Centering Prayer Programs

12 Step Program | Formation Training | 21 Day Immersion | Living Flame | Youth & Young Adult

Contemplative Outreach makes available many programs for your enrichment. Nationally attended programs are listed below.

12 Step Outreach Program

The workshops highlight the connections between the spirituality of the 12 steps and the method of centering prayer as an 11th step practice, and are designed as an invitation to 12-step people to participate in Contemplative Outreach Programs. The weekend workshop generally consists of:

An introduction to the method of Centering Prayer

An overview of the way in which the practice of Centering Prayer integrates with the 12 Steps

An environment of silence, with Centering Prayer periods each day

Presentations of original material designed for the retreat

Videotapes by Fr. Keating specifically designed for the retreat

Group process and discussion

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12 Step Program | Formation Training | 21 Day Immersion | Living Flame | Youth & Young Adult

Formation for Contemplative Outreach Service

The purpose of the course is to help participants move towards greater clarity in their understanding of the essence of the Centering Prayer method. It is designed to provide practice in interiorizing and communicating the essential elements of the Centering Prayer method and thus being able to share it appropriately with others.

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21 Day Centering Prayer Immersion Retreat

A unique opportunity for those already established in Centering Prayer to deepen the experience of living the commitment to the contemplative dimension of the Gospel in daily life. Each week has a new presenter and theme.

12 Step Program | Formation Training | 21 Day Immersion | Living Flame | Youth & Young Adult

The Living Flame

A national program on contemplative issues, designed to heighten the awareness of the dynamic of Centering Prayer in the context of the Spiritual Journey, offering guidance and intelligibility needed to stay faithful to the practice. It is an opportunity to receive and share conceptual background at a deeper level, a well as experiential insight, thus building a faith community committed to the Centering Prayer practice. Meets one Saturday a month during seven consecutive months.

Living Flame Programs Around the World

12 Step Program | Formation Training | 21 Day Immersion | Living Flame | Youth & Young Adult

Youth and Young Adult Outreach

Youth and Young Adult Outreach (Student Ministries) is a collaboration of interested persons working together. Its mission is to provide a conceptual and experiential background for the introduction, establishment and evolving experience of Silence, Lectio Divina, Centering Prayer, and the Contemplative Experience to young people from College, High School, Middle School, Elementary and preschool. This is provided mainly through, but not limited to, training, the ing, the Youth and Young Adult Outreach Resource Handbook, Mentoring, and Presentations.

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Contact Information

Postal address:
    Contemplative Outreach Ltd.
    10 Park Place
    2nd Floor, Suite 2B
    Butler, New Jersey 07405

Telephone:
    Office:        973-838-3384
   Book Store: 800-608-0096
FAX:
    973-492-5795

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