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.
Registration is open for COSTL’s next Go Deeper session,
“Guard of the Heart,”
Saturday, November 6, 2021, from 8:45 am to 12:00 noon via Zoom. Please register (by Nov 3) and join us on this spiritual journey!
The library catalog of over 550 books has been updated and it’s now super easy to borrow a book from the COSTL Lending Library housed at Grace Episcopal Church in St. Louis, MO. Continue reading for how to access the church and the library during COVID.
Dear Centering Prayer Community: Let us have a virtual Silent Saturday on October 9th, 2021 starting 9 AM (Central time). We can have 2 meditation periods (30 minutes each) and join our Spirits for this hour. We will release the Zoom meeting details via email response at your request. Contact Wes at: centeringprayerstl@gmail.com .
Contemplative Outreach of Central Missouri presents this 6-day retreat at King’s House in Belleville, IL led by Fr. Matthew Flatley. Cost is $550 all inclusive.
This weekend intensive retreat is for people who participate in any 12-Step program, or those who support recovery, and have the intention to improve their meditation practice and enlarge their spiritual life.