NOTE: Our name will soon be changing to Contemplative Outreach of San Diego County (COSDC). Click HERE for our new website. An updated list of events is available there.
CONSD offers local retreats, days of prayer, and formation events online and in-person. At the worldwide Contemplative Outreach Ltd. website, you can find the latest information on online and onsite retreats offered nationally and globally — see THIS LINK and click on the “Events” tab at the top right.
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ONGOING: OPENING MINDS, OPENING HEARTS: A Podcast Series by Contemplative Outreach, Ltd., first launched in November 2022. With Colleen Thomas and Mark Dannenfelser. Seasons 1, 2, and now 3 of this podcast series are complete and available HERE or through your favorite podcast provider platforms. Interviewees include Carl McColman, Dr. Lerita Coleman Brown, Fr. Adam Bucko, Pastor Tia Norman, Fr. Greg Boyle, Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault, Carmen Acevedo Butcher, Heather Ruce, Dr. Rory McEntee, and others.
Twelfth Step Spirituality: Weekly Meeting via Zoom. 12StepSpirituality.org hosts a weekly zoom meeting (11th Step) using the practices of Centering Prayer and Welcoming Prayer. The meeting starts with Welcoming Prayer, a speaker sharing briefly on how Centering Prayer has impacted their life, a 20-minute sit of Centering Prayer (with teaching Centering Prayer to newcomers as needed), small group breakouts, and the practice of Grateful Heart. Online on Saturdays, 9:30am to 10:45am Central Time. For more info and for the Zoom link, click HERE.
Intensive/Post-Intensive Centering Prayer Retreat, with Sr. Chris Machado. Enter into a more profound level of spiritual practice in an atmosphere of silence and community. The Eight-Day Intensive and concurrent Post-Intensive Retreat is designed to strengthen one’s discipline and practice of Centering Prayer. We will be in grand silence. The Intensive also provides a conceptual framework for the prayer through the viewing of selected DVDs from Thomas Keating’s Spiritual Journey Series. Post-Intensive is for those who have previously made an Intensive Centering Prayer Retreat. Times of silence and periods of Centering Prayer are increased. Pre-requisites: Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop and a weekend-long Centering Prayer retreat. In person, June 21-28 at Holy Spirit Retreat Center in Encino, CA. For more information: Please call Sr. Chris at 818-815-4480.
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Scholarships to attend retreats and events are available from CONSD and from Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. Please email consdinfo@gmail.com to inquire.
For more information on CONSD events, call Linda Dollins at (760) 743-8297 or Mary Williams at (760) 822-3916.
For information on COSD (Contemplative Outreach of San Diego) events, see the COSD website, www.contemplativeoutreachsd.org