Presenters

Anna-Camille Wooden, OSB

Anna-Camille Wooden, OSB  is St. Placid Priory’s sub-prioress, Oblate Director,  a program presenter, and helps care for the monastery cat. She has a long time Centering Prayer practice, is a commissioned presenter of Centering Prayer, an experienced retreat leader, and is on the Contemplative Outreach Northwest Leadership team.

 

Events with Anna-Camille Wooden, OSB

Midsummer Weekend Silent Centering Prayer Retreat
July 24 - 27, 2025

This retreat is the perfect place for those new to Centering Prayer and silent retreats to begin, as well as for experienced practitioners to have a chance to sit with others and experience a weekend of silence and rest. And for this midsummer time, we have added an extra day! Times of rest and re-creation are scheduled in, and the monastery grounds are at their finest this time of year. We will gather on Thursday night at 7:00 to set our intention for the retreat and then begin our silence after a Centering Prayer sit.  We will sit together throughout…

Zoom: Prayer Practices Certification Program 2025-2026
September 1, 2025 - August 3, 2026

Prayer Practices is a 2 years (20 sessions -40 hours) certificate program to explore a wide variety of ways to approach a prayerful life. You will  learn to connect with the sacred in diverse ways in order to help guide others. If you are a spiritual director, pastor, counselor or work in a ministry, different prayer practices enrich your work with others.  It is an opportunity to be grounded in your own practice and get to know new ways to let personal prayer experience permeate your entire life. Each presenter will share how their own prayer practice has touched their…

Oasis 2025-2026
September 18, 2025 - March 20, 2026

Do you yearn for rest, prayer and nurturing in your busy schedule? What would your life look like if you gave yourself or/& to a beloved one two retreat opportunities at the Center, plus six quiet afternoons during the year? Silence, spiritual direction and Lectio Divina are available to aid your reflection. Every Third Thursday of the month, 1:30 pm- 7:15 pm –at the Spirituality Center or Zoom Sep 18: Ch.1 The Gift of Winter and Darkness —Sr. Laura Retreat: Oct 15-17 Wednesday, 7:15pm – Friday, 1:00pm @ Spirituality Center Oct 16: Ch.2: Spiritual Bypassing and Shadow Work —Sr Paz…