12 Steps for Contemplatives
Begins Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Wednesdays 6:30pm ET to 7:30pm ET
Online
Join us for individual practices and step work combined with community connection that will take place over the course of five months. This series will be co-facilitated by community members with a long history of practice in the 12 steps, both in recovery spaces and in the new monastic community.
Register for the Zoom link here. We offer all of our programs by donation only, thanks to the generous support of our donors. The suggested donation is $20 per live session ($240 for the series.) You are welcome to set up a recurring payment or make a one time donation. If you can't give, please attend just the same! We need your presence more than we need your money.
Introduction and info session: Wednesday, January 22 6:30pm-7:30pm ET
Step One Wednesday. February 5, 6:30pm-7:30pm ET
Step Two Wednesday, February 12, 6:30pm-7:30pm ET
Step Three Wednesday, February 19, 6:30pm-7:30pm ET
Step Four Wednesday, February 26, 6:30pm-7:30pm ET
Break for writing 4th step
Step Five Wednesday, April 2, 6:30pm-7:30pm ET
Step Six Wednesday, April 9, 6:30pm-7:30pm ET
-Easter Break- Participants schedule their 5th step
Step Seven Wednesday, April 30, 6:30pm-7:30pm ET
Step Eight Wednesday, May 7, 6:30pm-7:30pm ET
Break - Participants Complete Writing Step 8
Step Nine Wednesday, June 4, 6:30pm-7:30pm ET
Step Ten Wednesday, June 11, 6:30pm-7:30pm ET
Step Eleven Wednesday, June 18, 6:30pm-7:30pm ET
Step Twelve/Closing Session Wednesday, June 25, 6:30pm-7:30pm ET
"I believe the Twelve-Step programs are a movement of the Spirit in our time. In creating Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935, Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith, with typical American pragmatism, designed a truly practical program that really worked to change lives." - Fr. Richard Rohr
Upcoming Events
Mondays (no session on December 23 or 30)
6:30pm to 7:00pm ET
Online
Join us each week for a 30 minute practice of meditation and contemplative prayer led by our vowed New Monastic members. Click below for more info and details on how to join us online.
Wednesdays, March 12, 19, 26
6:30pm to 7:30pm ET
Online
Monasticism has always been a response to the deep human longing for God. From the desert fathers and mothers of Egypt and Palestine to the monasteries of Europe, it has shaped lives of prayer, simplicity, and service for centuries. But this course isn’t about the monasticism of the past—it’s about new expressions of monasticism emerging today, rooted in the same longing but responding to the unique challenges and possibilities of our time.
Mondays, March 17, 24, 31
7:00pm tp 8:00pm ET
Online
Join our Franciscan Year Novices as we meditate on works of art, using the eyes of our heart to discover God’s revelation in beauty. We will share our experience of the artwork with mutual respect and a desire for holy conversation.