Contemplative Outreach of Orange County 
One Day Centering Prayer Retreat: includes periods of Centering Prayer in common, silence and one conference on Centering Prayer...10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Please bring brown bag lunch.
Pre-registration requested.
Free Will Offering
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One Day Introduction to Centering Prayer
Workshop: A contemporary presentation of the discipline of
Centering Prayer as silent communion with God beyond concepts, words and images.
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Please bring brown bag lunch.
Pre-registration requested.
Free Will Offering
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Introduction to Centering Prayer Weekend
Workshop: A contemporary presentation of the discipline of
Centering Prayer as silent communion with God beyond concepts, words and images.
Weekend includes periods of Centering Prayer in common.
Offering: $225 (deposit $25)
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Centering Prayer Retreat Weekend: Includes
conferences renewing the Method of Centering Prayer, a moderate amount of
Centering Prayer in common, silence and solitude.
Offering: $225 (deposit $25)
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“Welcoming” Prayer
Workshop: A spiritual practice of “letting go” of feelings,
emotions, thoughts, commentaries and body sensations into the present moment
during the ordinary routines of daily life. Prior Centering Prayer
experience is required.
Offering: $225 (deposit
$25)
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The Cloud of Unknowing Retreat: During this weekend, we will explore the wisdom of the
Cloud of Unknowing; the Cloud of Forgetting; the Mary-Martha motif; the part the
intellect, imagination and memory play in the contemplative journey; the humor
of the Cloud of Unknowing; centering prayer, silence and
solitude.
Fr.
Carl Arico
Offering: $225
(deposit $25)
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New
Year’s Centering Prayer Retreat: Includes periods of Centering Prayer,
silence and solitude. We will end year 2006 and begin 2007 during Mass,
followed by a contemplative celebration!!
Fr. Bill
Sheehan Offering: $275 (deposit $25)
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Holy Week Retreat: A celebration of the
contemplative dimension of the Easter Triduum. Includes silent meditation
periods, liturgies celebrated by Fr. Carl Arico, silence, Lectio Divina and
sharing.
Offering: $375 (deposit
$75)
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Five Day Welcoming Prayer Immersion: An
in-depth review and immersion into the Welcoming Prayer practice as a way of
healing the woundedness of the human condition in everyday life. Prior
Centering Prayer and Welcoming Prayer experience
necessary.
Offering: $375 (deposit
$75)
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Six Day Retreat with Rev. Cynthia
Bourgeault: Cynthia's teaching during the time will be based on some aspect
of her new book "Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening." There will
be periods of Centering Prayer in common, silence and solitude in
community.
Offering: $400 (deposit
$100)
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Six Day Intensive/Post Intensive Centering Prayer
Retreat: An in-depth retreat for those with experience in Centering
Prayer, and an entering into the more profound levels of spiritual practice in
an atmosphere of silence, solitude and community. Videotapes of the
“Spiritual Journey” series by Fr. Thomas Keating are shown. Massage
Therapist available.
Contemplative Outreach Staff.
Offering: $425 (deposit $75)
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Post Intensive Centering Prayer Retreat:
Provides an opportunity for intensive Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina, light
work, solitude and silence in community. Prior Centering Prayer experience
necessary. Massage Therapist Available.
Contemplative Outreach Staff.
Offering: $425 (deposit $75) - 6
Day
Offering: $635 (deposit $85) - 10 Day (with
Fr. Bill
Sheehan)
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21 Day Centering Prayer Immersion Retreat: A unique
opportunity for those already established in Centering Prayer to deepen the
experience of living the commitment to the contemplative dimension of the Gospel
in daily life. Each week will have a new Presenter and
theme.
Fr.
Thomas Keating, Fr. Bill Sheehan, , Mary Dwyer
Offering: $1600 (deposit $600)
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Christophany Retreat: In this groundbreaking teaching retreat, Fr. Thomas Keating and Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault will team up to explore a challenging but crucially important book: Christophany by the contemporary Christian mystic and scholar Raimon Panikkar. The retreat will feature a balanced rhythm of Centering Prayer, individual silence, teaching, discussion and personal reflection.
Requirements: must be able to participate in entire retreat.
Offiering: $925 (deposit $225)
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New !!!10 Day "Inner Room" Retreat with Fr. Thomas Keating : "Prayer in Secret: The Inner Room- Where is it and what takes place there?" Father Thomas shares with the participants the most current refinements of the Centering Prayer Practice, a deeper understanding of why it is important for us to be faithful to our Centering Prayer practice, and the complexity of the false self system. Each evening Father Thomas will celebrate Mass to end the day.
Offiering: $700 (deposit $100)
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Formation for Contemplative Outreach
Service: Provides training and practice in interiorizing and
communicating the essential elements of an Introductory Workshop on Centering
Prayer, as well as an opportunity to look at our own Centering Prayer practice
in light of the Essentials. Pre-requisites are prior attendance at a 10
Day Intensive Retreat or the Nine Month Course: The Practice of Contemplative
Living and a daily Centering Prayer practice. This Course includes
Centering Prayer and presentations by the staff and participants.
Contemplative Outreach Staff.
Offering: $525 (deposit $75)
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Contemplative Wisdom School: Provides a pioneering oportunity for experienced practioners of centering prayer to begin to allow the transformation of consciousness inevitably set in motion by this prayer to open the gateways to a wider and deeper understanding of the Christian Wisdom tradition. These three 5-day seminar retreats will serve as an introduction to the wisdom tradition and a powerful bridge between the purifying processes of centering prayer and the opening of the unitive "eye of the heart."
Requirements: A stable centering prayer practice and ability to participate in all three seminars.
Offiering: $1,350 (deposit $650)
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