Fr. Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O.
Fr. Thomas Keating, a Trappist monk and a Catholic priest, was one of the principal architects and teachers of Centering Prayer and the Christian contemplative prayer movement. He was the Abbot of St Joseph’s in Spencer, Massachusetts for 20 years. Fr. Thomas was an internationally renowned theologian and accomplished author. He has traveled the world teaching about contemplative Christian practices and the psychology of the spiritual journey.
Fr. Thomas helped found the Snowmass Interreligious Conference and was a past president of the Temple of Understanding and of the Monastic Interreligious Dialogue.
For more information about Fr. Keating click the links below:
See Father Thomas Keating on the Contemplative Outreach website for a more detailed biography.
“A Life Surrendered to Love,” is an interview between Fr. Keating and Fr. Carl Arico in which Fr. Keating reflects back on his own spiritual journey and offers a blessing for the future. To quote Fr. Keating: “Let us… allow ourselves to be loved unconditionally and so be inspired to meet the real needs of everyone in the human family, past, present and to come.”