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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:

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 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
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:

July 1, 2010
Boys Don't Cry

Why developing an inner life is essential to healing men from the explosive violence bottled up within.

We are getting used to the troubling news reports of men who kill their whole families, their wives, their children, or their fellow workers. We are, of course, appalled and saddened, and suspect that these men must have been mentally ill or drunk or on drugs. They often are, but more often the "reason" is probably even deeper and less obvious than addiction or illness.

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, 2003
The Two Halves of Life?

History has recognized that there are at least two major movements in the spiritual journey. Richard Rohr calls them the path of ascent and the path of descent.

October 1, 1990
Naming the Father Hunger

"All men know how to do is pass on roles, money and opinions, but not who they are," says Father Richard Rohr, O.F.M. The fundamental drive affecting male spirituality, he believes, is "father hunger."

"All men know how to do is pass on roles, money and opinions, but not who they are," says Father Richard Rohr, O.F.M. The fundamental drive affecting male spirituality, he believes, is "father hunger."