Featured in the Newsletter
- COOP Newsletter Service Team Needs Help
- The Franciscan Spiritual Center
- Practice Soul Friending, Be a Soul Friend
- Lectio Divina, third Wednesday of the month
- No Frills Second Sits – Zoom
- Forever Zoom morning sit, Mon-Fri, 7-7:30 am, online
- Sunday Soup and Contemplation In-Person Every Sunday
- Meditation Chapel
- Retreats 2026 and beyond
COOP Newsletter Service Team Needs Help
We have two volunteers and need a third.
COOP emails a newsletter to 500 people every month that highlights centering prayer opportunities, especially local events.
We are seeking someone who is not daunted by computers and either knows MailChimp or is willing to learn.
After training, time commitment would be about 6 hours every 3 months.
Questions? Contact us at Lgarciapdx@gmail.com.
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The Franciscan Spiritual Center
The Franciscan Spiritual Center at Marylhurst sponsors a variety of contemplative programs
including an in-person Centering Prayer group on the
2nd and 4th Wednesdays
9:30 am
May 12 & 26, June 9 & 23 . . .
Franciscan Spiritual Center
3159 Furman Drive
Marylhurst, OR
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Practice Soul Friending, Be a Soul Friend
Wednesday May 13, 2026 via Zoom
11:00 am Pacific Time
Free; suggested donation $25
This event will be recorded
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Lectio Divina: A Time for Sacred Reading & Prayer
3rd Wednesdays monthly
10 – 11:30 am
May 20, June 17 . . .
Franciscan Spiritual Center
3159 Furman Drive
Marylhurst, OR
The event is free, but please RSVP through the title link.
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No Frills Second Sits
Mondays through Fridays
(sometimes we need help with that second sit)
Mondays through Fridays
4:30-5:00 pm (Pacific)
No chit-chat, no extras.
All are welcome.
Drop in any time.
Contact us for the Zoom link.
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Forever Zoom
Need a little support for your morning sit?
Forever Zoom is a no-frills online group
No chit-chat, no extras. All are welcome. Drop in any time.
Mondays through Fridays
7:00 – 7:30 am
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Meditation Chapel
Visit the Meditation Chapel website for lots of information in their current newsletter.
To the Contemplative Outreach Community
>Thank you!
We are grateful for your continuing financial gifts!
- Your support helps us meet our basic monthly operating expenses
- We strive to keep our costs low, retreats and other events affordable, and scholarships available
- Our staff is 100% volunteer
One small community of people devoted to Centering Prayer can fill the air with higher purpose!
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“In contemplative practice, as we pray together, identifying ourselves with the Pascal Mystery, we believe that Christ is in the center of the circle imparting to each the special graces each one needs. The participants are pooling their silence, so to speak, so that everyone gathered there can drink from this marvelous well of living water that rises up from the center of the circle.”
– The Better Part, Fr. Thomas Keating
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