Thomas Keating

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Fr. Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O. (born 1923) is a Trappist monk (Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance) and priest. He was born in New York City, and attended Deerfield Academy, Yale University, and Fordham University, graduating in December 1943. He is a founder of the Centering Prayer movement and of Contemplative Outreach, Ltd.

Life

Keating entered the Cistercian Order in Valley Falls, Rhode Island in January, 1944. He was appointed Superior of St. Benedict’s Monastery, Snowmass, Colorado in 1958, and was elected abbot of St. Joseph's Abbey, Spencer, Massachusetts in 1961. He returned to Snowmass after retiring as abbot of Spencer in 1981, where he established a program of ten-day intensive retreats in the practice of Centering Prayer, a contemporary form of the Christian contemplative tradition.

He is one of three architects of Centering Prayer, a contemporary method of contemplative prayer, that emerged from St. Joseph's Abbey in 1975. Frs. William Menninger and Basil Pennington, also Cistercian monks, were the other architects. In 1984, along with Gustave Reininger and Edward Bednar, he co-founded Contemplative Outreach, Ltd., an international, ecumenical spiritual network that teaches the practice of Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina, a method of prayer drawn from the Christian contemplative tradition. Contemplative Outreach provides a support system for those on the contemplative path through a wide variety of resources, workshops, and retreats. Fr. Keating also helped found the Snowmass Interreligious Conference in 1982 and is a past president of the Temple of Understanding and of the Monastic Interreligious Dialogue among other interreligious activities.

Fr. Keating lives at St. Benedict's Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado.

Bibliography

Books

*"Crisis of Faith" (1979) ISBN 0-932506-05-4
*"Finding Grace at the Center" (1979) ISBN 0-932506-00-3
*"Heart of the World" (1981) ISBN 0-8245-0014-8
*"And the Word Was Made Flesh" (1982) ISBN 0-8245-0505-0
*"Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel" (1986) ISBN 0-8264-0696-3
*"The Mystery of Christ: The Liturgy as Spiritual Experience" (1987) ISBN 0-8264-0697-1
*"Heart of the World: Spiritual Catechism" (1988) ISBN 0-8245-0903-X
*"Mystery of Christ" (1988) ISBN 0-916349-41-1
*"Awakenings" (1990) ISBN 0-8245-1044-5
*"Kundalini Energy and Christian Spirituality: A Pathway to Growth and Healing," by Philip St Romain, illus. Thomas Keating (1991) ISBN 0-8245-1062-3
*"Reawakenings" (1991) ISBN 0-8245-1149-2
*"Invitation to Love: The Way of Christian Contemplation" (1992) ISBN 0-8264-0698-X
*"Intimacy with God" (1994) ISBN 0-8245-1588-9
*"Loving Search for God: Contemplative Prayer and "The Cloud of Unknowing,"," with William A. Meninger (1994) ISBN 0-8264-0682-3
*"Crisis of Faith, Crisis of Love" (1995) ISBN 0-8264-0805-2
*"Active Meditations for Contemplative Prayer" (1997) ISBN 0-8264-1061-8
*"The Kingdom of God is Like..." (1997) ISBN 0-8245-1659-1
*"Centering Prayer in Daily Life and Ministry", co-edited with Gustave Reininger (1998) ISBN 0-8264-1041-3
*"The Diversity of Centering Prayer" (1998) ISBN 0-8264-1115-0
*"The Human Condition: Contemplation and Transformation" (Wit Lectures) (1999) ISBN 0-8091-3882-4
*"Journey to the Center: A Lenten Passage" (1999) ISBN 0-8245-1895-0
*"The Better Part: Stages of Contemplative Living" (2000) ISBN 0-8264-1229-7
*"Fruits and Gifts of the Spirit" (2000) ISBN 1-930051-21-2
*"St. Therese of Lisieux: A Transformation in Christ" (2000) ISBN 1-930051-20-4
*"Divine Indwelling: Centering Prayer and Its Development," with George F. Cairns, Thomas R. Ward, Sarah A. Butler, Fitzpatrick-Hopler (2001) ISBN 1-930051-79-4
*"Sundays at the Magic Monastery: Homilies from the Trappists of St. Benedict's Monastery" with William Meninger, Joseph Boyle, and Theophane Boyd (2002) ISBN 1-59056-033-7
*"Transformation of Suffering: Reflections on September 11 and the Wedding Feast at Cana in Galilee" (2002) ISBN 1-59056-036-1
*"The Daily Reader for Contemplative Living: Excerpts from the Works of Father Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O. : Sacred Scripture, and Other Spiritual Writings" (2003) ISBN 0-8264-1515-6
*"Foundations for Centering Prayer and the Christian Contemplative Life: Open Mind, Open Heart, Invitation to Love, Mystery of Christ" (2003) ISBN 0-8264-1397-8
*"Manifesting God" (2005) ISBN 1-59056-085-X
*"Active Prayer: On Retreat with Father Thomas Keating" (2005) ISBN 0-8264-1783-3
*"Centering Prayer: On Retreat with Father Thomas Keating" (2005) ISBN 0-8264-1780-9
*"Lectio Divina: On Retreat with Father Thomas Keating" (2005) ISBN 0-8264-1782-5
*"Welcoming Prayer: On Retreat with Father Thomas Keating" (2005) ISBN 0-8264-1781-7

Audio/Video

*"Contemplative Prayer" (Audio, 1995) ISBN 1-56455-324-8
*"The Contemplative Journey" (Audio, 1997) ISBN 1-56455-537-2
*"The Contemplative Journey," Vol. 2 (Audio, 1997) ISBN 1-56455-538-0
*"Searching for God in America" (Video, 1997)
*"The Contemplative Journey" (Audio CD) (2005) ISBN 1-59179-335-1
*"Contemplative Prayer: Traditional Christian Meditations for Opening to Divine Union" (Audio CD) (2005) ISBN 1-59179-306-8

Translations

*"El Centro Del Mundo" (1993) ISBN 950-512-235-7
*"Invitacion a Amar," trans. Mercedes Cesar & Maria E. Steffens (1998) ISBN 0-8264-1093-6
*"Misterio de Cristo" ed. Maria E. Steffens (1999) ISBN 0-8264-1173-8
*"Mente Abierta, Corazon Abierto" trans. Ilse Reissner (2001) ISBN 0-8264-1341-2
*"Poziv na ljubav (2002) - Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
*"Otvorena svijest otvoreno srce" - Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
*"Kristovo otajstvo - liturgija kao duhovno iskustvo" (2003) - Zagreb (Croatia)
*"Nyitott tudat, nyitott szív" (2006) - Budapest

econdary source

*"The three spirits of the dark night of sense: A contemporary laywoman's experience (John of the Cross, Saint, Thomas Keating, Michael Washburn)," by Debra J. Harmon . (Dissertation, Loyola University of Chicago, 2005) ISBN

External links

* [http://www.centeringprayer.com/cntrgpryr.htm Contemplative Outreach]
* [http://dendurent.com/Invite/invite.htm Summary of "Invitation to Love"]
* [http://www.onetheproject.com ONE: The Movie] Participation in