Center for Action and Contemplation

Join wisdom teachers Richard Rohr, Cynthia Bourgeault, and James Finley in an immersive experience of study and practice in the Christian contemplative tradition. Apply for the two-year Living School program today!

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CAC offers self-paced, online courses to support spiritual formation. Deepen your understanding of Fr. Richard Rohr’s teachings through guided study and reflection. Register now for The Franciscan Way.

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Receive Richard Rohr’s free daily or weekly emails. Fr. Richard’s meditations help us rediscover Christianity’s essential, contemplative teachings and rebuild our spirituality “From the Bottom Up.”

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The spring issue of Oneing features both scholarly reflections and stories of transformative experiences from Paula D’Arcy, Wm Paul Young, Cynthia Bourgeault, Sam Shriver, poet David Whyte, and many others.

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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.

We have to dig deeper spiritual roots, practicing contemplative nonviolence. We have to take time for quiet meditation with the God of peace. — John Dear Read Prophets: Weekly Summary

I sense the urgency of the Holy Spirit, with 7.5 billion humans now on the planet. Our future is either nonviolent or there is no future at all. — Richard Rohr Read Taking Jesus Seriously

The root of violence is the illusion of separation—from God, from Being itself, from being one with everyone and everything. — Richard Rohr Read The Root of Violence

It’s almost impossible for an American to see colonization, capitalism, or consumerism as problematic. Our culture is built upon the lie of scarcity. — Richard Rohr Read The Inevitable Spiral of Violence

Living a nonviolent life is no easy task; it is not simply pacifism. It requires courageous love, drawn from the very source of our being. — Richard Rohr Read Courageous Nonviolence

Practicing nonviolence means claiming our fundamental identity as the beloved sons and daughters of the God of peace — John Dear Read Beloved Children of God

Jesus undercut the basis for all violent, exclusionary, and punitive behavior. He became the forgiving victim so we would stop creating victims. — Richard Rohr Read Healing Our Social Wounds

Before God the Creator and the Sanctifying Spirit, I vow to carry out in my life the love and example of Jesus. — Eileen Egan and John Dear Read Nonviolence: Weekly Summary

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"The more we are transformed in compassion, the more we are impelled to act with compassion toward others."

"Trinity is a pattern in the very fabric of reality—coded into all of creation. It offers a fresh understanding of a creative and contemplative engagement in the world."

"To be transformed is to look out at reality from a new source and center, seeing things in a larger and more holistic way."

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