Jane Dawson, one of the Sangha's residence poets, has offered her leadership talents through the development of our Program offerings...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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....

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

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....

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

Fr. Bede Griffiths

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...

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