CO of Tampa Bay is happy to welcome Julie Saad for a day and a half retreat at the beautiful Franciscan Center campus in Tampa, FL. Julie is returning again […]
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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 […]
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Our Contemplative Practices Move to Zambia
by Fionnuala Quinn O.P. Dublin, Ireland During this time of pandemic, when globally the life of every citizen has been disrupted and our personal connections with people very much […]
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Fall Silent Saturday
As the season of Fall approaches, join us for a quiet morning of Centering Prayer and silence. This day is open to beginners as well as those experienced in contemplative […]
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Praying Holy Scripture in the Lectio Divina Method as Part of the Centering Prayer Support Group
The Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina prayer practices complement each other. Fr. Thomas Keating called this a “Liturgy of Lectio Divina.” In his article “The Four Approaches to the Practice […]
Present to Presence: A Silent Centering Prayer Retreat
August 15 – 18, 2021 Thomas Keating once posed the question: Why go on retreat? His response was “to experience the deepest silence” and “just … [to] be, opening uninterruptedly […]
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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 […]
