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MAY 21ST 2012 - FIVE DAY RETREAT - Why Centering Prayer? An in depth introduction to Centering Prayer and its process (Aylesford, Kent)
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SEPTEMBER 7TH 2012 - WEEKEND RETREAT, Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina (Liverpool)
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OCTOBER 8TH/12TH 2012. Heartfulness: Transformation in Christ. Sandymount, Crosby, Liverpool.
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NOVEMBER 16TH/18TH 2012. SILENT MUSIC. A look at the spiritual journey and Centering Prayer with St. John of the Cross. Sandymount, Crosby, Liverpool.
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DECEMBER 3RD/9TH 2012. POST INTENSIVE RETREAT. Sandymount, Crosby, Liverpool.
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JANUARY 7TH/13TH 2013. FORMATION FOR CONTEMPLATIVE OUTREACH UK SERVICE. Sandymount, Crosby, Liverpool.
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INTRODUCTORY DAYS
If you would like to have an Introductory Day for Centering Prayer in your town/area, please call the office to discuss this further. Telephone 01772 620746
Contemplative Prayer is the opening of mind and heart - our whole being - to God, the Ultimate Mystery, beyond thoughts, words and emotions, whom we know by faith is within us, closer than breathing, thinking, feeling and choosing; even closer than consciousness itself.
You may have experienced a touch of contemplation while gazing at the stars or when losing oneself in the presence of a loved one. This experience of oneness breaks through your sense of separation and may invite you into a deeper experience of unity with God. The root of contemplative prayer is interior silence.
Though we may think of prayer as thoughts or feelings expressed in words, this is only one expression. Contemplative Prayer is a prayer of silence, an experience of God's presence as the ground in which our being is rooted, the Source from whom our life emerges at every moment.
For the Church's first sixteen centuries Contemplative Prayer was the goal of Christian spirituality. After the Reformation, this living tradition was virtually lost. Today, with cross-cultural dialogue and historical research, the recovery of the Christian Contemplative Tradition has begun.
The method of Centering Prayer, is contributing to this renewal.
