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Date(s) - January 17, 2025 - April 13, 2025
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Deepen your spiritual journey with contemplative prayer
“Jesus said to them, Come away with me. Let us go alone to a quiet place and rest for a while.” (Mark 6:31)
“Opening to God’s Love: A Course in Contemplative Prayer” invites you to deepen your relationship with God through an exploration of the tradition of Christian contemplative prayer. Through online weekend classes and guided small group sessions, you will discover the 3rd-century roots of Christian contemplation and practice four core forms of contemplative prayer: Lectio Divina, Centering Prayer, the Examen, and Ignatian Imaginative Prayer. Additionally, you will learn several shorter prayer forms to deepen and further enrich your spiritual practice.
Learning and Teaching Approaches
- Short teaching sessions
- Short videos
- Small group discussion
- Guided practice
- Personal reflections: journaling or creative options
- Assigned reading
Between weekend sessions, participants will meet twice in their assigned small groups (times to be determined by the groups).
Small groups will provide an opportunity for participants to practice prayer, share with each other and have conversation.