Contemplation As a Way of Being in the World

Reflections by: Catherine Bertrand, SSND and Marie McCarthy, SP

For the past three years LCWR members have been engaging in a contemplative process as a part of all our LCWR gatherings. As we continue to try to deepen and strengthen this process of engagement it seemed helpful to step back and reflect on the why and the how of contemplative engagement. The following reflection offers one way of looking at what is involved in taking a contemplative stance.