|
Prayer and Spirituality Courses
Christian Spirituality
A study of the meaning and history of
Christian spirituality today.
Catholic
Social Teaching: The Underlying Spirituality (6 hours)
This course will serve as an introduction to the thought and
underpinning spirituality inherent in the wide range of Catholic
Social Teaching.
Christian Spirituality (8)
This course will explore the history and foundations of
Christian spirituality with an emphasis on the role of prayer,
discernment, and reading the signs of the times in developing a
spirituality for the 21st century.
History
of Christian Spirituality
Living
the Gospel
Scripture and
the Lectionary Cycle
An exploration of Scripture as the basis
for personal and communal prayer.
Bible
Basics and the Lectionary (6 hours)
This course is designed to help beginners gain an understanding
of our scriptures in the contextual setting of our lectionary
readings.
Hebrew
Scriptures (14 hours)
An
examination of the content and context of the first reading in
the three year Sunday lectionary cycle.
New
Testament: The Gospels (12 hours)
This course will offer a general introduction to the Gospels
that will focus on the week’s Sunday Lectionary reading.
Particular attention will be given to the literary and
contextual aspects of the texts.
Reading
the Bible--Your Questions, Real Answers (4 hours)
This
Short Course will help you get the most out of reading the
Bible.
The
Psalms As Prayer (10 hours)
This course will explore the Psalms as the staple of
Judaeo-Christian prayer.
The Word
Entrusted To You(10 hours)
Better appreciation through better understanding means better
proclamation in the liturgy and in life. Through an exploration
of the Word and the words, we come to an embodied spirituality
that continues to reveal the Christ to our world.
Understanding Islam: The
Qur'an for Bible Readers (6 hours)
This course will offer a general introduction to Islam.
The beliefs and practices of Muslims will be illustrated through
a consideration of how the Qur’an treats the biblical figures
Noah, Abraham, Mary, and Jesus. Points of similarity and
divergence between Islam and Christianity will be highlighted
and discussed.
Understanding Islam: What
Non-Muslims Should Know about Islam (5 hours)
Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world and is at the
center of some of the most important social and political issues
of our day. In the light of these current events it is essential
that non-Muslims have an accurate understanding of this often
misunderstood faith. This course will discuss six essential
aspects of Islam and consider their importance for both Muslims
and non-Muslims.
Understanding Prayer
Exploration of various methods and forms
of prayer with emphasis on developing a
deeper and more enriched prayer life.
Centering
Prayer (10 hours)
This course will introduce participants to centering prayer, a
method that assists the pray-er in
learning the art of being in God’s presence without using words
or images.
Contemplation I (8 hours)
A course designed to introduce participants to the prayer of
contemplation.
Devotional Prayer (5 hours)
A study of devotional prayer and its role in Catholic life.
Lectio
Divina:
Sipping from the Cup of Divine Wisdom (8 hours)
This course will examine an ancient form of Christian prayer
centered on the Word as a vital tool for living in the Word.
Various prayer settings and appropriate textual sources will be
explored, as participants learn a new / old way to pray.
Meditation (6 hours)
This course is an introduction to the principles and practice of
Christian meditation.
Prayer
with Mary (5 hours)
This course situates Mary within the Church as a model of prayer
and active participation in the redemption of the world. By
examining Church teaching on Mary, the course will offer the
possibility of a growing relationship with her as we too seek to
say “Yes” to God in all things.
Vocal
Prayer
Major Spiritual Writers
Close study of the lives and works of significant Christian
writers, ancient to contemporary, who serve as models of the
spiritual life.
Dorothy
Day: Her Life and Times (10 hours)
An
introduction to the life, writings and spirituality of Dorothy
Day, the founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, a movement
dedicated to nonviolence, voluntary poverty, prayer, and
hospitality for the homeless, exiled, hungry, and forsaken.
Ignatian
Spirituality: An Introduction (10 hours)
This course
will teach participants how to use the main working principles
of the spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the
Jesuits and creator of the 30-Day
Spiritual Exercises that
have transformed lives since the sixteenth century.
Introduction to Augustine of Hippo
Introduction to Benedict, Father of Western
Monasticism
(10 hours)
This course will briefly explore the history of St. Benedict, a
man who is known almost exclusively through the spirituality
taught in the Rule for Monks ascribed to him. The main
focus of the course is on exploring the Rule of Benedict as a
viable spiritual path for the diversity of Catholic faithful
today.
Introduction to Christian Mystics
Introduction
to John of the Cross (15 hours)
An
introduction to the writings of St. John of the Cross with
emphasis on
The Ascent of Mount Carmel and The Dark Night of the
Soul.
