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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. Registration is now open for Immortal Diamond and Breathing Under Water.

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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.

Francis did not wish for himself or his followers to be priests, to take higher places on the Church’s ladder of education, prestige, and power. — Richard Rohr Read Franciscan Spirituality: Week 2 Summary

God is with us in everything and can be found in and through everything, even and often most especially our limits and our suffering — Richard Rohr Read A Fountain Fullness of Love

We are already connected to everything—inherently, objectively, metaphysically, ontologically, and theologically. — Richard Rohr Read Remain in Love

Francis of Assisi focused on alleviating the needs and the suffering of others instead of self-advancement. — Richard Rohr Read Freedom

Freedom is letting go of wanting more and better things, and it is letting go of our need to control and manipulate God and others. — Richard Rohr Read The Path of Descent

Religion is not about heroic will power or winning or being right. True growth in holiness is a growth in willingness to love and be loved. — Richard Rohr Read A Spirituality of the Beatitudes

This is not an elitist journey. It is not based in asceticism or superiority but in the elements that are universally available to all humans — Richard Rohr Read A Franciscan Revolution

Francis and Clare found freedom living “on the edge of the inside,” moving where the outcasts, poor, and marginalized lived. — Richard Rohr Read Franciscan Spirituality: Week 3 Summary

In the Franciscan worldview, the Christ can be found everywhere. Nothing is secular or profane. — Richard Rohr Read The Whole World Is Our Cloister

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“Love and justice are not two. Without inner change, there can be no outer change; without collective change, no change matters.”

"The mystery of Christ is much bigger than Christianity. Jesus came to reveal something that has always been true everywhere—for everyone—and for all time."

"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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