Virtual Silent Saturday with Fr. Bill Sheehan Finding the Place of the Heart March 15 Contemplative Outreach of Columbus is offering a Silent Saturday. A Silent Saturday provides a few […]
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Virtual Silent Saturday with Fr. Bill Sheehan Finding the Place of the Heart March 15 Contemplative Outreach of Columbus is offering a Silent Saturday. A Silent Saturday provides a few […]
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The certificate offering is a 2-year formation and training program for persons who discern a call to the ministry of spiritual direction. Applicants will begin Phase I in July 2025. […]
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The Laudato Si’ Movement, together with the World Community of Christian Contemplation, Contemplative Outreach, the Taizé Community, the Office of the Franciscan Minors for Justice, Peace and the Integrity of […]
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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, […]
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If you need a retreat but can’t get away, join us for this free Centering Prayer online mini-retreat with periods of silent prayer, contemplative breaks and lectio divina. This event […]
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A person is not a science project to be examined, analyzed or dissected. A person cannot be known with the clarity and exactness of a lab experiment. A person […]
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This praying Holy Scripture retreat offers Centering Prayer periods plus presentations based upon Fr. Thomas Keating’s teachings on the deepening levels of faith: the Four Senses of Scripture – literal, […]
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A Retreat for the Season leading into Christmas Sponsored by Contemplative Outreach Northeast Iowa Chapter Is it time to embrace – the movement of the Spirit in your life? – […]
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This in-person retreat is the perfect place for those new to Centering Prayer and silent retreats to begin, as well as for experienced practitioners to have a chance to sit […]
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“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not […]
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This 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 […]
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Sr. Marie Tasto wrote that practicing lectio divina “is an experience of being shaped by the Word of God and coming into fullness as the word God created us to […]
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I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. – Ezekiel 36:26 “Contemplative life begins when we take the first step into the […]
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Prière de consentement Québec offers three silent retreats in Granby, Québec: 3 day retreat: November 8 at 5:00 p.m. to November 10 at 1:00 p.m. Cost is $295.85 Cdn 6 […]
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“From time immemorial Wisdom Schools have emerged in times of global crisis or on the cusp of great leaps in human consciousness in order to help shepherd our planet through […]
Spend an Advent day learning and experiencing how to encounter and deepen into God’s inspiration in sacred scripture and poetry, art, music, yourself, and your life. Our foundation will be […]
Drawing on the idea of hospitality we will consider the twin aspects of Centering Prayer and Welcoming Prayer as ways we may welcome God, self, and others more deeply into […]
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A Taste of Lectio Divina Imagine what your spiritual life would be like if you were able to open yourself to the Word in Scripture, allowing the Spirit to guide […]
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Join us for a rhythm of practice, learning, and integration in togetherness and solitude. The Wisdom stream is at the contemplative headwaters of every religious tradition including Christianity. Wisdom takes […]
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Sowing Seeds of Blessings : is the focus for this online half day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat via Hawaiʻi (1st Saturday of every month) @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am […]
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A 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 […]
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Q: The inevitable end of the letting go process requires one to let go of all ideas about God, including belief in God. So one is presented with a paradox […]
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An Introduction to a Wisdom Way of Knowing: Wisdom Practices Series January 20th This Sacred Path: Three Centered Knowing This Sacred Surrender: Centering Prayer January 27th This Sacred Voice: Chanting […]
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This Praying Holy Scripture retreat offers Centering Prayer periods plus presentations based upon Fr. Thomas Keating’s teachings on the deepening levels of faith: the Four Senses of Scripture – literal, […]
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