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 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. AUBURN — “Your intention, when you sit for this, is to consent to God’s ...

This Advent I am beginning (again) the practice of Centering Prayer. This time I am inspired by David Frenette’s fine book, The Path of Centering Prayer: Deepening Your Experience of God. In his work, ...

Even though the event occurred 70 years ago, I have a vivid memory of an experience in my third year of college, my first year in the major seminary in Huntington, Long Island, N.Y. It was the ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Rev. D. Joseph Manship KENNEBUNK — For many inspired by faith, prayer is ...

It’s a quiet -- how could it be anything else? -- but growing trend. About 5,000 people are active in the Christian contemplative prayer movement in Southern California, with more than 80 groups ...

In the late ’90s, I was searching for a lifestyle strategy that could intensify a spiritual journey begun 10 years ago in Japan through a profound conversion experience. Learning about centering ...

CULLMAN, Alabama -- The Benedictine Sisters Retreat Center in Cullman and Contemplative Outreach Birmingham are sponsoring an Introduction to Centering Prayer retreat to be held in Cullman, Ala., from ...

As a child, I already knew how to pray, how to read the Bible, say my novenas. I grew up in a home where prayer was a constant. Even on summer vacations away from home, in Lola Carmen’s house in Cebu, ...