Updated 12/17/2018:
Updates to Events and Prayer Groups
Contact us at our new email address: COofBoston@gmail.com
Special Announcement:
Reclaiming the Mystical Heart of Christianity - How Centering Prayer Can Deepen Your Experience of God, Contemplative Silent Retreat with Cynthia Bourgeault on November 8-14, 2019 or November 8-10, 2019
This retreat provides a sacred opportunity for a large Community of Contemplatives to gather as a healing presence to the world and to one another. Individually you’ll deepen your Centering Prayer practice with Cynthia Bourgeault, one of the great contemplative guides of our time. The retreat will unpack some of the key ideas in her highly acclaimed book The Heart of Centering Prayer: Nondual Christianity in Theory and Practice. Emphasis will be placed on the notion of “nondual personhood,” as well as the method and foundations of the Centering Prayer practice. Participants will see that Centering Prayer is not simply a Christianized form of other meditation methods, rather a method that has its own specific mechanism to transform consciousness from a narrow to broader perspectives of personhood.
This retreat will be held in silence. Each day will include wisdom teaching with Cynthia, movement practice, Contemplative Eucharist, chanting, and multiple Centering Prayer periods. The retreat is open to practitioners on all spiritual pathways, the basis for our conceptual exploration and practical work will lie in centering prayer and the christian theological perspective which underlies it. All levels are welcome, though an established centering prayer or meditation practice is helpful. For those who cannot attend the full week, we welcome participants to join us for the weekend of November 8-10.
If you are interested register early, this retreat is filling quickly: https://www.holyfamilyretreat.org/calendar/reclaiming-the-mystical-heart-of-christianity
Upcoming Events:
Presenter Formation for Centering Prayer - January 20 - 26,2019 Bethany Retreat Center, Frenchville, PA
Submit Application and Recommendation Form if you're interested.
Jan. 26: The Core of Wisdom Christianity: A New Way of Seeing and Being
Led by Rev. William Redfield. West Hartford, Conn. 8:30AM-4:30PM. Cost $65 (includes lunch).
Information and Registration
Jan 30: Building Kinder Communities
Led by Ethel Fraga. Attleboro, MA. 10-11:30AM. Further information and registration details to follow.
Feb 6: Building Kinder Communities Follow-Up
Led by Ethel Fraga. Attleboro, MA. 10-11:30AM. Further information and registration details to follow.
Feb 15-20: Centering Prayer Retreat with Fr. Bill
Led by Br. Bill Sheehan, OMI. Niskayuna, NY. Further information click here.
March 9, 2019 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Integrating Wisdom Christianity into Life: How will the results be embodied in our lives?, Rev. Bill Redfield, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
Mar 16: Wisdom in the Desert: A Day Workshop on the Desert Fathers & Mothers
Led by Br. Nicholas Bartoli of Society of Saint John the Evangelist. Boston, MA. 9AM-4PM. Further information and registration details to follow.
Mar. 16: Awakening in Our Bodies and Christ's Body through Centering Prayer, Chant, and Gesture
Led by Allen Bourque, Hannah Lynn Mell, and Bryan Vosseler. Natick, MA. 9:30AM-4PM. Suggested contribution: $30 (bring your own lunch).
Information and Registration
Mar 20, 2019: Centering Prayer Spirituality: an Introduction to Christian Contemplative Practice
Led by Ethel Fraga. Attleboro, MA. 10-3PM. Further information and registration details to follow.
May 4, 2019: Fr. Michael Holleran
Lynnfield, MA. All day.
Information about Fr. Holleran
May 19-26, 2019 8-Day Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat
with Lesley Ann Terpay, Br. Bernard Delcourt, and Rob Bacon
Holy Cross Monastery, 1615 Route 9W (or Broadway) West Park, NY 12493
Click here for more information
June 1, 2019 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Song and Silence: Centering Prayer and Canto Divina Experience, Gunilla Norris and Frank Pendola, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
June 15, 2019 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Annual Day of Christian Reflection - Entering the Nondual Heart of Christ: Christianity as Participatory Mystery, Rev. Matthew Wright, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
Full list of Events and Programs available on the Current Events page
July 7-12, 2019 5-Day Silent Centering Prayer Retreat
with Fr. Bill Sheehan, OMI and Rob Bacon
Marie Joseph Spiritual Center 10 Evans Road Biddeford Pool, Maine 04005-9561 207-284-5671 www.mariejosephspiritual.org
Ongoing Programs:
Holy Family Passionist Center: The Christian Contemplative Experience, West Hartford, CT.
Information and Registration
Northeast Wisdom Events at Hallelujah Farm, Chesterfield, NH. (and elsewhere).
