FULLY BOOKED

Led by Jill Benet

This eight-day intensive retreat provides an opportunity to deepen your practice of Centering Prayer within a small community committed to silence, solitude, and presence.Rooted in the Christian contemplative tradition and inspired by the teachings of Fr. Thomas Keating, the retreat invites participants into an environment of quiet—to rest in a spacious rhythm of prayer, silence, and reflection.

Intensive retreats provide the space to settle deeply into the contemplative journey. There will be extended periods of Centering Prayer, as well as teaching input, optional group sharing, one-to-one meetings with Jill, Lectio Divina, and Contemplative Liturgy. Time outside of group sessions will be held in silence, with ample opportunity for personal reflection, rest, or walking in nature.

This retreat is suitable for those with an established or emerging Centering Prayer practice, and who have ideally attended an Introductory Workshop.

Whether you’re seeking to deepen your practice or to make space to listen more fully to the quiet voice within, this retreat invites you to open to the Divine—not through effort, but through presence.

Arrive in time for supper at 6pm on Sunday and leave after breakfast the following Sunday.

Jill has been part of Contemplative Outreach for many years and studied under its founder, Fr. Thomas Keating. She co-founded Silence in the City, a series of talks exploring the contemplative life, and has worked with teachers including Cynthia Bourgeault, James Finley, and Richard Rohr. She leads Centering Prayer groups, Introductory Days, Quiet Days, and retreats. Jill is also a trained teacher and guide in Inner Relationship Focusing, a practice of deep inner listening. She finds renewal in painting and walking among trees. Her work is rooted in the belief that prayer and creativity are not separate from life — they are ways of living it more fully.