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Contemplative Outreach of Dallas
Workshops and Retreats
Welcoming Prayer Workshop, February 6, 2010
Contemplative Outreach of Dallas announces a
One-Day Welcoming Prayer Workshop
February 6, 2010
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
featuring
Fr Bill Sheehan, workshop leader
St Joseph Church
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The WELCOMING PRAYER is a holistic practice that involves mind, body and spirit. It embraces the reality of what is happening in our lives in the present moment. It is a companion practice to Centering Prayer and a contemplative practice of “letting go” in the ordinary routine of our daily life. The purpose of the WELCOMING PRAYER is to assist in healing the wounds of the human condition as they emerge in the midst of daily life. It is a practice of letting go of feelings, emotions, thoughts, commentaries and body sensations, and welcoming the present moment, and all it can bring, in the here and now. This workshop will describe the human condition in detail and how the WELCOMING PRAYER assists the process of spiritual transformation – as it addresses the false self on a daily basis, thereby allowing a greater expression of the true self. |
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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 Massachusetts. |
Registration: $40 (or $35 early registration
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Advance reservations are encouraged. Space is limited and available on a first come, first serve basis. All reservations are subject to confirmation. |
Bring a bag lunch.
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Accepting registrations beginning September, 2009
For information or questions about the workshop contact Sandy at 972-722-6029 or E-mail
Additional Information about the Welcoming Prayer |
“Welcoming Prayer is the practice that actively lets go of thoughts and feelings that support the false-self system. It embraces painful emotions experienced in the body rather than avoiding them or trying to suppress them. It does not embrace the suffering as such but the presence of the Holy Spirit in the particular pain, whether physical, emotional, or mental. Thus, it is the full acceptance of the content of the present moment. [In] giving the experience over to the Holy Spirit, the false-self system is gradually undermined and the true self liberated.” Father Thomas Keating |
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DEFINITION -- The Welcoming Prayer is a method of actively letting go of thoughts and feelings that support the false-self system. |
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PURPOSE -- The purpose of the Welcoming Prayer is to deepen our relationship with God through consenting to God’s presence and action in the ordinary activities of daily life. The Welcoming Prayer helps to dismantle the emotional programs of the false-self system and to heal the wounds of a lifetime by addressing them where they are stored—in the body. In this way, the Welcoming Prayer complements the dynamic of Centering Prayer in the rest of the day. |
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HISTORY -- The founding genius behind the Welcoming Prayer was Mary Mrozowski, one of Thomas Keating’s closest associates and a prime mover in the development and popularization of his teachings. She based the Welcoming Prayer on the 17thcentury French spiritual classic Abandonment to Divine Providence by Jean-Pierre de Caussade as well as Fr. Keating’s teachings and her own lived experience of transformation with its underlying attitude of surrender. The practice proved so powerful in bringing about real inner change that it was soon being offered throughout the Contemplative Outreach network. |
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A resource you may find useful is Cherry Haisten's 15-page booklet, The Practice of Welcoming Prayer. She is director of the Center for Christian Formation at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Seattle. Commissioned by Contemplative Outreach, she is a longtime presenter of centering prayer and welcoming prayer since 1993. |
United in Prayer day, March 20, 2010
United in Prayer Day
Saturday, March 20, 2010
9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Lovers Lane United Methodist
Church
Christ Family Center
9200 Inwood Rd
Dallas, TX 75220
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Join Contemplative Outreach for its annual United in Prayer day. This day traditionally celebrates the worldwide network of Contemplative Outreach united in a silent bond of Centering Prayer around the globe. |
Mark your calendar -- additional details will be available soon.
Accepting registrations beginning January, 2010
Centering Prayer Retreat, May 13 to 16, 2010
Four-Day Intensive Silent Retreat
May 13 – 16, 2010
Retreat Director
Father Justin Langille
Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House |
An Invitation to Deepen Your Centering Prayer Practice. Plan to attend this special annual silent retreat in May. The retreat is designed for those with experience in Centering Prayer and interested in deepening their spiritual practice in an atmosphere of silence, solitude and community.
The retreat program will consist of periods of centering prayer, daily Contemplative Eucharist & Lectio Divina, a video recording each day on the Spiritual Journey as taught by Fr. Thomas Keating, private meetings with spiritual directors and ample free time for reflection and walking the contemplative grounds at Montserrat.
Mark your calendar -- additional details will be available soon.
Accepting registrations beginning November, 2009
Previous Workshops and Retreats
Don't forget to go to the picture page
to view pictures from some of our recent
events!
