Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop Follow Up
Four Monday Evenings – , 2025
6:00 pm to 7:30pm
In Person & Zoom Meeting

Jesus said to them, ”Come away with me. Let us go alone to a quiet place and rest for a while”. Mark 6:31
Contemplative Outreach of St. Louis presents:
A 4-Series Follow-Up to Introductory Workshops
This four-session series provides formation in contemplative practice as well as a treasury of wisdom from Father Keating himself. It is designed to give a broader and firmer foundation for the centering prayer practice for new and longtime practitioners. For more information, contact Charlie Lawrence at Charlesn.lawrence2@gmail.com
Community of Christ Church, 830 N Kirkwood, MO, 63122 (click to open Google map)
Dates: Four (4) Consecutive Mondays – November 4th, November 11th, November 18th & December 2nd
Time: 5:45 Gathering – 6:00 pm to 7:30pm
Flow of the evening schedule: Gathering at 5:45pm. Promptly begins at 6:00pm, with a centering prayer session and Q & A’s about your practice of centering prayer. After a break, we will view a video with Father Thomas Keating and have time for group discussion. One of four videos are viewed nightly. After the evening a link of the video will be sent to the registrants.
Facilitators: Joe Matteuzzi and Walter Martinez, Commissioned Centering Prayer Presenters for Contemplative Outreach.
Please bring a notebook. It is recommended to bring your book Open Mind, Open Heart, by Father Thomas Keating. This is a beginner book with questions and answers specifically about the centering prayer practice and the spiritual journey. It is a great companion for the journey.
“Centering Prayer is a discipline to foster interior transformation, initiated by God and leading, if we consent, to divine union. One’s way of seeing reality changes, which empowers one to perceive and respond to everyday life with sensitivity to the divine presence in, through and beyond everything.” — Thomas Keating, Open Mind, Open Heart
You are invited to experience support for this contemplative journey with others.
Contemplative Outreach is an unincorporated non profit organization
- This event is free.
Thank you for registering so we may send you the zoom link.