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The Living Flame Service Team is pleased to offer a one-time only event to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of the Living
Flame program (see below for dates)! This foundational program has been implemented in chapters across the United
States and abroad (Iceland). As host of Living Flame 1 this fall, we are offering the program on Zoom to individuals and to
small chapters or groups of five or less, globally.

The Living Flame Program is a seven-day offering of in-depth spiritual study and enrichment presented over seven months
by commissioned presenters of Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. It is designed to heighten the awareness of the dynamics of
Centering Prayer in the context of the spiritual journey. Participation in this program is for the entire series that will
include presentations on seven topics supporting the practice of Centering Prayer.

Each of the sessions is presented on Zoom in a five-hour retreat-like format. The Living Flame I session includes: twoperiods of Centering Prayer, two presentation periods and small group sharing. Breaks and meal time will be included.
Attendance may be as a small group (five or less) gathered in person, or as individuals at home.

Dates: Sept 9th 2023 - April 6th 2024

More info

Registration

30 minute Centering Prayer session every Sunday at 9:15am in Charlotte Augusta Chapel

Contact: Bernadette Sorenson
bsorenson@midco.net

500 S. Main Ave., Sioux Falls, SD

All are welcome.

Please visit the Calvary Cathedral website for more information.

St Michael's Catholic Church
1600 S Marion Rd, Sioux Falls, SD 57106
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Every Monday evening from 6:15-7:30.
20 Min of Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina.

Contact Irene: 605-261-2025

St Agnes Cathlic Church
416 Walker Street Vermillion, South Dakota 57069
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Every Sunday afternoon at 1pm at the Church
20 Min of Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina

Contact Denny: 712-574-6201

Sacred Heart Monastery
1005 W 8th St, Yankton, SD 57078
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Every third Saturday of the Month from 9:00 am to 11:15 am

Contact Sister Doris Oberembt: Sacred Heart Monastery1600 S Marion Rd, Sioux Falls, SD 57106

Terra Sancta Retreat Center
2101 City Springs Rd, Rapid City, SD 57702
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Every Thursday evening from 5-6
Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina

Contact Sandi: 605-431-6956

On the Terra Sancta website: terrasancta.org; Centering Prayer and Lectio available at any time.

Meditation Chapel

Denny and Irene host a Centering Prayer session, especially designed for people who are new to Centering Prayer: a guided 20 minutes of Centering Prayer, some time to learn about Centering Prayer and for questions and sharing. All are welcome.

7 -8 pm CT Tuesdays
Zoom: www.meditationchapel.org/peace-chapel
Click HERE if you'd like to pray with others while being in your own home.

On Zoom all day long go to: meditationchapel.org and choose a Chapel with a worldwide prayer community.

The Yankton, South Dakota Benedictines have a full list of activities. Visit their website for full details.

https://yanktonbenedictines.org/

Retreat Center Events: https://yanktonbenedictines.org/retreat-center-events/

Lectio Divina:
https://yanktonbenedictines.org/lectio-divina/

This six-week course will begin introducing you to Fr. Keating’s core material of the Spiritual Journey Series and the process of healing our human condition. In these videotaped lectures, he offers an evolutionary model for human development, describes the pre-rational energy centers, and introduces us to the concept of the false self with its afflictive emotions. You will learn how, through the practice of Centering Prayer, the Divine Therapist begins the process of dismantling our false self, thereby healing our emotional wounds of a lifetime.

Course I, Basic Centering Prayer, is a prerequisite.

Cost: $50
Online

Tuesday Evenings October 26 - December 7
(note: there will be no class held on November 23)
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Facilitators: Dave Mazour and Kit Snyder

or

Wednesday Afternoons October 27 - December 8
(note: there will be no class held on November 24)
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Facilitators: Genca Mischke and Lorie Schwindt

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In the Heartfulness series, Fr. Thomas Keating reminds us that we are called by God to open to a new reality that is our true Self…the image and likeness of God. The path to this true Self and all its fruits and gifts is the challenge of becoming fully human, and to become fully human is to become fully divine. This is the fullness of life itself, a life abiding in the grace and truth of Christ, while at the same time, fully being the unique person you are. Fr. Thomas calls this the journey of heartfulness, and says that Centering Prayer might be thought of as heartfulness. Centering Prayer as contemplative prayer is a reflection on the mysteries of faith that has been digested and reflected upon and expressed in acts of love until it has simplified into a movement of the will that is becoming quasi-permanent – a way of occupying the mind and transferring it to the heart os that with practice it becomes more “heartfulness” than “mindfulness”.

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