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Sangha Shantivanam of Santa Cruz

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Dec 121 min read

21st Annual Interfaith Vigil for Peace

Silence on New Year’s Eve may sound like a contradiction. It is. But as 2024 ends in a war-torn world, that is just what a large and...

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bgsangha1

Nov 292 min read

Poetry Prayer

During the Annual Camaldolese Oblate and Friends Retreat last September, our main speaker, Mary Stommes, former director of Give Us This...

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Life Witness of Fr. Jules Monchanin by Fr. Dorathick of Sangha Shantivanam India

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Oct 102 min read

Life Witness of Fr. Jules Monchanin by Fr. Dorathick of Sangha Shantivanam India

Life Witness of Fr. Jules Monchanin (Reposted by Permission from Fr. Dorathick, Newsletter 81 from Newsletter for Shantivanam Oblates and...

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Fr. Cyprian: New Secretary General of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue: Report to the 2024 Congress of Benedictine Abbots

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Oct 34 min read

Fr. Cyprian: New Secretary General of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue: Report to the 2024 Congress of Benedictine Abbots

This is republished with the permission of Fr. Cyprian. I am Cyprian Consiglio, a Camaldolese Benedictine from the central coast of...

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bgsangha1

Sep 172 min read

The Temple by Elbina Batala Rafizadeh

The third part of my reflection journal was written during my 2008 visit to Sangha Shantivanam. The Temple I think about the temple,...

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Reflection on "The Perennial Philosophy and the Unity of Religions" from "The One Light, Bede Griffiths' Principal " by Jane Dawson

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Aug 22 min read

Reflection on "The Perennial Philosophy and the Unity of Religions" from "The One Light, Bede Griffiths' Principal " by Jane Dawson

This is the first of a series of blogs that Jane Dawson, a student of Bede Griffith and member of the Sangha Service Committee, will...

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Seeking Stillness by Elbina Batala Rafizadeh

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Jul 32 min read

Seeking Stillness by Elbina Batala Rafizadeh

Seeking Stillness Bird calls wake me before dawn, an hour before Morning Prayer. I lie for a few minutes before rising from the...

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Arrival at Ananda Ashram, 2008 by Elbina Batala Rafizadeh

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Jun 132 min read

Arrival at Ananda Ashram, 2008 by Elbina Batala Rafizadeh

During June and July, I will post a section of my journal entries during my second visit to Sangha Shantivanam in January 2008, where I...

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bgsangha1

May 32 min read

"Eastering Ourselves" by Jane Dawson

Annual Sangha Shantivanam Santa Cruz Spring Retreat Despite a rainy morning, followed by coastal fog, seventeen Sangha members gathered...

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Shantivanam, Forest of Peace by Sylvia Deck

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Apr 42 min read

Shantivanam, Forest of Peace by Sylvia Deck

On the last day of 2006 a group of twenty eager pilgrims arrived in the state of Tamil Nadu, South India, to be met joyfully by Fr....

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Fr. Cyprian: talks, notes, and travelogue

bgsangha1

Mar 41 min read

Fr. Cyprian: talks, notes, and travelogue

Please read about Fr. Cyprian's descriptions in his blogpost over the past month while in India. You can scroll down for earlier posts...

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Oblate Ceremony Reminisces by Steven Hendrickson

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Mar 2, 20231 min read

Oblate Ceremony Reminisces by Steven Hendrickson

With God’s grace and help. I am now an Camaldolese Oblate. The ceremony went very well, and much love and beauty were ever present. Fr....

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New Year's Eve Interfaith Peace Vigil 2004 - 2019

bgsangha1

Feb 8, 20231 min read

New Year's Eve Interfaith Peace Vigil 2004 - 2019

Sangha Shantivanam hosted the first New Year’s Eve Interfaith Vigil for Peace in 2004. Since it occurred just five days after the...

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Contemplation and Dialogue by Cyprian Consiglio

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Jan 24, 20232 min read

Contemplation and Dialogue by Cyprian Consiglio

Fr. Bede Griffiths

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19th Annual Interfaith New Year's Eve Peace Vigil

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Dec 5, 20222 min read

19th Annual Interfaith New Year's Eve Peace Vigil

Sangha Shantivanam of Santa Cruz held a successful New Year's Vigil held in person at the Holy Cross Parish Hall and attended by Zoom...

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17th New Year’s Eve Interfaith Vigil For Peace

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Dec 5, 20222 min read

17th New Year’s Eve Interfaith Vigil For Peace

“First Night”, a city-wide celebration of the arts held on New Year’s Eve, began in 1996. Holy Cross Church showcased performing artists....

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