Programs
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A Journey into Contemplation
Saturday, October 12
9 a.m.-1 p.m. (EDT)​
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Presented by Suzanne Farnham, founder of Listening Hearts Ministries
Church of the Redeemer
5603 N. Charles Street,
Baltimore, MD 21210​
Nationally known retreat leader and author Suzanne Farnham will share her own experience of contemplation. By reflecting on her years-long path to contemplative practice, she hopes to awaken reflections in others of how God is at work in their lives. Suzanne emphasizes that she speaks not as a scholar but as a person who has strong spiritual yearnings. In other words, she is one of us.
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Session 1: “The Jesus Prayer and Sacred Words”
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Session 2: “From Jung’s Understanding of Consciousness to Cosmic Spirituality”
Meet Suzanne Farnham
Suzanne Farnham is the founder of Listening Hearts Ministries, a not-for-profit incorporated ministry that provides a range of programs, publications, and services to teach the practice of spiritual discernment through prayerful listening in supportive communities. It maintains a website, listeninghearts.org, that features a host of free downloads of valuable resources—some suitable for individuals, some for groups, and some for both.
Suzanne is co-author of the Listening Hearts series of books. The most recent addition to the series is the 30th anniversary edition of Listening Hearts: Discerning Call in Community with new and updated content and a foreword by the recently retired bishop of Maryland, the Rt. Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton. It is published in both English and Spanish.
She has spoken and led programs from coast to coast. This includes countless spiritual retreats, workshops, and leadership training programs--plus contemplative prayer weeks using a monastic schedule.
Her late husband was rector of Memorial Episcopal Church, Bolton Hill for 29 years. She has four children and 10 grandchildren. She has been a member of St. James Church, Lafayette Square, Baltimore, for the past 26 years.
Registration
$25 - General Admission
$15 - Student Admission
When registering, you will be prompted to pay via PayPal or check.
NOTE: PayPal also gives you the option to pay by other major credit cards.
Make checks out to COMW and mail to:
Gay Hollahan, COMW Treasurer
4925 Western Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016
Centering Prayer: A Healing Practice
Saturday, November 16
9 a.m.-12 p.m. (EST)​
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Presented by the Rev. Carlyle Gill
Online​
This retreat will focus on the path to healing that the discipline of Centering Prayer opens for us. As we consent to the presence and action of God within, we also begin to open to the wounds of a lifetime. Father Thomas Keating wisely incorporated the insights of psychology into the Centering Prayer practice because he knew that the spiritual journey was one of descent into our deepest selves. Many embark on the spiritual journey hoping to fix, cure, and cover over these wounds of a lifetime. However, the God we encounter on this path yearns only to dwell with us as we truly are.
Meet the Rev. Carlyle Gill
The Rev. Carlyle Gill has been an Episcopal priest for nearly 50 years and a practitioner of Centering Prayer for 25 years. She has led many Centering Prayer introductory retreats, as well as longer retreats.
Registration
$25 - General Admission
$15 - Student Admission
When registering, you will be prompted to pay via PayPal or check.
NOTE: PayPal also gives you the option to pay by other major credit cards.
Make checks out to COMW and mail to:
Gay Hollahan, COMW Treasurer
4925 Western Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016
When you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Matthew 6:6
Donations
Donations are always welcome! COMW has always made its retreats available at the cost of providing them. You might consider adding a donation for the benefit of our future programs to allow us to expand outreach activities. Make your donation here.