• Prayer for Healing and Wholeness in Our Post-Election World

    Mercy by the Sea Retreat and Conference Center 167 Neck Road, Madison, CT, United States

    No matter the outcome of this year’s US election, our nation will face tremendous challenges following months of divisive, wounding campaign rhetoric. During this weekend of intentional silence and stillness, we will seek to create a spaciousness within in order to nurture the enduring vision and experiences of the Sacred. This silent retreat will include

    $465
  • 6 DAY (5 NIGHT) CONTEMPLATIVE OUTREACH INTENSIVE SILENT CENTERING PRAYER RETREAT

    St. Placid Priory 500 College Street NE, Lacey, WA, United States

    This retreat, called an “Intensive Retreat” by Contemplative Outreach, provides an opportunity to deepen your established Centering Prayer practice in an atmosphere of silence and community, away from the busyness of daily life, and to allow your mind, body and spirit to surrender to God’s presence and action within. It has an educational component to

    $725.00
  • Writing Into the New Year: A Contemplative Writing Retreat

    Mercy by the Sea Retreat and Conference Center 167 Neck Road, Madison, CT, United States

    Stories 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

    Free
  • An Ancient Flowing Stream – via Zoom

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    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
  • God is Love – The Heart of All Creation – via Zoom

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    God is Love: The Heart of All Creation Series continues and builds on the works of Thomas Keating over the past 30+ years, beginning with the Spiritual Journey series. It offers a vision of hope and a view of reality that at once integrates the sciences, religion and humankind’s place in the cosmos as divine

    $70.00
  • Heartfulness: Transformation in Christ – via Zoom

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    Heartfulness is the sixth in a series of eight courses in the Spiritual Journey Series. In this series Fr. Thomas guides the listener toward an understanding of the contemplative dimension

    $70.00
  • Basic Centering Prayer

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    If you enjoyed the Introductory Workshop and want to make Centering Prayer a daily practice, this six-week basic course is the next step. Each week, you will view a video-recorded talk on the Spiritual Journey by Fr. Thomas Keating, followed by group discussion. The course will cover: Prayer as relationship with God, The four levels

    $60.00
  • 6-Day Intensive and Post-Intensive Centering Prayer Retreat

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

    This retreat offers two tracks simultaneously: intensive and post-intensive. Everyone attending will share three sets of two 30-minute periods of Centering Prayer, daily. The intensive retreat will hear and discuss teachings based on Fr. Thomas Keating’s The Spiritual Journey. Instead of teachings, the post-intensive retreat includes an additional hour of Centering Prayer each day. You

  • 8 Day Silent Intensive and Post-Intensive Retreat with Father Bill Sheehan

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

    Come rest in silence with other contemplative companions, away from the busyness of daily life, and allow the mind, body, and spirit to surrender to God’s presence and action within. This 8 day retreat offers a more in-depth experience of silent prayer for those who already have an established practice of Centering Prayer of 6

  • Centering Prayer and the Spiritual Journey (via Zoom)

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    If you want to make Centering Prayer a daily practice, this five-week basic course will give you a solid foundation. Each week, you will view a video-recorded talk by Fr. Thomas Keating on the prayer practice and how the prayer deepens your relationship with the Divine Indwelling. Course Description This powerful prayer practice is not

    $70.00
  • Unknowable – Surrendering Faithfully to Wonder (via Zoom)

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      Presented by Rick Klein Might our many societal, cultural and world problems be viewed as a crises of faith? In this thought-provoking presentation, Rick Klein offers insight into an often unseen dilemma that lies at the heart of many of today’s dualistic sociopolitical issues: The decline of faith and the rise of beliefs. Through

    $55.00
  • 9-day Intensive I, Advanced Intensive and Post Intensive Retreat

    Mercy Center Auburn 535 Sacramento Street, Auburn, CA, United States

    This retreat offers three tracks simultaneously: Intensive I, Advanced Intensive, and Post Intensive. If this is your first Centering Prayer retreat of this length, we suggest you choose Intensive I. We will be using two prayer rooms with two sets of staff, one for the Intensive retreats and one for the Post Intensive retreat. See

    $1,440