The popular Living Flame Program last held more than a decade ago in the Daytona Beach area will be available again beginning next fall via Zoom to folks in Central and East Florida. Living Flame is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and in those years it has morphed into...
World Day of Prayer On-Line, March 3-4 Join in global community for United in Prayer Day, March 3-4, 2023, offered in honor of Thomas Keating’s birthday (March 7) and dedicated to healing the suffering world. Centering Prayer in community will be hosted by local groups around the world and will include...
Centering Prayer Weekend Retreat With Fr. Bill Sheehan, OMI “I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you.” Ez. 36:3b-16-37 During this weekend we will reflect upon this passage in the book of Ezekiel, so that we grow in our capacity to listen to the...
Deadline Extended, Space Available COCFL One Day Fall Retreat Key Contemplative Women Ancestors Reclaiming our Christian Mystical Roots Saturday October 29, 2022 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Canterbury Retreat Center 1601 Alafaya Trail, Oviedo, FL 32765 Join us in person at Canterbury’s beautiful settings: $50 (includes lunch) or attend remotely...
7-DAY INTENSIVE RETREAT or POST INTENSIVE RETREAT Our Lady of Florida Spiritual Center 1300 US Highway #1, North Palm Beach, FL 33408 June 24-30, 2022 To deepen your understanding of the spiritual and psychological foundations of Centering Prayer, the following two retreats will be offered: 7-Day Intensive Centering Prayer...
In 2018, Fr. Thomas asked the Centering Prayer community to return to his basic teaching on the Christian Spiritual Journey. One new way to do that is to explore “The Spiritual Journey: Formation in the Christian Contemplative Life” which is now free and online on the Contemplative Outreach website at https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/spiritual-journey-program/ . The...
COCFL Fall Retreat Finding Our Way Out What we have learned through the COVID crisis experience and how do we move forward? Presented by Father Bill Sheehan, OMI November 12-14, 2021 (Friday evening – Sunday morning) Canterbury Conference Center 1601 Alafaya Trail, Oviedo, FL 32765 Attend in person or remotely...
(Reprinted from Contemplative Outreach) Ilse Reissner 1929 – 2021 HER HISTORY IN EXTENSION CONTEMPLATIVA INTERNACIONAL The history of the Spanish Centering Prayer Groups in Central Florida starts in 1991, when Ilse Reissner moved to Altamonte Springs from Miami. She had learned and practiced Centering Prayer for a few years...
Many of our COCFL prayer groups follow Richard Rohr’s daily column. You can have your own free subscription by following the link below. This article on friendship and Grace is posted by popular request and is followed by a quotation from John O’Donohue. Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditation From the Center...