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Gail's journey to contemplative Christianity is rooted in the ritual and mystery she experienced in the Catholic Church as a child in the '50s and early '60s, and is informed by her study of Tibetan Buddhism in the '70s and early '80s. She found the convergence of her Christian background and her Buddhist contemplative experience in the contemplative Christian heritage and the practice of Centering Prayer. Gail attended the first intensive Centering Prayer retreat that Fr. Thomas Keating offered at the Lama Foundation in San Cristobal, New Mexico in 1983.

Gail Fitzpatrick-Hopler is a founding member and the current president of Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. Led by her desire to make transformation through Centering Prayer available to others like herself, Gail has served Contemplative Outreach in many ways throughout the years. Since 1984, Gail has served on the Board of Trustees. In 1985, she balanced her position as an art therapist/special educator in a private school setting with her new role as part time executive director of Contemplative Outreach.

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