Access Your Inner Room with Centering Prayer

With Fr. Bill Sheehan, OMI

October 29 - November 1, 2026

Date and Time Details: Check in Thursday October 29th, 2025 at 3:00pm – Check out Sunday November 1st, 2025 at 12:00pm

Location: Genesis Spiritual Life and Conference Center

Address: 53 Mill Street, Westfield, MA, USA

Contact: Genesis Spiritual Life and Conference Center
genesis@genesisspiritualcenter.org
(413) 562-3627

  • $510.00 – Program Price
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Discover the transformative power of centering prayer as you learn to access your sacred inner sanctuary. Join us to explore the practice of entering your “inner room,” unlocking a deeper connection with the divine and finding profound peace within yourself.
Accessing our inner room and exploring its transformative effects is a profound spiritual practice rooted in Jesus’ teachings.
How do we access our inner room?
What begins to happen when we enter or inner room?

Just prior to his death, Fr Thomas Keating encouraged us to return to the basics. Early on Fr Thomas placed a great emphasis on Matt. 6:6 “ Whenever you pray go to your inner room, close the door and pray to your dear ABBA in secret,” In focusing on this text Fr Thomas raises two very practical questions.

This retreat offers an opportunity to explore Fr. Thomas Keating’s two practical questions about accessing and experiencing our inner room, while also providing time for centering prayer practice. Through this contemplative journey, participants will have the chance to deepen their understanding and experience of this powerful spiritual practice.
Thursday
3:00 pm check in
6:00 pm Supper
7:00 pm welcome and introductions
Friday and Saturday
7:30 am centering prayer
Breakfast
9:30 am centering prayer  and conference
Lunch
1:30 pm spiritual direction…soul friending
3:00 pm centering prayer and conference
Supper
7:30 pm contemplative Eucharist (on Saturday the Sunday Liturgy will be celebrated)
Sunday
7:30 am centering prayer
Breakfast
9:30 centering prayer and conference
Lunch

About the Leader

Fr. Bill Sheehan, OMI

Fr. Bill Sheehan is a priest and a member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI), and has a Masters Degree in Formative Spirituality from Duquesne University. Fr. Sheehan was present at the first Centering Prayer retreat offered by Fr. Thomas Keating, OCSO,at the Lama Foundation in 1993. Since that time, he has led […]

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