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January 10, 2011

The Greatest Art Form: Action and Contemplation

I dare to call action birthed from contemplation the greatest art form because I believe it is. It underlies all those other, more visible art forms we see in great sculpture, music, writing, painting, and most especially in the art form called human character. when these two (action and contemplation) are one, the result is always beauty, symmetry, and transformative form -- lives and actions that inherently sparkle and heal.

With ith most people the process of uniting contemplation and action begins on the "action" side. It is surely this way for the first half of life for almost all of us, even introverts. We learn, experiment, try, do, stumble, fall, break, and find. It is largely done in the outer world of activity, starting with crawling, walking, playing, and speaking. The stage gradually gets larger for these "enactments," but we are still constructing our own good stage on which to perform. (We just don't know it yet!)

February 25, 2012

Men's Small Group - Beltsville MD

A monthly gathering for men on the second Saturday of each month in Beltsville, MD

The Wild Man group uses Rohr's book, From Wild Man to Wise Man as a backdrop to the teaching, practical discussion and rituals of each meeting. The group meets from 8:00-10:00 a.m. on the 2nd Saturday of each month at St. Joseph's Catholic School, 11011 Montgomery Road, Beltsville, MD 20705. Contact: Kevin Barwick at 301-768-2344 or KevinBarwick@Anew-Place.com

February 23, 2012

Fourth Annual Pilgrimage of Peace

Join in a daily rhythm of sung prayer, silence, and common work. Stay for as long as you want, for part of a day or an entire week.

A Friends of Silence Retreat with Br. Stefan Waligur (Macushla)
Still Point Mountain Retreat
Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Community

Join in a daily rhythm of sung prayer, silence, and common work
Stay as long as you want, for part of a day or an entire week

January 6, 2011

Growing Older Gracefully

How we can balance the allure of new options with the necessity of letting go; how can we come to terms with physical limits; can we envision alternatives to the way aging is typically seen by contemporary society; can we grow old together?

September 9, 2010

Into the Wild

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

September 9, 2010

Is it REALLY the end of men? A Webcast and Conference in Washington DC with Fr. Richard Rohr

Join us in person in Washington DC or remotely by webcast. Many were rightly shocked by the statistical assessment of males in our society by Hanna Rosin's article THE END OF MEN (July-August Atlantic Monthly). What does she have to teach us? What can this perspective offer us? How is Rosin a "stand in" for what many women have been saying to, for, and about men?

Register for this event at Center for Action and Contemplation

September 9, 2010

Things Hidden

Scripture as Spirituality with Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM

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.