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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

St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi embraced the beauty of the natural world as their guiding spiritual practice. Their radical emphasis on simplicity was not for the faint of heart—challenging us to sink deeper into devotion and really question what we can live without. Join us in finding wisdom from some key

How do we model a life of prayer and action? Michelle Dunne, the Executive Director of the Franciscan Action Network (FAN) explores how the legacy of St. Francis Assisi’s life inspires her work today. She invites you to join her in creating a modern movement grounded in the values of St. Francis. At one point

What if today’s ecological crisis was actually a spiritual crisis? Theresa Martella, former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Scientist and Living School sendee reflects on her own changing relationship to Nature as she expands her awareness of contemplative spirituality and practice. Think back to a

How does art mirror contemplative prayer? The Center for Action and Contemplation is excited to announce the newest issue of our biannual journal, “ONEING: Art and Spirituality” — now available. In this Spring issue, readers are invited to explore artistic expression as a deeply spiritual act that invites us

This article is from the newest issue of the Center for Action and Contemplation’s biannual journal, ONEING. Both the limited-print edition and the downloadable PDF version of “ONEING: Art and Spirituality” are available now in our online bookstore.    Art is singular. Art invites us to know beauty and

This article is from the newest issue of the Center for Action and Contemplation’s biannual journal, ONEING. Both the limited-print edition and the downloadable PDF version of “ONEING: Art and Spirituality” are available now in our online bookstore. I step into the room. I light the candle and raise the

Our 2024 Daily Meditation theme is “Radical Resilience.” For the next three months, from April to June 2024, we will do a deeper exploration of tending the fire within. How does our inner flame help us strengthen our resilience? Radical resilience is the ability to face hardship with greater love and deeper

What does it mean to live a contemplative lifestyle? March’s We Conspire contributors say it has to do with balance. When we learn to weigh our everyday responsibilities with essential time of rest and stillness, we become more deeply connected to ourselves and Divine wisdom. From ancient prayer to

How do we balance our inner practice with our everyday responsibilities? This month, we turn to wisdom from Eastern Orthodox Christianity to explore key principles of the contemplative lifestyle—specifically, Hesychasm, a contemplative prayer of stillness. Join us in discovering more about the Philokalia, a