Pope Leo XIV, “Message to the Jubilee of Seminarians, June 24, 2025”

Thomas A Kempis, Solitude and Silence: The Cloister of the Hear 

Barbara Peacock, Soul Care in African American Practice

Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines

Bethany Hoang, Deepening the Soul for Justice

Robert Cardinal Sarah with Nicolas Diat, The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise

Ruth Haley Barton, Invitation to Silence and Solitude 

Practicing the Way, “The Solitude Practice”

From the Center for Christianity and Public Life

Michael Wear, The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life

James Catford, “Spiritual Formation for Activists,” talk given at the Center for Christianity and Public Life’s 2024 summit

From Renovaré

Richard Foster, "Finding Freedom in Solitude and Silence"

Henri Nouwen, "Bringing Solitude into Our Lives" 

Thomas Kelly, "Room for the Infinite" 

From Arrabon:

“The Winding Road” Six-Week Devotional series 

The Prayer of Examen: A daily prayer of reflection

From The Martin Institute:

Conversations Journal: "Gifts from the Monastery: Solitude and Silence"

Dallas Willard, "The Specific Disciplines: Solitude, Silence, and Fasting" 

Steve Porter, "Spiritual Formation and the Social Justice Turn" 

Celebrating Spiritual Disciplines: A Solitude Exercise