Prayer Chain

The Parish Prayer Chain is a group of volunteers who will pray for you or someone you know.  Prayer requests may be made via e-mail at pray4ustoday@gmail.com or call Janet Clark at 377-4789, Margie Cook at 322-6279, or the Parish Office at 375-6651.

Prayer Shawl Ministry

The Blest Shawls made by this ministry are gifted to individuals with compromised health issues or for any reason where special prayers are needed.  The maker of the shawl prays for the recipient of the shawl during the construction.

Susan Baker 321-7088

Rosary for Peace and Evening with Mary

This group meets on Monday evenings at 7pm in the Adoration Chapel to pray the rosary for world peace.

Ed Custer 376-2862

Centering Prayer

Centering Prayer is “a contemporary name given to an ancient practice of meditation that has always been a part of our Christian tradition. In Centering Prayer we seek to move beyond words, images and feelings to a place of interior silence. We seek to open our whole being to the simple awareness of God’s presence within us – to move beyond conversation with Christ to communion with Him” (Open Mind, Open Heart).

Centering Prayer is usually done in private for two 20 minute daily sessions. Group sessions are held every Wednesday morning from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. in the Faith Formation Room. We follow the method of prayer as outlined by Father Thomas Keating, a Cistercian monk, in his book “Open Mind, Open Heart” available in Saint Marks library. Everyone is welcome!

Quote:  “To those on the spiritual journey, nothing happens that is not directed towards divine union, if we only say yes.”    Thomas Keating

Click here for a list of Centering prayer books available in St. Mark’s Library.

Centering Prayer 2012 Calendar

Centering Prayer Groups in the Treasure Valley

Contact: Ann Marie Reuter 323-9251