Articles on this issue "contemplative"
Benedict XVI is asking for support for all those who dedicate themselves to a life of contemplation in cloistered monasteries. The Pope made this appeal today, a day after the liturgical …
read moreDominican contemplative nuns have been praying for 320 years in Havana, and their vocation is a source of great joy, says the current prioress. ZENIT visited the convent of St. Catherine of …
read moreEven contemplatives are using the Internet to spread the message of Christ. Carmelite General Prior Father Joseph Chalmers says that contemplative religious are ready for God to "use us in a …
read moreBy Catherine Smibert Cardinal George Pell thinks his role as president of the Vatican's Vox Clara Commission is the most "important and useful thing" he does in recent visits to Rome. Indeed, …
read moreService to the neediest calls for "contemplatives in action," says John Paul II. The Pope expressed this conviction in a message to the Ursuline Sisters of Mary Immaculate, meeting in general …
read moreA globalized world racked by a "crisis of identity" needs contemplative missionaries, John Paul II says in a message to Mariannhill Missionaries on the occasion of their general chapter. In …
read moreJohn Paul II believes that the five saints he canonized Sunday have a message for todays world: Their lives are a call to be "contemplatives in action." "The believers concrete commitment is …
read moreJohn Paul II believes that the five saints he canonized Sunday have a message for todays world: Their lives are a call to be "contemplatives in action." "The believers concrete commitment is …
read moreThe decree officially recognizing Charles de Foucaulds heroic virtues was read today in the Vatican, putting the French contemplative and missionary a step closer to beatification. A miracle …
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