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Essay: The Contemplative Parish in Troubled Times: A Journey into Contemplative Resistance

Essay: The Contemplative Parish in Troubled Times: A Journey into Contemplative Resistance

by Leah Philbrick | Apr 10, 2026 | Lily & Sparrow

‘A Spiritual truth to which our culture and society have so successfully numbed us is that the contemplative life is not a luxury or a quaint pastime but a matter of grave spiritual, social, and now even planetary urgency.’  Vincent Pizzuto, Contemplating Christ:...

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