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Abbey of the Arts
The Abbey of the Arts is a non-profit founded by Christine Valters Paintner, PhD, REACE, OblSB. It is in part a virtual monastery – existing as an online community through classes, reflections, and resources which integrate contemplative practice and creative expression. You can also join Christine in person for a variety of retreats and classes through various organizations.. For more information visit the Abbey website.
The Center for Spiritual Growth and the Contemplative Life
The Center for Spiritual Growth and the Contemplative Life is an ecumenical community in San Antonio, Texas, seeking God in the world. The staff and volunteers are committed to listening and responding to the spiritual hungers of our times by nurturing spiritual renewal and growth and by cultivating a contemplative stance toward life. They wish to live in harmony with the diversity provided us by God. For more information visit the Center website.
Grünewald Guild
Grünewald Guild awakens the creative spirit through art, faith, and community. The Guild community gathers and connects people from around the country and the globe, from the hopeful to the accomplished, artists and theologians in everyday clothes who delight in unique talents and a common mission to share their creative spirit with a world seeking nourishment. For more information visit the Guild website.
Lebh Shomea House of Prayer
Located in Wild Horse Desert, six miles due east of the small South Texas town of Sarita, the purpose of the House of Prayer is to assure a milieu and to furnish a place where a person can go off to at any time in order to be alone and pray. Lebh Shomea stresses the silent listening of the heart - contemplative prayer. For more information, visit the Lebh Shomea website.
Oriental Orthodox Order in the West
The Oriental Orthodox Order in the West is an order of sages, women and men devoted to the path of wisdom and the spiritual transformation of humanity.
Recognizing its ancient roots in the early Christianity of the East, the mission of the Order is to manifest the inner wisdom tradition of the Christian faith in its fullness, and to gather into communities of support those individuals who are making their journey into the experience of mystical Christianity.
Learn more at the website.
Praxis: The Christian Contemplative Tradition
Praxis publishes and manufactures quality materials, texts and resources for the contemporary spiritual seeker. Since the community’s small beginning over a decade ago, it has grown to publish books, educational materials, and manuals for study and reflection. The staff also offers periodic retreats and seminars at their north Texas location in Telephone as well as throughout Texas and the U.S. For more information, visit the Praxis website.
School of Wisdom and Practical Spirituality of St Mark’s Episcopal Church
Located in San Marcos, Texas, the school offers various classes to broaden one’s faith and deepen the seeker’s relationship with God. Classes are offered on a semester basis, beginning in September and January. For more information, view or download the PDF or visit the School’s web page.
Spirituality & Practice Website
The Spirituality & Practice website is devoted to resources for spiritual journeys. The site's name reflects a basic understanding: spirituality and practice are the two places where all the world's religions and spiritual paths come together. With respect for the differences among them, the site celebrates what they have in common.
Viva Arts, Books, Cafe
For over 30 years, Viva has carried a vast array of diverse books with an emphasis on spirituality and religious education and enriched the San Antonio community by offering a variety of Special Events.
Way of the Wolf Retreat Center
Nestled in the Texas Hill Country, surrounded by the beauty of Creation, the ranch in Fredricksburg provides a welcoming and peaceful place to retreat from the noise and clamor of daily life. Comfortable lodging and a beautiful chapel welcome you. If one desires, spiritual direction by a Shalem Institute trained spiritual director is available. Self-directed and group retreats offered. For more information, visit the Center's website.
The World Community for Christian Meditation
The World Community for Christian Meditation took form as a global spiritual community in 1991 and continues the 30-year-long work begun by the Benedictine monk John Main. His legacy is found in his teaching Christian meditation as part of the great work of our time of restoring the contemplation dimension of Christian faith in the life of the church. For more information, visit the Community's website.
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