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Living the Contemplative 2026
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Living the Contemplative 2026 - A year long program to build and experience contemplative community
Have you wondered what living a contemplative life might look like for you? Would you like to carve out time in the coming year to deepen your relationship with the
Divine?
This year long program will include contemplative content and experiences drawing upon the rich tradition of the Dayspring courses. The program will consist of three Saturdays and will culminate at the end of the year with a residential retreat.
Saturday 21st March ~ Being Contemplative
Saturday 27th June ~ Growing the Mystic Within
Saturday 19th September ~ Encountering Paradox
Weekend 13th-15th November~ Retreat on Living the Contemplative
Cost - $750
(includes all teaching materials, accommodation for retreat and catering of meals)
All days and the weekend retreat will be held at Nathaneal’s Rest Retreat Centre in
Mundaring. Places are limited and participants are expected to commit to the year-long program to build community.
For more information contact Cathie Lambert – [email protected]
Quiet Day- Come away for a while
On the second Tuesday of each month (except in school holiday times), we hold a Quiet Day at Nathanael's Rest in Mundaring.
Quiet Days offer time for reflection, recollection and quietness in community, sacred space for deep listening and an invitation to simply be. Set in the beautiful retreat space at Nathanael's Rest, you are welcome to spend the quiet time reflecting, walking, creating, reading and resting in any way that feels safe and good for you.
A leader will begin with a brief reflection to commence the morning and then participants are free to find their own sense of space, rhythm and activity during the remainder of the morning.
Resources are provided to support your engagement, including;
- 'Thought for the Day' reflective reading on scripture
- creative materials,
- two labyrinths set in the idyllic natural surroundings.
- One of Dayspring's Spiritual Directors will be available to offer Spiritual Accompaniment/Companioning if you choose.
Morning tea is available throughout the morning.
Around 12.30pm we will regather to share and close the morning, but all are welcome to share and connect informally for a time of community over lunch (byo).
On Ebb & Flow Quiet Days the space will provide additional creative resources and spaces and those who wish may stay for additional time and or spiritual accompaniment following lunch time sharing.
DATES FOR 2025
Feb 11: Quiet Day
March 11: Quiet Day
April 8: Quiet Day
May 13: Ebb & Flow
June 10: Quiet Day
Aug 12: Ebb & Flow
Sept 9: Quiet Day
Oct 14: Quiet Day
Nov 11: Quiet Day
COST - Members FREE Non-members/Friends $15
Held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month (during school terms) at Nathaniel's Rest, Mundaring
9.30am-12.30pm
Dayspring South West
Poetry as Contemplative Practice (Cookernup)
Come aside for a while and soak up the wonderful experience of Moojelup Farm in Cookernup (Shire of Harvey) as we explore poetry as contemplative practice. Among others Mary Oliver will be mentioned, as we look at some of the workings of the greats, but the main part of the day will be for you to explore and dabble in some writing and reflecting of your own. This opportunity is for anyone, non-writers
included.
You will only need to bring something to write with and on and a hat.
*A light lunch will be provided
By: Paul Cannon, poet and writer.
When: 15 November, 2025
Where: 129 Thompson Road, Cookernup
Time: 9.30 a.m. - 3.00 p.m.
Cost: $20.00
If paying through this website your registration will be forwarded onto Paul Cannon - Any enquires please email Paul, [email protected]
Dayspring South West
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Prayer Book
Ordinary Heaven
Ordinary Heaven : Exploring Spiritual Direction and the Journey of Human Life - Philip Carter
Ordinary Heaven is a wholehearted invitation for profound reflection on the gift of spiritual direction. This book honors the wonder of being human, of becoming fully alive in the ordinariness of everyday life, and the discovery of the divine depth of eternity in the present moment. A celebration of our awakening to who we are already and the place we all come from, Philip Carter draws upon over four decades of dedicated spiritual seeking, practice, and study. Generously scaffolded by seminal works of literature from T.S. Eliot to Thomas Merton, this book not only offers insight into spiritual direction in the Christian faith, it lovingly communicates a universal, spiritual experience that heals and connects us all.
*The price includes postage costs within Western Australia
