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February 4, 2024 by Registrar

Spirit Journal – January 2024

Preview

In our first newsletter of 2024, you’ll find:

  • Information on the online workshop Crisis Contemplation – Healing the Wounds of the Village, with Barbara Holmes – which we will be co-sponsoring on February 3 along with two other Contemplative Outreach chapters
  • An invitation to join us for a contemplative/musical experience – Notes of Rest with Julian Davis Reid – at St. Leonard’s Ministry on February 15
  • Our initial announcement of an event with Carl McColman, which we will be co-presenting with the Theological Society in America in March
  •  A reminder that you are invited to apply for the Alan Krema Scholarship – will 2024 be your year to take advantage of this opportunity?
  • Notice of additional contemplative events coming up soon from Jeff Ediger, the St. John of the Cross Christian Meditation Groups, and Contemplative Outreach chapters in Colorado and Southeast Wisconsin
  • An updated calendar of events of interest, local and online, though the end of this year
  • A listing of in-person and online prayer groups
  • Insights from Meister Eckhart, Shunryu Suzuki, St. Benedict, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

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February 3, 2024 by Registrar

Spirit Journal – December 2023

Adoration of the Shepherds, Gerard van Honthorst, 1620

Dear Friends of Contemplative Outreach Chicago – We wish you a peaceful and very Merry Christmas and all blessings in the New Year.

Thank you for being an important part of our growing contemplative community!

Preview

In this issue:

  • The first announcement of an online workshop we will be co-sponsoring in February with Contemplative Outreach of Colorado: Crisis Contemplation – Healing the Wounds of the Village, with Barbara Holmes
  • A reminder that you are invited to apply for the Alan Krema Scholarship – will 2024 be your year to take advantage of this opportunity?
  • Notice of important contemplative events coming up in 2024 from Closer Than Breath and Contemplative Outreach of Colorado
  • A listing of in-person and online prayer groups
  • Christmas Insights from Eric Sevareid, G.K. Chesterton, Charles Dickens and Pope John XXIII

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February 3, 2024 by Registrar

Spirit Journal – November 2023

Preview

This Thanksgiving, may we all remember to be grateful for God’s presence and action within. Our November edition includes:

  • An invitation to Alan Krema’s November 18 workshop – Centering Prayer: A Path to Spiritual Connectedness – available in person and online
  • A reflection on last month’s annular solar eclipse and its spiritual resonance, by Johanna Ash
  • An invitation for you to apply for the new Alan Krema Scholarship
  • A listing of contemplative workshops and events of potential interest to you, in-person and online, from several Contemplative Outreach chapters
  • Information about available Centering Prayer groups, in-person and online
  • Insights from Meister Eckhart, Maya Angelou, W.T. Purkiser, and John F. Kennedy

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February 3, 2024 by Registrar

Spirit Journal – October 2023

Preview

Please join us in prayer for peace on earth. This October issue includes:

  • Alan Krema’s reflection on the workshop he will be presenting next month – Centering Prayer: A Path to Spiritual Connectedness – available in person and online
  • Information about an upcoming Introductory Centering Prayer workshop, October 28 at Healing Gardens
  • The first announcement of an important new initiative we’re undertaking to support the development of contemplative leaders – the Alan Krema Scholarship
  • A thought-provoking message from our friend Julian Davis Reid – A Time to Rejoice, a Time to Reflect
  • A listing of contemplative workshops and events of potential interest to you, from several Contemplative Outreach chapters and other groups
  • Information about available Centering Prayer groups, in-person and online
  • Insights from William Blake, Abn Al-Qadir al-Jilani, Thich Nhat Hahn, and Rami Shapiro

[Download pdf to read more . . .]

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February 1, 2024 by Registrar

Spirit Journal – September 2023

Preview

Our September issue includes:

  • A quick look back at our 2023 One-Day Fall Workshop featuring Susan
    Lincoln and Craig Toungate
  • An invitation to join us for Alan Krema’s new workshop, A Path to Spiritual
    Connectedness, in-person or online on November 18, presented in
    collaboration with the Theosophical Society in America
  • Information about two contemplative events coming up soon at Healing
    Gardens in St. Charles
  • A listing of fall workshops and events of potential interest to you, from
    several Contemplative Outreach chapters and other groups
  • Information about available Centering Prayer groups, in-person and online
    Insights from Hildegard of Bingen, Jacqui Lewis, W.E.B. DuBois, and
    Thomas Keating

[Download pdf to read more . . .]

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August 15, 2023 by Registrar

Spirit Journal – July 2023

Preview

This issue includes:

  • Information about our 2023 One-Day Fall Workshop coming up in September, featuring Susan Lincoln and Craig Toungate – early bird pricing ends soon
  • An invitation to participate in an online version of the Living Flame –  a one-time only event to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of this transformational program
  • A listing of workshops and events of potential interest to you, from multiple Contemplative Outreach chapters and other groups
  • Information about available Centering Prayer groups, in-person and online
  • Insights from Hildegard of Bingen, Thomas Keating, Jack Kornfield and Mel Brooks

[Download pdf to read more . . .]

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