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Welcoming Forgiveness and Centering Prayer Retreat
With Mary Dwyer
September 5, 2023 – September 10, 2023
This 6-day retreat will explore the dance between
Welcoming Prayer and Forgiveness.
There will be extended periods of Centering Prayer, Silence & Solitude.
No Frills Second Sits
Mondays through Fridays
Through Friday, Feb 10, 2023.
(Will break for one week then restart Feb 20)
4:30-5:00 pm (Pacific)
No chit-chat, no extras.
All are welcome.
Drop in any time
All are welcome – drop in any time.
Contact councilcoordinating@gmail.com for login information.
New Spiritual Journey Course - Zoom
What does it mean to live a contemplative life?
Spiritual Journey Course
Every Tuesday night 5:00 – 6:00 pm
(right after NoFrills – same link)
Community building through guided Lectio, video, and discussion.
Come to all in sequence or drop in.
February 2023
Learn about the false self, philosophical model, and the human condition.
The Welcoming Prayer (online)
Contemplative Enrichment Day
Saturday, January 28, 2023
6:00 am to 1:30 pm (PST)
(online)
January 28, 2023
8:00 am – 11:00 am
“To assist Centering Prayer, we need complementary practices. Centering Prayer teaches us consenting in stillness; the Welcoming Prayer practice teaches us consenting in activity.”
Meditation Chapel
Pray in silence with practitioners from all over the world with this ecumenical, interfaith community.
Centering Prayer groups are practicing daily on this global video platform of online meditation groups.
To join, go to Learn More button below for simple instructions.
What Does Centering Prayer Have to Offer the 21st Century?
The New Monasticism: An Interspiritual Manifesto for Contemplative Living
Rory McEntee and Adam Bucko
(In Person and Zoom Presentation)
Saturday, February 25, 2023
8:00 am – 2:00 pm (PST)
Online Cost: $60
Scholarships are available
Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat
Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude, Idaho
March 13 – 19, 2023
Suggested donation
Single Occupancy: $745
Shared Occupancy: $1290
Scholarships are available
Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat
Mercy Center, Auburn CA
March 15 – 23, 2023
Call to get on the waitlist!
UPCOMING LONGER RETREATS:
TRAPPIST ABBEY
May 5-12, 2023 – Lafayette, OR
Currently full with a waitlist
patricia.a.lacy@gmail.com
MERCY CENTER AUBURN
Nov. 29 – Dec. 7, 2023, Auburn, CA
Registration open
https://files.mercycenter.org/CPNov2023.pdf
SAVE THE DATE:
March 6 – 14, 2024, Auburn, CA
Registration will open Mar. 2023
Oct. 16 – 24, 2024, Auburn, CA
Registration will open Oct. 2023
Why am I reaching again for the brushes?
When I paint your portrait, God,
nothing happens.
But I can choose to feel you.
At my senses’ horizon
you appear hesitantly,
like scattered islands …
All creation holds its breath, listening within me,
because, to hear you, I keep silent.
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