SGTI is pleased to announce its next guest in the "Interspiritual Luminary" webinar series:
Rory McEntee
Contemplative activist and co-author of:
The New Monasticism: An Interspiritual Manifesto for Contemplative Living
Monday, May 23:
1:30-2:30 p.m. ET
Via Zoom
1:30-2:30 p.m. ET
Via Zoom
This webinar is now complete. You may view it in its entirety on the SGTI You Tube Channel.
https://youtu.be/aOB2bCKNGGo
In this webinar:
We are delighted to be hosting a conversation with interspiritual leader and author, Rory McEntee. Our conversation will roam through the terrain of interspirituality, the personal call to contemplation and action, and the New Monasticism. How do these orientations intersect and what do they invite us to as spiritual seekers in today's complex world?

Rory McEntee is an author, scholar, educator, and contemplative activist. As a close friend and mentee of the late Brother Wayne Teasdale, Rory helped to found the Interspiritual Movement, traveling and participating in dialogues with world spiritual leaders, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Pope Francis. Rory served as administrator for the Snowmass InterSpiritual Dialogues—a 30-year project convened by Father Thomas Keating, engaging contemplative leaders from multiple faiths in intimate dialogue and contemplative practice. As a leader in the new monastic movement, Rory is a Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Charis Foundation for New Monasticism & Interspirituality, which supports various projects in interspirituality and new monasticism, including the “Future of Religion and InterSpirituality” Dialogues, HeartFire Festivals, the Thomas Keating Interspiritual Seminars, and Charis (Inter)Spiritual Formation Program.
“We need to understand, to really grasp at an elemental level,
that the definitive revolution is the spiritual awakening of humankind.”
― Rory McEntee, New Monasticism: An Interspiritual Manifesto for Contemplative Living
About our guest (Full Bio):

Rory D. McEntee is a religion scholar and philosopher-theologian working at an intersection of contemplative life, education, social justice, and culture. Rory has taught world religions, contemporary spirituality, and philosophy at Drew University and Kean University, is co-author of The New Monasticism: An Interspiritual Manifesto for Contemplative Living (w/ Adam Bucko, Orbis Books, 2015), and is Co-Founder and Director of the Charis Foundation for New Monasticism & Interspirituality. Rory has done doctoral work in Theological and Philosophical Studies in Religion at Drew University, as well as Applied Mathematics at the University of Southern California. Previously, Rory taught mathematics and physics, and served as an administrator in secondary education. He has also led and participated in extensive dialogue work amongst contemplatives from differing religious traditions for over twenty years, including with world leaders such as the Dalai Lama and Pope Francis. You can learn more about him and his good work in the world here:
https://charisinterspirituality.org
https://charisinterspirituality.org
Watch the videos of our previous webinars with these Interspiritual Luminaries on You Tube:
Dr. Duane Bidwell:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME2UWulMrBY&t=4s
Dr. Duane Bidwell:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME2UWulMrBY&t=4s
Susan Katz Miller
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROFFI1uuDpY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROFFI1uuDpY
Imam Jamal Rahman
Dr. Beverly Lanzetta
Bayo Akomolafe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtWyYMSDD4s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtWyYMSDD4s