Intensive Retreat (8-day Silent Retreat)
January 17 - January 25, 2025
Friday evening through Saturday noon.
(Optional dual track Post-Intensive Retreat.)
Friday evening through Saturday noon.
(Optional dual track Post-Intensive Retreat.)
Intensive Retreat (8-day Silent Retreat)
Santa Rita Abbey Retreat Center*
14200 E. Fish Canyon Road
Sonoita, AZ 85637
14200 E. Fish Canyon Road
Sonoita, AZ 85637
Contemplative Outreach of Phoenix offers silent intensive retreats to those who are interested in renewing and deepening their relationship with God through Centering Prayer in a community setting and wrapped in an atmosphere of profound silence.
We have had to raise retreat fees this year to accommodate Santa Rita Abbey’s cost increase for use of the retreat house facilities. We have done our best to keep these fees competitive with similar retreats around the country. Scholarship help is available.
Please note: The sisters are requiring that all visitors to the retreat facilities have had the most recent vaccination against COVID-19.
The retreat is open to all who have a 6-month centering prayer practice. There are about six 30-minute Centering Prayer periods daily. The prayer is supported by the viewing of Fr. Thomas Keating's Spiritual Journey DVDs. Plus we will share in Lectio Divina and soul-friending with staff. Also available is the opportunity to participate daily in Lauds, Communion Service and Vespers with the Trappistine Sisters in their nearby sanctuary. There will be talking at the evening meal.
Retreat fee: is $600.00
The Contemplative Outreach Divine Economy Fund has provided a one-time grant to lower the fee by $200 for each retreatant. This is done in recognition of the high cost of living. The fund is dedicated to making Fr. Thomas Keating’s teachings accessible to Centering Prayer practitioners.
The retreats take place in Sonoita, AZ, at the Santa Rita Abbey Retreat Center,* about an hour south of Tucson. This is a natural setting on high desert terrain. There are seven private rooms; one queen room can accommodate two retreatants. Each room has its own bath. The retreat menu is vegetarian.
We have had to raise retreat fees this year to accommodate Santa Rita Abbey’s cost increase for use of the retreat house facilities. We have done our best to keep these fees competitive with similar retreats around the country. Scholarship help is available.
Please note: The sisters are requiring that all visitors to the retreat facilities have had the most recent vaccination against COVID-19.
Retreat fee: is $600.00
The Contemplative Outreach Divine Economy Fund has provided a one-time grant to lower the fee by $200 for each retreatant. This is done in recognition of the high cost of living. The fund is dedicated to making Fr. Thomas Keating’s teachings accessible to Centering Prayer practitioners.
RegistrationRegistration opens September 1, 2024.Please mail a non-refundable $100 registration fee and evidence of recent vaccination against Covid-19 to: Jeannie Lashinske 5728 East Orange Blossom Lane Phoenix, AZ 85018. We expect the remaining balance will be paid in full by January 3, 2025. Please make out checks to Contemplative Outreach of Phoenix. Questions? Ask Jeannie by calling (480) 423-1645 or emailing her at |
* Check out the Santa Rita Abbey webpage: santaritaabbey.org
Event Information
| Event Date | 01-17-2025 6:00 pm |
| Event End Date | 01-25-2025 12:00 pm |
| Cut Off Date | 01-03-2025 9:00 am |
| Capacity | 8 |
| Individual Price | $600.00 |
| Location | Trappistine Monastery, Santa Rita Abbey |