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February 25, 2012
Praying with the Psalms

Friends of Silence invites you to a special summer contemplative retreat at Rolling Ridge Study Retreat


“Who among us has not yearned to know the Unknowable? The Psalms have ever been a response to these deep yearnings: cries of the soul ... songs of surrender ... paeans of praise.” - Nan Merrill, author of Psalms for Praying: An Invitation to Wholeness

January 6, 2011
Integral Life Practice

A 21st Century Blueprint for Physical Health, Emotional Balance, Mental Clarity and Spiritual Awakening. Wilbur, Patten, Leonard and Morelli Integral Book 2008.

A 21st Century Blueprint for Physical Health, Emotional Balance, Mental Clarity and Spiritual Awakening. Wilbur, Patten, Leonard and Morelli Integral Book 2008.

January 6, 2011
Meeting The Shadow

The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of the Human Nature. Edited by Connie Zweig and Jeremiah Abrams, Tarcher/Penguin Books.

The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature. Edited by Connie Zweig and Jeremiah.

This book is a collection of 65 wide-ranging articles which present an overview of the dark side of the human nature as it appears in families, intimate relationships, sexuality, work, spirituality, the New Age, politics, psychotherapy, and creativity. It answers the question, "What is the Shadow?" and provides numerous examples of Shadow-Work. This book is a must read .

September 13, 2010
From Boy to Man: Family Rites of Passage

Two DVD's and manual explaining in detail how to create family rites of passage for young males.

Is there a need for rites-of-passages for adolescent males in western cultures and societies?  Stephen Hicken’s answer is YES!

Stephen Hicken and family members have initiated eight young men including his four sons and four nephews.  Hicken organized and led his first family-based rite-of-passage in 1995 and most recently for his youngest son in 2009. 

September 9, 2010
Adam's Return

The Five Promises of Male Initiation by Richard Rohr, OFM

September 9, 2010
Beloved Son Series

A series on teachings masculine spirituality, male initiation, and the responsibilities of the initiated man.

Fr. Richard Rohr’s teaching on the Beloved Sons Series can be ordered by going to the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) website section - Men's Resource Materials.  They offer a thorough and concise (approximately 35 minutes each) explanation of the following topics:

1: Masculine Spirituality

September 9, 2010
From Wild Man to Wise Man

Reflections on Male Spirituality by Richard Rohr, OFM with Joseph Martos

September 9, 2010
Into the Wild

Use Into the Wild for your men's group, by Richard Rohr, OFM

September 9, 2010
Men on the Journey

This is a blog inspired by reflections on male spirituality from Richard Rohr's book, On the Threshold of Transforamation: Daily Meditations for Men.

This blog began as an e-mail conversation between a couple of editors—Joe Durepos and Tom McGrath—while they worked on Richard Rohr’s new book, On the Threshold of Transformation: Daily Meditations for Men. Inspired by Richard’s words, they had a year-long correspondence that offered each other support as well as challenge.

September 9, 2010
Movies, Videos, DVDs

Movies, Videos, DVDs that might prompt good discussions about male issues by Richard Rohr, OFM

Richard Rohr suggests some moviies, videos, and DVDs that might prompt good discussion about male issues:

September 9, 2010
On the Threshold of Transformation: Daily Meditations for Men

We need to move behond the self-defeating game of either-or, and to find the open and gracious space of the limitless, alive, and God-given world that is in-between, where all of us live anyway -- from the introduction of On the Threshold of Transformation.

September 9, 2010
Soul Brothers

Men in the Bible Speak to Men Today, By Richard Rohr

September 9, 2010
The Naked Now

Learning to See as the Mystics See by Richard Rohr

"When you can be present, you will know the Real Presence. I promise you this is true.  And it is almost that simple."

The enlightenment we seek has been preesent in Christianity from the beginning. Fr. Richard Rohr, a global leader in spiritual awakening, helps us to recognize the forces (such as ego resistance and dual thinking) that separate us from our deeper selves. Then, drawing from the Gospels and the greatest Christian contemplatives, he shows us what it means to be spiritually awake.  We will learn how to:

September 9, 2010
Things Hidden

Scripture as Spirituality with Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM

November 1, 2005
Sadness

Richard Rohr sums up this whole spirituality of initiation in a one liner: the young man who cannot cry is a savage, the old man who cannot laugh is a fool.

It's a privilege to speak to a group of people who, from your first hand experience in the field of healthcare, most likely know much more about the topic of sadness than I do. In my remarks this evening I will speak as a Christian but more out of my Roman Catholic tradition as I think it might be helpful to the context of sadness.

September 1, 1988
Masculine Spirituality

Masculine spirituality is not just for men, although it is men who are most likely going to have to rediscover and exemplify it.

Masculine spirituality. Perhaps the term sounds new, different, even wrong or unnecessary. Why would we bother speaking of a spirituality that is especially masculine or male? Is there anything to be learned here? Anything that can help both men and women to meet the Christ? I am convinced that there is. Let's see if we can look at it.