This retreat is for people in 12-Step Recovery programs to introduce or expand and deepen the experience of Contemplative Prayer as part of a daily 12-Step Practice.

Centering Prayer is a simple method of prayer rooted in ancient Christian practice that opens us to God's presence and divine healing. It is simply moving deep within ourselves, in silence, saying nothing, asking for nothing, just being and allowing our Higher Power to be with us.

The retreat will offer an environment of solitude and silence in community with time for reflection, fellowship, and a 12-Step Meeting. For those new to Contemplative Prayer, the retreat is an Introductory Workshop on Contemplative Prayer in the context of 12-Step recovery.

Retreat staff have been active in 12-Step programs for many years. They have completed the Formation for Contemplative Service process of Contemplative Outreach as well as the Formation Training for Presenting and Leading Retreats for Contemplative Prayer and the 12-Steps. Brochures available.

SPACE is LIMITED
Offering: $190 per person
Deposit: $75 nonrefundable deposit due by June 1
Make Checks payable to: COCPa - Save $15 - Bring your own single sheets & towels

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8-Day Intensive ContempLative Prayer Retreat
God is Love ~ The Heart of All Creation
August 5-12, 2018 (Sun. to Sun) : Waiting List Only

Facilitators: Sr. Rita Panciera, Sr. Ruth Ann Madera, & Fr. Philip Billotte

Bethany Retreat Center is providing an in-depth retreat for those with experience with Centering Prayer who wish to enter into a more profound level of spiritual practice. God is Love: The Heart of All Creation continues and builds on the works of Thomas Keating over the past 30+ years, beginning with the Spiritual Journey Series. It offers a vision of hope and a view of reality that at once integrates the sciences, religion, and humankind's place in the cosmos as divine in origin, unifying in purpose, unfolding in it grandeur.

Requirements:

Contemplative Outreach, under whose auspices these retreats are given, require that those who participate in the Intensive Retreat be regular practitioners of Centering Prayer.

Arrival: 5pm & Supper at 6pm ~ Departure: 11am, Sunday
Offering: $425 for Shared/semi Private Room (not married couples)
$475 for Private Room
$525 for Private Room w/Bath
Deposit: $150
Limited Scholarships Available
Save $25 - Bring your own single sheets & towels

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8 Day POST Intensive Contemplative Prayer Retreat
August 5-12, 2018 (Sun. to Sun.) : Waiting List Only

Facilitators: Sr. Rita Panciera, Sr. Ruth Ann Madera & Fr. Philip Billotte

This Post-Intensive Retreat provides an extended opportunity for Centering Prayer in deep solitude and silence with other participants.

Requirements:
Contemplative Outreach, under whose auspices these retreats are given, require that those who participate in the Post-Intensive Retreat:
1) Be regular practitioners of Centering Prayer
2) Have made an Intensive Retreat prior to making the Post-Intensive Retreat

(Massage Therapist available - not included in the cost.)

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