How do we awaken the heart and experience life through the heart center? For centuries, Christian, Sufi and Hindu mystics have been drawn to the heart as our primary source […]
7-Day Silent Directed Retreat
Receive the healing and transforming grace of seven days with God, savoring the silence and prayer that open your whole being to God’s Word and Presence. Daily liturgy, spiritual direction […]
7-Day Silent Directed Retreat
Receive the healing and transforming grace of seven days with God, savoring the silence and prayer that open your whole being to God’s Word and Presence. Daily liturgy, spiritual direction […]
The Astounding Bernadette Roberts: Insights and Experiences of a Modern Christian Mystic
Fr. Thomas Keating considered Bernadette’s book, The Experience of No-Self, to be “one of the best … since St. John of the Cross. An amazing book, it clarifies the higher […]
Be Still and Know: A Contemplative Prayer Weekend
Anchored in silence and the practice of Centering Prayer, this weekend will offer opportunities to let go of our everyday concerns in order to be still and know God ever […]
Centering Prayer: Weekend Immersion – Deepening the Contemplative Dimension of Life
This retreat will focus on Centering Prayer and the integration of consent in our lives. There will be communal Centering Prayer sessions each day. We will explore attentiveness to the […]
7-Day Silent Directed Retreat
Receive the healing and transforming grace of seven days with God, savoring the silence and prayer that open your whole being to God’s Word and Presence. Daily Liturgy, Spiritual Direction […]
From Seeker to Sage: Journey to the Unknowable — A Center Prayer Retreat via Zoom
This is a three-day online Centering Prayer retreat via Zoom August 20th (Friday, starting at 5:30pm Central Daylight Time) to August 22nd (Sunday, ending at 12:30pm CDT) This is co-sponsered […]
“The Cloud of Unknowing” via Zoom
An anonymous Christian contemplative from the middle ages wrote the classic work The Cloud of Unknowing. Centering Prayer, of course, is based on this seminal work of spiritual practice. The […]
Guard of the Heart, A Traditional Way to Enrich Your Contemplative Practice via Zoom
“Guard of the Heart … disposes us to let go of personal likes and dislikes and to accept painful situations as they arise.” “It deals with the whole of life. […]
The Enneagram and Contemplative Living via Zoom
THE ENNEAGRAM AND CONTEMPLATIVE LIVING A Virtual Retreat from Contemplative Outreach of New Mexico June 19, 2021 9:30-3:30 Mountain Time The Enneagram offers a profound body of wisdom for psychological […]
The Unitive Way: Seeing Creation from God’s Perspective
by George R. Gerardi “A new period in evolutionary history seems to be emerging that calls us to transcend our rational powers with their desires for security and survival, power […]
Community Conversation Guide
The global community is invited to convene a conversation in your own Centering Prayer community about how the pandemic has influenced the way you interact and how you are being […]
The Gift of Life: Death & Dying, Life & Living via Zoom – 12-Step Friendly
Covid-19 has caused most of us to experience some type of loss, stress, questions of faith and possibly death of loved ones. Even without Covid-19, there is an almost universal […]
“In the Shadow of Your Wings” via Zoom
“In the shadow of your wings I take refuge, until the times of destruction pass.” – Psalm 57:1 Sponsored by Contemplative Outreach of Maryland and Washington (COMW), Fr. Vincent Pizzuto […]
A Closer Walk with God during Lockdown
Q: I have one – desperate – question. In the current lockdown I am led to believe from the book 40 Days to a Closer Walk with God [by David Muyskens] […]
Praying with the Eyes of the Heart
Minnesota Contemplative Outreach sponsored an event called “Praying with the Eyes of the Heart.” We gathered at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and began with Centering Prayer and then […]