about this retreat
Nancy Cord-Baran and Michael Gidlewski invite you to join us in this weekend retreat. It is for people who participate in any 12 Step program of recovery and have the intention to improve their meditation practice and enlarge their spiritual life.
The retreat will offer an environment of solitude and silence in community with time for reflection, fellowship and 12 Step meetings. We will present an Introduction to Centering Prayer in the context of 12-Step recovery. There will be an optional Track II for participants who have made this retreat before.
Centering Prayer is a simple method of prayer rooted in ancient Christian practice that opens us to God’s presence and divine healing. Some of the fruits you may experience with a regular practice of Centering Prayer include enrichment of one’s prayer life, being able to ‘let go’ in the course of daily life, a non-judgmental attitude toward others, growth in self-knowledge, the ability to live in the present moment, and love and respect for others and all creation.
The vision of 12 Step Outreach is to pass on the gift of Centering Prayer and related Spiritual Practices to improve our conscious contact with a God of our understanding, wherever there is a desire for deeper healing from anyone in 12 Step recovery.
(View their website cp12stepoutreach.org)
“Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry […]
cp12stepoutreach.org
If you are starting a meditation practice, seeking a new path, or are interested in deepening your current practice, come and join us.
$325 per person
retreat includes
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Lodging
itinerary
Friday, March 14
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5:30pm – Dinner in the Dining Room
6:30pm – Welcome, Orientation – House Conference Room
7:30pm – 12 Step Meeting (optional) – Prayer Center
Retire in Silence
Saturday, March 15
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7:30 – 2/20 minute Centering Prayer Periods with Contemplative Walk – Prayer Center
8:30 – Breakfast in Silence
9:30 – Conference I – “Prayer as Relationship” – House Conference Room
11:00 – Conference II “The Method of Centering Prayer” House Conference Room
12:30 – Lunch in Silence
Open Retreat time – Optional Soul Friending (sign-up) Prayer Center Rooms
3:00 – Conference III “Thoughts and the use of the Sacred Word” House Conference Room
4:30 – Conference IV “Depending our Relationship with God” House Conference Room
5:30 – Dinner with Conversation
5:30 – Mass at St. Mary’s in Frenchville (optional)
7:30 – 12 Step Meeting (optional) Prayer Center
Retire in Silence
Sunday, March 16
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7:30 – 2/20 minute Centering Prayer Periods with Contemplative Walk – Prayer Center
8:30 – Breakfast in Silence
9:30 – 12 Step Meeting – God as I Understand – Prayer Center
10:40 – Introduction to the Labyrinth – Prayer Center
11:40 – Closing Circle – House Conference Room
12:30 – Lunch with Conversation
Departure
Nancy Cord-Baran, Michael Gidlewski & Kathleen Maxwell
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Retreat staff have been active in 12-Step recovery for many years and are long time Centering Prayer practitioners. Nancy and Michael are commissioned presenters with Contemplative Outreach and 12-Step Outreach.