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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday encouraged people to embrace the contemplative dimension of being human both in prayer and their daily lives. In his general audience address on May 5, the pope said that the ...

This entry on the contemplative life in the Catholic Encyclopedia explains that there are various degrees of contemplation one can obtain depending on one’s attachment to the world, one’s duties and ...

“Contemplative studies satisfies an urge that everyone has — to investigate what it means to be experiencing, to be alive,” said Henry Langton ’16, one of the first Brown students who will officially ...

The Vatican published an instruction Tuesday aimed at applying norms established in Pope Francis' 2016 apostolic constitution on women's contemplative orders, which emphasizes the need for networks of ...

Dialogue, discernment, and contemplative engagement: These were three values and behaviors that gave shape and texture to the response of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) to the ...

For 11 hours a day, Lan Anh Pham ’18 meditated under rigorous Vipassana tradition in rural Wisconsin as part of a 10-day meditation retreat during her sophomore year. Upon returning to Brown, she was ...

Cloudy skies didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of University of Virginia leaders and guests Friday morning as they celebrated the groundbreaking of the Contemplative Commons in person and gave several ...