If these are the creatures, what must the Creator be like?
—Francis of Assisi, First Life of Francis of Assisi, Thomas of Celano
Videos of TRINITY: THE SOUL OF CREATION are available from the CAC bookstore.
Beloved authors and teachers Richard Rohr, Cynthia Bourgeault, and Wm Paul Young come together to reveal a three-dimensional view of the many sided Mystery. The Trinity is the foundation and template for the entire universe. Belief in a Trinitarian God is not primarily a Christian theological revelation as much as it is a metaphor for the nature of reality, both seen and unseen.
We find the pattern of dynamic relationship in the very structure of the atom, in our families, in ecosystems and economies. It is a pattern of mutual giving and receiving: in a word, Love. If Trinity is the model for Creation (Genesis 1:26-27), then it is a relational, benevolent universe.
Rohr, Bourgeault, and Young believe the Trinity—fully experienced and enjoyed—has the capacity to change everything. We already participate within this dance whether we realize it or not. But when we consciously engage in loving communion, we open ourselves to being transformed at the deepest levels.
We invite you to enter into a deep journey, wherever you are on the path—just beginning, lost along the way, longing for companionship, enjoying God’s friendship.
We hope you leave with an entirely different way of knowing yourself and the world. Our teachers offer not mere information but wisdom that has implications for theology, psychology, science, and politics.
Conference Resources:
- Presenter books:
- Cynthia Bourgeault, The Holy Trinity and the Law of Three: Discovering the Radical Truth at the Heart of Christianity
- Richard Rohr, The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation
- Wm Paul Young, The Shack and Lies We Believe About God
- Other titles referenced by presenters:
- Anonymous, The Cloud of Unknowing and The Book of Privy Counseling
- Beatrice Bruteau, God’s Ecstasy: The Creation of a Self-Creating World
- Baxter Kruger, The Shack Revisited
- Catherine LaCugna, God for Us: The Trinity and Christian Life
- George MacDonald, Robert Falconer
- Ian McGilchrist, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
- Mary Oliver, “To Begin With, the Sweet Grass,” Evidence
- Raimon Panikkar, The Trinity and the Religious Experience of Man
- Rob Parsons, The Wisdom House
- Wm Paul Young, “God as Artist/Creator vs Planner”
- Presentation on Contemplative Practice by Kirsten Oates
- Guided Walking Meditation by Jonathon Stalls
- Yoga with Gloria Drayer
- Chants by Darlene Franz
- Organizations benefiting from the Liturgy offering:
- The White Helmets is a volunteer civil defense and rescue organization that currently operates in parts of rebel-controlled Syria.
- Invisible Children works to increase awareness of abductions and abuse of children who are forced to serve as soldiers in the Lord’s Resistance Army in Central Africa.
- Sales of Father Richard’s library benefited: Trinity House Catholic Worker