12319 New Hampshire Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20904
USA

Contemplative Outreach of Maryland and Washington invites you to a half-day retreat of prayer and contemplation. All are welcome, whether you have practiced Centering Prayer for awhile or are new to the practice.
The program includes three Centering Prayer periods and a presentation on the medieval classic book, The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis. The presentation will be given by L.J. Milone who will focus on the text as a “Handbook for Contemplatives.”
The program schedule is as follows:
8:30 Sign in & Light Refreshments
9:00 Welcome and Introduction
9:10 Centering Prayer/Two tracks:
–Intro/Refresher track with prayer instruction and one prayer period
–Deepening Track with two prayer periods
10:20 Silent Break
10:30 Presentation by L.J. Milone – “The Imitation of Christ: A Handbook for Contemplatives”
11:30 Silent Break
11:45 Centering Prayer
12:15 Closing