Spiritual Journey Series

Course 6: Heartfulness

In this nine-week course, Fr. Thomas Keating reminds us that we are called by God to open to a new reality that is our true Self…the image and likeness of God. The path to this true Self and all its fruits and gifts is the challenge of becoming fully human, and to become fully human is to become fully divine. This is the fullness of life itself, a life abiding in the grace and truth of Christ, while at the same time, fully being the unique person you are.

Course Description

Fr. Thomas calls this the journey of heartfulness, and says that Centering Prayer might be thought of as heartfulness. Centering Prayer as contemplative prayer is a reflection on the mysteries of faith that has been digested and reflected upon and expressed in acts of love until it has simplified into a movement of the will that is becoming quasi-permanent – a way of occupying the mind and transferring it to the heart so that with practice it becomes more “heartfulness” than “mindfulness”. 

This course will cover:

• The Pursuit of Happiness
• The Human Condition
• Centering Prayer
• Centering Prayer as method
• Suffering
• Redemption
• Love and the Trinity
• Divine Indwelling and
• Divine Transformation

Cost: $70

Scholarships available

This class requires a reading:

Heartfulness, by Thomas Keating.

Course Registration

No classes currently scheduled. Please check back in Spring 2027.