Spiritual Radicals: Interspiritual Wisdom from Franciscan and Buddhist Spirituality

Annual Day of Reflection

Saturday, June 7, 2025
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (ET)
The Rt. Rev. Br. Mark D’Alessio  

The parallel teachings of Christ and the Buddha find a home in the spacious minds and inclusive hearts of Franciscan and Buddhist spirituality. During this contemplative day, we’ll explore how Christian saints Francis and Clare of Assisi, and Buddhist Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, invite you into the interspiritual sense that love and compassion, lifelong learning and growing, peace and social justice, and a belief that the transformation of the world begins with our own transformation, and is at the heart of all contemplative paths. Off

This program will be offered both in-person and online via Zoom. Information on how to access the program on Zoom will be sent to participants in advance.

This program will include a morning and an afternoon session of Centering Prayer.

Offering: $60, includes lunch

Scholarships are available, please contact Mike Smoolca at [email protected] for more information.

Presenter Profile

The Rt. Rev. Br. Mark D’Alessio

The Rt. Rev. Br. Mark D’Alessio is a Franciscan friar, Christian bishop and priest, ordained lay Buddhist, spiritual director, chaplain and retreat leader, author, and past president and executive director of the Psychotherapy & Spirituality Institute. A long-time seeker and practitioner of spiritual wisdom, he is ordained into multiple spiritual lineages, both East (Buddhist) and West (Christian), with a teaching ministry that affirms the Christian Wisdom tradition within a wider interspiritual framework.