 Mike Smoolca, Chapter Coordinator, Contemplative Outreach of Connecticut
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Welcome to the Contemplative Outreach of Connecticut Chapter website!
Our Mission is to support, grow and share the Contemplative Outreach Prayer Practices as well as to foster and enhance the Christian Contemplative Community in the Connecticut area. Our Vision is to align with the latest practices and principles of Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. and to endorse a comprehensive view of the Keating legacy. Please see our Information Page for more details. We welcome you to our online presence! Please browse our site, sign up to be on our email list (below), register your Centering Prayer Group with us (below) and request an Introductory Workshop, other Program for your Parish or Group as well as additional information or assistance on our Contact Page (found under Resources). - Mike Smoolca, Contemplative Outreach of CT Chapter Coordinator. Meet our Leadership Team. |
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Latest News3/2/2019
Sharing the latest information on the following upcoming CO-CT events:
Here's the link to Fr Thomas's tribute page on this site. Click here to view the CO-CT March 2019 Quarterly Update! Cynthia Bourgeault will be at Holy Family Retreat Center in West Hartford from November 8 - 14, 2019
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Become familiar with two CT Contemplative Outreach Chapter Leaders by listening to the following interview of Mike Smoolca and Grace Padilla. Mike speaks first about his connection with Thomas Merton and Father Thomas Keating and then Grace shares about her deeply personal experiences with Centering Prayer through acquaintance with Father Basil Pennington and Father Keating.
Thought for Winter!" God created us knowing that we would be a work in progress aimed at becoming fully human and capable of becoming participants in the divine nature.”
Thomas Keating |
Please pray for those attending Living Flame, a Contemplative Formation and the Community Enrichment Program coordinated by Contemplative Outreach of CT and offered at Holy Family Retreat Center: https://www.holyfamilyretreat.org/cce/livingflame
Updates have been made to our list of Prayer Groups: http://www.co-ct.org/prayer-groups.html
We would like to list your Prayer Group on our page, please fill out the form on the previously linked page to provide us information about your group and we'll list so others will know how to find you.
If you have an interest in becoming more actively involved in serving the Contemplative Outreach of CT Chapter please contact Mike Smoolca at: msmoolca@hotmail.com
Upcoming area events of local interest for the Spring:
March 2019:
Saturday, March 9, 2019 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Integrating Wisdom Christianity into Life: How will the results be embodied in our lives?, Rev. Bill Redfield, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
Saturday, March 16, 2019 Living Flame Program - The Dark Night of Sense with Susan Komis, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
Saturday, March 16, 2019 Contemplative Outreach United Day of Prayer, Caritas Christi Center, 295 Benham Street, Hamden, CT
March 28 - March 31, 2019 - LIVE VIDEO STREAM - THE UNIVERSAL CHRIST: ANOTHER NAME FOR EVERY THING ,Richard Rohr, John Dominic Crossan, and Jacqui Lewis., Genesis Spirituality and Conference Center, 53 Mill Street, Westfield, MA 01085
Saturday, March 30, 2019 9:00 A.M - 12:30 P.M. (Doors open at 8:30) - Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop , Nancy Stimac, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
April 2019:
Saturday, April 6, 2019 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. - A Day of Prayer with Fr. Bill Sheehan, Caritas Christi Center, 295 Benham Street, Hamden, CT
Saturday, April 13, 2019 Living Flame Program - Welcoming Prayer with Cherry Haisten, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
May 2019:
Saturday, May 4, 2019 Living Flame Program - Discernment Practice with Maureen Hanley, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
May 17 - 19, 2019 Spring Contemplative Retreat: Holy Wells and Thin Places, the Wisdom of the Celtic Saints, Carl McColman
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
Friday 5:00 p.m.- Sunday 1:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Thomas Merton – A Monk’s Insights on Love, Mike Smoolca
Our Lady of Calvary Retreat Center, 31 Colton St, Farmington, CT 06032.
June 2019:
Saturday June 1, 2019 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Song and Silence: Centering Prayer and Canto Divina Experience, Gunilla Norris and Frank Pendola, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
Saturday June 15, 2019 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Annual Day of Christian Reflection - Entering the Nondual Heart of Christ: Christianity as Participatory Mystery, Rev. Matthew Wright, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
Please check our Current Events Page for additional events!
Contemplative Outreach of CT has developed a new flyer as a way of concisely describing who we are. We invite you to download the flyer and share it with your Prayer Group and others.
Updates have been made to our list of Prayer Groups: http://www.co-ct.org/prayer-groups.html
We would like to list your Prayer Group on our page, please fill out the form on the previously linked page to provide us information about your group and we'll list so others will know how to find you.
