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*Poetry and Art
5 Why Guide
5 Why Process Guide
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A Call to Transformation
A Journey to the River’s Edge
A Quest For A Common Meaning
A Time of Chaos
A Time of Chaos-ICCD’s Response
About
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Alert to the Stirring of God
Alert to the Stirrings of God
An Incredible Time
An Incredible Time – Contemplative Leadership at the Edge of Transformation
An Incredible Time – Contemplative Leadership at the Edge of Transformation
An Opening to the Wisdom of the Spirit
Annotated Bibliography
Archives
Band of Sisters
Book Club
Brochure for ICCD Programs
Call to Action Keynote – Societal Impasse
Cart
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Chris Bache
Church
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Circle Updates
Co
Coffee & Tea Party
Coffee & Tea Party
Con
Consciousness
Consciousness
Constance FitzGerald, OCD
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Contemplation
Contemplation in Action
Contemplation: Birthing Perspective, Belonging and Prophecy
Contemplative Practice
Contemplative Sitting Meditation for February 2022
Contemplative Sitting Meditation for November 2021
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Contemplative Sitting Meditation for September 2021
Contemplative Sitting Network
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Cosmology and Christianity Invitation or Impasse
Cosmology and Christianity: Invitation or Impasse
Critiques & Challenges
Crucible for Change
Crucible for Change
Crucible for Change
Crucible for Change Thank You Page
CSN Reflection for August 2020
CSN Reflection for August 2021
CSN Reflection for October 2021
Dashboard
Deepening Contemplation
Deepening One’s Contemplative Practice…Necessary for the Transformation of Our Time
Describing Contemplation
Describing Dialogue
Describing Impasse
Describing Impasse
Desire, Darkness, and Hope: Theology in a Time of Impasse: Engaging the Thought of Constance FitzGerald, OCD
Dialogue
Dialogue
Dialogue and Mom’s Hash
Dialogue Practice
Downloads
Engaging In Deepening Conversation
Engaging in Deepening Conversation
Enter the Chaos
Enter the Chaos Flier
Enter the Chaos Integration
Enter the Chaos Program Information
Enter the Chaos Registration and facilities
Enter the Chaos: Engage the Difference to Make a Difference Color Flier
Enter the Chaos: Engage the Difference to Make a Difference Programs
Enter the Chaos: Engage the Differences to Make a Difference
Enter the Choas
Envisioning the Future & Living from a Contemplative Heart
Events
Evolution Unfolding
Exercising Contemplative Power
Exercising Contemplative Power – Cynthia Bourgeault
Exercising Contemplative Power 2012 Convening
Exercising Contemplative Power Conference 2013
Exercising Contemplative Power Introduction
Exercising Contemplative Power Program
Exercising Contemplative Power Reflections
Exercising Contemplative Power Reflections
Exploring Exercising Contemplative Power…
Finding Our Balance
Finding Our Balance
Finding Our Balance
Finding Our Balance in the Political Landscape
Finding Our Balance in the Political Landscape
Finding Your Balance-The 5 Whys
Five Why Process
From a Contemplative Heart
From Impasse to Prophetic Hope: Crisis of Memory
Gallery of Pictures
GDPR – Request power forms data
Global Climate Change
Global Climate Change
Global Sisters Reflections
Global Sisters Report Videos
Globalization
GSR Reflections Blog
Home
Hope in times of Impasse
Hope in Times of Impasse
How to do it?
How to Throw a Coffee & Tea Party
How to Throw A Party
How to Throw a Party
How We Got to Where We Are?
However Long the Night: LCWR and the investigation
Human Development Article
Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking
ICCD Flipbook
ICCD Flipbook
Immigration
Immigration
Impase 2 Spanish
Impase Spanish 1
Impase Spanish 3
Impasse
Impasse
Impasse & Opportunity
Impasse 1 French
Impasse and Dark Night
Impasse and the Dark Night
Inequality
Instructor Registration
Integration
Integration
Invitation to a Coffee and Tea Party
