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Go Deeper - Online Courses & Talks
Courses are listed in chronological order with the most immediate appearing first.
Note: some courses book up very quickly.
Courses are listed in chronological order with the most immediate appearing first.
Note: some courses book up very quickly.
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21st January 2021, 7.30 pm GMT
“Pope Francis’s vision for the post-Covid world” is an online talk and discussion with Dr Austen Ivereigh, Francis’ biographer and collaborator on the Pope’s book Let Us Dream: the Path to a Better Future. It is recommended that participants have read the book in advance.
Please register in advance with deirdre.franklin@mic.ul.ie who will provide the Zoom link for the webinar. No charge.
“Pope Francis’s vision for the post-Covid world” is an online talk and discussion with Dr Austen Ivereigh, Francis’ biographer and collaborator on the Pope’s book Let Us Dream: the Path to a Better Future. It is recommended that participants have read the book in advance.
Please register in advance with deirdre.franklin@mic.ul.ie who will provide the Zoom link for the webinar. No charge.
21st Jan to 16th December 2021
The ecumenical World Community of Christian Meditation draws on the richness of its global community to bring inspiring and refreshing speakers from around the world to speak online about Christian meditation this year. Speakers include Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury; Herman Van Rompuy, former Prime Minister of Belgium and President of the European Council; Cynthia Bourgeault, modern-day mystic, Episcopal priest, writer, and internationally known retreat leader and advocate for Centering Prayer; Kim Nataraja, Benedictine Oblate, and former director of The World Community for Christian Meditation School of Meditation; and many more.
Note: there is a charge for attending these virtual talks, based on ability to pay. The talks can be watched live; alternatively, as each talk is recorded, they can be watched for up to a month after each event. Click here for full details.
The ecumenical World Community of Christian Meditation draws on the richness of its global community to bring inspiring and refreshing speakers from around the world to speak online about Christian meditation this year. Speakers include Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury; Herman Van Rompuy, former Prime Minister of Belgium and President of the European Council; Cynthia Bourgeault, modern-day mystic, Episcopal priest, writer, and internationally known retreat leader and advocate for Centering Prayer; Kim Nataraja, Benedictine Oblate, and former director of The World Community for Christian Meditation School of Meditation; and many more.
Note: there is a charge for attending these virtual talks, based on ability to pay. The talks can be watched live; alternatively, as each talk is recorded, they can be watched for up to a month after each event. Click here for full details.
24th Feb to 19th May 2021
The Franciscan Way: Beyond the Bird Bath offers a unique window into Franciscan thought and practice with Franciscan Richard Rohr. Step outside your comfortable ideas and habits. Move into new experiences of God, self, and others. Dive into the ocean of God’s love that knows no boundaries or limitations. There is a charge of $120 but financial assistance can be applied for up to one week before registration closes. Click here for course details.
Registration closes 17th February or as soon as the course fills, whichever comes first.
The Franciscan Way: Beyond the Bird Bath offers a unique window into Franciscan thought and practice with Franciscan Richard Rohr. Step outside your comfortable ideas and habits. Move into new experiences of God, self, and others. Dive into the ocean of God’s love that knows no boundaries or limitations. There is a charge of $120 but financial assistance can be applied for up to one week before registration closes. Click here for course details.
Registration closes 17th February or as soon as the course fills, whichever comes first.
3rd March to 9th June 2021
Cynthia Bourgeault is a long-time student of the Christian contemplative and Wisdom paths and is a core faculty member of Fr Richard Rohr’s Center for Action and Contemplation. Christian Wisdom teachings have been around since the earliest days of Christianity; Cynthia teaches from that ancient perspective in ways that suit today’s world. Arising from an in-person Wisdom School that Cynthia led for 200 students, this online course integrates her teachings and contemplative practice to offer an embodied experience. There is a charge of $195 but financial assistance may be applied for up to one week before registration closes. Click here for course details.
Registration closes 24th February 2021 or as soon as the course fills, whichever comes first.
