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Contemplative or Centering Prayer

Last update July 19, 2001

 

On September 28, October 5, and October 12 JOURNEY (formerly the Spiritual Development Committee) offered a series of seminars on Centering or Contemplative Prayer 

 

Further Opportunities

JOURNEY

JOURNEY Meeting Times

Benedictine Center at St. Paul's Monastery

Benedictine Mediation Center

References for Further Study

Trilogy on Centering Prayer by Thomas Keating

Benedictine Center of St. Paul's Priory. Christian Mediation - Suggested Readings

Other Resources

Contemplative Outreach Ltd.

Bulletin of the North American Board for East-West Dialog

St. Paul Benedictine Center

 

 

Further Opportunities

JOURNEY

JOURNEY, the St. John in the Wilderness Prayer Group,

J Journal your aspirations
O Open yourself to new beginnings
U Unique experiences unfold
R Read the Scripture
N Navigate your personality to become one with the Soul
E Experience the Holy Spirit
Y You are never alone

 

 

JOURNEY Meeting Times

JOURNEY usually meets the second and fourth Thursdays of the month from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the church. 

 

Benedictine Center at St. Paul's Monastery

2675 E. Larpenteur Avenue, St. Paul MN 55109. 651-777-7251

Events (taken from the Sep 2000 to Feb 2001 Benedictine Center Newsletter):

  • Centering Prayer Groups are held at the Benedictine Center weekdays 11:30 a.m. and Wednesday mornings at 6:30 a.m. Each begins with a scripture reading followed by twenty minutes of silence

 

Benedictine Mediation Center

68 West Exchange, St. Paul, MN 55102-1006. (across from St. Joseph's hospital on the grounds of Assumption Church. Parking in church lot). 651-224-6261

Events (taken from the Sep 2000 to Feb 2001 Benedictine Center Newsletter):

  • What is Centering Prayer?. Held the last Saturday of the month, noon to 1:00 p.m. Free will offering.

 

 

References for Further Study

Trilogy on Centering Prayer by Thomas Keating

 

 

Benedictine Center of St. Paul's Priory. Christian Mediation - Suggested Readings

(from Benedictine Center handout, the JOURNEY special seminar on Contemplative Prayer, Sep 28, Oct 5, and Oct 12, 2000)

