We intend to make available, on or through this website, transcripts or recordings of each of the talks in the series.
Brief biographies of each of our past speakers are here.
Dr Esther de Waal, Contemplative Living in Today’s World:
an exploration of Benedictine spirituality
and its value for life in the modern world, 23 June 2007. An edited transcript of her talk is available here.
Fr Laurence Freeman OSB, The One-ness of Silence, 17 December 2007. A summary of his talk is available here.
Fr Richard Rohr OFM, What the Silence Reveals: the Peace and Struggle of Contemplative Prayer, 9 January 2008. Fr Richard's talk was recorded and is now available on a single CD. Order form.
Fr Richard spoke in Norwich Cathedral the following day, and that talk, Becoming Stilness, is also available via the Agape Ministries website.
Meanwhile, follow this link for the very interesting interview with Fr Richard conducted by Church Times.
Dr Cynthia Bourgeault, Putting on the Mind of Christ: transforming your consciousness through Contemplative Prayer, 20 May 2008.
Dr Bourgeault's talk was recorded on a single CD. Order form.
Jean Vanier, The Silence of Tenderness, 7th June 2008.
Jean Vanier's talk is available on 2 CDs. Order form.
Esther de Waal, Thomas Merton and the Camera as a Tool for Contemplation, 25th October 2008. This talk was not recorded.
Dr James Finley, Falling into Silence: an exploration of Thomas Merton's relevance for our time, 23 November 2008. This talk is available on CD. Order form.
Dr Cynthia Bourgeault, The Welcoming Prayer Practice and Inner Awakening, 13 December 2008. This talk is available on CD. Order form.
Daniel O'Leary: Contemplation: a way of seeing, a way of being, Wednesday 25 February 2009. This talk is available on CD. Order form.
Fr Laurence Freeman, OSB: From Duality to Trinity: Meditation and Daily Living of the Christ-Centred Way, 19 March 2009. This talk is available on CD. Order form.
Fr Timothy Radcliffe, OP: Hope: Living in the Moment, 13 May 2009. This talk is available on CD. Order form.
Most Revd Archbishop Vincent Nichols: The Lure of God, 22 October 2009. This talk is available on CD. Order form.
Metropolitan Kallistos Ware, Word and Silence in Prayer, 24 November 2009. This talk is available on CD. Order form.
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