence, solitude, walking and spiritual companionship to foster an ever-deepening level of interior silence and awareness of the presence of God in everyday life.
The Intensive Retreat is for people who have completed an Introductory Workshop and have a regular practice of Centering Prayer. You will view a video each day from the Spiritual Journey Video Series by Fr. Thomas Keating with small group discussion.
The Post-Intensive Retreat is for people who have previously attended an Intensive Retreat. The Post Intensive will include additional periods of Centering Prayer.
Please follow the link below to register. Or download the retreat flyer to mail-in registration.
Download Retreat Flyer

Wisdom School: Three-Centered Presence & Transformation of Consciousness
2022-08-25 18:00 - 2022-08-30 12:00 UTC | Mercy Center Burlingame, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA, 94010, United States
“From time immemorial Wisdom Schools have emerged in times of global crisis or on the cusp of great leaps in human consciousness in order to help shepherd our planet through the transition. While there is academic teaching that goes on here, that is not the primary business of a Wisdom school; the primary business is to help anchor human wholeness and to work with the core practices that sustain the transformation of consciousness.”
— Wisdom Waypoints
We are indeed in a time of global crisis and amidst a shift in our current structures of consciousness. Drawing on the work of Cynthia Bourgeault, G.I. Gurdjieff, Gebser, and others, this Wisdom School will focus on deepening presence in our three centers – intellectual, emotional, body – and how awakening in them can support us in the transformation of consciousness. We will also explore the practices of self-observation, self-remembering, conscious labor, and intentional suffering as a way of participating in what is needed for the whole right now.
Join us in person at the Mercy Center in Burlingame. There will be an invitation to a ‘wisdom way of knowing’ through a daily rhythm with periods of silence, centering prayer, teaching, conscious conversation, Gurdjieff Exercises and Movements, chanting, mindful work, lectio divina, and contemplative free time.
Recommended Reading:
‘Wisdom Way of Knowing’ by Cynthia Bourgeault
‘Seeing Through the World’ by Jeremy Johnson
Retreat Leaders:
Heather Ruce, M.A. is a wisdom spiritual director with training in a neurophysiology based approach to understanding the nervous system. She loves working with individuals as well as facilitating groups and retreats focused on learning and practicing the Christian Wisdom Tradition.
Joy Andrews Hayter, Ph.D. is a spiritual director whose offerings include Centering Prayer and other contemplative practices of the Christian Wisdom tradition. These practices encourage us to lean into the Love that is constantly being offered within a relational web of Sacred Unity. As a scientist she sees in the physical world an expression of that love.
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 participating in the reclamation of the Christian Wisdom tradition and fostering the contemplative practices so urgently needed at this time in our world.
CONTACT
For further assistance, contact us at (650) 340-7474.
For more information visit: www.mercy-center.org
These are unprecedented times. If finances are an issue, please email us at registration@mercywmw.org for a learning grant discount code. We want to make sure our offerings are available to everyone.
