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SUMMARY:Eight Day Centering Prayer Dual Track Intensive/Post Intensive Retreat
DESCRIPTION:The Eight-Day Centering Prayer Dual Track Intensive / Post Intensive Retreat offered from Friday\, September 11 – Friday\, September 18\, 2026\, 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 periods daily plus viewing and faith sharing on Thomas Keating’s Human Condition teachings. The Post Intensive track provides an additional 30 minutes of Centering Prayer with time for daily solitude. \nRetreat leaders: Leslee Anne Terpay and Br. Bernard Delcourt are available for soul-friending. During the retreat\, one will experience integrating as one wishes contemplation and action through silence\, solitude\, community and the rhythm of this Episcopal Benedictine monastic community’s worship and prayer life including daily Holy Eucharist. An established practice of Centering Prayer for at least 6-months is highly recommended. \nMonday check-in is from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Supper is at 5:40 pm. Orientation begins at 6:45 pm. The retreat concludes with breakfast on the last day with optional attendance at Holy Eucharist. \nCost for the retreat is $1135. The retreat fee includes a single room and all meals. Shared single occupancy bathrooms in the hallways. To register\, please contact our Guesthouse Office by phone at +1-845-384-6660\, ext. 3002 or email guesthouse@hcmnet.org. The guesthouse office is open Tuesdays to Friday. \nIf you have questions about the retreat content or which track is best for you\, please contact retreat leader: Leslee Terpay at co-leslee@comcast.net. \nLeslee Anne Terpay: As a Contemplative Outreach Commissioned Presenter of Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina\, Leslee shares Fr. Thomas Keating’s teachings on the Christian Spiritual Journey in workshop and retreat settings. She is part of the Service Team that stewards Fr. Thomas’s teaching for serving Centering Prayer Retreats. She is a spiritual director in Lone Tree\, Colorado and a graduate of The Center for Action and Contemplation Living School. \nBr. Bernard Delcourt is the Director of Associates of the monastery. Br. Bernard is a Contemplative Outreach commissioned presenter. He has been a monk since 2004. Before becoming a monk\, he was an investment banker and then a life and business skills coach. He is also a spiritual director and regularly visits seminarians in New Haven to offer them spiritual direction.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/eight-day-centering-prayer-dual-track-intensive-post-intensive-retreat-3/
LOCATION:Holy Cross Monastery – New York\, 1615 Route 9W\, West Park\, NY\, 12493\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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ORGANIZER;CN="Leslee Anne Terpay":MAILTO:co-leslee@comcast.net
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SUMMARY:8-day Centering Prayer Intensive and Post-Intensive retreat
DESCRIPTION:South Dakota and Nebraska Contemplative Outreach\ninvite you to an 8-day Centering Prayer Retreat\nSeptember 13 -20\, 2026\nCreighton Retreat Center\, located 45 minutes from Omaha\, NE near Griswold\, IA\, is a beautiful location\, among the trees with comfortable accommodations\, delicious meals\, trails\, and a labyrinth. \nThe retreat will offer two tracks. If this is your first 8-day retreat\, the Intensive track will include Spiritual Formation videos to watch each day. If you have experience with silence retreats the Post-Intensive track will offer days filled with Centering Prayer times.\nRetreat check-in is Sunday\, September 13th at 3-4pm\nRetreat concludes Sunday\, September 20th at 12 noon. \nCost: $700.00 Due to generous grant from the Divine Economy fund of Contemplative Outreach Ltd\, the original price has been greatly reduced. Space is limited. Cost includes private room\, all meals\, programing\, Centering Prayer sits\, and beautiful grounds to enjoy quiet solitude. Rooms have a private bath depending on registration numbers\, some may have two separate rooms sharing a toilet and shower.\nPrerequisite for this 8-day retreat is at least 1 year of Centering Prayer practice and one weekend silent retreat.\nRegistration is due by August 26th 2026. \nPlease see the link below to register.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/8-day-centering-prayer-intensive-and-post-intensive-retreat/
LOCATION:Creighton University Retreat Center\, 16493 Contrail Ave\, Griswold\, IA\, 51535\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreat
ORGANIZER;CN="Nebraska Contemplative Outreach":MAILTO:Cathy.c@cox.net
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SUMMARY:Contemplative Attitudes
DESCRIPTION:This is an Intensive Centering Prayer Retreat based on the work of David Frenette in his seminal book\, The Path of Centering Prayer\, hailed by Fr. Thomas Keating as\, ‘The best\, most comprehensive and most practical\nbook on Centering Prayer.’ \nDavid Frenette is a leader and senior teacher in the Centering prayer movement\, a longtime student and friend of Fr. Thomas Keating. On this silent retreat we will explore the simple contemplative attitudes common to every way of Christian contemplation\, some of which include: Simplicity and Awakening\, Gentleness and Effortlessness\, Letting Go and Letting Be\, among others. \nAn established practice of Centering Prayer is required to attend this retreat as we will be sitting in Centering Prayer for several hours each day. \nPlease see the link below for more information and to register.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/contemplative-attitudes/
LOCATION:Bethany Retreat Center\, 1031 Germania Rd\, Frenchville\, PA\, 16836\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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ORGANIZER;CN="Michael Gidlewski":MAILTO:lisam@anawimministries.org
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Centering Prayer retreat weekend
DESCRIPTION:St. Benedict frequently unites silence and prayer in the work of seeking God. Centering Prayer is one of several prayer practices that flow out of Benedictine Life. Thomas Merton describes Centering Prayer as “a ‘return to the heart\,’ finding one’s deepest center\, awakening the profound depths of our being in the presence of God.” The goal is to be present to the Lord and aware of the divine action within you. \nThis introductory retreat will provide the background and fundamentals of Centering Prayer and teach how to develop a continuing practice. \nLeaders \nDonna Kreiensiecki is a Contemplative Outreach commissioned presenter. She has 20 years of experience offering Centering Prayer retreats and has practiced Centering Prayer for 30 years. Mary Bieter is a certified spiritual director trained at the Shalem Institute in Washington\, D.C. She was introduced to Centering Prayer twenty years ago and is a newly commissioned presenter with Contemplative Outreach. She has adopted a consistent daily practice of Centering Prayer in recent years and hopes she can help others discover the peace and clarity it can offer. \nPlease see the link below for more information and to register.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/introduction-to-centering-prayer-retreat-weekend/
LOCATION:Monestary of St. Gertrude\, 465 Keuterville Road\, Cottonwood\, ID\, 83522
CATEGORIES:Retreat,Workshop
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