Integral Christianity, a New Flowering of the Spirit, will be a retreat lead by Cyprian and Br. David Steindl-Rast.

We live at a time when the evolution of human consciousness is crossing a decisive threshold. This has an impact on all areas of human concern, religion and spirituality ranking high among them. Pluralism will no longer do; we need an integral vision. The term Integral Christianity points towards an understanding of Christian faith and practice on this new level of consciousness.

None of the treasures of tradition are lost or rejected when our understanding of them changes, but we can easily get disoriented. It is like hiking in the mountains: the landscape remains the same, but our view of it changes dramatically as we climb higher. The same peaks move into a new relationship to each other, and we must stop to find again our bearings. This is what we shall attempt to do in this workshop.

Intellectual clarification will be only one aspect of our sharing. Of equal importance will be shared experience sacred music and dance, silence, prayer and meditation, singing, chanting and liturgy, holy listening. Our foremost goal will be to fill these days with joy the joy that springs from celebrating faith together and to show how we can take this joy home with us to share it with others.