May 30th: You’re invited to an Enneagram + Centering Prayer Workshop
You are warmly invited to a special 3-hour online workshop exploring the intersection of the Enneagram and Centering Prayer on Saturday, May 30th at 12pm Eastern / 9am Pacific.
This workshop will be facilitated by Leanne Schellenberg, a spiritual formation practitioner, friend of the PCF community, and someone who has brought Centering Prayer and Enneagram work into Canadian jail settings.
Many of us are familiar with the teachings of Thomas Keating and the transforming path of Centering Prayer—a journey of consenting to God’s presence and action within, as well as of allowing the false self to be gradually dismantled, increasing access to the true self.
This workshop explores the Enneagram as a companion tool to help us notice how our personality patterns can influence (and sometimes interfere with) our openness in prayer.
Together, we will explore a simple but meaningful question: What gets in the way of consenting to God’s presence and action—and what becomes possible when we gently soften to what arises as it is being released?
Through guided teaching, reflection, and shared practice, you will be invited to:
· Recognize some of the inner patterns and habits that shape your experience of prayer
· Explore how these patterns can both protect and limit you
· Gently name ways we may move past or avoid what needs attention (sometimes called “spiritual bypass”)
· Practice a simple posture of Attend, Befriend, and Surrender within Centering Prayer
This is not a comprehensive teaching on the Enneagram, but an experiential introduction—a space to begin noticing, with curiosity and compassion, how God may be at work within your actual, lived experience.
Whether you are new to the Enneagram or simply curious, you are welcome just as you are. No preparation needed—only a willingness to notice, to be present, and to receive.
For those who feel drawn to continue, this workshop will also serve as a doorway into a future multi-week Enneagram journey.
Date: Saturday, May 30th, 2026
Time: 12 noon EDT / 11am CDT / 10am MDT / 9am PDT & Arizona (MST)
If you’d like an introduction to the Enneagram ahead of time, you’re warmly welcome to listen to one of the following conversations. These are completely optional, but may offer a sense of how this work can unfold in real life:
A podcast exploring the inner experience and suffering patterns of the nine Enneagram types. Listen on Spotify / Apple Podcasts
Please feel free to engage these in whatever way is accessible to you—or simply come as you are.