Centering Prayer Intensive

With Donna Kreiensieck and Mary Bieter

March 17 - 23, 2025

Date and Time Details: Monday, March 17 - Sunday, March 23, 2025
Arrive between 1:30 - 4:30 pm.
Supper is served at 5:30 pm.
The first session begins at 7:00 pm.
The final session concludes before 11:30 am.
Depart at 1:00 pm, following the midday meal.

Location: Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude

Address: 465 Keuterville Rd.Cottonwood, ID 83522

Contact: Betty Schumacher,OSB
bschumacher@stgertrudes.org
208-962-2000

Suggested Donation
  • Centering Prayer Intensive - 1 person – $795.00
  • Centering Prayer Intensive - 2 people – $1,390.00

The suggested donation is the minimal amount needed to help us meet expenses. Those blessed with more may wish to contribute more and those who have less may give less.

Program is fully booked
Program is fully booked

St. Benedict frequently unites silence and prayer in the work of seeking God. Centering prayer is one of several prayer practices that flow out of Benedictine Life. Thomas Merton describes centering prayer as “a ‘return to the heart,’ finding one’s deepest center, awakening the profound depths of our being in the presence of God.” The goal is to be present to the Lord and aware of the divine action within you.

The goal of the Centering Prayer Intensive retreat is to enhance your contemplative prayer life and expand the fundamentals of your Centering Prayer practice through this intensive weeklong retreat in a quiet, transformative setting. The retreat weaves center prayer instruction with multiple group and private prayer opportunities.

Previous Centering Prayer experience is REQUIRED.

About the Leader

Donna Kreiensieck and Mary Bieter

Donna Kreiensiecki is a Contemplative Outreach commissioned presenter. She has 20 years of experience offering Centering Prayer retreats and has practiced Centering Prayer for 30 years. Mary Bieter is a certified spiritual director trained at the Shalem Institute in Washington, D.C. She was introduced to Centering Prayer twenty years ago and is a newly commissioned presenter […]

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Spirit Center | spirit-center@stgertrudes.org | 208-962-2000

Monastery of St. Gertrude | 465 Keuterville Rd., Cottonwood, ID 83522