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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!)

September 9, 2010
Men's Rites of Passage at Rolling Ridge with Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM

Think of this time as jumping, or maybe being thrown, into a "life-changing stew" where you simmer for five days in the "transformational mix" of silence, wilderness, and powerful ritual that holds the possibility of breaking open your heart, allowing you to see new possibilities for yourself, and creating "living questions" that will percolate within you and guide you for years to come.

NOTE: Registration for the October 12 - 16, 2011 Men's Rites of Passage at Rolling Ridge, West Virgina has closed. Applications for this MROP have reached capacity and are no longer being accepted. We encourage you to apply to one of the two the remaining two domestic MROPs this year:

February 27, 2012
The Descent

The rains did not keep us down. It helped us descend.

The rains did not keep us down. It helped us descend.

In the middle of October 2011 over 100 men converged in the highlands of West Virginia… searching for something. They were not searching for gold, but something golden. They were not searching for a wise man, but for wisdom. And they were not searching new technological ideas, but to be skillful.

February 25, 2012
Poorer, Poorer. Smaller, Smaller. Slower, Slower.

Bob Sabath, one of Sojourners' founding members, looks back on 40 years of creating community. "It takes a contemplative mind to see one’s own inner contradictions, the failures and inherent betrayals within our own lives and the institutions that we help to create," he says.

"Be anything you want. Be madmen, drunks, and bastards of every shape and form. But at all costs avoid one thing: success."
 - Thomas Merton

January 9, 2011
The Stories That Make Us: An Intergenerational Gathering of Men

Reinhold Neibuhr once said, ‘Nothing worth doing can be accomplished in a single lifetime.’  Good and heroic men are generations in the making—cradled in the hearts and initiated in the arms of fathers who were cradled in the hearts and initiated in the arms of their fathers.

Feliciana Retreat Center
Norwood, Louisian (North of Baton Rouge)

Woven together, stories are the very fabric of our lives.  They tell us from where we came, speak of who we are, and dare to utter what we may become.  There is great power in the telling and retelling of our stories, vast potential for healing, growth and transformation.  Join Fr. Richard Rohr, Belden Lane, and Joel Blunk for a weekend of telling the stories that make us./p>

January 9, 2011
The Stories That Make Us: An Intergenerational Gathering of Men

Reinhold Neibuhr once said, ‘Nothing worth doing can be accomplished in a single lifetime.’  Good and heroic men are generations in the making—cradled in the hearts and initiated in the arms of fathers who were cradled in the hearts and initiated in the arms of their fathers.

Feliciana Retreat Center
Norwood, Louisian (North of Baton Rouge)

Woven together, stories are the very fabric of our lives.  They tell us from where we came, speak of who we are, and dare to utter what we may become.  There is great power in the telling and retelling of our stories, vast potential for healing, growth and transformation.  Join Fr. Richard Rohr, Belden Lane, and Joel Blunk for a weekend of telling the stories that make us./p>

September 9, 2010
Adam's Return

The Five Promises of Male Initiation by Richard Rohr, OFM

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
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
Center for Contemplation and Action

Integrating a contemplative lifestyle and compassionate action.

The Center for Action and Contemplation, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was founded in 1987 by Franciscan Father Richard Rohr, who saw the need for a training/formation center.  It would serve as a place of discernment and growth for activists and those interested in social service ministries—a place to be still, and learn how to integrate a contemplative lifestyle with compassionate service. The Center’s purpose would be to serve not only as a forum for peaceful, non-violent social change but also as a radical voice for renewal and encouragement.

September 9, 2010
Center for Contemplation and Action

Integrating a contemplative lifestyle and compassionate action.

The Center for Action and Contemplation, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was founded in 1987 by Franciscan Father Richard Rohr, who saw the need for a training/formation center.  It would serve as a place of discernment and growth for activists and those interested in social service ministries—a place to be still, and learn how to integrate a contemplative lifestyle with compassionate service. The Center’s purpose would be to serve not only as a forum for peaceful, non-violent social change but also as a radical voice for renewal and encouragement.

September 9, 2010
From Wild Man to Wise Man

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

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
INWARD BOUND: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers for Men Today

A wilderness retreat for men with Belden Lane at Rolling Ridge, June 3-5, 2011.

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
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
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
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
Mustard Seed

The Resource Center of the Center for Action and Contemplation

A lot of valuable resource material for men's work can be ordered directly from the Mustard Seed, the Resource Center for the Center of Action and Contemplation.  The Center for Action and Contemplation is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is the home for Richard Rohr's community.

September 9, 2010
Mustard Seed

The Resource Center of the Center for Action and Contemplation

A lot of valuable resource material for men's work can be ordered directly from the Mustard Seed, the Resource Center for the Center of Action and Contemplation.  The Center for Action and Contemplation is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is the home for Richard Rohr's community.

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
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.