The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault spoke at Thurber Thursday on 10 May and will speak at the Annual Spring Retreat for Adults on 1-3 June. Modern day mystic, Episcopal priest, writer, and internationally known retreat leader, Dr. Bourgeault divides her time between solitude at her seaside hermitage in Maine, and a demanding schedule traveling globally to teach and spread the recovery of the Christian contemplative and Wisdom path. She is the founding director of both The Contemplative Society and the Aspen Wisdom School. You can read more about Cynthia on her website by clicking here.

Listen to ACP Today radio interview with Dr. Bourgeault — 7 May 2012, beginning at about minute 7:00

Annual Spring Retreat for Adults     Exploring Centering Prayer
1-3 June 2012     Abbaye-Fleury

The annual Spring Retreat for adults will take place the weekend of 1-3 June 2012. We will be returning to the Abbaye-Fleury, an historic Benedictine monastery on the banks of the Loire under two hours from Paris. The theme of the meeting will be "Exploring Centering Prayer". The retreat will extend our introduction to this practice which will be presented by Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault at the May 10 Thurber Thursday. Rev. Bourgeault is a contemplative herself, an Episcopalian priest, a former student and colleague of Father Thomas Keating, and an internationally known author and retreat leader. As further preparation it is recommended to read Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening by Rev. Bourgeault. We are fortunate and grateful to have as our pastoral leader the Rev. Bedford Transou who was introduced to the contemplative life by Thomas Merton and other monks at Our Lady of Gethsemani, the Trappist monastery in Bardstown, KY.