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9-Day Intensive and Post-Intensive Retreat – Spaces still available
Mercy Center Auburn 535 Sacramento Street, Auburn, CA, United StatesWe still have a few spaces available (10/28/2023). This retreat offers three tracks simultaneously: Intensive I, Intensive II and Post Intensive. For everyone, there will be three sets of two 30 minute periods of Centering Prayer daily. Intensive I and Intensive II will watch video talks from Fr. Thomas Keating’s Spiritual Journey. Intensive I focuses
Advent Centering Prayer Retreat
St. Mary's Sewanee: The Ayres Center for Spiritual Development 770 St. Mary's Lane, TN, United StatesThis weekend retreat will focus on how Centering Prayer can heighten one’s understanding and appreciation for the season of Advent. Centering Prayer is a form of Christian silent meditation where one lets go of thoughts during periods of prayer typically lasting 20 minutes. It is rooted in the self-emptying love that forms the heart of
Centering Prayer 7-Day Retreat
Knobs Haven Retreat Center 515 Nerinx Road, Nerinx, KY, United StatesA Centering Prayer 7-Day Intensive/Post Intensive Retreat An opportunity to deepen the practice of Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina in an atmosphere of silence, within community, and with an experience of solitude. Two tracts: The Intensive retreat is for anyone who hasn't been on a Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat and includes video presentations by Fr.
Virtual Silent Saturday with Fr Bill Sheehan – via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesA Silent Saturday provides a few hours that are set aside for Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina, spiritual teaching and reflection. "Come rest awhile with the Lord" in preparation for Holy Week. Fr Bill will discuss "Finding the Place of the Heart ... Encouragement to go Deeper” so that we may listen to the Spirit praying
9-Day Intensive, Post Intensive Retreat
Mercy Center Auburn 535 Sacramento Street, Auburn, CA, United StatesThis retreat offers three tracks simultaneously: Intensive I, Intensive II and Post Intensive. For everyone, there will be 3 sets of two 30 minute periods of Centering Prayer daily. Intensive I and Intensive II will watch video talks from Fr. Thomas Keating’s Spiritual Journey. Intensive I focuses on “The Human Condition and the Spiritual Journey”.
I AM That I AM: The Invitation at the Center of Contemplative Prayer
Mercy by the Sea Retreat and Conference Center 167 Neck Road, Madison, CT, United StatesContemplative prayer draws us to the center of our being where Silence opens us to God's dynamic, spacious, ever-evolving reality — the God Who is, not the God we expect. In this silent retreat, through periods of Centering Prayer; contemplative practices; simple body exercises; contemplative conversation; and quiet time for reflection, reading, and walking the
Forming Future Keepers of the Tradition: Young Contemplatives Retreat
The Lama Foundation PO Box 240, San Christobal, NM, United StatesAll young contemplatives and professionals 50 and under are welcome to this Centering Prayer retreat. Generous scholarships are available. Please email snowmasscoc@gmail.com with questions and interest.
Our Amazing Journey of Contemplative Prayer, Life and Growth
Mercy Conference and Retreat Center 2039 N. Geyer Road, St. Louis, MO, United States"We wait patiently; in silence, openness, and quiet expectancy; motionless within and without. We surrender to the attraction to be still, to be loved, just to be." Fr. Thomas Keating We invite all contemplatives to come celebrate Contemplative Outreach St. Louis 35th Anniversary with a four day retreat led by Patricia Johnson, who worked closely
Create Your Life. Write From Your Soul: A Contemplative Writing Retreat
Trinity Retreat Center 79 Lower River Road, West Cornwall, CT, United States"Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here." — Sue Monk Kidd All of us have stories to tell. They can take many forms but the most compelling are the ones written from the heart, those that move us and sometimes
Trusting in the Mercy of God
St Paul's Episcopal Church 127 Summer Street, Lynnfield, MA, United StatesThis day-long Centering Prayer retreat will be based on the themes explored in Cynthia Bourgeault's book Mystical Hope - themes that are both timeless and eminently relevant today. Our time together will be marked by chanting, silence, teaching and Centering Prayer.
Writing Into the New Year: A Contemplative Writing Retreat
Mercy by the Sea Retreat and Conference Center 167 Neck Road, Madison, CT, United StatesStories give shape to the human experience and touch us in our innermost places. They pick us up right where we are and leave us somewhere else – changed, transformed, more awake, alive and aware. - Sara Mackenzie, author Life provides us with countless stories -- of love, loss, grief, and courage; stories of unexpected
Centering Prayer Retreat
Holy Cross Monastery - New York 1615 Route 9W, West Park, NY, United StatesThis retreat, offered from Tuesday, February 18 till Friday, February 21, 2025, at Holy Cross Monastery on the Hudson River in New York State, offers opportunities for both those new to the Centering Prayer and those who have an established practice. During the retreat, one will experience integrating contemplation and action through silence, solitude, community
