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, ...

If you read this column regularly, you may recall my two previous articles about prayer. The first was about establishing the habit of daily prayer, and the second focused on ...

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 ...

These monks dreamed of taking the church’s rich, centuries-old tradition of contemplative prayer and distilling it into a simple, easily learned prayer that ordinary people could practice. They ...

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 ...

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 ...

Next weekend, St. James Episcopal Church, 119 N. Duke St., will host a two-day Contemplative Revolution weekend. If the title sounds oxymoronoic — contemplation and revolution would seem to be ...

“To use tarot in a contemplative way is to marry prayer with art,” contends Blessed Vigil blogger Muller in her delightfully unusual debut. She posits that tarot cards can be used as a “tool to ...

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 ...