Space to Pause, Reflect, and Connect
Centering Space offers a variety of events throughout the year designed to refresh the spirit, deepen reflection, and strengthen community. Our gatherings include retreats, prayer experiences, workshops, and opportunities for shared conversation and growth.
Each event provides a welcoming space to slow down, reconnect with your inner life, and be present to the movement of grace in everyday moments. We invite you to explore our calendar and find an experience that speaks to where you are on your journey.
All programs are at Centering Space unless otherwise noted.*
*Virtual programs are held solely on Zoom. Some programs are Virtual only while others are offered both In-person and Virtual.
*Hybrid programs blend our in-person and remote participants.
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Learn and practice meditation to calm the mind and develop compassion. Ideal for beginners as well as more experienced practitioners! Each session includes meditation instruction and a Dharma talk led by Ani Palmo--a perfect opportunity to learn the basics of Buddhism for those who are curious or would like a refresher. Ani Palmo Rybicki (she/her), a native Clevelander, is a nun ...
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Get the dirt on backyard composting. Learn the science of composting and receive instruction on how to compost. Low-cost compost bins and accessories will be available for purchase at this program (cash or check only). .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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We now know that we can experience a variety of states and stages of consciousness. Reality can be perceived differently. By understanding human consciousness as developing to richer levels, a spiral dynamic, we will see how our consciousness can affect the way we experience our relationships with others and our God. Ideas presented at this program are developed from the ...
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Tuesdays 7-8 pm Join us in-person, or online, for an evening of quiet reflective prayer. The prayer includes input on a theme, music, silent reflection and optional sharing. The same prayer experience is available both in-person and online via Zoom.* *Please email centeringspacelakewood@gmail.com if you need the Zoom link. .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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Join us in-person, or online, for an hour of quiet reflective prayer. The prayer includes input on a theme, music, silent reflection and optional sharing. The same prayer experience is available both in-person and online via Zoom.* *Please email centeringspacelakewood@gmail.com if you need the Zoom link. .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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Have you ever wondered what the Buddhist approach is to science and psychology? How about politics? Did you know there are many different schools of Buddhism? If you are curious about Buddhism in general or how Buddhists interact with the world, come join us for this survey course where we cover a different topic each week. You will gain a ...
Wednesdays 7-8 pm ZOOM ONLY* Join us online via Zoom for an evening of quiet reflective prayer. The prayer includes input on a theme, music, silent reflection and optional sharing. *Please email centeringspacelakewood@gmail.com if you need the Zoom link. .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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1st Fridays | 6-7 pm The Dances of Universal Peace are spiritual practice in motion. Drawing on the sacred phrases, scripture, and poetry of the many spiritual traditions of the earth, the Dances blend chant, live music and movement into a living experience of unity and peace. Join us in simple circle dances that express devotion to the Creator of ...
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Sunday Mornings 8:30-9:30 AM | July 5- August 23 (Zoom Only) During this hour of prayer, we will reflect, then share on a Universal Christ reading from Richard Rohr, Teilhard de Chardin, Ilia Delio, or Bruce Epperly. After that, we will consider and share about one of the Sunday scriptures. Come as often as you can! Please register below. This ...
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Learn and practice meditation to calm the mind and develop compassion. Ideal for beginners as well as more experienced practitioners! Each session includes meditation instruction and a Dharma talk led by Ani Palmo--a perfect opportunity to learn the basics of Buddhism for those who are curious or would like a refresher. Ani Palmo Rybicki (she/her), a native Clevelander, is a nun ...
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1st Mondays | 6-7 pm On the first Monday of the month (May through October) we will gather on the front lawn of Lakewood Catholic Academy to pray for peace in our world, our communities, our hearts. Bring a chair or blanket + invite a friend. Our gathering will be a silent witness of our union with all who are ...
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We now know that we can experience a variety of states and stages of consciousness. Reality can be perceived differently. By understanding human consciousness as developing to richer levels, a spiral dynamic, we will see how our consciousness can affect the way we experience our relationships with others and our God. Ideas presented at this program are developed from the ...
