Contemplative Outreach Birmingham
2011 COB Conference
March 26-27, 2011
Rabbi Rami Shapiro
"The Sacred Art of Loving Kindness: Cultivating Compassion Using the Tools of the World Religions."
Intensive Centering Prayer Retreat
Hildegard of Bingen
by Sr. Mary McGehee
Mar 18-21, 2010
Stained glass window of Hildegard of Bingen in the chapel at Sacred Heart Monastery
Star of Bethlehem in bloom
2010 COB Conference
Mysticism and Encounters with the Beloved
February 27-28, 2010
Elizabeth Anne Stewart
table communion
making decorations sharing a meal
Left photo - Elizabeth Downs, Lou Meredith, Linda McCormack, Diana Tschache, Mary Porter, Jean Bottsford, Lynn Bledsoe, Sr. Joan Harrington, Mae Harris (photo take by Sandra Lawler)
Right photo - Melinda Meyrs, Sherri Vanlandingham, Nina Rivenburgh, Diana Tschache, Elizabeth Anne Stewart, Linda Morse
2009 COB Conference
The Interior Castle - A Journey Into Contemplative Prayer
Louise Meredith, Katy Smith, Elizabeth Downs, Susan Komis, Sister Joan Harrington, Diana Tschache, Jean Bottsford
Alabama Contemplative Outreach group with
Fr. Thomas Keating
Oct 2007
2006 Annual Conference
Weekend of February 17, 2006
Lectio and Literature with Rev. Tom Ward
Tom Ward
Caroline Humphreys and Tom Ward
After 15 years of service Caroline retired from her position as COB secretary.
She has brought many people closer to God. May she always be embraced in the arms of Peace.
2006 SE Cluster meeting
Revised Essentials for CO Presenters
May 20-21, 2006
Leadership
Weekend Retreat
September 19-21, 2003
God is the potter....we are the clay.
September 19-21, 2003
God is the potter....we are the clay.
Father Thomas Keating
spends time with coordinators from the Southeast area.
February 09, 2003
Bonnie Shimizu
presented the
Basic Facilitator Workshop
April 5-7, 2002,
at the Benedictine Spirituality and Conference Center,
Cullman, Alabama.
THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING
COB Annual Conference with Fr. William Meninger,OCSO
February 23 - 24, 200
Conference at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic
Church. Fr. Meninger and Caroline Humphreys
Annual COB Leadership Weekend
On September 7 - 9, 2001,
Contemplative Outreach leaders in North Alabama
gathered at Sacred Heart Monastery in Cullman for a working retreat.
Steering Committee with Father Thomas
Keating, OSCO
COB Annual Conference
February 13 - 14, 1999
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Birmingham, Alabama
COB Annual Conference
February 13 - 14, 1999
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Birmingham, Alabama
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