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Engaging the Bible as Scripture: Reading Scripture for All It’s Worth
Instructor: Dr. Barbara Green, O.P. What are the challenges of reading the Bible not simply as a wonderful (if difficult) book but also as Scripture: formative and normative, challenging and sustaining for us, despite and because of its many complexities and struggles of our lives? In an age when we may feel bored with what…
Exploring the Enneagram
La ProvidenciaWednesday, February 1st 7pm-9pm The Enneagram is one of the most profound tools for both personal and spiritual growth. We spend a lot of our time trying to figure out who we are and how we relate to others and ultimately to God. We will spend time learning how the Enneagram can help us…
Dei Verbum and the Roots of Synodality
Part of Re-energizing the Renewal: A Webinar Symposium Series to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council Speaker: Ormond Rush, STD Ormond Rush is a priest of the diocese of Townsville, Australia, with a doctorate in theology from the Gregorian University in Rome. Currently Associate Professor and Reader at Australian Catholic University, Brisbane…
Priests for the 21st Century: Revisioning Priesthood for a New Day
Moderator: Diane Vella, MA Diane Vella has served as a Lay Ecclesial Minister on Long Island for over 40 years on both the diocesan parish levels, with special interest and expertise in the fields of Adult Faith Formation and Lay Ministry Formation. For most of those years she has also served as an Adjunct Instructor…
Spirituality of Breadmaking
Sunday, February 12th 11:00 am -2:00 pm Each participant will make a loaf of bread at home while we pray and meditate together in this guided retreat. We will connect through the transformation of wheat into flour and then into nutritious loaves, good for our bodies and souls. Location: Virtual participation via Zoom.
Being the Church in the World: Joys and Griefs, Then and Now
Part of Re-energizing the Renewal: A Webinar Symposium Series to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council Speaker:Marcus Mescher, PhD Marcus Mescher, PhD, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, specializes in Catholic Social Thought and moral formation. He gives presentations to parishes and schools on a variety of topics,…
The Passion Narratives: A Paradigm for Christian Discipleship
The Passion Narratives: A Paradigm for Christian Discipleship Few biblical accounts evoke more emotion than the Passion Narratives. These accounts of Jesus’ suffering and death play a powerful and climactic role in the four Gospels, to say nothing of their liturgical role in Holy Week. Each evangelist shaped the common inherited tradition somewhat differently, even…
Lenten Day of Prayer: Remaining Present
Joan de Lourdes Room, La Providencia Center 1725 Brentwood Road, Bldg #4, Brentwood, NYSaturday, February 25th 10:00 am – 2:30 pm Kayla August integrates her background in theology, education, and preaching into her retreats. Her dynamic presence offers inspiring encounters with scripture, tradition, and how God plays an active role in our daily lives. Kayla will share on and offer the key to a transformative Lent in how…
Beyond ‘Women in the Church’: Gender and Ecclesiology Since Vatican II
Part of Re-energizing the Renewal: A Webinar Symposium Series to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council Speaker: Elyse Raby, PhD Elyse Raby is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University. A Catholic systematic theologian, she works at the intersections of ecclesiology, embodiment, and gender. She has…
The Endurance of Love in the Presence of Grief: An Evening with Jan Richardson
via ZoomWednesday, March 8th 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm “Grief is the least linear thing I know,” says Jan Richardson. As someone well acquainted with sorrow following the sudden death of her husband and creative partner, Jan has engaged the chaotic labyrinth of grief as an artist and writer, bringing poetic grace and honesty to the…