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The Living School—Reimagined. Coursework starts in September!
Introducing the Essentials of Engaged Contemplation—a reimagined 12-month course grounded in the foundations of the Living School from the Center for Action and Contemplation.
If you’ve stepped away from religion but still long for spiritual depth, Essentials of Engaged Contemplation offers a grounded path
What is a Learning Community?
CAC's online education programming is expanding and growing! Whether you have taken a CAC course in the past or are thinking about enrolling—let’s explore a little more about the nature and benefits behind CAC’s Learning Communities, a foundational part of our online education.
At the heart of many of our
Rekindling Our Love for Creation in April’s “We Conspire” Series
April 25th, 2025
We Conspire is a series from the Center for Action and Contemplation featuring wisdom and stories from the growing Christian contemplative movement. Sign up for the monthly email series and receive a free invitation to practice each month.
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How can contemplation reawaken our love for the
Reciprocity with Creation
April 25th, 2025
We Conspire is a series from the Center for Action and Contemplation featuring wisdom and stories from the growing Christian contemplative movement. Sign up for the monthly email series and receive a free invitation to practice each month.
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How does having a reciprocal relationship with
Kinship and Connection
April 25th, 2025
We Conspire is a series from the Center for Action and Contemplation featuring wisdom and stories from the growing Christian contemplative movement. Sign up for the monthly email series and receive a free invitation to practice each month.
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How does contemplation reorient us toward kinship
The Greenness of Nature and God
April 25th, 2025
We Conspire is a series from the Center for Action and Contemplation featuring wisdom and stories from the growing Christian contemplative movement. Sign up for the monthly email series and receive a free invitation to practice each month.
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How does contemplation awaken us to the divine
Carmen Acevedo Butcher on Being Salt and Light
April 23rd, 2025
As we continue connecting with our 2025 Daily Meditations theme Being Salt and Light, we invite you to reflect more deeply with CAC Affiliate Faculty Carmen Acevedo Butcher.
Carmen explores new perspectives from this classic teaching from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.
What would it mean to you to
“The Way of the Pilgrim” | Season 9 Wrap-Up of “Turning to the Mystics”
Where has longing led you? Season 9 of “Turning to the Mystics” invited podcast listeners to journey to the heart of classic Russian mystical text, “The Way of the Pilgrim.”
Whether you're a seasoned seeker or new to the path, this season offered inspiration for the many encounters we experience as we walk
Discover Contemplation with New Eyes | News from New Mexico
Discover what’s ahead for the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC)! In this month’s installment of our monthly newsletter, the News from New Mexico, we invite you to explore offerings to support your spiritual growth and inspire your journey.
Whether it’s reading the Daily Meditations, listening to a
Spring 2025 Mendicant Introduction
April 1st, 2025
Since Fr. Richard published The Universal Christ in 2019, many of us on the CAC team heard him say, “If I ever wrote another book, which I assuredly don’t have the energy to do, it would be on the way of the prophet, and what the prophetic lineage has to teach us.”
I must have heard Richard say that a dozen