Meninger, William

Fr. William Meninger, OCSO, entered St. Joseph s Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts, in 1963. While there, he developed a contemplative prayer method based on the fourteenth-century classic The Cloud of Unknowing, leading to a prayer method called Centering Prayer. Fr. William moved from St. Joseph s Abbey to St. Benedict s Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado, in 1979, where he has served as prior and novice director. His books include "The Loving Search for God: Contemplative Prayer and the Cloud of Unknowing" and "Bringing The Imitation of Christ into the Twenty-First Century." Most recently he con...