Opening people to encounter and experience the Divine in everyday life through workshops, communities, facilitation, teaching, spiritual direction/companioning, supervision and other resources. Focused on seekers pursuing the path of Christian Contemplative Spirituality.
In addition to the resources available at this site, In Via Lumen offers services to groups and to individuals on their spiritual journey. You can find out more about these services on the Assistance and Contact page.
In addition to the resources available at this site, In Via Lumen offers services to groups and to individuals on their spiritual journey. You can find out more about these services on the Assistance and Contact page.
The Summer 2023 Quarterly meeting of the North-Central CT ITMS Chapter is as follows:
June 21, 2023: Reflections and Discussions on Thomas Merton's the Good Samaritan Essay, presented and facilitated by Mike Smoolca, North-Central CT Chapter International Thomas Merton Society. - Attendance over Zoom.
You can find out about and express your interest in two fall 2023 Gospel of Thomas groups here!
June 21, 2023: Reflections and Discussions on Thomas Merton's the Good Samaritan Essay, presented and facilitated by Mike Smoolca, North-Central CT Chapter International Thomas Merton Society. - Attendance over Zoom.
You can find out about and express your interest in two fall 2023 Gospel of Thomas groups here!
Here's a current list of Featured Events for Spring and Summer:
Ongoing Programs:
Monday mornings May1,8,15, 22,29, 2023 - 10:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Eastern Time, THOMAS MERTON'S NEW SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION, A CONTEMPLATIVE BOOK STUDY! - Offered over Zoom. (Group is currently at capacity)
June 2023:
June 10, 2023: The Ecstasy of God with Fr. Michael K. Holleran, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
June 21, 2023: Reflections and Discussions on Thomas Merton's the Good Samaritan Essay, presented and facilitated by Mike Smoolca, North-Central CT Chapter International Thomas Merton Society. - Attendance over Zoom.
July 2023:
July 7-9, 2023: Prayer Without Ceasing, a weekend retreat with Mark Kutolowski, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
August 2023:
August 24-29, 2023: 5-Day Guided BioSpiritual Focusing Retreat with BioSpiritual Focusing Leadership Team, Genesis Spiritual Life Center, 53 Mill Street, Westfield, MA 01085
Our Featured Events list continues to be updated to reflect those events in which In Via Lumen, LLC is involved. More events may be added as time goes on.
Ongoing Programs:
Monday mornings May1,8,15, 22,29, 2023 - 10:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Eastern Time, THOMAS MERTON'S NEW SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION, A CONTEMPLATIVE BOOK STUDY! - Offered over Zoom. (Group is currently at capacity)
June 2023:
June 10, 2023: The Ecstasy of God with Fr. Michael K. Holleran, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
June 21, 2023: Reflections and Discussions on Thomas Merton's the Good Samaritan Essay, presented and facilitated by Mike Smoolca, North-Central CT Chapter International Thomas Merton Society. - Attendance over Zoom.
July 2023:
July 7-9, 2023: Prayer Without Ceasing, a weekend retreat with Mark Kutolowski, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107
August 2023:
August 24-29, 2023: 5-Day Guided BioSpiritual Focusing Retreat with BioSpiritual Focusing Leadership Team, Genesis Spiritual Life Center, 53 Mill Street, Westfield, MA 01085
Our Featured Events list continues to be updated to reflect those events in which In Via Lumen, LLC is involved. More events may be added as time goes on.
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In the fall of 2021, Mike Smoolca was interviewed by Dr. Kevin Reese for his Inner Peace Podcast. Our conversation just came out and I invite you to listen to it. You can find Kevin's other podcasts here:https://linktr.ee/inner.peace.pod |
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Mike Smoolca continues to offer Thursday evening online Contemplative Prayer meetings on Zoom. These sessions run from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. and will use the following format:
Participants are encouraged to join the Zoom meeting at 6:45 p.m so that any issues can be resolved in advance and so that the group is able to start on time. Please contact Mike Smoolca via email (msmoolca@hotmail.com) directly if you're interested in participating in these sessions!
Please visit the Contemplative Outreach of Connecticut Chapter web site!
I will continue revising the In Via Lumen, LLC web site to stay current with the inspirations of my developing spirituality and areas I'm actively engaged in. -- Mike Smoolca
- Body Scan into Welcoming Prayer
- Video/Audio teaching with Sharing.
- 20 minutes of Centering Prayer
- Scholastic Lectio Divina Practice on an excerpt from the upcoming Sunday Gospel
Participants are encouraged to join the Zoom meeting at 6:45 p.m so that any issues can be resolved in advance and so that the group is able to start on time. Please contact Mike Smoolca via email (msmoolca@hotmail.com) directly if you're interested in participating in these sessions!
Please visit the Contemplative Outreach of Connecticut Chapter web site!
I will continue revising the In Via Lumen, LLC web site to stay current with the inspirations of my developing spirituality and areas I'm actively engaged in. -- Mike Smoolca
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Of lasting interest:
Please visit the web page for the newly forming Farmington Valley League of Light Multifaith Community. This community is a wonderful means of Multifaith solidarity. I'd like to draw your attention to the Contemplative Dialogue page.
I'm keep a running history of the pages I've changed below until the site has been updated to my satisfaction:
Latest Blog Entry finalized on 9/25/2016.
Here's a link to the archived recording of my recent radio interview on: WESU's Reasonably Catholic Radio show.
The Day of Christian Contemplative Reflection on June 11, 2016 sponsored by the Christian Contemplative Prayer groups of Northern CT and being hosted by Holy Family was a wonderfully enriching Contemplative experience exploring the Spirituality of Thomas Merton.
We've completed two years (2014-2015, 2015-2016) of the Contemplative Outreach, Contemplative Formation Program in Central CT. Here are the Community pages for both years:
Community Page for Living Flame 1 Experience
Community Page for Living Flame 2 Experience
In the Summer of 2015 Contemplative Outreach Boston sponsored Contemplative Outreach Centering Prayer Presenter Training offered in the greater Hartford Area. Seven folks were trained over two weekends, since then, 2 of the 7 have become Commissioned Presenters of Centering Prayer.
Here are the final updates on the Second Annual Day of Prayer held on June 6, 2015.
Please visit the web page for the newly forming Farmington Valley League of Light Multifaith Community. This community is a wonderful means of Multifaith solidarity. I'd like to draw your attention to the Contemplative Dialogue page.
I'm keep a running history of the pages I've changed below until the site has been updated to my satisfaction:
- Reflections (7/7/2018)
Latest Blog Entry finalized on 9/25/2016.
Here's a link to the archived recording of my recent radio interview on: WESU's Reasonably Catholic Radio show.
The Day of Christian Contemplative Reflection on June 11, 2016 sponsored by the Christian Contemplative Prayer groups of Northern CT and being hosted by Holy Family was a wonderfully enriching Contemplative experience exploring the Spirituality of Thomas Merton.
We've completed two years (2014-2015, 2015-2016) of the Contemplative Outreach, Contemplative Formation Program in Central CT. Here are the Community pages for both years:
Community Page for Living Flame 1 Experience
Community Page for Living Flame 2 Experience
In the Summer of 2015 Contemplative Outreach Boston sponsored Contemplative Outreach Centering Prayer Presenter Training offered in the greater Hartford Area. Seven folks were trained over two weekends, since then, 2 of the 7 have become Commissioned Presenters of Centering Prayer.
Here are the final updates on the Second Annual Day of Prayer held on June 6, 2015.