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Free – $10.00
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Tuesdays 7-8 pm Join us in-person, or online, for an evening of quiet reflective prayer. The prayer includes input on a theme, music, silent reflection and optional sharing. The same prayer experience is available both in-person and online via Zoom.* *Please email centeringspacelakewood@gmail.com if you need the Zoom link. .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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Join us in-person, or online, for an hour of quiet reflective prayer. The prayer includes input on a theme, music, silent reflection and optional sharing. The same prayer experience is available both in-person and online via Zoom.* *Please email centeringspacelakewood@gmail.com if you need the Zoom link. .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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Have you ever wondered what the Buddhist approach is to science and psychology? How about politics? Did you know there are many different schools of Buddhism? If you are curious about Buddhism in general or how Buddhists interact with the world, come join us for this survey course where we cover a different topic each week. You will gain a ...
Wednesdays 7-8 pm ZOOM ONLY* Join us online via Zoom for an evening of quiet reflective prayer. The prayer includes input on a theme, music, silent reflection and optional sharing. *Please email centeringspacelakewood@gmail.com if you need the Zoom link. .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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2nd Thursdays | 6-7:30 pm A gathering for those who have experienced the death of a loved one. Grief support groups provide a safe place to connect with other grievers, express emotions, receive education about grief and loss, and learn new ways to problem-solve and cope with situations. .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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Sunday Mornings 8:30-9:30 AM | July 5- August 23 (Zoom Only) During this hour of prayer, we will reflect, then share on a Universal Christ reading from Richard Rohr, Teilhard de Chardin, Ilia Delio, or Bruce Epperly. After that, we will consider and share about one of the Sunday scriptures. Come as often as you can! Please register below. This ...
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Learn and practice meditation to calm the mind and develop compassion. Ideal for beginners as well as more experienced practitioners! Each session includes meditation instruction and a Dharma talk led by Ani Palmo--a perfect opportunity to learn the basics of Buddhism for those who are curious or would like a refresher. Ani Palmo Rybicki (she/her), a native Clevelander, is a nun ...
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We now know that we can experience a variety of states and stages of consciousness. Reality can be perceived differently. By understanding human consciousness as developing to richer levels, a spiral dynamic, we will see how our consciousness can affect the way we experience our relationships with others and our God. Ideas presented at this program are developed from the ...
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Free – $10.00
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Tuesdays 7-8 pm Join us in-person, or online, for an evening of quiet reflective prayer. The prayer includes input on a theme, music, silent reflection and optional sharing. The same prayer experience is available both in-person and online via Zoom.* *Please email centeringspacelakewood@gmail.com if you need the Zoom link. .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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Join us in-person, or online, for an hour of quiet reflective prayer. The prayer includes input on a theme, music, silent reflection and optional sharing. The same prayer experience is available both in-person and online via Zoom.* *Please email centeringspacelakewood@gmail.com if you need the Zoom link. .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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Have you ever wondered what the Buddhist approach is to science and psychology? How about politics? Did you know there are many different schools of Buddhism? If you are curious about Buddhism in general or how Buddhists interact with the world, come join us for this survey course where we cover a different topic each week. You will gain a ...
Wednesdays 7-8 pm ZOOM ONLY* Join us online via Zoom for an evening of quiet reflective prayer. The prayer includes input on a theme, music, silent reflection and optional sharing. *Please email centeringspacelakewood@gmail.com if you need the Zoom link. .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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Thursday, July 16 | 6-7:30 pm Each of us has a way of understanding what words mean from our unique perspective. “One Way” is your way - not what the dictionary or thesaurus say, but what you think or experience when you hear that word. This gathering allows you to share your point of view and hear others. The discussion ...
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Free – $15.00
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Every 3rd Saturday | 3-4:30 pm Bring your own drum or borrow one of ours. Bring a friend and a creative spirit...and enjoy! .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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Sunday Mornings 8:30-9:30 AM | July 5- August 23 (Zoom Only) During this hour of prayer, we will reflect, then share on a Universal Christ reading from Richard Rohr, Teilhard de Chardin, Ilia Delio, or Bruce Epperly. After that, we will consider and share about one of the Sunday scriptures. Come as often as you can! Please register below. This ...
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Learn and practice meditation to calm the mind and develop compassion. Ideal for beginners as well as more experienced practitioners! Each session includes meditation instruction and a Dharma talk led by Ani Palmo--a perfect opportunity to learn the basics of Buddhism for those who are curious or would like a refresher. Ani Palmo Rybicki (she/her), a native Clevelander, is a nun ...
