by Carolyn Goddard Nashville, Tennesee, USA The first time I entered St. Bernard’s Convent, it was through the back door. I was teaching at St. Bernard’s High School; the […]
7-Day Centering Prayer Dual Track Intensive / Post Intensive
The seven-day Centering Prayer Dual Track Intensive / Post Intensive Retreat offered from Monday, May 13 to Sunday, May 19, 2024, provides an opportunity to deepen the practice of Centering […]
8-Day Centering Prayer Dual Track Intensive / Post Intensive
The Eight-Day Centering Prayer Dual Track Intensive / Post Intensive Retreat offered from Saturday September 7 to Saturday September 14, 2024, provides an opportunity to deepen the practice of Centering […]
The Healing Path: A Memoir and an Invitation – via Zoom
A Zoom Event with James Finley, Ph.D. Student of Thomas Merton, contemplative practitioner and Clinical Psychologist Dates: October 7, 2023, 10:00am – 1:30pm PST Location: Zoom and option to gather […]
Presence, Prayer , and Writing From the Heart
All of us have many stories to tell. Some involve your family history, spiritual journey, experiences in Nature, or a life-changing situation. Stories can take many forms, but the most […]
Five-Day Centering Prayer Retreat
The retreat is an opportunity to deepen your practice of Centering Prayer in community, silence, and in solitude with the theme of the Divine Symphony. When we listen to a […]
Guard of the Heart – via Zoom
“One practice to bring the effects of contemplative prayer into daily life is traditionally known as “Guard of the Heart.” This consists of letting go of every emotional disturbance as […]
Entering the Circle: A Contemplative Enneagram Soul Journey
Overnight Retreat – Enneagram Formation with Rev. Nhien Vuong, J.D., M.Div. Discover how the Enneagram can support a contemplative, compassion-based life. This introductory weekend intensive will reveal how the Enneagram […]
Around the Circle: A Contemplative Enneagram Soul Journey
Overnight Retreat – Enneagram Formation with Rev. Nhien Vuong, J.D., M.Div. Learn how the entire Enneagram circle–and not just your own Enneagram type–can enrich your contemplative life. This intensive is […]
Coming Full Circle: A Contemplative Enneagram Soul Journey
Overnight Retreat – Enneagram Formation with Rev. Nhien Vuong, J.D., M.Div. Experience firsthand how the Enneagram offers a portal into a life of deepened purpose, presence, and soul. This intensive […]
The Experience of Apathy
Q: I have been spending time with the Spiritual Journey program, and I just watched the video ‘Frustrations Caused by the Emotional Programs’ (from Part 2 of the ‘Human […]
One-day Introductory Workshop
We are excited to invite you to join us for a powerful workshop on Centering Prayer. This workshop will take place on July 29th from 10am to 4pm (GMT) at […]
Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat
The eight-day Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat, Tuesday, May 16 to Tuesday, May 23, 2023, provides an opportunity to deepen the practice of Centering Prayer in an atmosphere of silence and […]
9-Day Intensive and Post-Intensive Retreat – Spaces still available
We still have a few spaces available (10/28/2023). This retreat offers three tracks simultaneously: Intensive I, Intensive II and Post Intensive. For everyone, there will be three sets of two […]
The Cross of Uncle Raymond
by Tom Agness Rochester, New York, USA I have never liked crucifixes. For years, the emphasis on the bloody death of Jesus Christ, his anguished face, without the corresponding […]
Advent Centering Prayer Weekend
“Bridges to Contemplative Living” leads participants on a journey toward personal spiritual transformation and a more contemplative and peace-filled life. This retreat is designed for those with an established daily […]
Centering Prayer and the Mystical Imagination – via Zoom
Contemplative Outreach Chicago’s 2022 One-Day Fall Workshop presented by Carl McColman “Be still and know that I am God” is a promise from the Psalms: a promise that God may […]
About the Intensive Retreat
This article contains information about the Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat format, which is also one of the requirements of the commissioning process to become a Centering Prayer Presenter. Thomas […]
Using the Spiritual Journey Series for Ongoing Enrichment
Two different prayer groups – one on Zoom and one in-person, share their experience and approach to using the Spiritual Journey videos. Note that the entire series is freely […]
Waking Up with the Enneagram: A Guide for your Contemplative Journey
Contemplative Enrichment Day with Rev. Nhien Vuong, J.D., M.Div. The Enneagram is an extraordinary framework for transformational development. A multi-dimensional model of consciousness, the Enneagram equips each of us with […]
Fear, Freedom and Levels of the Mind: Cultivating Interior Freedom in Fierce Times
Contemplative Enrichment Day with Mark Kutolowski Fear blocks our ability to hear God’s presence and action in our midst. How do we live from a place of spiritual freedom in […]
Heart Speaks to Heart: Correspondence as Spiritual Practice
Contemplative Enrichment Day with Judith Valente and Brother Paul Quenon, O.C.S.O. Through the ages, correspondence has been an important contemplative practice to recognize and share the presence of God in […]
With Merton & Keating’s Roadmap, Where Do We Go from Here? – via Zoom
Join us for a contemplative panel discussion with Ed Bacon, Vernon Dixon, Victor Kramer and David Rensberger. This inspiring event begins with a 20-minute Centering Prayer period. Then our panelists […]
Fr. Carl Arico | Dying to New Life: Journey through Aging – via Zoom
Free Saturday, Oct 8 | 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM Central Time | FREE ONLINE EVENT VIA ZOOM Offered by Contemplative Outreach of San Antonio, Texas, USA For whoever wants […]
