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SUMMARY:Contemplative Living II - ONLINE
DESCRIPTION:I will give you a new heart\, and a new spirit I will put within you.\n– Ezekiel 36:26 \n“Contemplative life begins when when take the first step into the silence of our heart. It’s a pilgrimage—a journey that takes us first to the inner reaches of who we really are\, and from there\, into the life we were meant to live.” — Julie Saad\, Contemplative Life: Discovering Our Path into the Heart of God \nThis four-month long online course is the second part of the Contemplative Living concentration for the Certificate in Spiritual Formation. This study is an experiential course that guides participants to deepen their experience of the abiding presence of God by cultivating their contemplative capacities. Participants will discover their daily life as prayer as they deepen their contemplative spiritual practices within a community of seekers. Contemplative practices are the doorway into the gift of contemplative prayer where the journey that begins in the silence of our hearts leads us into the heart of God. As we cultivate contemplative practices amid ordinary life\, we begin to experience oneness with God and all creation. \nThe Design of Contemplative Living II: Daily Life as Prayer \nGaining contemplative attitudes and dispositions through: \n\nContemplative Discernment – a method for making decisions based on our interior spiritual life\, relying on God.\nContemplative Awareness related to Addictions\, Attachments and Aversion – using the discernment process to surface habit patterns that have become compulsions we no longer freely choose.\nThe Forgiveness Prayer – a prayer that guides us to follow Jesus’s example to live with hearts open to love.\nContemplative Service – a vocation\, a calling\, or a way of life that’s rooted in living a contemplative life.\nCommitment to a Contemplative Rule of Life – looking at the rhythm of life you’ve created in this course\, what has worked for you that you will continue to be committed to in the ordinary activities of your life.\nContemplative Living Communities – the support we receive from community enhances our spiritual journey and is helpful to continue in some form at the end of the course.\n\nObjectives \n\nTo establish a daily practice of Centering Prayer;\nTo integrate contemplative practices into daily life;\nTo cultivate contemplative attitudes and disposition.\n\nLocation: Online \nWith: Julie Saad.\nJulie Saad is a spiritual director\, author\, teacher\, and retreat leader. Since 1994 she has been a student of Thomas Keating (1923-2018)\, a Trappist monk who was a founding member and spiritual guide for Contemplative Outreach. Julie has also served Contemplative Outreach as a coordinator of the Denver Chapter\, facilitator of spiritual journey courses and retreats\, member of the Governing Board\, and coordinator of the Contemplative Living Experience Program. She has been practicing and teaching Centering Prayer and other contemplative practices for over 25 years. She recently published the book Contemplative Life: Discovering Our Path into the Heart of God\, a guidebook to spiritual formation in the Christian contemplative tradition\, based on the teaching of Thomas Keating. \nSchedule: Contemplative Living II consists of four monthly\, synchronous teachings and practices with individual study and devotion between the monthly sessions: \n6 hour monthly synchronous sessions\n1 hour weekly virtual prayer chapel\nThe synchronous monthly session meets from 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Eastern Time on the following Saturdays in 2024: February 17\, March 16\, April 13\, May 11\, 2024. \nProgram Fee: $700 \nContact: lifelonglearning@ctsnet.edu
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/contemplative-living-ii-online/
LOCATION:Internet – Online
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SUMMARY:Weaving a Nest for Stillness
DESCRIPTION:Overnight Contemplative Retreat with Claire Rusowicz and Anne A. Simpkinson \nThis silent contemplative retreat invites you to engage with the Sacred in nature. Anchored in three Centering Prayer gatherings\, the weekend will also offer lectio and terra divina (sacred earth)\, body sensing-awareness practice\, and evening prayer on Saturday. There will also be unstructured time for personal reflection\, exploring the grounds\, reading\, journaling\, and rest. No experience with Centering Prayer is required. \nPlease register using the link below.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/weaving-a-nest-for-stillness/
LOCATION:Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center\, 303 Tunxis Road\, West Hartford\, CT\, 6107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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SUMMARY:Around the Circle: A Contemplative Enneagram Soul Journey
DESCRIPTION:Overnight Retreat – Enneagram Formation with Rev. Nhien Vuong\, J.D.\, M.Div. \nLearn how the entire Enneagram circle–and not just your own Enneagram type–can enrich your contemplative life. This intensive is for you if you already know your type and want to explore how the ancient wisdom of the Enneagram can support a world in which everything belongs. \nDISCOVER what it means to “listen around the circle” for what triggers and excites you. \nINTEGRATE disowned parts of your wholeness. \nDEEPEN your practice of inner and outer hospitality through an array of contemplative practices engaged in conscious community. \nRev. Nhien Vuong\, J.D.\, M.Div.\, is an international Enneagram thought leader and keynote presenter who spiritually companions individuals around the globe using a contemplative\, compassion-based approach to the Enneagram. An ordained Unity minister and accredited Enneagram Professional\, Nhien is the founder of Evolving Enneagram\, a community-based business whose team of professionals offers transformational programming to seed and sustain our collective awakening. Nhien is currently authoring a book on contemplative practices and the Enneagram. \nPlease use the link below to register.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/around-the-circle-a-contemplative-enneagram-soul-journey/
