From its earliest years, The Contemplative Society has carried a strong audio ministry, first through cassette tapes of Cynthia Bourgeault’s talks and retreats in the late 1990s, and now through a continuing online audio store. Over time, this ministry has evolved from mailing out series like “The Contemplative Journey,” “From Healing to Holiness,” and “Essentials of Benedictine Spirituality” on tape, to carefully editing and releasing retreat recordings such as “In the Wake of St. Brendan” and “The Holy Trinity & the Law of Three,” alongside teachings from other Wisdom voices. Sustained largely by committed volunteers and donors, the audio work has always been about one thing: making high‑quality contemplative teaching accessible to anyone with ears to hear, regardless of geography. The current digital catalog stands in direct continuity with those early tape sets offered through simple mail‑order, bearing witness that the audio ministry has been one of the Society’s primary offerings since its founding and remains a vital way of sharing this Wisdom stream today. Over time, this section will also become a home for interviews, conversations, and podcasts featuring Cynthia that can be appropriately linked or archived, gathering as much of her recorded voice as possible into one place.
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S04-SS01-F01: The Contemplative Society Audio Ministry
On The Contemplative Society's current store page, you can click the ‘Cynthia Bourgeault’ tab to find a chronological list of her audio and video teachings hosted by The Contemplative Society, reaching back to 1998. While every effort has been made to preserve these recordings, some items offered in earlier years have been lost. For a glimpse into our beginnings, you can also visit an archived version of our 2001 audio store, when we were still mailing cassette tapes to members.
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S04-SS01-F01-I01: Audio Tapes, view of TCS's original digital storefront, (2002 April 6)
S04-SS01-F01-I02: Reflection from Brian Puida Mitchell on TCS's Audio Ministry, (2016 November 17)
S02-SS01-F01-I03: Letter from Cynthia Bourgeault on TCS's Audio Ministry, (2016 November 17)
S02-SS01-F01-I04: The Contemplative Store (current and ongoing)
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S04-SS01-F02: Other Audio
Please note: Online media changes over time and files may be lost. We do not own the copyright for materials in S04-SS01-F02 (Other Audio) or S04-SS02 (Video); we simply link to the original sources for access and reference. Because of this, we cannot guarantee ongoing digital preservation of these files. If you encounter a broken link, please let us know so we can update our references. If the identification number is not linked (underlined), the talk is no longer available online.
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S04-SS01-F02-I01: St. Matthew-in-the-City talk with Cynthia Bourgeault (2009)
S04-SS01-F02-I02: The Wisdom Teachings of Jesus: Beyond Belief and Into Practice, Sounds True (2011)
S04-SS01-F02-I03: Cynthia’s beautiful and bold sermon delivered on Palm Sunday, Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver, BC Canada (2011 April 17)
S04-SS01-F02-I04: Jean Ferca with Cynthia Bourgeault discussing The Meaning of Mary Magdalene, Wisconsin Public Radio (2011 April 27)
S04-SS01-F02-I05: When Two Become One: Love Beyond Death, Sounds True (2012 October 16)
S04-SS01-F02-I06: Love is Stronger than Death: The Mystical Union of Two Souls, Interview with Patricia Albere and Cynthia Bourgeault (2012)
S04-SS01-F02-I07: The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity: Interview with Patricia Albere and Cynthia Bourgeault (2013)
S04-SS01-F02-I08: The Epicentre of Christianity is Love, Sermon Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver BC (2013 April 17)
S04-SS01-F02-I09: The Eye of the Needle and the Cave of the Heart: Cultivating a Pure and Single Heart in a World Stuffed Full of Way-Too-Muchness, Interview with Terry Patten (2014)
S04-SS01-F02-I10: Encountering the Integral Christ in Evolutionary Dialogue, Interview with Terry Patten (2014)
S04-SS01-F02-I11: The Holy Trinity and the Law of Three, Friends of Silence, (2014 November 24)
S04-SS01-F02-I12: Love is Stronger Than Death, ​Interview with Rev. John Paul Roach, World Spirituality (2015)
S04-SS01-F02-I13: Three-Centered Knowing: A Wisdom and Sacred Movement School, Friends of Silence, (2016 April 19)
S04-SS01-F02-I14: Wisdom Ingathering: on Teilhard de Chardin, Friends of Silence, Stonington, (2016 June 16)
S04-SS01-F02-I15: Enneagram in Motion, the “co-teaching” files feature Cynthia, Friends of Silence, (2017)
S04-SS01-F02-I16: The Power Of Contemplative Prayer: Christian Nonduality And Attention Of The Heart, World Community for Christian Meditation, St. James Priory (2016 November 8)
S04-SS01-F02-I17: Contemplate This!, Interview with Thomas J Bushlack, Insight Timer (2017)
S04-SS01-F02-I18: Fall Tridium Sermon, Chichester Cathedral in West Sussex, UK (2017 November 5)
S04-SS01-F02-I19: Buddha at the Gas Pump (2017 October 3)
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The Contemplative Society
PO Box 23031, Cook St RPO
Victoria, BC V8V 4Z8
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