Friday, May 4 through Sunday, May 6, 2018
Contemplative Spring Retreat
Retreat Presenter, Martin Laird, O.S.A.
Father Martin Laird is Professor of Early Christian Studies at Villanova University. Fr. Laird’s published works include Into the Silent Land and A Sunlit Absence. This retreat offers time and space away from the busyness of daily life and allows the body, mind, and spirit to surrender to God’s presence and action within each one of us.
Location and Directions
Villa Maria Eduction and Spirituality Center
225 Villa Marie Road
Pulaski, PA 16143
[link to Villa Maria website]
March 10, 2018
United in Prayer Day
Location and Directions
Laurel Lake Retirement Community
200 Laurel Lake Drive
Hudson, OH 44236
[link to church website]
Registration/Check-in: 8:30 a.m.
Event: 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
January 21, 2017
Silent Day of Prayer
Saturday, January, 21 2017
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
St. Basil the Great Catholic Church
8700 Brecksville Road
Brecksville, OH 44141
(At the Parish Life Center behind the church.)
March 11, 2017
Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop
Saturday, March 11, 2017
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Federated Church
76 Bell Street
Chagrin Falls, OH 44022
March 18, 2017
United in Prayer Day
Saturday, March 18, 2017
9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Laurel Lake Retirement Community
200 Laurel Lake Drive
Hudson, OH, 44236
Click here for more information about United in Prayer Day.
April 6, 2017
Webinar Trinity: the Soul of Creation
Thursday through Saturday, April 6 – 8, 2017
St. Mathew’s Episcopal Church, Brecksville, Ohio
A live broadcast of the conference Trinity: the Soul of Creation, being presented by Richard Rohr, Cynthia Bourgeault and William Paul Young in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Click here for more information about the topic of the conference.
June 10, 2017
Silent Saturday
Saturday, June 10, 2017 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
2747 Fairmount Boulevard
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Several sessions of sitting Centering Prayer, readings and quiet reflection.
August 11 – 13, 2017
Retreat/Conference
St. Theresa of Avila and the Interior Castle
Friday through Sunday, August 11 – 13, 2017
River’s Edge
3430 Rocky River Drive
Cleveland, Ohio
[link to website]
A special Retreat / Conference weekend presented by Susan Komis, allowing sacred space and time to explore the Seven Mansions of Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle. Together we reflected on the light of Teresa’s timeless insights into the human soul, its journey towards God, and how Teresa’s teaching is relevant to our personal contemporary spiritual journey. This retreat/conference included presentations, small group discussion with periods of Centering Prayer, reflection and silence. Suggested reading for this special event was “The Interior Castle,” from the Collected Works of Teresa, Vol. II, translation by Kavanaugh & Rodriguez.
September 30, 2017
Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop
Location and Directions
Holy Martyrs Catholic Church
3100 Old Weymouth Road
Medina, Ohio 44256
[link to church website]
Date and Time
Saturday, September 30, 2017
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
(Registration begins at 9:00 a.m., the Workshop begins at 9:30 a.m.)
Follow-up sessions October 7 and October 14.
Contact Information
To RSVP or for more information, contact Kate Valentine at email valentinekate@yahoo.com or by phone at (330) 659-6356.
October 7, 2017
Silent Saturday
Location and Directions
St. Christopher’s Parish
20141 Detroit Road
Rocky River, Ohio 44116
[link to church website]
Date and Time
Saturday, October 7, 2017
8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
(Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., Centering Prayer beings at 9:00 a.m.)
Contact Information
To RSVP or for more information, contact Darlene Sasz at email darlesa4@aol.com or by phone at (440) 331-0903.
December 7, 14 and 21, 2017
Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop
Location and Directions
Church of St. Dominic
3450 Norwood Road
Shaker Heights, OH 44122
[link to church website]
Date and Time
Thursday, December 7, 14 and 21, 2017
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
(Please plan to arrive early so the workshop can begin promptly at 7 o’clock.)
Contact Information
To RSVP or for more information, contact the parish office at St. Dominic via email parishoffice@stdominicchurch.net or by phone at (216) 991-1444.