Welcome!
Contemplative Outreach of New Jersey is a community of individuals and prayer groups who practice centering prayer. We teach centering prayer and offer events and educational programs to support those who practice centering prayer. We also teach other practices that promote a deepening of our relationship with God and support all of us attempting to live the contemplative dimension of the Gospel in daily life. All are welcome at our gatherings whether in person or on Zoom. We are a chapter of Contemplative Outreach, Ltd., a global interdenominational spiritual network founded by Fr. Thomas Keating, Fr. Carl Arico, and others.
Practices for Contemplative Living Part 2
When: Third Saturday of October through March, and April 26: October 19, November 16, December 21, January 18, February 15, March 15, April 26
Where and time: October-December and March-April, in person only at St. Walburga Monastery, 851 North Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ, 9 am to 2 pm. Please register here.
January and February: Zoom only, 9 am to 11 am. No registration required and no fee.
Cost: We ask $20 per in-person event or $82 for all 5 in-person events. All are welcome regardless of ability to pay. No fee is requested from members of vowed religious communities. Zoom events are free of charge. Please register for in-person events here.
For In-Person Events
The room in which we meet holds a maximum of 24 people. Those who register online or by mail are given priority. To register by mail, mail which events attending and check to: Barbara Sherry, 1189 Kennedy Blvd, Bayonne, NJ 7002. Walk-ins are welcome until the limit is reached. If you register and are not coming, please email coordinator@centeringprayernj.com so that we do not hold the space. Thank you!
Lunch: Please bring lunch. Coffee, tea, and some food will be provided.
All days include Centering Prayer.
October 19: Active Prayer
November 16: Spiritual Reading
December 21: Advent Day of Prayer with Fr. Carl Arico
January 18: Video of Fr. Carl Arico, Fr. Bill Sheehan, and Gail Fitzpatrick-Hopler discussing the first intensive centering prayer retreat at the Lama Foundation, which preceded the formation of Contemplative Outreach Ltd. Join here.
February 15: Spiritual counsels/going deeper with contemplative practices. Join here.
March 15: Welcoming Prayer
April 26: Guard of the Heart
Centering Prayer Mini-Intensive
First Saturdays, from 8 am to 9:15 am, via Zoom
Two 25-minute periods of centering prayer separated by a 5-min contemplative walk followed by Lectio Divina and discussion.
Zoom room opens about 7:45-7:50 am; please enter in silence.
Click here to join: https://tinyurl.com/cs944brn
Please consider the offerings at:
Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, NY
Dec. 10-13, 2024: Centering Prayer: Lectio Divina and the Four Senses of Scripture
Jan. 31 – Feb. 2, 2025: In Silence with Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Bread of Life Center, Sacramento, CA
Contemplative Living I – an 8-week course
Wednesdays, September 11 to October 30, 2024, 1:00pm to 3:15pm Pacific time
via Zoom
Cost: sliding scale $320 to $480
For more information: https://bread-of-life.squarespace.com/contemplative-living