Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening: An Ancient Contemplative Practice for Our Own Time
Sat, May 15
|Washington National Cathedral
Time & Location
May 15, 2010, 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016, USA
About The Event
Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening: An Ancient Contemplative Practice for Our Own Time
Cynthia Bourgeault
Tickets: $35-$55.
What difference can the practice of intentional silence really make? Join Cynthia Bourgeault on a day of discovery into this ancient path of Christian meditation adapted for the twenty-first century. The day includes morning and afternoon prayer practices, four periods of reflection, teaching, and dialogue.
9:00 Morning coffee and light refreshments
9:30 Morning session.
12:30–1:15 Lunch. Participants will want to bring a brown bag lunch (beverages provided).
1:15–3:30 Afternoon session and wrap-up.
This program is affiliated with the Listening, Hearing, and Living series.
Related event. Cynthia Bourgeault offers an evening lecture on Monday, May 17, entitled “The Wisdom Jesus: Transformational Teaching for Today’s Times.” Learn more »
About Cynthia Bourgeault
Cynthia Bourgeault is a renowned Christian contemplative, author, retreat leader, and self-described Episcopal “hermit” priest, dividing her time between solitude on Eagle Island, Maine, and a more extraverted schedule in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she serves as principal teacher for the Contemplative Society and an adjunct faculty member at the Vancouver School of Theology.
Bourgeault is the author of six books: Chanting the Psalms, Mystical Hope, The Wisdom Way of Knowing, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, Love is Stronger Than Death, and The Wisdom Jesus. She is also responsible for many articles and CDs on the Christian spiritual life. She is a past fellow of the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural research at St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, and an oblate of New Camaldoli Monastery in Big Sur, California.
Bourgeault is passionately committed to the recovery of the Christian contemplative path and has worked closely with many other contemporary leaders in this tradition. She is also deeply committed to working with leaders of other faiths.