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First Things
Centering Prayer Facilitator Gathering
Saturday February 22nd 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Benedictine Center of St. Paul’s Monastery A day of renewal, reflection, and enrichment for for facilitators, servant leaders, or anyone interested in deeper involvement with their regular Centering Prayer group. To learn more and register, click here. Evening Contemplative Service
A Night of Peace and Poetry Thursday, February 13 7:00 - 7:45 p.m. Hamline Church United Methodist (map) Contact Julie Dahlke for more details. Lent Centering Prayer Retreat
Friday March 6th to Sunday March 8th Saint Benedict's Monastery, St. Joseph Led by Katherine Howard, OSB To learn more and register online, click here. Welcoming Prayer Morning Workshop
Saturday, March 14 8:30 a.m.– Noon Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis Led by Mary Lapham and Diane Boruff To learn more and register online, click here. United in Prayer Day
"Healing Divisions" Saturday morning, March 21st Salem Lutheran Church, West St. Paul St. Olaf Catholic Church, Minneapolis To learn more, click here. 
Save the Date
Day of Prayer, Day of Celebration Spring Workshop - April 25th Hill Murray School, Maplewood 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Our day of enrichment will be led by Contemplative Outreach's Father Carl Arico. To learn more, click here. |
The Wisdom of Father Keating
Awakening to the Divine Presence The ideal disposition for the divine encounter is the gathering together of one's whole being in silent and alert attentiveness. The practice of interior silence produces gradually what the voice in the vision produced instantly: the capacity to listen. It withdraws the false self from its self-centeredness and allows the true self to emerge into our awareness. [...] The awakening to the divine Presence emerges from what Meister Eckhardt called "the ground of being" - that level of being which in Christ is divine by nature and which is in us divine by participation. This is my beloved Son.... listen to him. Mathew 17:5 NAB From: The Daily Reader for Contemplative Living Excerpts from the works of Father Thomas Keating Compiled by S. Stephanie Iachetta Continuum Books A Response to the Divine Invitation
Save the Date - Fall Retreat 2020
With Grateful Hearts: Personal Reflections on the Spiritual Journey October 16-18 Christ the King Retreat Center, Buffalo MN Facilitator: Shawn Kafader This retreat will use the late Thomas Merton’s stages of spiritual development as a basis for exploring our own personal spiritual journey. The retreat will offer five conferences: The Gift of the Journey; the Formative Stage; the Transformative Stage; The Dark Night; and The Unitive Stage as a foundation for reflecting on our own spiritual story. Online registration will go live in early July. |
Welcome
- We are an ecumenical group of women and men volunteers ministering together to support and nurture the practitioners of Centering Prayer in Minnesota. We do this by providing teachers, sharing resources and building community.
- Centering Prayer is an ancient form of Christian meditation that deepens a practitioner's relationship with God.
- Minnesota Contemplative Outreach is one of more than 120 chapters in 53 countries formed by National Contemplative Outreach, Ltd., a worldwide spiritual network that provides support and resources for Centering Prayer Practitioners.
- We have 21 teachers offering introductory classes, retreats and other enrichment opportunities throughout the year. We also support Centering Prayer groups throughout the state.
- Please contact us if you have submissions for our blog, Presence & Action; are forming a new group; or would like to announce an upcoming event.