World Day of Prayer, March 3-4, 2023

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...

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COCFL One Day Fall Retreat with Rickey & Anna Cotton 10-29-22

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...

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Free Online Contemplative Course with 100 Individual Lessons

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...

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Remembering Ilse Reissner 1929 – 2021

(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...

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Friendship & Grace: Reposting Richard Rohr

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...

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