Resources

Links for Christian Contemplative Practice

To receive training and personalized spiritual direction from David Frenette:

Click here for the Training Process

Email: Spiritual Direction

For resources on Centering Prayer groups, classes and intensive retreats in Colorado, U.S.A.:

Contemplative Outreach of Colorado

www.contemplativeoutreach-co.org

For national and international resources on introductory workshops on Centering Prayer, as taught by the wisdom teacher Fr. Thomas Keating:

Contemplative Outreach Ltd.

www.centeringprayer.com

For resources on Christian Meditation as taught by the renowned Benedictine monks Frs. John Main and Lawrence Freeman:

The World Community for Christian Meditation

www.wccm.org

To learn more about Trappist monastic life at St. Benedict’s Monastery (where Fr. Thomas Keating lives):

www.snowmass.org

Selected Readings

On Christian Contemplation:

Manifesting God, by Thomas Keating, Lantern, 2005

New Seeds of Contemplation, by Thomas Merton, Shambhala, 2003

Contemplative Prayer, by Thomas Merton, Image, 1971

The Philokalia, by Allyne Smith, Skylight Paths, 2006

The Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism, edited by Bernard McGinn, Modern Library, 2006

The Loving Search for God: Contemplative Prayer and The Cloud of Unknowing, by William Meninger, Continuum, 1994

On Centering Prayer:

Open Mind, Open Heart, by Thomas Keating, Continuum, 1986, 2006

Centering Prayer, by Basil Pennington, Doubleday, 1982

Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, by Cynthia Bourgeault, Cowley Publications, 2004

On a contemplative and inter-religious understanding of Who Christ is:

Jesus, The Teacher Within, by Lawrence Freeman, Continuum, 2005

Christophany, by Raimundo Panikkar, Orbis, 2004

On 0ther Christian Contemplative Practices:

Word into Silence, by John Main, SCM-Canterbury Press, 2006

The Jesus Prayer, edited by Lev Gillet, St. Vladimir Seminar Press, 1987

Tools Matter, by Mary Margaret Funk, Continuum, 2004

Sacred Reading, The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina, by Michael Casey, Ligouri, 1996

Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit, by Robert Kennedy, Continuum, 1998

Discussion

For online discussions on Christian contemplation:

www.centeringprayer.zaadz.com

Discussion & Links & Selected Reading

Christian Contemplation

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Contemplative Outreach of Colorado-Intensive Retreats
3550 Capital Creek Road
Snowmass, Colorado 81654-9340
(970) 927-9376; coc@sopris.net
(10-Day Centering Prayer retreats are held each month at St. Benedict’s Monastery Retreat House for the last 23 years)

View from the Snowmass Retreat House

Contemplative Outreach of Colorado-
The Center for Contemplative Living
3650 Yates, Denver, Colorado 80212
(303) 698.7729
www.contemplativeoutreach-co.org
(Events, workshops, classes and
resources on Centering Prayer at a dynamic center serving the Denver area
for the last 20 years)