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Dialogue 3: The Pilgrim Learns to Pray

Dialogue 3: The Pilgrim Learns to Pray

This is the third dialogue session that focuses on the 19th-century mystical text, The Way of a Pilgrim, which covers sections of the first chapter. Resources: The book we…

Daily Meditations

A Simple but Not Easy Task

A Simple but Not Easy Task

Franciscan sister José Hobday encourages us to live simply, instead of simply thinking about it:  Some folks admire simple living. They tell me they want to simplify…

publications

New ONEING Issue Released!

Explore the intersection of art and spirituality in the newest issue of ONEING, featuring the work of Richard Rohr, Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers, Josh Radnor, and more.

what’s new

Enroll in Divine Exchange, Online Course

Registration is now open for The Divine Exchange featuring Cynthia Bourgeault. Over 14 weeks, learn how to more fully participate in the sacred relationship between human and Divine.

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

—JAMES FINLEY

Courage and Resilience Event

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Register Today for Courage and Resilience

Join us for a LIVE online gathering with Brian McLaren, Friday, May 17. Find new ways of thinking, becoming, and belonging in these turbulent times. Recorded replay available! 

“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

CAC NEWS

Living Simply and Sustainably in April’s We Conspire series 

What if St. Francis and St. Clare arrived on your doorstep in 2024? What would these medieval counterculture icons think of how you spend your time—how you treat our earth? In April’s We Conspire series, we hear reflections from those applying Franciscan wisdom to the crisis in our modern world. While many

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