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In this section you will find various articles from the world of contemplative practice including resources, summaries of recent events, and upcoming events.
Posted March 4, 2024

Join us as we pause together, as a Wisdom Collective to honour and welcome this thin time of year Equinox. This is a zoom event being offered on Zoom by Wisdom Waypoints Time : 6 am NZ time, Thursday, 21…

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Posted November 29, 2023

We may all be familiar with Advent, the time in the Christian church yearly theatre, when we’re encouraged to wait…  to wait upon the arrival of the birth of the human embodiment of God in Jesus, the Christ.  The four…

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Posted November 28, 2023

The Wisdom Way of Knowing:Reclaiming an Ancient Tradition to Awaken the Heartby Cynthia Bourgeault This circle will be lead by Agnes Hermans and Beth O’Neil Meeting once monthly January 30 – 28 May 2024 In this foundational book by Cynthia…

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Posted September 10, 2023

Back in 2009, the Contemplative Network was initiated as a result of Cynthia Bourgeault’s first two visits to these shores that year. Subsequently, there was much interest generated by the over 250 people from Australia and Aotearoa who attended one…

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Posted June 6, 2023

Naomi Greene has been practicing Centering Prayer for the last few years and would like to join together with others to meet on Monday evenings from 7 to 8 pm. The vision is to begin with a period of Lectio…

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Posted November 10, 2022

We wish to express our appreciation to the Cenacle Sisters NZ who recently donated $300 to the Contemplative Community. This has enabled us to renew our Zoom Account for another year!! Many thanks to each of you! cenacle.org.nz

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Posted October 4, 2022

Nga mihi kia koutou katoa. A warm hello fellow contemplatives. Ko Philippa toku ingoa, although I often go by Pip. The lovely people of the Contemplative Community have generously extended me this opportunity to briefly introduce myself and guide to…

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Posted July 20, 2022

Contemplative Chant Sessions – offered through Wisdom WaypointsContemplative chant sessions are offered weekly via zoom. Each session runs for 30 minutes on Thursday mornings and currently start at 9am NZT and 7am AEST – (note  sessions follow a US time…

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Posted June 10, 2021

Peter Spink was an English Anglican priest, Canon of Coventry Cathedral, former Warden of Burrswood the Anglican home of healing and prayer established by Dorothy Kerin in 1948, mystic, spiritual teacher, writer and founder of the Omega Order a mixed…

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Posted February 12, 2021

We have an amazing array of online riches available from many contemplative teachers overseas. Cynthia, who has been an important teacher to many of us, is growing her online teaching presence. You may wish to check out these courses, beginning…

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