If you have an interest in becoming more actively involved in serving the Contemplative Outreach of CT Chapter please contact Mike Smoolca at: msmoolca@hotmail.com
Upcoming area events of local interest for the Spring:
March 2019:
Saturday, March 9, 2019 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Integrating Wisdom Christianity into Life: How will the results be embodied in our lives?, Rev. Bill Redfield, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
Saturday, March 16, 2019 Living Flame Program - The Dark Night of Sense with Susan Komis, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
Saturday, March 16, 2019 Contemplative Outreach United Day of Prayer, Caritas Christi Center, 295 Benham Street, Hamden, CT
March 28 - March 31, 2019 - LIVE VIDEO STREAM - THE UNIVERSAL CHRIST: ANOTHER NAME FOR EVERY THING ,Richard Rohr, John Dominic Crossan, and Jacqui Lewis., Genesis Spirituality and Conference Center, 53 Mill Street, Westfield, MA 01085
Saturday, March 30, 2019 9:00 A.M - 12:30 P.M. (Doors open at 8:30) - Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop , Nancy Stimac, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
April 2019:
Saturday, April 6, 2019 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. - A Day of Prayer with Fr. Bill Sheehan, Caritas Christi Center, 295 Benham Street, Hamden, CT
Saturday, April 13, 2019 Living Flame Program - Welcoming Prayer with Cherry Haisten, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
May 2019:
Saturday, May 4, 2019 Living Flame Program - Discernment Practice with Maureen Hanley, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
May 17 - 19, 2019 Spring Contemplative Retreat: Holy Wells and Thin Places, the Wisdom of the Celtic Saints, Carl McColman
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
Friday 5:00 p.m.- Sunday 1:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Thomas Merton – A Monk’s Insights on Love, Mike Smoolca
Our Lady of Calvary Retreat Center, 31 Colton St, Farmington, CT 06032.
June 2019:
Saturday June 1, 2019 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Song and Silence: Centering Prayer and Canto Divina Experience, Gunilla Norris and Frank Pendola, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
Saturday June 15, 2019 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Annual Day of Christian Reflection - Entering the Nondual Heart of Christ: Christianity as Participatory Mystery, Rev. Matthew Wright, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
Please check our Current Events Page for additional events!
Contemplative Outreach of CT has developed a new flyer as a way of concisely describing who we are. We invite you to download the flyer and share it with your Prayer Group and others.
Contemplative Outreach of CT and the Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center's Christian Contemplative Experience Program is offering the Living Flame Contemplative Formation Program beginning in Fall 2018
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The Living Flame Program consists of two one-year Contemplative Formation experiences that has been offered by Contemplative Outreach since 1993. Living Flame I and II were last offered the Central Connecticut area between 2014 - 2016, We were graced to have over 40 participants completing one or both years of this program from various parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island at that time. We are now working in conjunction with the Holy Family Christian Contemplative Experience Program to offer the Living Flame Program once again beginning in the Fall of 2018.
This Contemplative Formation program includes seven full-day Saturday sessions offering in-depth spiritual study presented by commissioned presenters from the various Contemplative Outreach Service Teams located around the United States. Designed to teach the vital conceptual background needed to support a faithful practice of Centering Prayer, the program also: offers encouragement and support in a small community setting;
To Find out more about this program please visit the Holy Family Christian Contemplative Experience Living Flame page: https://www.holyfamilyretreat.org/cce/livingflame |
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The Christian Contemplative Experience at Holy Family Retreat Center enters it's third Retreat Season in 2018-2019!After years of offering Contemplative Programming and working closely with local Christian Contemplative Prayer Community Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT formally began to offer a structured program and community-building effort around Christian contemplative prayer during its 2016-17 retreat season. From introductory workshops to daylong immersions to weekend intensives, the multi-tiered curriculum offers those curious about the topic and those more experienced many opportunities to meet, share and explore the contemplative tradition together. This program, known as the Christian Contemplative Experience is entering it's third year at Holy Family.
Informed by the teachings of Contemplative Outreach, Ltd, founded by Fr. Thomas Keating in 1984, the Christian Contemplative Experience at Holy Family will consist of six facets: a contemplative prayer group, annual day of reflection, introductory workshops, contemplative enrichment days, weekend retreats and intensives, and a Living Flame formation. By embracing the Christian Contemplative Tradition, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center seeks to affirm the oneness of all Christians and to transcend our outward differences by joining together in silent prayer. It seeks to provide a space where Christians can meet, share and pray together in the unity of the contemplative tradition. |
For further details visit: http://www.holyfamilyretreat.org/cce
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For Introductory Workshops, Programs and other requests please use our Contacts page.
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