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  • The Web of Life: Retreat for Contemplative Solidarity

    Loon Lake Retreat Centre, Maple Ridge, BC 14500 Silver Valley Road, Maple Ridge, BC, Canada

    With Cynthia Bourgeault, Heather Ruce, and more… Dates: November 20-23, 2023 Location: Zoom or In Person at Lake Loon Retreat Centre, Maple Ridge, B.C. How do contemplatives engage the world when forest fires, floods, and political uproar are happening in our own backyards? How do we stand in contemplative wisdom and be present in depth

  • Finding Fullness Through Simplicity

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

    Contemplative Enrichment Day with Mark Kutolowski This day is an opportunity to rediscover simplicity of life as a path to finding fullness and contentment in God. Drawing from his long experience living in an off-grid intentional community, Mark will invite us into an audit of three fundamental areas of human life: our relationships with time

  • BioSpiritual Focusing: Welcoming an Embodied Experience of Grace

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

    Contemplative Enrichment Day with Donna O’Connor and Mike Smoolca Deep wisdom and healing are accessible within us waiting for discovery. BioSpiritual Focusing offers access to the causal point for change, our feelings. We see that a loving and curious presence offered to disregarded and hidden feelings allows deeper meanings to emerge and a graced shift

  • Lectio Divina Introductory Workshop

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

    This workshop introduces the method of Lectio Divina, to pray sacred scripture. Through reading, reflecting, responding, and resting in the Word of God, one’s relationship with God is nourished and deepened. Both individual and group experiences will be offered. This program will be offered both in-person and online via Zoom. Information on how to access

  • Becoming An Everyday Contemplative

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

    Contemplative Enrichment Day with Judith Valente "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

  • Bi-monthly Tech Circle ONLINE

    Internet - Online

    A space where we connect, explore questions and co-learn with a view to building our capacity to serve others in our community and beyond. We've added dates for the year every couple of months. We met most recently on a Saturday at 1pm ET but not everyone was able to attend and so we've also

  • The Gospel of Love: Finding Wholeness with Julian of Norwich in Fragmented Times

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

    Contemplative Enrichment Day with Mark S. Burrows, Ph.D. At the turn of the 15th century, Julian of Norwich received 16 “showings” as a middle-aged woman and spent the rest of her life “beholding” them. She eventually produced a book at once provocative and accessible, expanding these “visions of love.” What Julian offers is a remarkably

  • Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop

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

    In this introductory workshop, you will learn the ancient method and principles of Centering Prayer practice in a quiet, reflective atmosphere. We will cover the history, psychology, and theology of the practice. Two prayer sessions and a question-and-answer session are included. In-person and online. $50 donation suggested. Please register using the link below.

  • Contemplative Christianity at the Dawning of the Second Axial Age

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

    Annual Day of Reflection with The Rev. Matthew Wright Many thinkers today believe we are entering a "Second Axial Age" -- a great shift in consciousness and spirituality equal to that which produced the headwaters of our great religious traditions between roughly 800-200 BCE. This next shift is related closely to the process of globalization,

  • Bi-monthly Tech Circle – ONLINE

    Internet - Online

    A space where we connect, explore questions and co-learn with a view to building our capacity to serve others in our community and beyond. You'll find dates for the reast of 2024 below. We meet alternately on a Saturday afternoon or Friday evening. The remaining dates for the year are: August 30th 8pm ET Register

  • The Deserts Roots of Contemplative Prayer: Emptiness, Silence & Hiddenness of Self – in person and via Zoom

    Internet - Online

    Belden C. Lane, Ph.D. has long been fascinated by the relationship between geography and spirituality—asking how the place we live has an effect on our perception of the spiritual life. The desert, for example, is a place of scarcity, silence, and the deep solitude of the heart. It’s what drew the Desert Fathers and Mothers

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  • Black Contemplative Prayer Virtual Summit

    Internet - Online

    Hosted 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 to explore prayer, activism, and community. In the contemplative community, diversity is essential. This summit addresses a critical question that arises in contemplative communities and

    $125