To register for this event, click here. Julian of Norwich, according to Thomas Merton, is "without doubt one of the most wonderful of all Christian voices." Julian lived in the fourteenth century and experienced a series of visions centered on divine love; she wrote a book about her visions — the first book written in...
Hi friends, you are invited to come to the Cathedral of Saint Philip at 7 PM on Thursday, August 31 to celebrate the publication of The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism. Here's the write up from the Cathedral Bookstore's Website: Book Launch Celebration for: The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism by author Carl McColman...
An American, talking about Celtic spirituality at a church in Dublin? I suppose stranger things have happened! But when my good friend Fr. Jim Caffrey invited me to give a couple of talks at his parish church, it was his idea for me to share my love of the Celtic tradition. So with humility and...
Update: Our Ireland Pilgrimage is full. Please click here to be added to the waiting list. I've partnered with Zeitgeist, an Atlanta-based spiritual community, to create a special interspiritual pilgrimage to Sacred Ireland in September 2023! We'll explore sacred sites from both the pre-Christian and Christian traditions, celebrate the spiritual wisdom from Irish folklore, myth,...
For more information or to register, click here. Bede Griffiths went to India. Thomas Merton befriended the Dalai Lama. Jesuit priests like Robert Kennedy, Ruben Habito and Thomas Hand have all incorporated Zen meditation into their Christian practice. Again and again, Christian spiritual seekers and leaders have found inspiration and insight from a variety of...
Click here to register for this in-person event. Join me at the Oratory Center for Spirituality this October for a special Friday night/Saturday retreat on "the Spirituality of Social Justice." More details to come!
Richard Smoley, editor of Quest Magazine and author of books like Inner Christianity and How God Became God, recently interviewed me to celebrate the publication of The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism. A shortened form of the interview will be published in Quest, but we recorded the Zoom call and so the Theosophical Society...
The Joy of Waiting: An Online Advent Day for Silence, Respite and Reflection Saturday, December 2, 2023 9:00am―2:00pm Eastern Time (USA) Facilitated by Carl McColman Advent is a holy season of silence, waiting and preparation, but for so many of us, it is also a busy time filled with parties, concerts and hard work preparing...
Register now for THE CONTEMPLATIVE SUMMIT taking place December 7-10, 2023: https://school.spiritualwanderlust.org/a/2147724939/nYbfKp4J — and catch my talk on "The Chainsmoking Mystic" on Friday, December 8! This online event featuring some of the most respected names in the contemplative community, like Laurence Freeman, Carmen Acevedo Butcher, Ilia Delio, Jon Sweeney, and many more — including yours truly!...
Join Carl McColman as he leads a guided meditation on Aspiration and Intention to kick off the new year! This is the first of his series "24 Meditations for 2024" consisting of 24 guided meditations based on the Beatitudes, the Noble Eight-Fold Path, and the Celtic Wheel of the Year. This meditation is free but registration...
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