Past Retreats
The Contemplative Society is devoted to maintaining an archive of our past events to document the history of the Widsom tradition and its development
Since our founding in 1997, TCS has been bringing people together through meaningful retreats and community gatherings. This archive is our effort to preserve and share the history of those events.
We are currently in the process of recovering past retreat details, photos, and materials from the Wayback Machine and our own archives. As this is an ongoing project, new content will continue to be added over time. Thank you for your patience as we work to build a complete record of our shared journey.
Writing as a Three-Centred Practice: A Conversation with Author Therese DesCamp.
Join Therese DesCamp for a 90-minute conversation focused on the implications, obligations and revelations experienced by contemplatives who write. DesCamp, who’s been meditating and writing for 35 years, will speak about the role of head, heart and body in her own work process, and facilitate a dis
May 31, 2025 at 5:00:00 PM
Zoom
Imaginal Activism: Exploring Cynthia Bourgeault’s Charge to Occupy the Essential Human Post
As humans, we exist intertidally within this earthly realm and the imaginal realm, also known as the Kingdom of God coarising within the Ray of Creation. Our task as True Humans, should we choose to accept it, is to responsibly navigate this intracoastal territory as, in the words of Cynthia Bourgea
May 9, 2025 at 1:00:00 AM
Zoom
The Triple Way: An Introduction to Contemplative Prayer
There is an ancient teaching in the mystical streams of Christianity, a threefold path to divine union. It is a pedagogical approach to spiritual formation – gathering our mind, body, and spirit into a single harmonious prayer.
February 22, 2025 at 6:00:00 PM
Zoom
The Body is like Mary: An Online Evening Retreat to Deepen into Advent
Advent is a season rich with anticipation as we, alongside Mary, carry and prepare to bear God in our own lives yet again. Christ revealed to the world a life rooted in the heart, at the intersection of time and timelessness. We enter the dark and soft stillness of winter; ripening with courage...
December 17, 2024 at 2:30:00 AM
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