Contemplative Outreach of St. Louis has been serving the contemplative community in Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois since 1989. We are a chapter of Contemplative Outreach, Ltd., an international spiritual network with offices in Butler, N.J. Our mission is to teach the method of Centering Prayer and to support those whose Spiritual Journey includes a practice of this prayer.
1. Choose a sacred word as the symbol of your intention to consent to God’s presence and action within.
2. Sitting comfortably and with eyes closed, settle briefly, and silently introduce the sacred word as the symbol of your consent to God’s presence and action within.
3. When engaged with your thoughts, return ever-so-gently to the sacred word.
4. At the end of the prayer period, remain in silence with eyes closed for a couple of minutes.
Find a Centering Prayer Group near you and learn about the many classes, retreats and special events offered by Contemplative Outreach of St. Louis.
Join Contemplative Outreach of St. Louis for an Intensive/Post-Intensive Retreat on Sunday, August 21st to Friday, August 26th, 2022 at King’s House in Belleville, Illinois. We welcome Rev. Matthew Flatley as our retreat director. This retreat is an opportunity for practitioners of Centering Prayer to deepen their contemplative journey through silence, solitude and community.
Give yourself the gift of a mini-retreat and join us for Silent Saturday from 8:30am (gathering) until 11am. We will meet, in person, at Grace Episcopal Church in Kirkwood/St. Louis, MO. Please note that, per Grace Church’s COVID protocols, masks are required at indoor gatherings. Continue reading this post on the COSTL website for additional information.
Give God (and yourself) a gift of quiet contemplation and prayer! There’s still time and space to register for this 6-day retreat held at King’s House in Belleville IL (near St. Louis, MO)! Register by August 18 using the registration information on the original post. With your registration, please pay the full retreat cost of $590 which includes private room w/ bath & all meals. We hope that you can join us!
Contemplative Outreach of St. Louis presents an Introduction to Centering Prayer workshop on Saturday, September 10, 2022 from 8:40am to 12:00noon (CDT). We’ll meet (in person!) at Grace Episcopal Church, 514 E. Argonne Drive in Kirkwood MO 63122.
This workshop will help you find God within and hear with the ear of your heart. You’ll learn about prayer as relationship, the simple method of Centering Prayer, how to deal with thoughts during prayer, and how to deepen your relationship with God. Join us and bring a friend!
Read a reflection about COSTL’s Go Deeper session: “House of God; Womb of God”, held on Saturday, July 9, 2022.
Go Deeper is an ongoing program designed to deepen and inform our spiritual life. Each session will speak to our yearning to open to and experience our loving God more deeply. Join us in November for the next Go Deeper!
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