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Events at: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary

Elizabeth LiebertThe Way of Discernment

08 November 2013 8:30 am
  • Venue: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary
  • Categories: Retreat
  • Tags: decisions, discernment, retreat, spiritual direction, spiritual practices
Join Elizabeth Liebert, SNJM for a day devoted to learning about discernment through actually discerning. In this retreat/workshop participants worked through a decision they face in their life, approaching it through memory, imagination and thinking.

Pope John Paul IILiturgy as the Heart of Pope John Paul’s Social Encyclicals

03 February 2014 3:00 pm
  • Venue: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary
  • Categories: Lecture
  • Tags: encyclicals, liturgy, Pope John Paul
Presented by Charlotte Joy Martin, Collegeville Institute Resident Scholar. Cosponsored by the School of Theology·Seminary.

Driscoll, MichaelThe Embodiment of Love

13 February 2014 1:15 pm
  • Venue: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary
  • Categories: Lecture
  • Tags: eucharist, love, mystery, Pope Francis, sacrament
This lecture will discuss the Eucharist as a mystery to be believed, a mystery to be celebrated, and a mystery to be lived.

Mary SchertzArtfully Engaged in God’s Redemptive Purposes for the World

07 April 2014 3:00 pm
  • Venue: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary
  • Categories: Lecture
  • Tags: Christian formation, scripture
In this lecture and discussion, we will explore how Scripture brings us together and opens us up to the world that God loves.

Timothy SedgwickSex and other Matters

14 April 2014 3:00 pm
  • Venue: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary
  • Categories: Lecture
  • Tags: ethics, moral formation, sex
This lecture untangles the history of moral teaching in the church and asks whether differences in moral teaching should be church-dividing.

NothwehrEcological Footprints

23 April 2014 3:00 pm
  • Venue: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary
  • Categories: Lecture
  • Tags: climate change, ecology, franciscan, theology
This lecture will explore the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition and raise key questions about Christian environmental ethics.

Shelly MatthewsThe Emperor’s Deification, Ezekiel’s Vision, and Luke’s Flesh and Bones (Lk 24:39)

25 March 2015 3:00 pm
  • Venue: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary
  • Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
  • Tags: Apostle Luke, resurrection, Roman Empire
This lecture addresses the somewhat puzzling fact that the narrative of the resurrected Jesus in Luke 24 has little to say about a general resurrection

Anthony SiegristTechnoculture and Transcendence

22 April 2015 3:00 pm
  • Venue: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary
  • Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
  • Tags: literature, Margaret Atwood, science fiction, theology
This lecture will explore themes related to the doctrines of creation and eschatology emerging from Margaret Atwood’s dystopian take on modern culture.

Consonantia et Claritas Exhibit posterConsonantia et Claritas

18 October 2015 1:00 pm
  • Venue: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary
  • Categories: Art, Drama & Music, Gallery Opening, Scholar Presentation
  • Tags: gallery exhibit, Milan Spak, painting
Collegeville Institute artist in residence Milan Spak presents Consonantia et Claritas, and exhibition opening on Sunday, October 18th at the School of Theology and Seminary.

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