Retreats
About Retreats
Intensive vs. Post-Intensive – What’s the Difference?
Intensive retreats include up to three hours of centering prayer each day, balanced with silence and solitude in community. They include viewing of the classic “Spiritual Journey” videos, an immersion in the conceptual background of the practice, as taught by Fr. Thomas Keating. The pre-requisite for an Intensive retreat is an established centering prayer practice for at least six months.
Post Intensive retreats provide an opportunity for even more intensive centering prayer, solitude and silence. No videos are shown. The pre-requisite is completion of an intensive retreat
COOP offers both intensive and post-intensive retreats of 5 days or more, often combined in the same retreat.
Mercy Center, Auburn CA
Save the Dates for the 2025 retreat:
Oct. 8 – 16, 2025
Tuition: $975
Registration opens April 1
Mercy Center offers a beautiful landscape with a contemplative and serene environment.
Weekend Silent Centering Prayer Retreat
October 17 – October 19
St. Placid Priory Spirituality Center
Lacey, Washington
Tuition: $285 Includes Program, Meals and Lodging
Photo by Orkhan Farmanli on Unsplash
7-Day Centering Prayer Retreat
October 27 – November 2, 2025
Twin Rocks Friends Camp
Rockaway Beach, Oregon
Retreat is full, and we are starting a waitlist.
Tuition: $650, includes private room/bath, all meals
Reserve a room: $150 deposit ($50 nonrefundable)
Partial scholarships available
6-Day (5 night) Intensive Silent Centering Prayer Retreat
November 9 – November 14
St. Placid Priory Spirituality Center
Lacey, Washington
Tuition: $725, includes private room, all meals.
Deposit of $100 upon registration. Partial scholarships available.
Breakfast is “make your own” with food supplied by the Priory (or bring your own).
Lunches and dinners are in the Spirituality Center.
Come Away and Rest in God: A 3-Day Guided Quiet Retreat
November 21-24, 2025
Alton Collins Retreat Center
Eagle Creek, Oregon
$850 single room, $650 double room
Registration deadline October 20
Register at: info@francisspctr.com
Image: Franciscan Spiritual Center
7-Day Centering Prayer Retreat
March 2-8, 2026
Twin Rocks Friends Camp
Rockaway Beach, Oregon
This retreat is almost full!
Register: avahaney@gmail.com
9-Day Centering Prayer Retreat
Save the Dates for the 2026 retreat:
March 4 – 12, 2026
Tuition: $975
Registration opens September 1
Mercy Center, Auburn CA
Mercy Center offers a beautiful landscape with a contemplative and serene environment.
10-Day Contemplative Listening Retreat
(aka “Post Post”)
9-Day Centering Prayer Retreat:
June 9 – 18, 2026
Tuition: $975
Registration opens September 1
Mercy Center offers a beautiful landscape with a contemplative and serene environment.
9-Day 12 Step Centering Prayer Retreat
June 9-18, 2026
Tuition $1,470
Mercy Center offers a beautiful landscape with a contemplative and serene environment.