In a review of everything currently known about the topic, researchers recently developed a scientific model of how contemplative practices of various kinds may encourage better physical and ...

Father William Meninger may need a cane to walk nowadays, and someone to plan his travels outside of the monastery, but the 83-year-old Trappist monk is still as dedicated to bringing the practice of ...

These monks dreamed of taking the church’s rich, centuries-old tradition of contemplative prayer and distilling it into a simple, easily learned prayer that ordinary people could practice. They ...

A contemplative movement of Christian Centering Prayer is quietly (almost secretly) reviving religious life and faith in society. Here in the land of “the spiritual, but not religious,” and growing ...

If you read this column regularly, you may recall my two previous articles about prayer. The first was about establishing the habit of daily prayer, and the second focused on ...

Training in contemplative practices such as mindfulness meditation and loving-kindness meditation has become very popular in Western societies over the past several decades, and this widespread ...

Through a lifelong contemplative and mindful practice, Anne Archambault (part-time faculty in Applied Human Sciences) has witnessed how these practices generate moments of calm or at least a pause ...

Joseph Siddiqi, Part-time instructor in Studio Arts incorporates mindful practices in the classroom to enhance student’s artistic and creative process, develop lifelong skills, and deepen their ...