First Things
Morning Centering Prayer for Peace
 7:00 AM CT, DAILY
Sustaining the intention of peace for the Twin Cities,
we hold prayerful silence together, in unity,
in love and support for all people in our communities.

Facilitated by Carol Quest
Lenten Offerings

Centering Prayer: A Spiritual Practice
​Hosted by Pastor John Keller

Lenten Centering Prayer
Hosted by Kim Isaak

Lenten Prayer Series
Hosted by Scott Brazil

Introductory Class on Centering Prayer
Hosted by Diane Boruff
Open Mind, Open Heart:
A Contemplative Journey

The contemplative journey
 is the most responsible of all responses to God
 because so much depends on it
 —the future of humanity. (Thomas Keating)
 
January 3rd through March 29th 2021
8:00-9:00 a.m. CT

To learn more, click here.
Thursday Evening Centering Prayer
 
7:00 PM CT, Thursdays
Zoom: https://meditationchapel.org/peace-chapel/

Facilitated by Laurie Erickson
Online Meetings

All Minnesota Centering Prayer groups
have suspended face-to-face meetings during the pandemic.

If you would like to find online zoom meetings,
or if you would like your meeting added to the list,
please click here.

United in Prayer Day
Saturday March 6th

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This year United in Prayer will be held on March 6th in honor of Father Thomas Keating's birthday that weekend. The national organization of Contemplative Outreach will be facilitating one meeting each hour throughout the 24 hours of the day.

We're grateful to announce that our Minnesota Chapter has been selected to host the 9:00 a.m. CT meeting. In honor of Father Keating's birthday, our time together will include centering prayer and a video segment from his talk, A Life Surrendered to Love.

We encourage everyone in the Minnesota Chapter to take the opportunity to attend meetings hosted by people from around the globe — to be truly United in Prayer with contemplatives from outside of our state and outside of our country.

The button below provides more information about the international hosts, and a link to the Chapel that will be live on March 6th.

Unloading of the Unconscious

The term “Unloading of the Unconscious” refers to the process of inner healing and transformation that can take place as we practice Centering Prayer.

In this video recorded at the August 5th Zoom Workshop, Mark Rodel and Jody Reis Johnson explore this oft-neglected topic with insight and sensitivity.

Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop

This Introductory Workshop (94 mins) includes themes of Prayer as Relationship, The Method of Centering Prayer, Thoughts and Use of the Sacred Word, and Deepening Our Relationship with God, and time when you can pause the video for two 20-minute periods of Centering Prayer.
Looking for a way to hold silence in community
AND remain attentive
to compassionate social distancing?

Click here to join the worldwide community
that is practicing Centering Prayer online, together.
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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.