The following is a collection of some of the notes I took after speaking with Father Thomas on the phone during the last three years of his life. They […]
God is Love – The Heart of All Creation – via Zoom
God is Love: The Heart of All Creation Series continues and builds on the works of Thomas Keating over the past 30+ years, beginning with the Spiritual Journey series. It […]
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Centering Prayer Weekend Retreat
Topic: Fr. Thomas Keating and the Development of Christian Contemplative Prayer Practice Presenter: Fr. Steve Coffey OSB Cam On this weekend Centering Prayer Retreat, Fr. Steve will begin with the […]
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Suggested Guidelines for Intensive Retreat Videos
CO Retreats Team 2025 Suggested Guidelines for Intensive Retreat Videos by Leslee Terpay The Contemplative Outreach Retreats Service team is responsible for the guidelines that cover content for the […]
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An Experience of the Living Flame of Love Within
Q: This is pretty out of sorts for me, but something happened in the past few weeks, and I ended up googling a term that seemed to match the experience: […]
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Settling into Centering Prayer and Working with Thoughts
Q: I am a meditation instructor for health and a secular Carmelite. I have difficulty with the Centering meditation technique and I am asking for help. I have understood […]
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6-Day Intensive and Post-Intensive Centering Prayer Retreat
This retreat offers two tracks simultaneously: intensive and post-intensive. Everyone attending will share three sets of two 30-minute periods of Centering Prayer, daily. The intensive retreat will hear and discuss […]
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The Transformative Practice of Humility
“When there is no more sense of an “I” (ego), the great I AM takes over our lives.” – Fr. Thomas Keating, Reflections on the Unknowable What is humility? And […]
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“God Is All In All” Silent Saturday with Fr. Bill Sheehan
Join us June 7, 2025 8:45 a.m. to 2:00 pm for a quiet time of cultivating interior silence with prayer, reflection and Christian meditation. The day will reflect on Fr. […]
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Directed Silent Retreat
with the topic Heartfulness Transformation in Christ – with Thomas Keating and Betty Sue Flowers. Spiritual direction or spiritual companionship is a process guided by the Holy Spirit in which […]
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