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Spirit Journal – April 2023

Preview

This issue focuses on strengthening and broadening the contemplative community, with:

  • Information about Ubuntu and Contemplation, a very special workshop coming up on May 13 with Michael Battle
  • A short primer on Ubuntu by Michael Battle, drawn from his 2009 book, Ubuntu: I in You and You in Me.
  • Your first chance to sign up for our our Seven-Day Summer Intensive/Post-Intensive Retreat at the Siena Retreat Center, scheduled for July 23-29
  • A listing of additional 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 on community from Thomas Keating, Simone Weil, Ram Dass, and Michael Battle

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Spirit Journal – March 2023

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This issue includes

  • An invitation to register for The Way of the Mystic: St. Teresa’s Life and Teaching, a Zoom workshop with Juliana Cesano, which will take place on Saturday March 25
  • Details about – and your first chance to register for – Ubuntu and Contemplation, coming on May 13 with Michael Battle
  • A save-the-date notice for our six-day summer Intensive/Post-Intensive at the Siena Retreat Center, scheduled for July 23-29
  • A listing of nine more offerings of potential interest to you, from multiple Contemplative Outreach chapters and other groups
  • A lovely reflection, In the Garden, from our frequent contributor Johanna Ash
  • Information about available Centering Prayer groups, in-person and online
  • Insights from Teresa of Avila, Meister Eckhart, Hildegard of Bingen, and John of the Cross

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Spirit Journal – February 2023

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Our February issue includes:

  • The initial announcement of The Way of the Mystic: St. Teresa’s Life and
    Teaching, a Zoom workshop with Juliana Cesano, which will take place
    on Saturday March 25
  • A reminder that this Saturday, Contemplative Outreach of Maryland and
    Washington is offering the online workshop, Conversations with Howard
    Thurman
  • Information about an Introductory Centering Prayer Workshop via Zoom
    February 27-28
  • A link to the newly available YouTube video of the recent workshop Howard
    Thurman: An Active Contemplative, with Lerita Coleman Brown
  • An announcement of the first-ever online Living Flame program being
    offered by Contemplative Outreach Ltd.
  • Information about an in-person 12-step Centering Prayer retreat this May in
    Racine
  • A save-the-date notice for our six-day summer Intensive/Post-Intensive
    Retreat scheduled for July 23-29
  • An invitation to a Lenten morning of meditation on Saturday February 25
    from the Christian Meditation groups at St. John of the Cross, Western
    Springs
  • A beautiful, very meaningful pre-Lenten reflection and poem by Linda
    Jackim
  • Information about available Centering Prayer groups, in-person and online
  • Insights from Howard Thurman, Oscar Hammerstein II, Ian Marcus Corbin,
    and Gerard Manley Hopkins

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Spirit Journal – January 2023

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Kicking off a new year, the theme of this issue is Invitations

  • First, Jack Lloyd invites you to active involvement in all of Contemplative Outreach Chicago’s programs
  • We offer a final chance to register for Simple Presence with Alan Krema, which takes place this Saturday
  • In collaboration with three other Contemplative Outreach chapters, we invite your participation in a very special online workshop on Howard Thurman on February 4
  • Carolyn Goddard extends an invitation to her February 13 workshop, Reflection on Discernment
  • We provide information about two Introductory Centering Prayer Workshops: the first will be in-person this Saturday at Holy Family Parish, Inverness, and the second will take place via Zoom in February
  • We share an announcement about an online Centering Prayer Summit taking place this weekend, featuring Cynthia Bourgeault, Carl McColman, and many others
  • We provide Information about available Centering Prayer groups, in-person and online
  • We share Insights from Juliana Cesano, Richard Rohr, Alan Krema, and Martin Luther King Jr,

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Spirit Journal – December 2022

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We wish you all the blessings of Christmas and a wonderful New Year! This final edition of 2022 includes:

  • A description of a new online workshop experience called Simple Presence, which will be offered by Alan Krema on January 21
  • Information about two Introductory Centering Prayer Workshops: the first will be in-person in January at Holy Family Parish, Inverness, and the second will take place via Zoom in February
  • A “save the date” request for February 4th, when Lerita Coleman-Brown will share a special online workshop about the life and work of Howard Thurman
  • Announcement of an online Centering Prayer Summit in January, featuring Cynthia Bourgeault, Carl McColman, and many others
  • Information about available Centering Prayer groups, in-person and online
  • Insights from Gene Pistacchio, Augustine of Hippo, Cynthia Bourgeault, and Howard Thurman

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Spirit Journal – November 2022

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Happy Thanksgiving! This edition includes:

  • A greeting and reflection from our new coordinator, Jack Lloyd
  • An invitation to be part of an Advent Retreat offered at the Siena Retreat Center in Racine by our friends at Contemplative Outreach of Southeast Wisconsin, December 8-11
  • The announcement of an online workshop called Simple Presence, offered by Alan Krema in January
  • Information about an Introductory Centering Prayer Workshop also coming up in January at Holy Family Parish, Inverness
  • A listing of additional retreats and workshops that may be of interest to you, plus a new website to explore
  • The Eagle Dance– a reflection by Johanna Ash, our “New Mexico correspondent”
  • Information about available Centering Prayer groups, in-person and online
  • Insightsfrom Thomas Berry, Thich Nhat Hanh,Desmond Tutu and Thomas Keating

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