Information and Links to Registration
Updates to Events and Prayer Groups
Contact us at our new email address: COofBoston@gmail.com
Special Announcement:
Reclaiming the Mystical Heart of Christianity - How Centering Prayer Can Deepen Your Experience of God, Contemplative Silent Retreat with Cynthia Bourgeault on November 8-14, 2019 or November 8-10, 2019
This retreat provides a sacred opportunity for a large Community of Contemplatives to gather as a healing presence to the world and to one another. Individually you’ll deepen your Centering Prayer practice with Cynthia Bourgeault, one of the great contemplative guides of our time. The retreat will unpack some of the key ideas in her highly acclaimed book The Heart of Centering Prayer: Nondual Christianity in Theory and Practice. Emphasis will be placed on the notion of “nondual personhood,” as well as the method and foundations of the Centering Prayer practice. Participants will see that Centering Prayer is not simply a Christianized form of other meditation methods, rather a method that has its own specific mechanism to transform consciousness from a narrow to broader perspectives of personhood.
This retreat will be held in silence. Each day will include wisdom teaching with Cynthia, movement practice, Contemplative Eucharist, chanting, and multiple Centering Prayer periods. The retreat is open to practitioners on all spiritual pathways, the basis for our conceptual exploration and practical work will lie in centering prayer and the christian theological perspective which underlies it. All levels are welcome, though an established centering prayer or meditation practice is helpful. For those who cannot attend the full week, we welcome participants to join us for the weekend of November 8-10.
If you are interested register early, this retreat is filling quickly: https://www.holyfamilyretreat.org/calendar/reclaiming-the-mystical-heart-of-christianity
Upcoming Events:
Presenter Formation for Centering Prayer - January 20 - 26,2019 Bethany Retreat Center, Frenchville, PA
Submit Application and Recommendation Form if you're interested.
Jan. 26: The Core of Wisdom Christianity: A New Way of Seeing and Being
Led by Rev. William Redfield. West Hartford, Conn. 8:30AM-4:30PM. Cost $65 (includes lunch).
Information and Registration
Jan 30: Building Kinder Communities
Led by Ethel Fraga. Attleboro, MA. 10-11:30AM. Further information and registration details to follow.
Feb 6: Building Kinder Communities Follow-Up
Led by Ethel Fraga. Attleboro, MA. 10-11:30AM. Further information and registration details to follow.
Feb 15-20: Centering Prayer Retreat with Fr. Bill
Led by Br. Bill Sheehan, OMI. Niskayuna, NY. Further information click here.
March 9, 2019 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Integrating Wisdom Christianity into Life: How will the results be embodied in our lives?, Rev. Bill Redfield, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
Mar 16: Wisdom in the Desert: A Day Workshop on the Desert Fathers & Mothers
Led by Br. Nicholas Bartoli of Society of Saint John the Evangelist. Boston, MA. 9AM-4PM. Further information and registration details to follow.
Mar. 16: Awakening in Our Bodies and Christ's Body through Centering Prayer, Chant, and Gesture
Led by Allen Bourque, Hannah Lynn Mell, and Bryan Vosseler. Natick, MA. 9:30AM-4PM. Suggested contribution: $30 (bring your own lunch).
Information and Registration
Mar 20, 2019: Centering Prayer Spirituality: an Introduction to Christian Contemplative Practice
Led by Ethel Fraga. Attleboro, MA. 10-3PM. Further information and registration details to follow.
May 4, 2019: Fr. Michael Holleran
Lynnfield, MA. All day.
Information about Fr. Holleran
May 19-26, 2019 8-Day Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat
with Lesley Ann Terpay, Br. Bernard Delcourt, and Rob Bacon
Holy Cross Monastery, 1615 Route 9W (or Broadway) West Park, NY 12493
Click here for more information
June 1, 2019 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Song and Silence: Centering Prayer and Canto Divina Experience, Gunilla Norris and Frank Pendola, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
June 15, 2019 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Annual Day of Christian Reflection - Entering the Nondual Heart of Christ: Christianity as Participatory Mystery, Rev. Matthew Wright, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
Full list of Events and Programs available on the Current Events page
July 7-12, 2019 5-Day Silent Centering Prayer Retreat
with Fr. Bill Sheehan, OMI and Rob Bacon
Marie Joseph Spiritual Center 10 Evans Road Biddeford Pool, Maine 04005-9561 207-284-5671 www.mariejosephspiritual.org
Ongoing Programs:
Holy Family Passionist Center: The Christian Contemplative Experience, West Hartford, CT.
Information and Registration
Northeast Wisdom Events at Hallelujah Farm, Chesterfield, NH. (and elsewhere).
Information and Links to Registration
