Washington, D.C. — Luminaries and practitioners in the contemplative tradition will circle the world in prayer continuously for 40 hours on October 13-15, 2013. The live and virtual vigil is the ...

, a Catholic priest who's written dozens of books about spiritual life, will talk about "Restoring Sacred Balance: The Convergence of Contemplative Traditions and Social Action" at 's annual Collins ...

WASHINGTON — What is the Spirit doing now? This question frames the “New Contemplative Leaders Exchange,” a gathering of 19 young contemplative leaders with Thomas Keating, Tilden Edwards, Richard ...

Rohr tells Tom Fox: "I am convinced that prayer is a descriptor word for a different consciousness. When Jesus goes out and prays for 40 days, he is not saying Hail Marys and Our Fathers. He is ...

But for centuries, Rohr says, Christians lost touch with this truth as contemplative practices — ways to gain inner experience of God — became less and less common. In the Catholic Church, some ...