God — the source of true joy and lasting peace — is not outside, at a distance from ourselves. God is the very origin of ourselves. Contemplatives of all traditions […]
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Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat
This 7 days / 6 night Centering Prayer retreat provides an opportunity to deepen one’s established Centering Prayer practice by building to 4 1/2 hours of prayer time at mid […]
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Create Your Life. Write From Your Soul: A Contemplative Writing Retreat
“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 […]
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Contemplative Living II – ONLINE
I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. – Ezekiel 36:26 “Contemplative life begins when when take the first step into the […]
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Weaving a Nest for Stillness: A Silent Contemplative Retreat
This silent, contemplative weekend retreat invites you to engage with the Sacred in nature. Anchored in three Centering Prayer gatherings, the weekend will offer lectio and terra divina (sacred earth), […]
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I AM That I AM: The Invitation at the Center of Contemplative Prayer
Contemplative 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. […]
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Blue Christmas Service – via Zoom
Blessed are those who mourn … – Matthew 5:4 Sometimes Christmas doesn’t feel so ‘Merry and Bright’, and you just don’t have the energy to ‘Deck the Halls’. This may […]
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Practice the Presence Silent Saturday with Fr. Bill Sheehan OMI Zoom Registrations Available
SILENT SATURDAY with Fr. Bill Sheehan, OMI November 11, 2023 Zoom Registration available. 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 pm Pacific Standard Time By this we know that we abide in him […]
9-Day Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat with Frs. Bill Sheehan and Vinny McKiernan
Come rest in the stillness and surrender to God’s presence and action within. This retreat offers an in-depth experience of silent prayer for those who already have an established practice […]
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Benedictine Spirituality – via Zoom
Listening and Responding to God For over 1500 years, Benedictine spirituality, which finds its basis in the monastic Rule of St. Benedict, has assisted seekers from all walks of life […]
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