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Invite Mystical Moments into Your Life with the new issue of ONEING: Unveiled

How do we process the collective struggles of the past few years? It takes a contemplative mind to spend months living and working in relative isolation and not lose hope. In the newest issue of ONEING: Unveiled, readers discover ways we can transform isolation and grief into a deeper experience of Divine Love.

Including contributions from Richard Rohr, Jacqui Lewis, John Dear, Naomi Shihab Nye, Mirabai Starr, Douglas E. Christie, and others, ONEING: Unveiled invites us all to embrace contemplation as a necessary practice for healing ourselves and the world.

In gratitude, those who purchase ONEING: Unveiled will also receive a discount code for a future DVD or CD purchase in our online bookstore.

Order ONEING: Unveiled in print or downloadable PDF.

Established in 2013, ONEING is the biannual journal of the Center for Action and Contemplation. Renowned for its diverse and deep exploration of mysticism and culture, ONEING is grounded in Richard Rohr’s teachings and wisdom lineage. Each issue features a themed collection of thoughtfully curated essays and critical perspectives from spiritual teachers, activists, modern mystics, and prophets of all religions.

Registration is now open for Immortal Diamond (Online course runs Jun. 15–Aug. 23)

Immortal Diamond is a 10-week online course exploring the True Self and the False Self, based on Richard Rohr’s book, Immortal Diamond. Learn to “die before we die” and discover how the promise of resurrection is true for each of us—right now.

Immortal Diamond is an opportunity to mine for the real you that has been there all along, hidden under the trappings of ego and False Self. As Richard Rohr writes, “Life is not a matter of creating a special name for ourselves, but of uncovering the name we have always had.” We need ego to help us function, succeed, and belong. But if we let it stay in charge, ego stands in the way of living freely and authentically, from our God-given identity and calling. We are called to “die before we die,” to discover that the promise of resurrection is true for each of us, now.

Learning Objectives:

Learn more about Immortal Diamond
Time Commitment: 4–6 hours of work each week
Apply for Financial Assistance by June 1
Registration ends June 8 or when full

Register Today for Mary Magdalene: Apostle to Our Times (Online course runs Jun. 15–Aug. 9)

What new revelations surface with a closer look at the story of Mary Magdalene? Discover the wisdom of the woman at the heart of Jesus’ story in the online course, Mary Magdalene: Apostle to Our Times featuring Cynthia Bourgeault.

This 8-week online course is designed to challenge and expand your view of Mary Magdalene and her role in the Gospels. While history has often portrayed her—incorrectly—as a prostitute, there is much to discover about this woman who walked so closely with Jesus.

Learn what made Mary one of Jesus’ most important and beloved companions and discover her legacy as an apostle to our times—revealing a path of conscious love that we too are invited to walk.

Learning Objectives:

Learn more about Mary Magdalene: Apostle to Our Times
Time Commitment: 4–6 hours of work each week
Apply for Financial Assistance by June 1
Registration ends June 8 or when full

Now Streaming: Learning How to See Season 3 with Brian McLaren

Join us for the third season of Learning How to See, where host Brian McLaren invites us to see and experience Christianity in new ways. Exploring sections from his new book Do I Stay Christian? Brian helps listeners at a spiritual crossroads honestly examine their evolving faith.

Joined by guests Diana Butler Bass, Lisa Sharon Harper, Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Valerie Kaur, Richard Rohr, James Finley, Barbara Holmes, and Tripp Fuller, Learning How to See season 3 reveals how a contemplative mind can help us see, understand, and engage with the Christian faith.

Subscribe to Learning How to See on your favorite podcast player or click here to listen online.

How do we transform and transcend our biases? From judgments made unconsciously to complacency in systemic evil, we must learn how to see if we are to learn how to transform. Center for Action and Contemplation faculty member Brian McLaren hosts the podcast series Learning How to See. Listen and discover how seeing is social, political, and contemplative.

Come See Us! The Tepeyac House is Now Open

More than two years ago, the CAC Visitor Center closed its doors due to the pandemic. At the time, we hoped it was just a week, which turned into a month, then a summer, and then years. These times have created a longing for connection with so many.

Now, we are happy to announce that our visitor center is officially reopened. We now have a spacious new bookstore at our own Tepeyac House. Located in the South Valley of Albuquerque, New Mexico, the center is surrounded by beautiful adobe buildings, fruit trees, grapevines, a rose garden, and one of the oldest “grandmother” cottonwood trees in the region, which Father Richard Rohr named the Trinity Tree.

Browse books on the Christian contemplative tradition in our bookstore or simply sit and enjoy our grounds from beneath the shade of the Trinity Tree. Our hours are Tuesday — Friday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Mountain Time.

Read more about the Tepeyac House.

The CAC is Hiring: Salesforce Product Manager

Are you a Salesforce administrator eager to use your professional talents to support transformation and inspire loving action? The CAC is hiring a Salesforce Product Manager to lead the continued investment in our CRM ecosystem as part of a highly coordinated, team-oriented, and results-focused Digital Product Team.

The Salesforce Product Manager will seek to understand the CRM-related needs of the organization and translate them into beautifully integrated technology solutions that empower our staff and support our mission.

This role requires someone with excellent strategic, organizational, and communication skills who will bring a high level of expertise to product management, Salesforce platform administration, and team management.

Interested or know someone who would be a good fit?
Apply today or help us spread the word.

Embrace Hopeful Mystical Wisdom with Mirabai Starr's Julian of Norwich: The Showings

Featuring a new introduction from Fr. Richard Rohr, this contemporary translation of one of the most beloved and influential mystical texts of all time, Julian of Norwich: The Showings, brings the message and spirituality of this 14th-century mystic to 21st-century readers. Revelations of Divine Love, the first book published in English attributed to a woman, is also included.

Order Julian of Norwich: The Showings Uncovering the Face of the Feminine in Revelations of Divine Love

March on June 18 with the Poor People's Campaign

The Poor People’s Campaign began in 1968 when Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other justice seekers began a faith-based movement to unite poor and impacted communities across the United States. Today, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival unites communities to confront the evils of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism, the war economy, and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism.

A partner in the Christian contemplative movement, The Poor People’s Campaign creates an intentional integration of spiritual activism and economic, social, and environmental justice. Their commitment to advocacy, awareness, organizing, and changing systems aligns with CAC’s vision of transformed people working together for a more just and connected world. Stand in solidarity against systemic oppression and injustice at The Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly & Moral March on Washington and to the Polls on June 18, 2022.

Learn more about the June 18 March on Washington and to the Polls

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