Every Sunday before 9:00 A.M., a long line of cars snakes down a tree-lined road north of Baltimore, Md. In the Chapel of a Carmelite Monastery, a diverse congregation gathers for liturgy. Retired ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The mystery of the interior life of God and how to experience even a glimpse of that life through deep, self-forgetful prayer is the subject of a new book by Fr. Donald Haggerty, ...

Father William Meninger may need a cane to walk nowadays, and someone to plan his travels outside of the monastery, but the 83-year-old Trappist monk is still as dedicated to bringing the practice of ...

For those looking for a deeper sense of peace and spiritual connection in their daily lives, First Presbyterian Church will host an instructional gathering titled Introduction to Centering Prayer on ...

The life of prayer is a process that has great advances and setbacks. There is no monotony when it comes to spending time with God. For those who commit themselves to pray, there is a daily adventure ...

Listening to what the Lord wants to tell us, we can find renewal in Lent. “If we say again and again, ‘Help us grow in intimate relationship with you this Lent so that we can celebrate the Paschal ...

People may grow uneasy when they hear the word “contemplation.” Some may think of contemplation this way: “Maybe this is only for saints, and I’m not a saint.” Still others might wonder if it’s going ...

When the Church approaches contemplative prayer, she is led to give multiple and different definitions in her attempt to explain what it is. The multiple definitions are needed since no one definition ...

Long ago, Daniel Berrigan told me a tragic story about being invited to speak to a packed church of cloistered nuns somewhere on the East Coast in 1965. They wanted him to read from his latest book of ...