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 ...

Pope Francis has issued a new wide-ranging set of guidelines for how the tens of thousands of Catholic women religious living in contemplative communities around the world should regulate their ...

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 ...

Luminaries and practitioners of contemplative traditions are circling the world in prayer for 40 hours, inspired by an invitation from the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation in honor of its 40th ...

The Presentation Prayer Center will offer the five-part series Contemplative Living with Thomas Merton beginning Wednesday. Described as a tool for spiritual development, participants are invited to ...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Contemplative Outreach of Birmingham will have its 21st annual conference on March 1, a discussion of the female mystic Julian of Norwich. The conference will be held at St.