Centering Prayer & Heart Intention with David Frenette

01/13/2026

I'm so grateful to have recently participated in an active dialogue with friend and amazing teacher Cynthia Bourgeault, hosted by Contemplative Outreach.

Please see the comments for *Cynthia and David in Dialogue: Non-Duality and Unity Consciousness* YouTube link, and enjoy this hour-long offering.

Many blessings,
David

12/18/2025

I’m excited to share a recent podcast episode I did with my wife Donna, where we discussed the gifts and challenges of our interfaith spiritual relationship. Hope you enjoy it!

:: Link to interview: https://tinyurl.com/ev3683cp

Blessings to you all!
May these darkening days be infused with light,
David

11/13/2025

Flowing Oneness: The Contemplative Vision of Father Thomas Keating | Led by Cynthia Bourgeault and David Frenette

March 18-22, 2026
Garrison Institute in New York
In-Person 5-Day Silent Retreat

:: Learn more here: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/event/5-day-retreat-with-reverend-cynthia-bourgeault-david-frenette-2026/
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:: From the Garrison Institute website:

In this eagerly awaited Centering Prayer teaching retreat, Centering Prayer master teachers Davd Frenette and Cynthia Bourgeault once again team up to explore the late teachings of Fr. Thomas Keating and what they have to offer our own continuing spiritual evolution today.

As Thomas fully embraced his nondual awakening, he began to write and see from a perspective rarely attained in the Christian mystical tradition, significantly “growing” the Christian spiritual roadmap in the direction of his signature brand of “flowing oneness.”

Through teaching, dialogue, guided meditations — and mostly through the practice of Centering Prayer itself — David and Cynthia will jointly explore how he charts this new course —and more important, how he has planted practical seeds to bring our practice of Centering Prayer to the next level.

:: Learn more here: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/event/5-day-retreat-with-reverend-cynthia-bourgeault-david-frenette-2026/

12/10/2024

Reminder: In about 10 hours from now: Join Cynthia Bourgeault and me, David Frenette, for a conversation about Thomas Keating and *The Making of a Modern Mystic* on Zoom.

➡️ Registration details in comments.
:: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
:: 1-2 p.m. Eastern Time via Zoom
🌟 recorded event
6 p.m. GMT, 12 p.m. CT, 11 a.m. MT, 10 a.m. PT
Free; $25 suggested donation
Blessings,
David

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12/07/2024

I am delighted to join Cynthia Bourgeault for an online dialogue to launch this new book. Join our donation-based Zoom event on Tuesday, December 10, 1-2 p.m. Eastern time, in an event hosted by Contemplative Outreach.

>> Link for this event is in the comments.
*Thomas Keating: The Making of a Modern Mystic*
:: Free :: Suggested Donation $25

Many blessings to you and yours,
David Frenette

03/07/2023

Today, Tuesday March 7, 2023, is the 100th anniversary of Fr. Thomas Keating’s birth. Enjoy the 16-minute video linked in this post, where my wife Donna and I share a few as-yet-untold stories of Fr. Thomas’ humor and wisdom, as a way of animating his presence in your life: https://youtu.be/qECnpcNHaHs.
A life of contemplative action and prayer is essential for human flourishing, if not plain survival, in our hyper-busy, technological, crisis-plagued world.

May God gift you with peace, health and Presence in your prayer and action in our broken and joyous world.

Good wishes,
David Frenette

David Frenette and his wife Donna Zerner share some poignant and funny memories of Fr. Thomas and David's time together, on 3/7/23, the 100th anniversary of ...