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Turning to T.S. Eliot

Turning to T.S. Eliot

Welcome to Season 10 of Turning to the Mystics. This season we are turning to T.S. Eliot for spiritual guidance. In this episode, James Finley and Kirsten Oates cover the life and…

Daily Meditations

Receiving God’s Mercy 

Receiving God’s Mercy 

Father Richard names forgiveness and mercy as two of God’s essential qualities:   I once saw God’s mercy as patient, benevolent tolerance, a kind of grudging…

ONLINE EDUCATION

Falling Upward Course Featuring Richard Rohr

Join us this autumn for Falling Upward: A Spiritual Journey — an online course based on Fr. Richard Rohr’s book of the same name. Register by October 8. 

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Explore Mary Magdalene’s Life, Online

What’s the true story of Mary Magdalene — the first witness to the resurrection? Discover how Mary’s wisdom can transform our lives in this 8-week online course, featuring Cynthia Bourgeault.

“There is a deep relationship between the inner revolution of prayer and the transformation of social structures and social consciousness. Our hope lies in the fact that meditation is going to change the society that we live in, just as it has changed us.”

—RICHARD ROHR

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Enroll Today for The Franciscan Way

What does it mean to simplify our lives? This fall, walk with St. Francis of Assisi in The Franciscan Way, a 7-week online course featuring Richard Rohr.

“Contemplation embodies compassion. The more we are transformed in compassion, the more we act with compassion toward others.”

—JAMES FINLEY

CAC NEWS

Seeing Beyond Ourselves in August’s We Conspire Series

“Watch yourself objectively, calmly, and compassionately. From this most positive and dignified position, we can let go of, and even easily admit, our wrongs.” —Richard Rohr How do we see ourselves and others more clearly? When we are perceiving the world through the fog of ego and compulsive actions, we can

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