Event Category Archives: Lecture

Vessel of Voices: The Call of a Spiritual Writer with Jessie Bazan

Apr 7th, 2019 | 7:00 pm

• Venue: Abbey Chapter House
• Categories: Lecture
• Tags: Jessie Bazan, spiritual writing, Sunday at the Abbey, writing

Jessie Bazan will present "Vessel of Voices: The Call of a Spiritual Writer" as part of the Sunday at the Abbey series on Writing as a Spiritual Practice.

Writing to Reveal the Holy in Brokenness with Susan Sink

Feb 17th, 2019 | 7:00 pm

• Venue: Abbey Chapter House
• Categories: Lecture
• Tags: Saint John's Abbey, spiritual practice, Sunday at the Abbey, Susan Sink, writing

Susan Sink, former Resident Scholar and current Communications Associate at the Collegeville Institute, will present in the "Sunday at the Abbey" series on Writing as a Spiritual Practice.

Catholics and Evolution before Vatican II

Feb 14th, 2019 | 4:15 pm

• Venue: Quadrangle 346
• Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
• Tags: evolution, Resident Scholar, Thursday Forum

Resident Scholar Jim Hofmann will be presenting on "The Legacy of Natural Species and Substantial Form for Thomistic Evolution."

Words and the Word: The Writer as Seeker and Servant with Dorothy Bass

Nov 11th, 2018 | 7:00 pm

• Venue: Abbey Chapter House
• Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
• Tags: Dorothy Bass, spiritual practice, Sunday at the Abbey, writing

Dorothy Bass will present on Sunday, November 11 as part of Saint John Abbey’s “Sunday at the Abbey” series on Writing as a Spiritual Practice.

A Writer’s Journey: Benedictine Values as Muse with Kathleen Norris

Oct 21st, 2018 | 7:00 pm

• Venue: Abbey Chapter House
• Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
• Tags: Kathleen Norris, Saint John's Abbey, spiritual practice, Sunday at the Abbey, writing

Kathleen Norris, acclaimed author and Fall 2018 Resident Scholar at the Collegeville Institute, will present "A Writer's Journey: Benedictine Values as Muse."

The Unbearable Sadness of Being Gollum: Envy as Insatiable Desire

Oct 18th, 2018 | 12:30 pm

• Venue: Collegeville Institute
• Categories: Lecture, Weekly Meditation
• Tags: envy, Lord of the Rings, sadness, short-term residencies, Tolkien

The Collegeville Institute will host an invitation-only luncheon presentation featuring the work of short-term resident scholar, Dr. Craig Boyd.

Ascetical Reading at Mar Behnam Monastery 

Apr 10th, 2018 | 3:30 pm

• Venue: HMML Reading Room
• Categories: Lecture
• Tags: Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, HMML, Iraq, resident scholars

Resident Scholar Dr. Robert Kitchen will describe how the practice of ‘ascetical reading’ enables readers to experience texts on a deeper level, drawing on his scholarship of the digitized library from Mar Behnam Monastery near Mosul, Iraq.

Hindu Monks and Missionaries in late Modernity

Apr 4th, 2018 | 7:45 pm

• Venue: Quadrangle Building 264
• Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
• Tags: Hinduism, lecture, Missionaries, Modernity

Resident Scholar Dr. Reid B. Locklin will present a lecture on April 4, 2018 exploring theologies of several Hindu missionaries in the modern era.

The Migrant’s Double Vision

Mar 22nd, 2018 | 7:45 pm

• Venue: Quadrangle Building 170, Founders Room
• Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
• Tags: Jaisy A. Joseph, migrants, Pope Francis

Resident Scholar Jaisy A. Joseph will deliver a lecture on Pope Francis' notion of "culture of encounter," exploring how double vision of migrants in particular is an important catalyst for theological reflection.

Shusaku Endo as a Theologian of the Cross

Feb 15th, 2018 | 7:45 pm

• Venue: Quadrangle Building 264
• Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
• Tags: Lutheran, Shusaku Endo, Toshihiro (Toppo) Takamura

In this lecture, Resident Scholar Toshihiro (Toppo) Takamura will share a Lutheran interpretation of Shusaku Endo's novel Silence and its theology of the cross.