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Pope Leo XIV has chosen the arrival of AI as the topic of his first Encyclical and the title, ‘Magnifica Humanitas,’ tells us where he focuses his attention, as the rest of the title says: “On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence.” Joe Konen will lead a discussion to explore the important take-aways we can glean ...
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Tuesdays 7-8 pm Join us in-person, or online, for an evening of quiet reflective prayer. The prayer includes input on a theme, music, silent reflection and optional sharing. The same prayer experience is available both in-person and online via Zoom.* *Please email centeringspacelakewood@gmail.com if you need the Zoom link. .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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Join us in-person, or online, for an hour of quiet reflective prayer. The prayer includes input on a theme, music, silent reflection and optional sharing. The same prayer experience is available both in-person and online via Zoom.* *Please email centeringspacelakewood@gmail.com if you need the Zoom link. .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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Have you ever wondered what the Buddhist approach is to science and psychology? How about politics? Did you know there are many different schools of Buddhism? If you are curious about Buddhism in general or how Buddhists interact with the world, come join us for this survey course where we cover a different topic each week. You will gain a ...
Wednesdays 7-8 pm ZOOM ONLY* Join us online via Zoom for an evening of quiet reflective prayer. The prayer includes input on a theme, music, silent reflection and optional sharing. *Please email centeringspacelakewood@gmail.com if you need the Zoom link. .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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This in-person gathering is open to those who are looking for conversation and support as they journey through a difficult phase in their lives. Please share with anyone you know who might benefit from these gatherings. A facilitator will be joining us from Home Instead. .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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There is something magical about our outdoor Taizé gatherings - the sunset, the Christ fire, our chanting with birdsong. Join us in the peaceful presence of these sacred evenings! Let us know you are coming so that we have enough materials available. Donations support Centering Space. .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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The theme of friendship has a long, rich history giving depth to our contemporary ideas of friendship—now missing in our sound-bite, multi-tasking, busy culture. Spiritual friendship adds another dimension and is a key to a longer life with flourishing possibilities. Join Aristotle and others in this friendship adventure. Alan Kolp, a life-long Quaker and Benedictine Oblate, is an active member ...
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Ben Gage is a songwriter from Akron, OH, blending folk guitar and blues harmonica into a distinctive Americana sound. Ben invites audiences to settle in as neighbors, listen together, and maybe remember not to take life quite so seriously. Invite your friends, bring a chair and a picnic basket and relax to songs of rustbelt folk. Your Free Will Offering ...
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Sunday Mornings 8:30-9:30 AM | July 5- August 23 (Zoom Only) During this hour of prayer, we will reflect, then share on a Universal Christ reading from Richard Rohr, Teilhard de Chardin, Ilia Delio, or Bruce Epperly. After that, we will consider and share about one of the Sunday scriptures. Come as often as you can! Please register below. This ...
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Learn and practice meditation to calm the mind and develop compassion. Ideal for beginners as well as more experienced practitioners! Each session includes meditation instruction and a Dharma talk led by Ani Palmo--a perfect opportunity to learn the basics of Buddhism for those who are curious or would like a refresher. Ani Palmo Rybicki (she/her), a native Clevelander, is a nun ...
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Tuesdays 7-8 pm Join us in-person, or online, for an evening of quiet reflective prayer. The prayer includes input on a theme, music, silent reflection and optional sharing. The same prayer experience is available both in-person and online via Zoom.* *Please email centeringspacelakewood@gmail.com if you need the Zoom link. .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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Join us in-person, or online, for an hour of quiet reflective prayer. The prayer includes input on a theme, music, silent reflection and optional sharing. The same prayer experience is available both in-person and online via Zoom.* *Please email centeringspacelakewood@gmail.com if you need the Zoom link. .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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Wednesdays 7-8 pm ZOOM ONLY* Join us online via Zoom for an evening of quiet reflective prayer. The prayer includes input on a theme, music, silent reflection and optional sharing. *Please email centeringspacelakewood@gmail.com if you need the Zoom link. .pp-GX6WWLEKCLV4C{text-align:center;border:none;border-radius:0.25rem;min-width:11.625rem;padding:0 2rem;height:2.625rem;font-weight:bold;background-color:#FFD140;color:#000000;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;cursor:pointer;} Powered by
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