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A Monthly Newsletter from the Center for Action and Contemplation

Apply to the Living School for Action and Contemplation

Admissions for the Living School for Action and Contemplation are now open. Our faculty—Cynthia Bourgeault, James Finley, Barbara Holmes, Brian McLaren and Richard Rohr—guide students through a formation experience rooted in a Christian lineage of contemplative practice, rigorous study, and meaningful engagement. The two-year program includes online course work and four gatherings in New Mexico (depending on the progress of COVID-19, these gatherings may be held virtually).

This program welcomes students who are committed to both contemplation and action, who are willing to receive the lessons of darkness and suffering, and who are open to profound transformation and change of consciousness.

Discover your authentic identity and grow your capacity to embody this calling in the world. Through rigorous study and contemplative practice, awaken to the pattern of reality—God’s loving presence with and in all things. Embrace a rich heritage of faith from the Christian mystical tradition.

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

—Howard Thurman

Begin your discernment process
Order your application by Sept. 15, 2020. Applications are due by Sept. 30.

Take a Spiritual Journey Through the Interior Castle

Be inspired to see God in all things, to find hope and love even amidst suffering—in the cosmos, nature, oneself and others with James Finley and Mirabai Starr in Interior Castle, an 8-week online course. Embark on a deepening and ongoing journey, personally and collaboratively with other course participants, through Teresa of Avila's seven mansions, exploring practices where this ancient, mystical wisdom can transform our modern lives.

Learn more and register online
Registration closes Sept. 2. The course runs Sept. 9- Nov. 3, 2020.

Discover Mary Magdalene as an Apostle to Our Times

See one of Christianity’s most courageous women, featured prominently in the Gospel story, more clearly. Cynthia Bourgeault guides you to a perspective of Christianity you never knew existed, one we so desperately need today. Join participants from all over the world to discover Mary Magdalene’s path of conscious love—one that we, too, are invited to walk.

Learn more and register online
Apply for financial assistance by Sept. 9. Registration closes Sept. 16 or when full.

Explore The Masculine Path to Healing at Soularize 2020

For many men the wounding of their souls is not generally recognized until midlife. Unresolved grief, internalized shame and guilt, loneliness, personal family traumas, intergenerational issues, and societal pressures lead to larger wounds in society, which further wound individuals in a negative feedback loop.

Illuman offers a pathway through. What began as a series of retreats and workshops led by Richard Rohr in the 90s has grown into a nonprofit organization committed to supporting the spiritual journeys of men. Drawing from Fr. Richard's teachings and the ancient tools of nature, ritual, image, storytelling, and council, men are empowered to become healing agents for themselves, each other, and the world.

Illuman is about men transforming men, working together for healing and wholeness. Come experience the transformative wisdom of the Christian contemplative tradition with Fr. Richard Rohr at this year’s virtual Soularize conference—and find your path to nurture the healing of both individuals and our world.

Join Fr. Richard and Illuman for Soularize 2020 online
October 15-18, 2020

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