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Notes On Contemplation

Next Meeting: May 9th

April 13, 2018 by Bill Leave a Comment

At our April 11th meeting, we finished the book Love and Living. Also, we ate some of the best oatmeal cookies we’ve ever had – baked and brought by Karen. Thank you! For our Wednesday, May 9th, meeting we will begin discussing the Thomas Merton book The Inner Experience: Notes On Contemplation, which will be … [Read more…]

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