The Community of the Incarnation is a new monastic community which embodies and teaches engaged contemplative spirituality in response to what Father Bede Griffiths called “the universal call to contemplation.” There are three ways of belonging to our community: the “exploring” way, the “companion” way, and the “vowed” way.
Our Community is dispersed and currently includes members from across North America. We commit to a Rule of Life and are accountable to each other in community.
Vowed members of our community go through a comprehensive process of discernment, integral spiritual formation, monastic immersion and in-depth study before being invited to take seasonal vows and commit to “ongoing conversion of life,” which eventually may result in permanent vows. Our formation emphasizes deep practice, a solid theological foundation, and an overall understanding of spiritual journey, especially the dry seasons of prayer life, the need for one-on-one mentoring, and the importance of an honest and heartful community of accountability and mutual support. We also emphasize the integration of contemplation with action and justice making, and a cultivation of aliveness, celebration, and joy as promises of spiritual life.
Applications to the Vowed Way are open to all who have completed the Guided Exploring Way. For details on the formation process and the Vowed Way, see the Vowed Way PDF.
