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Dialogue 1: Burnt Norton

Dialogue 1: Burnt Norton

In this first dialogue session Jim and Kirsten focus on quartet one, Burnt Norton. Resources: The book we will be using this season can be found here. A free version can…

Daily Meditations

Set Apart and Within the World 

Set Apart and Within the World 

Authors Adam Bucko and Rory McEntee envision what a “new monasticism” could mean today:   Monastic [life], then, represents for us a complete commitment to the…

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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what’s new

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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Adam Bucko on Radical Resilience

Go deeper into our 2024 Daily Meditations theme of Radical Resilience in this interview with Adam Bucko, author of “Let Heartbreak Be Your Guide.” 

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

—JAMES FINLEY

CAC NEWS

Living in Alignment in September’s We Conspire series 

What if we were totally aligned in our words and our actions? Many of us who feel deeply about the state of the world are free to speak when we see injustice—but what if all our actions supported the spiritual truths that we held dear? We’re inspired by Francis of Assisi who writes, “As you announce peace

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