 
Author Title Publisher Year
Beautreau, Beatrice RADICAL OPTIMISM Crossroad 1993
Chittester, Joan RULE OF BENEDICT Crossroad 1995
De Chardin, Teilhard THE DIVINE MILIEU Harper & Row 1960
De Cam-din, Teilhard HUMAN ENERGY Harcourt Brace 1962
De Mello, Anthony, SJ SADHANA, A WAY TO GOD Doubleday 1984
De Metlo, Anthony, SJ CALL TO LOVE
de Waal, Esther SEEKING GOD: The Way of Benedict Liturgical Press 1994
de Waal, Esther A LIFE-GIVING WAY Liturgical Press 1995
Dreyer, Elizabeth PASSIONATE WOMEN
Dupre, Louis, (ed.) CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY, 3 Vols. Crossroads
Dupre, Louis THE DEEPER LIFE: On Christian Mysticism Crossroads 1981
Durka, Gloria PRAYING WITH HILDEGARD OF BINGEN St. Mary's 1991
Durka, Gloria PRAYING WITH JULIAN OF NORWICH St. Mary's 1989
Finley, James MERTON'S PALACE OF NOWHERE Ave Maria 1978
Fox, Matthew (ed.) WESTERN SPIRITUALITY Bear & Co. 1981
Fox, Matthew COMING OF THE COSMIC CHRIST Harper & Row 1986
Freeman, Lawrence LIGHT WITHIN Crossroad, NY 1995
Freeman, Lawrence THE SELFLESS SELF
French, R.M. THE WAY OF A PILGRIM Ballentine Books 1977
Griffiths, Bede THE MARRIAGE OF EAST AND WEST Templegate Pub. 1982
Griffiths, Bede A NEW VISION OF REALITY Templegate 1989
Griffiths, Bede RETURN TO THE CENTER Templegate 1977
Hall, Thelma TOO DEEP FOR WORDS (Lectio Divina) Paulist Press 1988
Harvey, John, (ed.) QUIET MIND Himalayan Inst. 1988
Henry and Swearer FOR THE SAKE OF THE WORLD: Buddhism and Christian Monasticism Fortress Press 1989
Jaeger, W. THE WAY TO CONTEMPLATION: ENCOUNTERING GOD TODAY Paulist Press, New York 1987
Johnston, William CHRISTIAN ZEN Harper & Row. 1971
Johnston, William (ed.) THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING Image Books, NY 1973
Johnston, William THE INNER EYE OF LOVE Harper & Row 1978
Keating, Thomas OCSO INTIMACY WITH GOD Crossroad 1995
Keating, Thomas OCSO INVITATION TO LOVE Continuum 1995
Keating; Thomas OCSO OPEN MIND, OPEN HEART Continuum 1995
Keating, Thomas OCSO AWAKENINGS Crossroad 1993
Keating, Thomas OCSO REAWAKENINGS Crossroad 1996
Keating, Thomas OCSO The Kingdom of God Is Like Crossroad Press 1997
Keating, Thomas OCSO THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST Continuum 1996
Keating, Thomas OCSO FINDING GRACE AT THE CENTER St. Bede Pub. 1978
King, Ursula TOWARD A NEW MYSTICISM: Teihard de Chardin and Eastern Religions Seabury Press 1981
Main, John WORD INTO SILENCE Paulist Press 1981
Main, John THE PRESENT CHRIST Darton, Longman & Todd 1985
Main, John CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Ben. Priory 1982
Main, Thomas, OSB MOMENT OF CHRIST Crossroad Press 1984
May, Gerald ADDICTION AND GRACE Harper, San Francisco 1988
May, Gerald SIMPLY SANE Crossroad 1984
McGinn, Bernard FOUNDATIONS OF MYSTICISM Crossroad Press 1995
Merton, Thomas THE ASCENT TO TRUTH Harcourt Brace 195l
Morton, Thomas WHAT IS CONTEMPLATION? Templegate Pub 1981
Merton, Thomas NEW SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION New Directions 1961
Morton, Thomas CONTEMPLATION IN WORLD OF ACTION Doubleday 1973
Norris, Kathleen DAKOTA; A SPIRITUAL GEOGRAPHY Tichnor & Fields 1993
Nouwen, Henri J.M. THOMAS MERTON CONTEMPLATIVE CRITIC Harper & Row 1981
Nouwen, Henri, J.M. REACHING OUT Image Books, Doubleday 1995
Nouwen, Henri LIVE OF THE BELOVED
O'Hea, Eileen, CSJ WOMAN: HER INTUITION FOR OTHERNESS Benedictine Priory Montreal 1989
Palmer, Sherard, Ware, (eds.) THE PHILOKALIA Faber & Faber 1979
Pennington, Basil OCSO A PLACE APART Image Books 1985
Pennington, Basil OCSO CENTERED LIVING Doubleday 1986
Pennington, Basil OCSO CENTERING PRAYER Doubleday 1979
Pennington, Basil OCSO DAILY WE TOUCH HIM Doubleday 1977
Rama, Swami SCIENCE OF BREATH Robert Ballantine MD
Rama, Swami, et. al. MEDITATION IN CHRISTIANITY Himalayan Inst. 1983
Rinpoche Sogyal GLIMPSE AFTER GLIMPSE Harper, San Francisco 1995
Shannon, William H. SILENT LAMP..THE THOMAS MERTON STORY Crossroad 1993
St. Romain, Philip KUNDALINI ENERGY Crossroad 1994
Steindl-Rast, Br. David GRATEFULNESS, THE HEART OF PRAYER Paulist Press 1984
Tart, Charles LIVING THE MINDFUL LIFE Shambala 1994
Thich Nhat Hanh LIVING BUDDHA, LIVING CHRIST Riverhead Books 1995
Thich Nhat Hanh MINDFULNESS
Uhlen, Gabriele HILDEGARD OF BINGEN Bear & Co. 1983
Underkill, Evelyn MYSTICISM Dutton 1961
Underhill, Evelyn PRACTICAL MYSTICISM Ariel 1987
Woods, Richard MYSTERION, AN APPROACH TO MYSTICAL SPIRITUALITY Thomas More Press Chicago 1981

 

 

Other Resources

(from Benedictine Center handout, the JOURNEY special seminar on Contemplative Prayer, Sep 28, Oct 5, and Oct 12, 2000)

Contemplative Outreach Ltd.

International Office:

 

Contemplative Outreach Ltd.

P.O. Box 737 - Suite 2B

10 Park Place

Butler, New Jersey 07405

Telephone: (973) 838-3384

Fax: (973) 492-5795

email: contoutltd@aol.com

 

 

Bulletin of the North American Board for East-West Dialog 

Newsletter offers information on networking resources, retreats and locations throughout the country. 

Cost: Send an Offering

 

To order write to:

Editor of Bulletin of the North American Board for East-West Dialog 

Osage Monastery 

18701 West Monastery Rd.

Sand Springs, OK 74063

 

The purpose of the East-West Board is to foster the contribution of tradition in communion with all the other religious people, lay or monastic, who are engaged in this dialog

 

 

St. Paul Benedictine Center

For information about the Benedictine Center call

Benedictine Center of Spirituality

2675 E. Larpenteur St. Paul, 55109 

(651) 777-7251

 

and the Downtown Center at 

68 W. Exchange, St.Paul, 55102-1006

(651) 224-4261

 

 

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