Join Us
LCWR Address – Ecclesial Impasse
LCWR Book 1 and 2
Leadership In A Time of Chaos…Are You Ready
Learning Laboratory
Living Contemplatively
Living in a Time of Transition
Living in the Time of Transition
Living Through Impasse
Living Through Impasse
Living Through Impasse
Log In/Register
Looking More Deeply into Impasse
Looking More Deeply into Impasse
Margaret Galiardi, OP
Margaret Galiardi, OP
Members
Metaphor of the Snail
Middle East
Middle East
Mission
Moment Alive with Beginning
Moment Alive with Being
Monthly CSN Reflection
Musings for the Moment
Musings for the Moment Lent 2022
My account
Nancy Sylvester, IHM
Nancy Sylvester, IHM
New Creation Story
New Home
New ICCD Brochure
New Landing Page
Newsletters
Our Political Reality
Paradox to Hope
Password Reset
Payment Options for Enter the Chaos
Payment Options for Enter the Chaos….
Poetry and Contemplation
Political Climate
Political Climate
Profile
Programs
Quantum Leap Conference
ration
Readings
Readings and Organizations
Reflections
Register
Register
Registration Form for Beech Grove
Registration Form for Beech Grove, IN
Registration Form for Donaldson, IN
Registration Form for Dubuque, IA
Registration Form for Event
Registration Form for Fremont, CA
Registration Form for Mankato, MN
Registration Form for Notre Dame
Registration Form for San Antonio, TX
Resist
Resources
Responding to the Polarities of Our Time from a Contemplative Heart
See Through the Glass Darkly
Seeds on the Winter Snow: The New Year Doesn’t Feel Very New
Seeing in a New Way
Seeing in a New Way
Seeing in New Ways
Seeing through a Glass Darkly
Shifting Worldviews
Shifting Worldviews
Shop
Sign Up TODAY!
Special Thanks
Spiral Dynamics Integral
Staff
Steeping Into the Fire (Humanity’s Collective Struggle to Awaken to Wisdom)
Stepping Into the Fire
Student Registration
Subscription Settings
Sustainability Crisis
Taking a Long Loving Look at the Real
Taking a Long, Loving Look at the Real
Taking a Long, Loving Look at the Real
Talks
Talks
Talks
Thank You
The Art of Dialogue Demands a Contemplative Heart
The Art of Dialogue Demands a Contemplative Heart
The Call to be a Mystic
The Call to be a Mystic
The Call to Hear the Other’s Voice
The Challenge of Engaging Impasse
The Future Needs Us to Say ‘Yes’
The New Creation Story
The Quest for Common Meaning
The Quest for Common Meaning
The Religion-Science Dialogue
The Revolution That Begins Within
This Moment Calls For A New Consciousness: Becoming An Anti-Racist
This Moment Calls for a New Consciousness: Embracing Diverse Worldviews
This Moment Needs Transformational Leaders
Time to Renew Your Contemplative Journey this
Time to Renew Your Contemplative Journey This Lent
Tonglen
Training Seminar
Transformation in a Time of Uncertainty
Transformative Power of Communal Contemplation
U.S. Catholic Interviews
Ukrainian Prayer
User Groups
Vernice Solimar, PhD
Vernice Solimar, PhD
Video Five: What is the Relationship Between Contemplation and Transformation? continued
Video Four: What is the Relationship Between Contemplation and Transformation?
Video One: What Drew You to Contemplation?
Video Six: Contemplative Practice
Video Three: What is Contemplation?
Video Two: What Drew You to Contemplation, continued
Vision
Wednesday Prayer for Ukraine
What Drew Me to Contemplation?
What is Contemplation?
What is it?
What is it?
What is it?
What is it?
What is it?
What Is Spiral Dynamics Integral?
White Supremacy and the Transforming Power of Contemplation
Why Contemplation?
Why Society Needs Communal Contemplation & Dialogue
Why Spiral Dynamics Integral?
Witness and Grace Video One

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Priests’ Meeting Put Into Practice Living Synodality In a Polarized World

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These reflections by Nancy Sylvester, IHM, first appeared in Global Sisters Report (GSR) under Contemplate This. GSR is a dynamic online community of the National Catholic Reporterthat reports on and gives voice to women religious around the world. https://www.globalsistersreport.org

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