The Eight-Day Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat offered from Sunday, May 17 to Sunday, May 24, 2020, provides an opportunity to deepen the practice of Centering Prayer in an atmosphere of silence and community support. This retreat follows the Contemplative Outreach guidelines for an Intensive Retreat including six 30-minute Centering Prayer periods daily. Following Fr. Thomas …
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This retreat will explore the meanings and roles of angels in Icons. We will be painting a beautiful angel Icon using egg tempera and gold leaf gilding for this class. This class welcomes both beginners and more advanced students. We will also do some drawing of the features of the face to help Icon students …
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Anyone called to minister to others through religious structures or spiritual ministries must hold both the mystic and prophetic Voices. We are in the midst of profound changes. Vocation calls us to both inner transformation and outer awakening. The retreat will be through Jungian-Christian lenses and will explore Catherine of Siena as an example of …
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Limited to 10 participants. Ezra Pound wrote, “Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.” Emily Dickinson wrote, “If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.” In this workshop, we will endeavor to “take off the top of our …
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Join the monastic community in the Benedictine rhythm of work and prayer, help us maintain and restore our garden spaces, and enjoy the beauty of summer in the Hudson Valley. We will have morning and afternoon work periods as well as time for the work, rest, and recreation. There is no formal teaching offered as …
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Mark Twain once said of a letter he wrote, If I had more time I could have made it shorter. A well-crafted short essay or personal story is intimate and moving. It combines the narrative techniques of fiction with the conciseness of lyric poetry. To create such a well-crafted gem, you need the critical eye …
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Join us for Foundations of Christian Leadership in Washington, D.C., where we will draw on the rich resources of the surrounding community as we imagine and listen together to how God is stirring in our world, in our church and in our lives. We will hold our sessions in the chapel/multi-purpose room on the second …
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The events and challenges of our lives often leave us with a sense of confusion or incoherence, leaving us wondering where the Spirit is in our spiritual journey. If we reframe our stories through an archetypal lens – through the context of ancient myth and legend – we emerge with a new outlook that celebrates …
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Limited to 8 participants. Listen with the ear of the heart, Benedict counsels. Come for this time of deep listening for the movements of God’s Spirit in our lives through group spiritual direction. Powerful whether you are in transition or need a spiritual 100,000 mile check, each participant has an opportunity to speak and be …
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Are you called or want to test a call to lead spiritual groups and retreats? Are you being drawn to deepen your spiritual practice? Do you long for an authentic spiritual community to companion your journey of deepening prayer and preparation for contemplative leadership? If your answers are yes, perhaps the Spirit is calling you …
View course details “Transforming Community: Leading Contemplative – Prayer Groups and Retreats Program”
