Pope Leo XIV encouraged contemplative nuns to uphold their commitment to silence amid a noisy world and aging religious communities. “ [Silence] is particularly important in a world characterized by ...

Guest blogger Jeff Genung is co-founder and President of Contemplative Life http://contemplativelife.org, a non-profit technology company that helps connect people ...

Pope Leo XIV meets with the International Commission of Dominican Contemplative Nuns at the Vatican and encourages them to strengthen the value of ...

This week, Richard Rohr’s meditations are all about the monastic and contemplative life. He offers this on September 22nd,, “Parker Palmer writes, “The function of contemplation in all its forms is to ...

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, ...

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 ...

Cloistered religious women gathered at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome Nov. 21 for an event marking the 65th edition of Pro Orantibus Day. The conference addressed the overhaul of ...

For years I believed that I was bad at contemplative prayer. Heck, I just believed that I was bad at all all kinds of prayer. I didn’t really know where to start with prayer other than just talking a ...

Benedict XVI was a great admirer of the contemplative life. In fact, he dedicated the last years of his life to contemplation. After his resignation, he moved to what until then had been the "Mater ...

The Carmel of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus in Gilmore will mark 100 years of contemplative life this November with the ...