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.
COOP Retreat Service Team
Ava Haney Martin, Benneth Husted, Carole Cook, Doug Eaton, Lisa Washio-Collette, Mary Brooks Conley, Matthew Pearl, Michelle Frandsen, Roger Scullion and Tom Amsberry.
Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat
5-day (4-night)
Monday, April 13 – Friday, April 17, 2026
Prince of Peace Benedictine Monastery
Oceanside, CA
Cost: $550 includes single room with private bath and meals
(no special meals)
Deposit: $100 (non-refundable)
10-Day Contemplative Listening Retreat
(aka “Post Post”)
9-Day Centering Prayer Retreat:
June 9 – 18, 2026
Tuition: $1,470
Mercy Center offers a beautiful landscape with a contemplative and serene environment.
9-Day 12 Step Centering Prayer Retreat
(Intensive I and Post Intensive Retreat)
June 9-18, 2026
Tuition $1,470
Mercy Center offers a beautiful landscape with a contemplative and serene environment.
Centering Prayer Intensive/Post-Intensive Retreat
Sun June 21 – Sun June 28, 2026
8-day (7-night)
Holy Spirit Retreat Center
Encino, CA
Cost: $1,000 includes private room, all meals
Deposit: $50 (non-refundable)
Seeking the God Within: A Centering Prayer Retreat with Fr. Bill Sheehan
Sun July 19 – Sun July 26, 2026
8-day (7-night)
Holy Spirit Retreat Center
Encino, CA
Cost: $1,000 includes private room, all meals
and daily presentations with Fr. Bill
Registration information coming soon.
9-Day Centering Prayer Retreat
October 7-15, 2026
Watch this space for more details.
Centering Prayer Retreat
October 26 – November 1, 2026
Twin Rocks Friends Camp
Rockaway Beach, Oregon
Registration will open on April 1.
Tuition: $725, includes private room/bath, all meals
Reserve a room: $150 deposit ($50 nonrefundable)
Partial scholarships available
Register – or for more information, email: marybc156@gmail.com
photo: Benneth Husted