Sr. Maria Elena Romero compares the work of contemplative life in this historic Synod of Bishops to that of the soldiers who guard for attacks in the rear of a mass of soldiers during battle. "There ...

Guest blogger Jeff Genung is co-founder and President of Contemplative Life http://contemplativelife.org, a non-profit technology company that helps connect people ...

Beginning this fall, students can pursue a new major in contemplative studies, an interdisciplinary program that combines ...

Cloistered religious women gathered at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome Nov. 21 for an event marking the 65th edition of Pro Orantibus Day. The conference addressed the overhaul of ...

Pope Francis receives applause during an audience with participants in the general chapter of the Order of Discalced Carmelites Sept. 11, 2021, in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace at the ...

Revered by the leaders of the civil rights movement for his mysticism, not his activism, and for his pastoral presence, not his political strategy, theologian Howard Thurman is to many people a ...

It is the spring of 2009, and I am a senior in high school when my religion teacher assigns a “marriage” project. Over the next several weeks, in the name of exposure to real-world finances, I suppose ...

“Bless our families, bless our children. Choose from our homes those needed for your work.” I knelt with my family at the Vigil of All Saints and prayed the Archdiocesan Prayer for Vocations of the ...