Introduction to Socially Engaged Mysticism (Candidacy)
September, 2024 to January 2025
Online
Join us this Fall for our Introductory program, which we call Candidacy. Candidacy is the first step towards joining our new monastic community, but it's also a great way to introduce yourself to our methods of prayer and teaching in engaged mysticism.
Over the course of four months, you will:
Engage in a study of the life and work of Howard Thurman, and the connection between contemplation and justice
Write your own spiritual autobiography
Meet monthly with fellow contemplatives for practice and conversation
Experiment with our methods of contemplative prayer, lectio divina, and more
Learn about our new monastic community
Join us and see if this is a good fit for you and the starting point of joining a really beautiful community of practice!
Candidacy Schedule
Orientation: Thursday, September 12 at 6:45pm to 7:45pm ET on Zoom
Weekly Online Meditation: Mondays beginning September 16, 6:30pm to 7pm
Monthly Candidacy Gatherings: October 3, November 7, December 5, 6:45pm to 7:45pm ET on Zoom
Community Intensive: The New Monastery: Saturday, November 2, 10am to 11:15am on Zoom
Lectio Divina for Advent, Mondays, 7pm to 8pm, December 2, 9, and 16
Closing Gathering: January 16, 6:45pm to 7:45pm ET on Zoom
Applications are due by September 1, 2024. Apply here.
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.
Begins Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Wednesdays 6:30pm ET to 7:30pm ET
Online
"We are all addicted to our own habitual way of doing anything, our own defenses, and, most especially, our patterned way of thinking, or how we process reality." - Fr. Richard Rohr
The Christian contemplative tradition offers a lifelong practice with the potential to transform our way of being in the world. In our new monastic community, we engage with an adapted version of the 12 Steps that is suitable for anyone who is addicted to their own way of thinking (in other words, everyone!) Our 12 Step contemplative practice is a means of ongoing conversion of life and community accountability.
This spring, we are delighted to offer this practice to the public. Join us for individual practices and step work combined with community connection that will take place over the course of five months.
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.