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May 30, 2009 |
Introductory Centering Prayer Workshop Presenters: Sandy Guancial & Wilma
Yarrington |
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May 14 – 17, 2009 |
Four-Day Intensive Silent Retreat Sandy
Guancial, Retreat Facilitator |
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April 4, 2009 |
Introductory Centering Prayer Workshop Presenters: Sandy Guancial & Wilma
Yarrington |
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March 21, 2009 |
United in Prayer Day Facilitators: Sandy Guancial, Tom
Uhler |
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June 7, 2008 |
Introductory Centering Prayer Workshop Presenter: Sandy Guancial Hosted by Rev. Joy A Daley, Vicar Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration 14115 Hillcrest Rd, Dallas, TX 75254 |
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May 1-4, 2008 |
Four-Day Intensive Retreat Sandy Guancial, Retreat Facilitator Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House |
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March 15, 2008 |
United in Prayer Day Facilitators: Sandy Guancial, Tom
Uhler |
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February 23, 2008 |
Introductory Centering Prayer Workshop Presenters: Sandy Guancial & Wilma Yarrington St Joseph Church |
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May 3-6, 2007 |
Four-Day Intensive Retreat Sandy Guancial, Retreat Facilitator Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House |
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March 17, 2007 |
United in Prayer Day |
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February 24, 2007 |
Lenten Retreat Day |
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December 9, 2006 |
Advent Retreat Day |
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Sept 16, 2006 |
Introductory Centering Prayer Workshop Presenters: Sandy Guancial & Wilma Yarrington Prince of Peace Church 5100 West Plano Parkway, Plano, TX 75093 |
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March 18, 2006 |
United in Prayer Day |
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March 4, 2006 |
One-Day Lenten Retreat Br John Crocker, Western New York Coordinator |
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May 14, 2005 |
Introductory Centering Prayer Workshop Presenters: Sandy Guancial & Wilma Yarrington St Joseph Church Richardson, Texas 75081 |
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March 19, 2005 |
United in Prayer Day Mount St Michael Spiritual Life Center |
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March 13, 2004 |
Introductory Centering Prayer Workshop Presenter: Sandy Guancial, Dallas Coordinator The Episcopal Church of the Holy
Nativity |
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March 20, 2004 |
United in Prayer Day Facilitator: Sandy Guancial, Dallas Coordinator St Joseph Church Richardson, Texas |
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Oct 8 to Nov 12, 2003 |
Follow-up Centering Prayer Course Facilitator, Sandy Guancial St Joseph Church |
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October 4, 2003 |
Introductory Workshop to Centering Prayer Presenter: Sandy Guancial, Dallas Coordinator St Joseph Church |
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October 9 to 12, 2003 |
Centering Prayer Weekend Retreat Presenters: Sandy Guancial, Dallas, Texas
Coordinator Mount Carmel Center |
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July 25 to 29, 2003 |
Intensive Retreat for Advanced Practitioners of
Centering Prayer Sandy Guancial, Dallas, Texas
Coordinator Stella Niagara Retreat House |
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May 17, 2003 |
One Day Facilitator Workshop Presenter: Sandy Guancial, Dallas Coordinator Holy Trinity Seminary |
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March 15, 2003 |
United in Prayer Day Facilitator: Sandy Guancial, Dallas Coordinator Canterbury House at SMU Dallas, Texas |
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January 18, 2003 |
Centering Prayer Workshop |
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October 11 to 13, 2002 |
Three Day Centering Prayer Retreat |
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September 28, 2002 |
Centering Prayer Workshop |
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June 8, 2002 |
Pax Christi Prayer Day Presenter: Sandy Guancial, Dallas Coordinator Pax Christi Group |
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May 23 to May 27, 2002 |
Intensive Retreat for Advanced Practitioners of
Centering Prayer Sandy Guancial, Dallas, Texas
Coordinator Stella Niagara Retreat House |
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May 11, 2002 |
Prison Ministry Workshop Presenter: Sandy Guancial, Dallas Coordinator Prison Ministry Group All Saints Catholic Church |
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April 6, 2002 |
United Methodist Centering Prayer Workshop with six Monday evening follow-up sessions Presenter: Sandy Guancial, Dallas Coordinator University Park United Methodist
Church |
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March 16, 2002 |
United in Prayer Day Facilitator: Sandy Guancial, Dallas Coordinator Canterbury House at SMU Dallas, Texas |
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January 26, 2002 |
Canton Centering Prayer Workshop with six Tuesday evening follow-up sessions Presenter: Sandy Guancial, Dallas Coordinator St Therese Catholic Church |