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Receive Richard Rohr’s free Daily Meditations. This year our theme is Old and New: An Evolving Faith. Does Christianity have anything of value left to offer? Fr. Richard brings fresh insights to ancient wisdom.

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In a short new booklet, Richard Rohr shares Jesus' hermeneutic—his way of interpreting sacred text—and helps us find our own path toward an inclusive, compassionate, and just reading of Scripture. What Do We Do with the Bible? Learn more!

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Find spiritual companionship and deepen your understanding of contemplative teachings in our online studies. Registration is open for the following courses: Breathing Under Water, Franciscan Way, Immortal Diamond, and Interior Castle.

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Our bookstore carries hundreds of titles by core faculty Richard Rohr, James Finley, and Cynthia Bourgeault. Explore their insights on contemplation, Trinity, Thomas Merton, Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and more.

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Join Richard Rohr, Jacqui Lewis, and John Dominic Crossan for a special conference, The Universal Christ: Another Name for Every Thing. March 28-31, 2019, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, or online.

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Enjoy Richard Rohr’s homilies here or find his podcast on iTunes. Fr. Richard speaks occasionally at his local parish, Holy Family Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His short sermons are recorded and made available by the CAC.

The Trinitarian impulse is both the icon of divine reality within us and the means by which that reality brings itself to fullness. — Cynthia Bourgeault Read Jesus: Wisdom Teacher: Weekly Summary

Personal “salvation” cannot be divorced from social and systemic implications. — Richard Rohr Read New Wineskins

Faith is a spiritual pathway, a life built on transformative practices of love rather than doctrinal belief. — Diana Butler Bass Read People of the Way

In Jesus we don’t just see a presentation of doctrines but an invitation to join a movement that is about demonstrating God’s goodness to the world. — Shane Claiborne Read Belief or Discipleship?

The earliest formal declaration of Christian belief is a vision and philosophy statement with no mission statement, as it were. — Richard Rohr Read The Creeds

In Franciscan theology, truth is always for the sake of love—not an absolute end in itself, which too often becomes the worship of an ideology. — Richard Rohr Read Practical Christianity

In his Daily Meditations, Richard Rohr mines the depths of the Christian tradition, discerning what to keep and what to transcend. Explore the 2019 theme, Old and New: An Evolving Faith.

"The 'way of the cross' can never go out of style because it will surely never be in style. This is the powerlessness of God, the powerlessness that saves the world."

"What if Christ is a name for the transcendent within of every 'thing' in the universe? What if Christ is a name for the immense spaciousness of all true Love?"

Richard Rohr offers another way to see themes from the Christian tradition. Explore the Bible, the Cross, or Justice in 3-week email series and connect with others who seek a deeper, truer faith.

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