How can staying rooted in your own faith open doors to others you never imagined?

In this session, Camaldolese monk Cyprian Consiglio reveals what it looks like to open doors between Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and beyond. Drawing on decades of interfaith dialogue, he reflects on the gifts Christianity both offers and receives—from the West’s vision of human dignity to the East’s depth of meditative technique. 

With humor and candor, he explores what it looks like to stay rooted in one’s own tradition while learning from others, and how genuine dialogue is less about agreement than about friendship and the courage to remain open.

Speaker bio: 

Cyprian Consiglio, OSB Cam, is a Camaldolese monk, musician, composer, author, and teacher. Besides his numerous musical collections, he has published five books for Liturgical Press and his latest, Rediscovering the Divine and Epiphanies of Nature and Grace for Orbis. (https://orbisbooks.com/products/epiphanies-of-nature-and-grace-12-meditations?_pos=1&_sid=dbeaa3a16&_ss=r) He has also written numerous articles on spirituality and interreligious dialogue as well as on music and liturgy. He has been to India numerous times as well as other countries in Europe, Asia, and the Mideast, performing as well as studying and teaching. He served as prior of New Camaldoli Hermitage from 2013 until 2023 and currently lives in Rome where he serves as the international Secretary General for Monastic Interreligious Dialogue for the Benedictine Confederation.