contemplative spirituality
Events
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Black Contemplative Prayer Virtual Summit
Internet - OnlineHosted by Pastor Tia Norman, friend of Contemplative Outreach and Centering Prayer Facilitator. On February 22-23, the Black Contemplative Prayer Virtual Summit brings together black spiritual teachers and thought leaders
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Spirituality of the Earth: Thomas Berry’s Wisdom for an Ecological Age – in person and online
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesThomas Berry, C.P., arguably the father of “ecological spirituality,” anticipated by decades the contemporary turn toward Earth as the living home of incarnate divinity, exhorting us to awaken to our sacred role within the “New Story” and the “Great Work” in a living community honored and protected as “a communion of subjects, not a collection
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2025 United in Prayer Day
Internet - OnlineMarch 14-15, 2025 33rd Annual United in Prayer Day A free, globally-hosted 18-hour prayer vigil accessible via Zoom In the global unity of silence as God's first language, we hold vigil for suffering humanity and all creation, and we honor Thomas Keating's birthday (March 7), and the growing presence of Christ among us. Join
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Blessed Are the Clean of Heart: Living With Spiritual Integrity in an Age of Fragmentation – in person and online
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesWe will explore Jesus' invitation to live from an undivided heart and strategies to live in the world with deeper spiritual integrity in an age of fragmentation. We’ll look at the challenge and promise of living fully in God, and the wisdom to be gleaned from countercultural Christian movements, including the early Church, the Desert
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The Wisdom Way of Christian Spirituality – in person and online
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesWisdom is at the contemplative headwaters of every major religious tradition, including Christianity. Wisdom takes many shapes and focuses on human transformation more than on a set of beliefs. The
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The Enneagram and Eco-Spirituality: Self-Awareness and Contemplation Through a Nature-Based Lens – in person and online
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesThis workshop focuses on the integration of the Enneagram and Eco-Spirituality. Eco-Spirituality recognizes the sacredness of all life on Earth, as well as the inherent "wildness" of the human soul. The Enneagram is a set of teachings that show us how to be present to our life and free ourselves from self-defeating habits and patterns.
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“God Is All In All” Silent Saturday with Fr. Bill Sheehan
Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist Church 26001 Muirlands Blvd, Mission Viejo, CA, United StatesJoin us June 7, 2025 8:45 a.m. to 2:00 pm for a quiet time of cultivating interior silence with prayer, reflection and Christian meditation. The day will reflect on Fr. Thomas Keating's book, God Is All In All. Included are conferences by Fr. Bill, Q/A, Centering Prayer and plenty of free time for you to
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Spiritual Radicals: Interspiritual Wisdom from Franciscan and Buddhist Spirituality – in person and online
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesThe parallel teachings of Christ and the Buddha find a home in the spacious minds and inclusive hearts of Franciscan and Buddhist spirituality. During this contemplative day, we’ll explore how Christian saints Francis and Clare of Assisi, and Buddhist Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, invite you into the interspiritual sense that love and compassion, lifelong
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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 StatesHoward 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
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Contemplative Living I: Contemplative Practices in Daily Life (Online)
Internet - OnlineContemplative Living I: Contemplative Practices in Daily Life (Online) September – December 2025 I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. -
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The Way of the Heart: InterSpiritual Wisdom and Invitation for Living in Difficult Times
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesAwakening the heart and experiencing life through the heart center can impact how we live and respond to our current times. For centuries, Christian, Jewish, Sufi and Hindu mystics have
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The Enneagram – a Christian Wisdom Approach
St Paul's Episcopal Church 127 Summer Street, Lynnfield, MA, United StatesFrom a Wisdom perspective, the overarching message of Jesus’ teaching is the transformation of our ordinary ego-driven consciousness. In the scriptures, this is spoken of as stepping into the larger
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