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Join Us for Our Next Silent Saturday!

October 26th, 2019

Check-in at 9:00 am, with Silence from 9:15 to 11:30 am
Suggested donation: $10

Sanctuary of Hope
2601 Ridge Ave.
Kansas City, KS 66102

We’ll have five 20-minute periods of centering prayer with brief breaks in between. Space is limited.

Please email us at j.grabher3@gmail.com to let us know you’re coming.

2019 SILENT SATURDAYS: (4th Saturday of each month)

October 26th

November 23rd

December 28th

PERSONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITY

Consider joining Susan Carroll, Sister Elena Mack, SCL and Sister Barbara Wieseler, SCL as they facilitate a 4-session workshop on “The Power of Silence –Centering Prayer”.  Sessions will be held:  Sundays — Oct. 20, 27, Nov. 3, & 10 from 2:30 – 3:45 p.m. at the Cathedral Chapel of Saint Peter, 409 N 15th Street, Kansas City, KS.  Register by October 10:  email bw2wies@gmail.com or call/text 913-680-9251.  Cost:  $10.00

Centering Prayer, often called the prayer of the Heart, is a way of allowing the Spirit to draw one to a deepened relationship with God.  The church has a long tradition of contemplative prayer.  In our contemporary times, this form of prayer has become transformative for many. 

CENTERING PRAYER INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP

The workshop begins at 9am and ends at 12:30pm on Sat., Oct. 26, at St. Ann Catholic Church, 1503 Tracy Ave, Excelsior Springs. Gathering begins at 8:30. The workshop is at the lower level of the church, parking in back. Call the church to register:  816-630-6659, ext. 4. Leave a message. Deadline to register:  Oct. 23. The presenter is Carolyn Stuhlsatz from Contemplative Outreach Saint Louis. The workshop is open to everyone.