An Introduction to Centering Prayer will be held Saturday March 14, 2020 at: St Ann’s Catholic Church 26 Dogwood Trail DeBary, FL 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. For more information, contact Mary Ann Blaubach, mayan3502@gmail.com
Contemplative Outreach’s New National Administrator After a prayerful process of selection, interviews and discernment, we are delighted to announce the hiring of our new administrator, Mary Jane Yates. She comes to us from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She has been a part of Contemplative Outreach for 12 years, serving our organism...
The United In Prayer day is coming up March 21st if you or your prayer group would like to participate. Celebrate this 28th annual worldwide day of prayer in three ways: Attend a local group retreat. Check for event information in the chapter on COCFL.org. Here is a sample schedule to assist...
El Camino de Santiago – Le Chemin de St Jacques – The Way of St. James by Veronique Sallin (reprinted from COCFL Newsletter) Six years ago, my husband and I, together with my brother and his wife, realized our longtime dream to walk part of the Way to Santiago, We...
The annual Contemplative Outreach of Central Florida retreat was held December 6, 7 and 8 with Maru De Guevara at the beautiful Canterbury Retreat Center in Oviedo. The silence and extended periods of Centering Prayer were complemented by Maru’s thoughtful presentations about our interrelatedness to each other and the planet...
In preparation for the December COCFL retreat, participants are encouraged to read Maru’s Reflection #5 below. Click to open. Maru Reflection #5
If you haven’t seen it, here is the November e-Bulletin from Contemplative Outreach. Fr. Carl always brings insight to our questions. Fr. Carl was our winter retreat speaker in 2016. You can listen to his retreat here. Click to hear Fr. Carl’s November 2016 Retreat Click here for November e-Bulletin...
Dear friends, This is one of my very favorite paragraphs. It is actually the forward to one of Merton’s books. This intro is as worthy as the book itself! I hope it speaks to you as much as it has, and still is speaking to me throughout the years. Sharing...
Space is still available for the COCFL winter retreat December 6-8, 2019. Yesterday, retreat leader Maru met with planners to go over retreat details. A number of periods of Centering Prayer will be a central part of this retreat as we consent to God’s presence and action. Maru is well-known for...