Featured in the Newsletter
- Speaker Meeting Wednesday, July 1, 2026, 5 pm
- Contemplative Chanting 2nd & 4th Tuesday
- The Franciscan Spiritual Center
- Lectio Divina, third Wednesday of the month
- Sunday Soup and Contemplation In-Person Every Sunday
- Forever Zoom morning sit, Mon-Fri, 7-7:30 am, online
- Daily Contemplative Pauses
- Centering Prayer No Frills Second Sits – Zoom
- Monday Evening Centering Prayer
- Meditation Chapel
- Centering Prayer Workshop
- Retreats 2026 and beyond
12-Step Outreach Monthly Speaker Meeting
5:00 pm
Online
Contemplative Chanting
10 – 11:15 am
July 14 & 28,
August 12 & 26, etc.
This growing group is devoted to sacred chant from many traditions, including Gregorian, Taize, and Rumi. No prior experience needed.
The class is free, but one-time registration is requested.
Trinity Episcopal
147 NW 19th Ave
Portland, OR 97209
in the Children’s Chapel
Image: Pat Zimmer leading a chant at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral.
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
2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 9:30 am
July 8 & 22, August 12 & 26, September 9 & 23
Franciscan Spiritual Center
3159 Furman Drive
Marylhurst, OR
Lectio Divina: A Time for Sacred Reading & Prayer
10 – 11:30 am
June 17, July 15, August 19
Franciscan Spiritual Center
3159 Furman Drive
Marylhurst, OR
The event is free, but please RSVP through the title link.
Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash
Centering Prayer Forever Zoom Sit
Need a little support for your morning sit? Your COOP is here to help! “Forever Zoom” is a no-frills, online Centering Prayer group.
Like the No-Frills sit above, no chit-chat, no ups, no extras. All are welcome. Drop in any time.
Mondays through Fridays
7:00 – 7:30 am
Photo by Hana Oliver on Unsplash
Contemplative Pauses
8:00 – 8:30 am Pacific Time
every day
online
Grounding & chanting followed by 20 minutes of silence
Photo by Hans Vivek on Unsplash
Centering Prayer Monday Evening Sit
Conducted by our friends at the Mercy Center, this is a contemplative reading followed by 20 minutes of Centering Prayer.
6:30 – 7:00 pm
Every Monday
Online
photo: Benneth Husted
Centering Prayer No-Frills Second Sit
Mondays through Fridays
Led by volunteer facilitators at your COOP because sometimes we need help with that second sit. Like the Forever Zoom below, no chit-chat, no ups, no extras. All are welcome. Drop in any time.
Mondays through Fridays
4:30-5:00 pm (Pacific)
Contact us for the Zoom link.
Photo by photo: Chewy on Unsplash
St. Gabriel the Archangel Episcopal Church Portland, Oregon
Centering Prayer Workshop
September 26, 2026
Watch this space for more details
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!
Photo by Neil Thomas on Unsplash
“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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