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Hybrid- Day of the Dead: Grieving Mexican Style
With Paz Vital, OSB, PhD
Day of the Dead Retreat; This Saturday we will learn the real meaning of this Festive Celebration. We will merge two ancient traditions. In the Monastic tradition; the Rule of Benedict says: “Keep death daily before your eyes”, and in the Mexican Tradition we celebrate: “Dia de los Muertos”. Join Sister Paz in this traditional […]
Hybrid: Continuing Contemplative Rest (Monthly on First Saturdays)
With M Freeman
Continuing Contemplative Rest is for everyone who has completed a Contemplative Rest retreat or training series with M Freeman. Contemplative Rest is a silent, present-moment, embodied meditation practice which draws somatically on previously lived moments of wonder, love, relief, connection, softening, mystery…. What to expect— -- The present-moment meditation practice at the heart of our […]
Intensive Silent Centering Prayer Retreat
With Anna-Camille Wooden, OSB and Michele Jankanish
This retreat, called an “Intensive Retreat” by Contemplative Outreach, provides an opportunity to deepen your established Centering Prayer practice in an atmosphere of silence and community, away from the busyness of daily life, and to allow your mind, body and spirit to surrender to God’s presence and action within. It has an educational component to […]
Zoom: Just This…a Retreat for Caregivers
With Evelyn Gerardo Challis
This is a retreat for caregivers, those who provide support for a beloved family member or friend. Support that is social, emotional, spiritual, personal care. Set among the 12.5 acres of The Portland Japanese Garden recently, a friend invited me to step into the small space pictured below. “Just this”, he said. “Just this is […]
Hybrid: Contemplative Rest Winter Series
With M Freeman*
A five-session winter series Saturdays January 10, 17, 24, 31 & Saturday February 7. All sessions are 9am-noon Pacific time. Series Overview This 5-session series introduces participants to Contemplative Rest is a relaxing, present-moment, embodied meditation practice which draws somatically on previously lived experiences of the numinous—wonder, connectedness, ease, love, mystery, revelation—in order to, among […]