Black Lives and Contemplation: Spring 2024
Tuesdays, March 12 to April 30, 2024
7pm to 8:15pm ET
Online
This introductory series to the Black diasporic contemplative tradition will focus on people of African descent in the United States. Exploring the deep roots of Black contemplation, participants will garner an expansive understanding of both Blackness and contemplation and how to deepen our own contemplative lives.
Our capacity for this series is 20 people. All are welcome to attend; priority is given to BIPOC applicants. You must commit to attending at least 5 of the 8 sessions. Applications are now closed.
Upcoming Events
Mondays beginning September 16, 2024
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.
Mondays, December 2, 9, 16, 2024
7pm to 8pm ET
Online
Join our Franciscan Year novices as we meditate on Scripture, listening with the ear of our hearts to the word of God. We will share our own experience of the text with mutual respect and a desire for holy conversation.
Self-guided
Online
Explore the foundational prayer method of our community that welcomes our whole being into relationship with God. Each session, we will focus on a different aspect of this method of prayer.