• Centering Prayer Summit

    Internet - Online

    Organized and hosted by Keith Kristich, this two-day Centering Prayer Summit is an opportunity to learn from 10 Centering Prayer teachers. Join the Summit presenters: - David Frenette - Mary Dwyer - Rich Lewis - Nhien Vuong - Colleen Mae & more! - Fr. Carl Arico Cynthia Bourgeault & Ted Jones will be offering the

    $99
  • Releasing an Enslaved Spirit – A Workshop on Communal Contemplative Spirituality

    Internet - Online

    Presented by Very Rev. Michael Battle, Ph.D. Co-sponsored by Contemplative Outreach Chicago and Contemplative Outreach Atlanta 9 AM to Noon Central Time Zone 10 AM to 1 PM Eastern Time Zone Michael Battle points out something we all may have noticed: that events and organizations working to encourage Christian spirituality and contemplative life seem to

    $50
  • Sister Kathleen Deignan, CND ​”Thomas Merton: Guide Through the Dark Night of Earth” – via zoom

    Internet - Online

    Among the great luminaries of the Christian spiritual tradition, the modern master, Thomas Merton, shines a penetrating light upon our challenging lives and times. More than half a century after his death, Merton grows in stature and relevance as a pattern of integral ecological consciousness becomes evident throughout his written corpus as its complexity and

    $50.00
  • The Way of the Heart: Mysticism Across Spiritual Traditions

    Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United States

    How do we awaken the heart and experience life through the heart center? For centuries, Christian, Sufi and Hindu mystics have been drawn to the heart as our primary source

  • One-day Introductory Workshop

    The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay, UK The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay The Green Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom

    We are excited to invite you to join us for a powerful workshop on Centering Prayer. This workshop will take place on July 29th from 10am to 4pm (GMT) at

    $49
  • The Healing Path: A Memoir and an Invitation – via Zoom

    Internet - Online

    A Zoom Event with James Finley, Ph.D. Student of Thomas Merton, contemplative practitioner and Clinical Psychologist Dates: October 7, 2023, 10:00am – 1:30pm PST Location: Zoom and option to gather

  • An Ancient Flowing Stream – via Zoom

    Internet - Online

    This workshop presents how African origins, heritage, culture and music power the Christian contemplative spirit. Combining the wisdom and talents of the Very Reverend Michael Battle, Ph.D. and Julian Davis

    $35 – $50
  • OPENING TO THE UNIVERSAL CHRIST: THE INTER-SPIRITUAL INVITATION OF CENTERING PRAYER

    Mercy Conference and Retreat Center 2039 N. Geyer Road, St. Louis, MO, United States

    Howard Thurman wrote: “In the Presence of God there is neither male nor female, white nor black, Gentile nor Jew, Protestant nor Catholic, Hindu, Buddhist, nor Muslim, but a human spirit stripped to the literal substance of itself before God.” Are you looking for a break from the busyness of life to rest in stillness

    $500
  • Reading the Bible like a Mystic

    Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United States

    Can the Bible still be used as a source of spiritual enrichment? Some consider the text as a sexist relic of the past or worse, as something weaponized in service of religious fundamentalism. However, mystics through the ages have read the Bible not as a “rule book” but as a love letter: inviting them into