Kieth Kristich participated live on Zoom on the future of Centering Prayer at the October 5, 2024 COCFL gathering at St. Barnabas Church in Deland. You can view the throughfall presentation here. Keith Kristich is a writer and retreat leader bringing an interspiritual approach to spiritual teaching, integrating wisdom from various...
- Oct2024
Keith Kristich on The Future of Centering Prayer
October 15, 2024
- Aug2024
Day of Praying, Listening & Eating
August 6, 2024
Saturday October 5, 2024, 9:00 am-3:30 pm – Deland St. Barnabas Church, 319 Wisconsin Ave., Deland, FL We will not have the “Visioning Day” but will have a much-needed Day of Prayer for all our chapter members. It has been a long time since we have been together, and we...
- Jul2023
Pray with Us Each First Monday of the Month, 7:00 a.m. Join us at 7:00 a.m. the first Mondays of each month for a 20-minute Centering Prayer sit with our friends and neighbors in the Central Florida chapter of Contemplative Outreach. As we continue to move forward out of the...
- May2023
The Living Flame Available Again
May 4, 2023
The popular Living Flame Program last held more than a decade ago in the Daytona Beach area will be available again via Zoom to folks in Central and East Florida. Living Flame is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2023 and in those years it has morphed into an international resource...
- Feb2023
Report on Global Conversation of CP Practitioners
February 2, 2023
Reported by Dan Wagner I attended the yearly Global conversation of Centering Prayer practitioners Friday Jan 27th with the CO Ltd Chapter Support team: Marie Howard, Carol Quest, and Jean Benfer. The goal was to see how the Holy Spirit was moving and working in the local prayer groups. It...
- Aug2022
COCFL One Day Fall Retreat with Rickey & Anna Cotton 10-29-22
August 17, 2022
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...
- Jan2022
The burial service for Nestor de Armas was Friday, January 21, 2022 11:00 a.m., at All Saints Episcopal Church, 338 Lyman Ave., Winter Park FL. The service was streamed live. A replay is available with the YouTube link below. Our contemplative community is devastated by the loss of Nestor. He...
Passing of Nestor de Armas
January 5, 2022
It is with sadness that we report the death of Nestor de Armas on Monday, January 3, 2022. Nestor was a vital part of the Contemplative Outreach of Central Florida community even before becoming chapter coordinator in 2014. Nestor’s passing was reported by Stetson Today, the news site of Stetson...
- Oct2021
Free Online Contemplative Course with 100 Individual Lessons
October 29, 2021
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...
Dr. Gray Matthews presented a day-long workshop commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Merton. Mattews wrote that, as a spiritual guide, Merton offers invaluable counsel regarding the significance of contemplative prayer, not just to quell our anxious souls but to invigorate them. The thrust of the day-long...