Vision for a Contemplative Community in the Twin Cities

In support of those who feel called to a contemplative way of life, a small group of people from the Twin Cities area is meeting regularly to form a lay-contemplative community in the Twin Cities, MN. 

We come together in the name of God, in witness to our common calling to seek and serve God through a contemplative way of life.

We are starting with informal monthly meetings.  The meetings include a period of prayer, a scriptural meditation or other pertinent reading (from Thomas Merton, Thich Nhat Hanh, or other contemplative authors) and include time for discussion on what contemplative community means to us and how we strive to live it.

Future components we hope to add include common meals, social time, perhaps a group retreat.

Eventually, through such regular practices, this community hopes to provide a place for those who wish to declare and confirm themselves as persons seeking God through a contemplative way of life.