The Meister Eckhart Center for Catholic and Dominican Life engages the community in dialogue by integrating the Dominican values of contemplation and action with the calling to promote a more just and peaceful world. We live out this mission through professional gatherings, public events, and community initiatives around contemplation, action, and dialogue.
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What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we will reap in the harvest of action.Meister Eckhart
Our History and Work
The idea for the Eckhart Center emerged through conversations between Albertus community members that revealed a hunger to live into the Albertus story by deepening our engagement with the Dominican charism.
In Spring 2021, the College’s sponsoring congregation, the Dominican Sisters of Peace, made a generous gift to seed funding for the new Center. It was named in honor of the 14th century Dominican friar, theologian, and mystic Meister Eckhart, whose writings reveal an intimate relationship with God and a practical approach to the life of faith.
The Center and its programs launched that fall, with Dr. Edward Dunar as its inaugural director. Since then, the Center has hosted professional gatherings, public events, and conferences. It has also introduced campus initiatives such as the Green Falcons Sustainability Team, the construction of a contemplative garden, and the creation of a Christian Life and Leadership Scholars program.
About Meister Eckhart
Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) was a Dominican theologian, philosopher, and mystic. He was a student of St. Albert the Great and was influenced by St. Thomas Aquinas. He served as a prior provincial, magister at the University of Paris, and spiritual director to many Dominican friars, sisters, and lay movements. He was best known for his preaching, in which he provided theological and practical wisdom for living a life grounded in contemplation and witnessed through action.