First Mondays COCFL Centering Prayer Open to All, 7:00 a.m. Zoom
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...
The Living Flame Available Again
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...
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...
7-DAY INTENSIVE RETREAT or POST INTENSIVE RETREAT with Fr. Bill Sheehan, OMI
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...
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...
Save the Date for Retreat with Fr. Bill Sheehan November 12-14, 2021
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...
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...
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...