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Explore November’s Featured Experiences
This November, learn more about these opportunities to further your spiritual growth and explore the contemplative path of transformation.
- Our annual Turning to the Mystics Online Retreat returns.
- Our free Advent Sit Meditations are back!
- Register for the Mystical Sobriety online course featuring James Finley.
- Explore CAC’s Year in Review.
- Get a sneak peek of Learning How to See’s new podcast season.
- We’re hiring! Explore current openings.
Our monthly newsletter, News from New Mexico, shares new videos, podcast episodes, and online education opportunities — helping you engage more compassionately in the world around us.
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Our Annual Turning to the Mystics Online Retreat Returns
Registration is open for Being Presence | Turning to the Mystics Online Retreat. Find inspiration with live teachings from James Finley!
This December, gather online in a contemplative community to journey deeper into the mystical wisdom of Gabriel Marcel and Brother Lawrence.
Thursday, December 4 – Sunday, December 7
Featuring: James Finley
Cost: $497, $378, or $289
Live Online with Recorded Replay Available
Our Free Advent Sit Meditations are Back!
Advent can be a sacred time, beckoning us to prepare for Christmas. That’s why we’re hosting a series of free virtual Advent Sit Meditations, starting on November 30. These weekly virtual meditations offer our global CAC community a time of shared reflection, stillness, and insight.
Advent Sit Meditations
Date: Sundays on November 30, December 7, December 14, and December 21
Time: 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time
Location: YouTube | CAC Channel
Featuring: CAC Faculty & Staff
Cost: Free!
Recorded Replay Available
Register for the Mystical Sobriety Online Course Featuring James Finley
Mystical Sobriety: Coming Home to Love has been updated and is now a self-paced online course! Move beyond old wounds and deepen your union with Divine Love. This online course integrates contemplative practice, psychological insight, and Twelve Step spirituality to foster inner healing.
Learn more with this short video:
Dr. James Finley — a clinical psychologist and former Trappist monk — serves as your guide through course modules and multiple optional live calls.
Explore CAC’s Year in Review
For nearly 40 years, the Center for Action and Contemplation has supported spiritual seekers to practice loving action in response to a hurting world.
The CAC’s 2024 Year in Review shares moments of learning, growth, and impact across CAC’s programs from the previous year, along with a snapshot of our financial and operational stewardship, as we enter the fifth year of our transition from a founder-led organization to a mission-led one.
Get a Sneak Peek of the New Season of Learning How to See
Our ninth season of Learning How to See returns on November 13! Check out the trailer for this new season.
In this new season, Brian McLaren and guest co-host, Carmen Acevedo Butcher, continue to explore seeing through eyes of love. Through openhearted conversation, podcast guests will share experiences in which their lens of love became more finely tuned.
We’re Hiring! Explore Our Current Openings
Help us co-create a world where everything and everyone belongs.
We’re looking for a Faculty and Partnerships Coordinator, who will help advance our formation strategy. This person will ensure logistics and communications are handled with consistency.
We are also hiring a Development Coordinator. This coordinator will support fundraising activities, donor engagement initiatives, and ongoing development operations.
CAC Community Favorites
Eager to explore more from CAC? Here are more resources designed to help you grow in consciousness, deepen your practice, and strengthen your compassion.
- In the Media: Fr. Richard Rohr was recently interviewed on Jen Hatmaker’s For The Love podcast. Check out the interview!
- CAC Podcast Network: Everything Belongs — The Three Isaiahs: The Heart of Prophecy with Cassidy Hall.
- Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations: From Accumulation to Abundance— Rich in Good Will.
- We Conspire Series: Explore a movement for migrant dignity — Where the Border Meets the Heart.
- Bookstore: Richard Rohr’s Advent devotional, Preparing for Christmas, offers a moment of tranquility during the busy holiday season.
- From the Vault: A Simple Prayer for Thanksgiving — Cherokee descendant Randy Woodley reminds us of the preciousness of all life.
About the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC)
Our founder Fr. Richard Rohr’s vision has always been about providing spiritual grounding for a movement of contemplative activists, prophetic leaders, and spiritual seekers. CAC is an educational nonprofit that introduces seekers to the contemplative Christian path of transformation. Our mission is to introduce contemplative wisdom and practices that support transformation and inspire loving action. Learn more about who we are and what we do.