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 […]
All Parts of You Are Welcome Here
Do you do and feel things you don’t want to? Do you long to connect with God exactly as you are and not as you “should” be? Join therapist Jenna […]
Contemplation and Caring for Creation
This day-long immersion will explore the ways contemplation can support the healing of our planet. Participants will explore methods of prayer to awaken to God’s presence in the natural world […]
Raimon Panikkar’s Christophany: A Day of Engagement, Reflection, and Contemplation
Raimon Panikkar was simultaneously philosopher, theologian, mystic, poet, and Catholic priest. A notable influence on Cynthia Bourgeault and Fr. Thomas Keating, he was a major contributor to the modern study […]
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 […]
The Holy Trinity as Spiritual Practice
The doctrine of the Holy Trinity, a core tenet of Christianity, has often been treated as nothing more than a complex mental construct remote from ordinary experience. Dr. Jonas explores […]
Lectio Divina Introductory Workshop for Advent
This workshop introduces the method of Lectio Divina, to pray sacred scripture. Through reading, reflecting, responding and resting in the Word of God, one’s relationship with God is nourished and […]
C.G. Jung Through a Christian Contemplative Lens
C.G. Jung is important to contemporary Christian spirituality. Building on the work of Morton Kelsey, John A. Sanford, and Robert A. Johnson, we will explore how Jungian topics can help […]
Deepening Spiritual Practice through Three-Centered Awareness – Online
Presented by Phileena Heuertz of the Gravity Center Sponsored by Contemplative Outreach Chicago Three-centered awareness is crucial for experiencing Divine Presence; mind, heart, and body coming online and cooperating together. […]
Human Condition – Via Zoom
This six-week course will begin introducing you to Fr. Keating’s core material of the Spiritual Journey Series and the process of healing our human condition. In these videotaped lectures, he […]
Divine Therapy Workshop – via Zoom
Divine Therapy is a six-week course that takes a more advanced look at the process of spiritual transformation. Fr. Keating integrates into his teachings St. John of the Cross’s Dark […]
The Cloud of Unknowing 5-day Retreat
Join us for a deep contemplative journey into The Cloud of Unknowing. This 14th-century work is the basis for the method and practice of Centering Prayer. During this 5-day retreat, […]
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