Baptism and Confirmation: Patterns and Practices Anthropologists tell us that rites of initiation provide a window into the core beliefs and symbols of a culture. This course will examine the history, theology, and present practice of Christian baptism, as well as its derivative, confirmation. By considering the development of these rites, we will point towards …
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With John Dominic Crossan From Annunciation to Ascension, all the major events in Jesus’ life are directly described in the Gospels and can thence be creatively portrayed in artistic images. All events, that is, except for the most important one of them all – the Resurrection itself – which is only described indirectly by its …
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Personal and Liturgical Creative Expression   The Art and Soul Retreat is a liturgical arts retreat designed to provide opportunities to connect with the Divine through many forms of artistic expression. Within a spiritual community of love and creativity, we strive to renew our minds and inspire our hands and voices in ordinary and extraordinary …
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At a Time Like This, Who Needs Another Apocalypse? The Book of Revelation and Christian Identity Most mainline Christians either ignore or dismiss the Book of a Revelation as a violent book contrary to Jesus’ message of love. Yet popular culture and many Christian churches place its ideas and expectations front and center. This course …
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The 8-Day Directed Retreat provides you with individual direction in an environment of silence and prayer. A spiritual director meets with you each day, listens as you share your prayer experiences, helps you reflect on them and discover the path God is revealing to you. This facilitates a deepening of your relationships with God. These …
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The Epistles of Paul remain largely untouched in today’s preaching and teaching, and if we hear about Paul at all it is often through Acts. To neglect Paul effectively shortens our New Testament. This course will help us take a fresh look at Paul the Apostle and his impact on the early Church. His letters …
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Proceeding canonically, The Pentateuch is a survey course in which students examine the first five books of the canon of the ancient Israelites; the Hebrew Bible. Students will attend to the patriarchs, the earliest covenants, the exodus traditions, laws, codes and ritual of the agrarian society represented in the biblical world of the Torah. Students …
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Led by Fr. Craig Morrison, O. Carm. (Main Presenter) and the Retreat Staff Retreat begins Wednesday with Seder Meal at 5:30 PM and ends on Easter Sunday after Mass and brunch Celebrate the Christian community’s high holy days in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility with presentations to enrich one’s understanding and experience of oneself and …
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Come and enjoy the awakening earth on this guided retreat with leader Len Desroches. How do we live lovingly with each other – especially as we are divided by culture, nationality, religion and more? How do we live responsibly and lovingly with the natural world? Francis of Assisi lived by the words of the anonymous …
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Join the monastic community in a distinctive observance of the central event of the liturgical year from Maundy Thursday through Good Friday and the procession of the Cross, and onward to the exaltation of the Great Vigil and the sunrise celebration of Easter Sunday. Led By: The Monastic Community