Cynthia Bourgeault is a long-time student of the Christian contemplative and Wisdom paths and is a core faculty member of Fr Richard Rohr’s Center for Action and Contemplation. Christian Wisdom teachings have been around since the earliest days of Christianity; Cynthia teaches from that ancient perspective in ways that suit today’s world. Arising from an in-person Wisdom School that Cynthia led for 200 students, this online course integrates her teachings and contemplative practice to offer an embodied experience. There is a charge of $195 but financial assistance may be applied for up to one week before registration closes. Click here for course details.
Registration closes 24th February 2021 or as soon as the course fills, whichever comes first.
24th March to 6th July 2021
Breathing Under Water: A Spiritual Study of the Twelve Steps offers an opportunity to apply Alcoholics Anonymous’ guiding principles to your own life and addictions. The invitation is to let go of egoic attachments and step into freedom and wholeness. Richard Rohr often says, “We do not think ourselves into new ways of being; we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.” Contemplative practice and spiritual wisdom joins with time-tested steps to rewire our habitual patterns of stinking thinking. There is a charge of $120 for the course but financial assistance may be applied for up to one week before registration closes. Click here for course details.
Registration closes 17th March 2021 or as soon as the course fills, whichever comes first.
Breathing Under Water: A Spiritual Study of the Twelve Steps offers an opportunity to apply Alcoholics Anonymous’ guiding principles to your own life and addictions. The invitation is to let go of egoic attachments and step into freedom and wholeness. Richard Rohr often says, “We do not think ourselves into new ways of being; we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.” Contemplative practice and spiritual wisdom joins with time-tested steps to rewire our habitual patterns of stinking thinking. There is a charge of $120 for the course but financial assistance may be applied for up to one week before registration closes. Click here for course details.
Registration closes 17th March 2021 or as soon as the course fills, whichever comes first.
2nd June to 27th July 2021
Interior Castle is a spiritual journey through the seven mansions of St. Teresa of Ávila’s Interior Castle with James Finley and Mirabai Starr as guides. Along the way, practices of prayer, reflection, humility, and self-knowledge turn spiritual insights into experiential and embodied wisdom.
The rich, multi-media online course is based on James Finley’s many years of reading, meditating, and leading retreats on this 16th century mystic. Drawing from her work translating the Spanish text, Mirabai Starr reveals the essence of Teresa and her message.
There is a charge of $120 for the course but financial assistance may be applied for up to one week before registration closes. Click here for course details.
Please note: registration for this course does not open until 1st March 2021
Interior Castle is a spiritual journey through the seven mansions of St. Teresa of Ávila’s Interior Castle with James Finley and Mirabai Starr as guides. Along the way, practices of prayer, reflection, humility, and self-knowledge turn spiritual insights into experiential and embodied wisdom.
The rich, multi-media online course is based on James Finley’s many years of reading, meditating, and leading retreats on this 16th century mystic. Drawing from her work translating the Spanish text, Mirabai Starr reveals the essence of Teresa and her message.
There is a charge of $120 for the course but financial assistance may be applied for up to one week before registration closes. Click here for course details.
Please note: registration for this course does not open until 1st March 2021
Online Talks - available year-round. No charge.
According to the American mystic, Thomas Merton, the more we try to analyse life, the more we involve ourselves in sadness. “But it does not matter much because no despair of ours can alter the reality of things, or stain the joy of the cosmic dance which is always there. Indeed, we are in the midst of it, and it is in the midst of us, for it beats in our very blood, whether we want it to or not”. James Finley spent six years at the monastery of Gethsemane, where Thomas Merton was director of novices. He has given a series of insightful online talks and retreats on Merton’s spiritual writings.
Access the talks here. Note: the talks are in reverse chronological order, so scroll down to reach the first one
According to the American mystic, Thomas Merton, the more we try to analyse life, the more we involve ourselves in sadness. “But it does not matter much because no despair of ours can alter the reality of things, or stain the joy of the cosmic dance which is always there. Indeed, we are in the midst of it, and it is in the midst of us, for it beats in our very blood, whether we want it to or not”. James Finley spent six years at the monastery of Gethsemane, where Thomas Merton was director of novices. He has given a series of insightful online talks and retreats on Merton’s spiritual writings.
Access the talks here. Note: the talks are in reverse chronological order, so scroll down to reach the first one