Online Centering Prayer Meetings

The meetings below are held via Zoom

Monday Meeting (Afternoon)
Every Monday at 3 pm. Twenty minutes of Centering Prayer followed by a time for sharing and discussion. Normally finishes by 4 pm. To participate send an email to Hugh Reid at hugh@couk.org.uk.

Centering Prayer Taster Sessions

Lady Chapel, St. Margaret Memorial Church, Dunfermline, KY12 7JB

Time:
7pm to 8pm

Dates:
Wednesday 30th September
Tuesday 6th October
Thursday 8th October

Contact hugh@couk.org.uk.

Save the Date – Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop

The Abbey,Sutton Courtenay
Saturday 10th October 2026
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The Library

Price: £25 (including coffee/tea/cake)
Participants are welcome to bring a packed lunch or buy lunch in the Abbey Café. All proceeds from this event will be donated to the Abbey charity.

Please book on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989787604288
More Info: www.theabbey.uk.com

Save the Date – Facilitator’s Training Course

6th to 8th November 2026

Monastery of Our Lady of Hyning, Warton.

You are invited to attend a Facilitator’s Training Course.

Full details of the theme and content of the Facilitator’s Training Course will appear here soon.

On Centering Prayer retreats a fully respectful space of silence is held for the duration of the retreat. Conversation is limited to times of discussion and to certain mealtimes.

To reserve a place send an email to retreats@couk.org.uk.

February 2027

Friday 26th to Sunday 28th.

LECTIO DIVINA – A contemplative way of reading the scriptures. We do not seem to have time to fit in this way of reading. Come along and find a way of fitting it into your day.

Ten Places
Cost £180
Deposit £30

To reserve a place send an email to retreats@couk.org.uk.

May 2027

Monday 10th to Saturday 15th.

God is Love – Silent Intensive.
A retreat which offers a vision of hope and a view of reality that at once integrates religion, science and humankind’s place in the cosmos. There will be the usual periods of Centering Prayer and silence.

It may help if you have already done a Contemplative Retreat and want to go further.

Cost £370
Deposit £30

To reserve a place send an email to retreats@couk.org.uk.

July 2027

Saturday 10th to Sunday 18th.

An Intensive Silent Retreat. This retreat is for those who have been practising Centering Prayer for a year or more.

In his DVDs, Thomas Keating guides the listener toward an understanding of the contemplative dimension of the Gospel, which he designed to be heard in a retreat setting, away from life’s distractions.

Ten Places
Cost £750
Deposit £30

To reserve a place send an email to retreats@couk.org.uk.