Led by Jill Benet

Intensive Retreats are an opportunity to immerse oneself fully in the method and background of Centering Prayer as taught by Contemplative Outreach. There will be up to three hours of Centering Prayer each day, and the time outside meetings is in silence. There will be time for personal reflection, contemplative liturgy and Lectio Divina.

We shall draw on the last video teaching series, That We May Be One. To complement this, we shall read some of Fr Thomas Keating’s poetry, guided by the work of Cynthia Bourgeault, as well our inner responses.

The retreat is suitable for those who have established or are establishing the practice of Centering Prayer and have ideally attended an Introductory Workshop.

Arrive in time for supper at 6pm on Sunday 6/2 and depart after breakfast on Sunday 13/2.

Cost: £630

Jill is the London Co-ordinator of Contemplative Outreach, founded to teach the method of Centering Prayer and to support Centering Prayer groups and communities. She has studied in-depth the conceptual background of Centering Prayer and trained in the US and UK. She has studied under its founder, Father Thomas Keating, and has organised retreats led by Cynthia Bourgeault and Richard Rohr, among others. She has trained in the US and UK and leads groups, Introductory Days, Quiet Days and retreats. Jill is a co-founder of the Silence in the City series of talks on the contemplative life. She is a trained teacher and guide of Inner Relationship Focusing.