Introduction to Oscar Romero
(10 hours)
This course will explore the life, death, and spirituality of
Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, advocate of the poor
and ‘voice of the voiceless.’
Introduction to Teresa of Avila
Introduction to Thomas Merton (10 hours)
An
introduction to the life, spirituality, and writings of Thomas
Merton (1915-1968).
Spiritual Roots of Dorothy Day: The Catholic Worker Movement
(12 hours)
This course will
explore the various philosophical and religious influences
leading Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin to begin the Catholic
Worker Movement.
Thomas Merton: Contemplation in a World of Action (8 hours)
A
reflective study of the nature and practice of contemplation as
developed in the works of Thomas Merton.
Spiritual Discipline
and Practice
Focus on practical helps to guide individuals toward spiritual
growth, maturity and greater fullness of faith.
Christian
Friendship
Doctrinal Devotion
to Mary (12 hours)
This course will explain what the Church really teaches about
Mary, why it teaches these things, and explore the practical
influence they should have in our lives.
Listening
as an Art of Being (10 hours)
A
contemplative approach to communication and our relationship
with others in a culture of noise.
Proactive
Spirituality (12 hours)
This
course will identify the stages of commitment we need to focus
on in order to live our baptismal commitment in a whole,
progressive and exciting way. It is designed to empower those
who would like to live intentional spiritual lives themselves,
and help others to do so.
Spiritual Growth through
Matthew's Gospel (12 hours)
This course will present a “meditation outline” for Matthew’s
Gospel divided in four questions: Can you accept: 1. Jesus, 2.
the church, 3. the cross, and 4. faithful stewardship until
Christ comes?
Spiritual
Journaling (6 hours)
This course introduces ways of keeping a journal as a means of
self-understanding, exploring one’s inner journey an deepening
one’s relationship with God.
Spiritual
Mentoring
The Nuts and Bolts of Daily Spirituality (12 hours)
This course will identify the stages of commitment we need to
focus on in order to live our baptismal commitment in a whole,
progressive and exciting way. It is designed to empower those
who would like to live intentional spiritual lives themselves,
and help others to do so.
Viviendo Los
Sacramentos (10 horas)
Esto es un curso práctico, en como usar las gracias de todo los
siete sacramentos (¡incluyendo los que ya no han recibido!),
viviendolos todo el día, siete días de la semana.
What is
the Spiritual Journey? (8 hours)
An
opportunity for participants to examine the nature of the
classic spiritual journey in relationship to the development of
their own faith life.
Reading the Spiritual Classics
In-depth examination of timeless, classic texts of Christian
spiritual insight.
Abandonment to Divine Providence (10 hours)
An
in-depth examination of the spiritual classic by Jean-Pierre de
Caussade, an 18th century Jesuit spiritual writer, who wrote
about spiritual detachment and remaining focused in the present
moment.
Interior
Castle
The classic expression of the interior journey by Teresa of
Avila.
The Cloud
of Unknowing (10 hours)
A
study of contemplation through the anonymous 14th
century spiritual classic, The Cloud of Unknowing.
The
Ladder of Perfection
The Way
of the Pilgrim
Contemporary Studies
in Spirituality
Survey of significant approaches to understanding and
appreciating the interior dimensions of spiritual experience.
Vatican
II--What Was It All About? (4 hours)
This
Short Course will touch on the major themes of, and significant
shifts in outlook expressed in, the second Vatican Council.
Culture
and Spirituality (4 hours)
What do
spirituality and culture have to do with one another? This
course will begin to explore the concepts of culture, mission,
and inculturation, particularly addressing the impact of culture
on our own spirituality and that of those we are called to
serve. This is an exciting and rapidly developing area of
theology.
Family
Spirituality
Spirituality of Aging
Twelve-Step Spirituality
Creation
Spirituality
Spirituality of the Workplace (8 hours)
This course will explore the connection between our spirituality
and our daily work. What role does work have in your life?
How do we Christians understand spirituality? Do we attend to
the spiritual treasures of our work? What are they? How
can these riches bring about a renewed spiritual awareness?
Contemporary
Issues in Spirituality (5 hours)
What spiritual issues arise in our contemporary context? Are
they the “same thing, different day,” or are there unique
spiritual challenges for this moment in time? Could there be
spiritual issues we have yet to name? This course will explore
these questions and see how our faith can respond.
Celebrating the Single Life
Spirituality of Marriage (6 hours)
This course is a practical look at the spiritual journey
undertaken in the marriage relationship.
Hispanic
Spirituality
African
American Spirituality
Spirituality for Caregivers |