LOCATION:Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center\, 303 Tunxis Road\, West Hartford\, CT\, 6107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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SUMMARY:Wisdom School Retreat: Invitation to a Wisdom Way of Knowing
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a rhythm of practice\, learning\, and integration in togetherness and solitude. \nThe Wisdom stream is at the contemplative headwaters of every religious tradition including Christianity. Wisdom takes many shapes and forms and is more concerned with the transformation of the human being than on a set of right beliefs. The Christian Wisdom lineage is about learning to listen to the Divine within and see that we are deeply interconnected in a larger whole of which we are meant to responsibly take part in. This kind of listening and seeing requires that we include our three centers of knowing—mind\, feeling\, and body—in the spiritual organ of the heart which sees from wholeness and oneness. \nJoin us for a Wisdom School for beginners on the path and experienced practitioners\, designed to bring a rhythm of practice\, learning\, and integration in togetherness and solitude in order to invite a ‘wisdom way of knowing.’ With periods of teaching\, Centering Prayer\, chanting\, embodiment practices\, lectio divina\, contemplative sharing and free time\, this Wisdom School will explore the core tenets of the Christian Wisdom Tradition through the lineage of Cynthia Bourgeault. We will focus on the Wisdom tradition as the Way of the Heart\, the organ of spiritual perceptivity\, and dive deeply into the three centers of intelligence (mind/intellectual\, feeling/emotional\, body/sensation-al) which comprise it. Wisdom Schools prepare us to live more consciously and to show up in the world holding our post as planetary servants. \nRetreat Schedule (please note that schedule is subject to change) \nFirst evening: \n7:00-8:30 pm Opening Evening \nDaily schedule: \n* Breakfast on your own \n9:00 am Chanting and Centering Prayer \n9:30 am Break \n9:45 am Morning Session \n11:15 am Break \n11:30 am Embodiment Practice/Movement\, or Conscious Work \n12:00 pm Lunch (talking optional) followed by contemplative free time \n2:00 pm Chanting and Centering Prayer \n2:30 pm Break \n2:45 pm Afternoon Session \n4:15 pm Break \n4:30 pm Contemplative Practice \n5:45 pm Dinner (talking optional) \n7:00-8:30 pm Evening session – reflection\, discussion\, synthesis of day’s work\, ending with chanting and centering prayer \nLast day: \n* Breakfast on your own \n9:00 am Chanting and Centering Prayer \n9:45 am Final Teaching \n11:00 Closing Circle \n12:00 End & Departure \nRetreat Facilitator: Heather Ruce\n\nHeather facilitates Wisdom practice circles\, groups\, retreats\, and Wisdom schools. She offers teaching and guidance in various embodied Wisdom\, contemplative and mindfulness practices including Centering Prayer\, Christian meditation\, sacred chanting\, lectio divina\, conscious work\, and sacred gestures. She has had many companions\, guides\, and teachers along the way\, all of whom have contributed to who she is and the work that she does. Her work is especially informed by her Masters education in family systems therapy and depth psychology and the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault in the Christian Wisdom Tradition\, and Steve Hoskinson in the integration of trauma healing and complexity science through his model Organic Intelligence.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/wisdom-school-retreat-invitation-to-a-wisdom-way-of-knowing/
LOCATION:All Souls Interfaith Gathering\, 291 Bostwick Farm Road\, Shelburne\, VT\, 05482\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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SUMMARY:Becoming An Everyday Contemplative
DESCRIPTION:Contemplative Enrichment Day with Judith Valente \n“Stillness is … opening up an emotionally clutter-free space and allowing ourselves to feel and think and dream and question\,” author Brene Brown says. This is an extraordinary time when there is much chaos in our country and the world\, many demands on our time\, and personal pressures. This day explores simple\, concrete practices we can adopt to maintain a contemplative calm\, learn to embrace the current moment\, and create enough space to become “everyday contemplatives.” \nThis program will be offered both in-person and online via Zoom. Information on how to access the program on Zoom will be sent to participants in advance. \nThis program will include a morning and an afternoon session of Centering Prayer. \nJudith Valente is an award-winning journalist and poet and a lay Benedictine Oblate who guides frequent contemplative retreats. She has written several spirituality books including most recently\, How to Be: A Monk and A Journalist Reflect on Living & Dying\, Purpose & Prayer\, Forgiveness & Friendship\, co-authored with Trappist Brother Paul Quenon. Judith is also author of The Art of Pausing and a contemporary guide on The Rule of St. Benedict titled\, How to Live. \nPlease use the link below to register.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/becoming-an-everyday-contemplative/
LOCATION:Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center\, 303 Tunxis Road\, West Hartford\, CT\, 6107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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