Perspective: Entering the yearlong cohort at the Center for Action and Contemplation's Living School during a pandemic was both awful and perfect timing, says writer Cathleen Falsani.
Perspective: Thomas Merton provides us with at least three compelling reasons for continuing to learn about him and read his work as much today as when he was living over half a century ago.
As the anniversary of Merton's death is being marked by events around the world, his prophetic take on spirituality and social justice is still relevant today, say his admirers.
Before he left for a Trappist abbey, Merton spent three terms at St. Bonaventure, whose campus stretches to the Allegheny foothills, where he climbed frequently to find silence and prayer.
Updated with details on the funeral and memorial services. Trappist Fr. Thomas Keating, who died Oct. 25, was one of the chief architects of the centering prayer movement and spearheaded formation of the Snowmass Interreligious Conferences.
The Field Hospital: These college students went to Death Valley to learn and practice contemplation. And when a sandstorm blew us away, this parish showed us what it means to be church.
At the Assisi Institute's conference, don't expect downward dogs or tree poses. Instead, Kriya Yoga is best understood as a practice of meditation in line with Catholic mysticism.
