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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
Fr. Thomas Keating OSO
Fr Thomas Keating draws from more than 60 years of study and prayer as a Trappist monk in sharing the wisdom of 20 centuries of the Contemplative Christian Tradition.
He is a founding member and the spiritual guide of Contemplative Outreach, LTD., USA. He has served on Contemplative Outreach's Board of Trustees since the organization's beginning and is currently serving as the Chairman of the Board.
Fr. Thomas Keating is one of the principal architects and teachers of the Christian
contemplative prayermovement and, in many ways, Contemplative Outreach is a manifestation of his longtime desire to contribute to the recovery of the contemplative dimension of Christianity.
Fr Thomas Keating was born in New York, USA in 1923. His interest in contemplative prayer began during his first year at Yale University in 1940 when he became aware of the Church's history and of the writings of Christian mystics.
Prompted by these studies and time spent in prayer and meditation, he experienced a profound realization that, on a spiritual level, the Scriptures call people to a personal relationship with God.
Fr. Keating took this call to heart. He transferred to Fordham University in New York and, while waiting to be drafted for service in World War II, he received a deferment to enter a seminary.
Shortly after graduating from an accelerated program at Fordham, Fr. Keating entered an austere monastic community of the Trappist Order in Valley Falls, Rhode Island in January of 1944, at the age of 20.
He was ordained a priest in June of 1949.
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