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iSchola app now on Android!
We are delighted to announce that our free iSchola app, launched recently on iPhone is now available for Android users. We wish that all find their way to our Oratory, the virtual chapel, and that it aids our friends in daily contemplation. iSchola is still in its early stages and any feedback would be greatly [...]
Sr. Kathleen on Cheryl’s Music Hour!
Kathleen’s beautiful music was today featured on Domestic Church Media radio along with other artists. You can listen at WFJS 1260 AM, or hear Cheryl’s full show online! We are delighted with Schola’s first foray into radio, and equally excited to kick this adventure off with Cheryl and Domestic Church Media. Schola music has been [...]
Schola Ministries iPhone App now out!
Schola Ministries are delighted to be able to share with you our virtual chapel, news and blogs via our free new iPhone application, iSchola. Technology is an important part of our ministries, a way for us to share prayer and hope, and Sr. Kathleen’s beautiful music. Any feedback at all would be greatly appreciated, and [...]
Decade 9.11, Lessons of 9.11: The Witness of Care Givers
All of us at Schola wish to acknowledge all who still bear the intimate wound of 9.11’s great wounding – the families and friends of those who perished in the attacks on our city and country. We sincerely pray that this has been a decade of healing for you and your hearts’ profound grief. As [...]
The Guild for Spiritual Guidance Announces the Appointment of Prestigious Faculty
Hudson Valley New York July 15, 2011. The Guild for Spiritual Guidance, a thirty year-old, pioneering organization in spiritual formation, transformation, and the training of spiritual guides announces the selection of faculty members for its two-year Apprenticeship Program in Spiritual Guidance. “We are pleased to announce these faculty appointments. The founders and former faculty members [...]
Could Your Worn Jeans Save the Earth?
Or at least your home? A sustainability conference, sponsored by the Sisters of the Divine Compassion, addressed different ways to save energy, money at home, in business and in government. “We’ve labored to create a Wonderland,” said Kathleen Deignan, Professor of Theology at Iona College., “but it’s brought the vital flourishing of 65 billion years of evolution to an end. We’ve moved from wonder world to waste world in two centuries. Our challenge, is to take up the great work of our age.”
Awakening and Love in Nature’s Participatory Community
Contemplative Ecopsychology and The Great Work Dr. Will W. Adams, Duquesne University Our estrangement from the rest nature clearly wreaks devastation on Earth’s natural community, and also generates immense psychological, social, and spiritual distress for humankind. The ecological crisis we are facing – or not – has emerged from a deeply rooted crisis of consciousness [...]
XII Annual Meeting of the Thomas Merton Society: 9–12 June, Chicago, Illinois
Kathleen Deignan, CND is Professor of Religious Studies at Iona College in New Rochelle, NY and director of the Iona Spirituality Institute. A member of the board of The International Thomas Merton Society, and composer in residence with Schola Ministries, her books include Thomas Merton’s Writings on Nature and Thomas Merton: A Book of Hours. [...]
Spirit Seeking: Fionnuala Gill & Friends tour
Schola Ministries are excited to announce the upcoming tour of Irish singer and harpist Fionnuala Gill & friends. Spirit Seeking: Embarking on an exceptional tour, musicians from Ireland and the United States will perform a series of special concerts. Welcome the exquisite Irish singer, harpist, and mindfulness teacher, Fionnuala Gill who will enchant us across a sacred threshold with…