Introduction to Socially Engaged Mysticism (Candidacy)
September, 2024 to January 2025
Online
Join us this Fall for our Introductory program, which we call Candidacy. Candidacy is the first step towards joining our new monastic community, but it's also a great way to introduce yourself to our methods of prayer and teaching in engaged mysticism.
Over the course of four months, you will:
Engage in a study of the life and work of Howard Thurman, and the connection between contemplation and justice
Write your own spiritual autobiography
Meet monthly with fellow contemplatives for practice and conversation
Experiment with our methods of contemplative prayer, lectio divina, and more
Learn about our new monastic community
Join us and see if this is a good fit for you and the starting point of joining a really beautiful community of practice!
Candidacy Schedule
Orientation: Thursday, September 12 at 6:45pm to 7:45pm ET on Zoom
Weekly Online Meditation: Mondays beginning September 16, 6:30pm to 7pm
Monthly Candidacy Gatherings: October 3, November 7, December 5, 6:45pm to 7:45pm ET on Zoom
Community Intensive: The New Monastery: Saturday, November 2, 10am to 11:15am on Zoom
Lectio Divina for Advent, Mondays, 7pm to 8pm, December 2, 9, and 16
Closing Gathering: January 16, 6:45pm to 7:45pm ET on Zoom
Applications are due by September 1, 2024. Apply here.
Upcoming Events
Self-guided
Online
Explore the foundational prayer method of our community that welcomes our whole being into relationship with God. Each session, we will focus on a different aspect of this method of prayer.
Self-guided
Online
Monasticism has always been a response to the deep human longing for God. From the desert fathers and mothers of Egypt and Palestine to the monasteries of Europe, it has shaped lives of prayer, simplicity, and service for centuries. But this course isn’t about the monasticism of the past—it’s about new expressions of monasticism emerging today, rooted in the same longing but responding to the unique challenges and possibilities of our time.
Begins Thursday, September 18, 2025
Thursday nights, third Thursday of the month
Online
Find stillness and discover new meanings with ‘Meditation is a Must’, a musical meditation practice that uniquely blends contemplative practices with the profound lyricism of Hip Hop.