

We embrace the process of transformation in Christ, both in ourselves and in others, through the practice of Centering Prayer.

SAVE THE DATE
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Rescheduled Annual Conference
Contemplative Outreach Birmingham
September 6, 2025 @ St. Stephens Episcopal Church
Guest Speaker: Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham
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If you are interested in hosting an Introduction to Centering Prayer workshop at your church, please contact: cobforcontemplatives@gmail.com
St. Mary’s Sewanee
770 St. Mary's Lane, PO Box 188Sewanee, TN 37375
(931) 598-5342
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2025 Eight Day Centering Prayer Retreat
Friday, June 6 @ 5:15 PM
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Friday, June 13 @ 11:00 AM
Centering Prayer as 11th Step Practice Five Day Retreat
Wed, Aug 20, 2025 5:00 PM - Sun, Aug 24, 2025 1:00 PM

For more retreats at Sewanee see:
Intensive Retreat /Post Intensive Retreat
October 27 - 31st (Five Days)
October 27 - November 3rd (Eight Days)
In Person
Sacred Heart, Cullman, AL
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Co-sponsored by COA and Columbia Seminary.
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This retreat offers a sacred rhythm of silence, solitude, and prayer, with opportunities to join the Benedictine Sisters for Mass and optional prayer times. Afternoons provided space for walking in nature and engaging in soul friending with retreat facilitators. Designed to cultivate deep interior silence, the retreat nurtures and awareness of God's presence in everyday life.
A Korean language track is available for the five-day retreat, making this a welcoming and accessible space for Korean-speaking participants to engage fully in the retreat experience.
Retreat Leader
Leslee Anne Terpay is a spiritual director, contemplative teacher, and retreat leader from Lone Tree, Colorado. Leslee is a student of Thomas Keating and Carl J. Arico.
Schedule
The retreat begins for all tracks on Monday, October 27, with check-in from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, followed by a welcome session at 4:15 PM and Vespers at 5:00 PM. The retreat concludes at 10:00 AM on the final day for both tracks, with an option to stay through lunch.
Program Fee and Accommodations
The five-day retreat is $750. The eight-day retreat is $1,200.
The total cost of the retreat includes both the program fee and the fee for housing and meals. Private rooms will be available in the Mary and St. Joseph guest houses.
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Free video series Wisdom in Times of Crisis, features all five of our core faculty.
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CAC podcast series New Season of Learning How to See: features Brian McLaren, Jacqui Lewis and Richard Rohr.
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Six-episode podcast series Learning How to See includes Brian McLaren, Barbara Holmes, Richard Rohr, Cynthia Bourgeault, James Finley speaking here.
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James Finley and others present and inspiring podcast: “Turning to the Mystics: What is Lectio, Meditation, and Prayer?". You can hear it here as one of CAC’s programs.
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How can we embody more empathy and love in these “hot mess times?” Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis returns for the second season of our podcast, Love. Period. Access her podcast of a new vision of Christianity—one with love and justice at the core of its practice—right here.
Meditation Chapel
These videos are from "Living into the Inspiring Legacy of Thomas Keating: Celebrating 40 Years of Evolving Community," a Contemplative Outreach conference held Sept. 26-29, 2024 in Atlanta, GA, USA