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News from New Mexico | Contemplative Resources for the Holiday Season
This December, the News from New Mexico highlights new opportunities to help you engage more compassionately in the world around us.
As we step into Advent, Christmas, and the New Year, we invite you to discover practices that support transformation and inspire loving action. Stay up to date by subscribing to our
Listening with Astonishment: Welcoming Dr. Carmen Acevedo Butcher as CAC’s Next Dean of Faculty
December 15th, 2025
Leadership within the contemplative tradition has always unfolded through listening — listening to the Spirit, to one another, and to what Love is asking of us next. In that spirit, the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) is honored to welcome Dr. Carmen Acevedo Butcher as our next Dean of Faculty, unanimously
CAC Honors November Holy Days and Holidays | Native American Heritage Month, All Saints Day, All Souls Day, Duns Scotus’ Feast Day, and Advent
This November, the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) celebrates holy days and holidays that span diverse communities and faiths.
Native American Heritage Month: Celebrating Diverse Cultures
November is Native American Heritage Month, a time in which we celebrate the Native American individuals
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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.
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Explore October’s Featured Experiences
This month, learn more about these opportunities to further your spiritual growth and explore the contemplative path of transformation.
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Carlos Rodríguez on Being Salt and Light
October 6th, 2025
In this video, Carlos Rodríguez — founder of The Happy Givers nonprofit in Puerto Rico — shares a moving story about his friendship with an elderly man named Don Héctor and the time they spent together in Héctor’s final days. Through this story, Carlos reflects on what it means to live out Jesus’ call to be
CAC Honors September Holy Days and Holidays | National Hispanic Heritage Month, Hildegard Feast Day, Rosh Hashanah, and Rumi’s Birthday
This September, the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) celebrates holy days and holidays that span diverse communities and faiths.
National Hispanic Heritage Month: Celebrating Hispanic Roots
The non-violent technique does not depend for its success on the goodwill of the oppressor, but rather on the
Explore Our NEW Fall Contemplative Resources | The News from New Mexico
This month, learn more about these opportunities to further your spiritual growth and explore the contemplative path of transformation.
Explore September's Featured Experiences
Watch a LIVE Podcast Recording During ReVision: The Webcast
Listen to Richard Rohr on The Oprah Podcast
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Gospel to Life and Life to Gospel
August 29th, 2025
“From gospel to life and life to gospel” is a phrase from the Rule of the Secular Franciscan Order that puzzled me when I first read it. I felt called to join the Order (one of three religious orders formed by St. Francis of Assisi during his lifetime—this one for single or married people who would live “in
Contemplation, Love, and Action
August 29th, 2025
I’m inspired by the word “engaged” from my Buddhist friends who talk about engaged Buddhism. What Jesus talks about is not attending or belonging but doing. He focuses on the way we do life and do life with and for the neighbor. If going to service on Sunday morning keeps us from volunteer work on Monday