Join Contemplative Outreach for its 20th annual United in Prayer day on Saturday, March 3, 2012. This day has traditionally celebrated the worldwide network of Contemplative Outreach united in a silent bond of Centering Prayer around the globe. 

 Let this day be your Lenten Retreat day as we prepare for the Resurrection

The program will include several sessions of centering prayer, a video presentation by Fr Keating, periods for reflection and discussion, and a closing activity where each person can express their prayer experience through various art media.

The morning session will feature a video with Fr. Thomas Keating talking about the "Contemplative Journey Revisited" which is a newly released DVD filmed at St. Benedict’s Monastery, Snowmass, Colorado July 2011.  In the afternoon session we will view a short video, "Reflections on Lectio Divina", presented by Fr. Micah Schoenberger who is a wonderful, insightful monk also from St. Benedict’s Monastery.

DIRECTIONS to St Monica Church

LOCATION of the Family Center on the St Monica Church Campus

Through the Prayer of Forgiveness, we will explore forgiving ourselves, forgiving others, and forgiving institutions, as well as what makes forgiveness difficult.

"It also means being prepared to take everyone into your heart, willing to share everyone's pain and joy as if it were your own."

Thomas Keating, OCSO

Advance Registration:  $35

Registration & Payment must be
received by March 26, 2012

After deadline:  $45 (if seating available)

Box Lunch Included with
Bottled Water & Light Refreshments

Advance reservations are encouraged. Space is limited and available on a first come, first serve basis.   All reservations are subject to confirmation.  Partial Scholarships Available.

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REGISTRATION FORM

Fill Out & Mail with Your Payment (Checks only)

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Forgiving is one of the most difficult and complex gestures and yet, like love, it is one of the things which defines the essence of our humanity. In fact, the contemplative dimension of forgiveness reveals that at its core, forgiveness is a divine gift of love, a movement of love so profound that it reveals the truth of our nature — fully human and enlivened with the divine potential.

Yet, the very fact that we do not forgive, or find forgiveness so difficult, reveals another essential quality of our humanness — free will. We have a God-given ability to choose, to be and to do as we please, and how we choose defines the level of our being. In seeking to live a contemplative life in the modern world, we are invited to make conscious, loving choices.

One must be “prepared to take everyone into your heart, willing to share everyone's pain and joy as if it were your own…This oneness is so close that we are more one than individuals. And so the spiritual journey can never be a privatized set of practices, because whenever you start the spiritual journey, the whole of humanity, and perhaps creation, goes along and shares the journey with you."

Fr Bill Sheehan, OMI

Rev. Bill Sheehan, OMI, is an experienced retreat director and has led many Centering Prayer workshops and retreats. He has been involved with Contemplative Outreach, founded by Fr Thomas Keating, OCSO, since 1983, practicing centering prayer and guiding others in this way of prayer for more than 25 years. Fr. Bill has a rich background as a pastor, director of ministry to priests, director of formation, and director of the Oblate House of Theology. He is a member of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate and lives in an Oblate House of Prayer in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House
600 N Shady Shores Dr
Lake Dallas, Texas  75065

Directions & Map
to Montserrat
Jesuit Retreat
House

All rooms include private bath & meals.

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REGISTRATION FORM

Fill Out & Mail with Your Deposit.

A $35 nonrefundable deposit is due with registration (included in retreat cost).

The balance due must reach us on or before April 19, 2012.

NO REFUNDS AFTER April 23, 2012

All reservations are subject to confirmation.  Space is limited and available on a first come, first serve basis.  A waiting list will be maintained when all retreat space is filled.  A limited number of partial scholarships will be made available.

For information or questions about the retreat contact Sandy at 972-722-6029 or E-mail

The registration form is formatted as an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file and can be viewed & printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader®.  The software, Acrobat Reader®, can be downloaded free in order to view a PDF file.  Click on the icon to the right to download this free software.

Contemplative Outreach of New Orleans

• July 15-20, 2011.   5-day retreat, Rosaryville, LA.  Details from Vivien Michals.