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Lenten
Program: God's Grace
Mary
Aquin O'Neill, RSM, Ph.D.
Wednesdays, February 20, 27, March 5, 12, 2008
Morning:
11:00 a.m. - Noon
Evening: 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
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Bernard Malamud's last novel, God's
Grace, is not only a fascinating read; it also gives a contemporary
interpretation of the meaning of original sin and of the mystery
of salvation. Be prepared for a different kind of meditation
for this Lenten season! The characters created by this great
Jewish novelist stay with you. As one review says, "the
novel's fresh and pervasive humor, narrative ingenuity, and tragic
sense of the human condition make it one of Malamud's most extraordinary
books."
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Fee: $40/$50
after 02/11/08
Text: $13
Financial Assistance is Available |
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Cinema Teologico
Into Great Silence
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Film: 9:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. (with a break)
Lunch (Monastery Menu): 12:30
p.m.
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Having selected this film as one of the
best in 2007, Joseph Cunneen says of it:
…this
nearly silent documentary presents the
daily lives of the monks
in a powerfully
suggestive way. … Everything is clean, orderly,
minimal and harmonious, conveying the reality of the sacred without preaching it.
Artists,
film buffs, and retreat devotees alike will find inspiration
in this unique film, product of a film-maker's six month
stay at La
Grande Chartreuse in northeast France. Running time
2 hours, 42 min.
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Fee:
$20/$30 after 03/10/08
Financial Assistance is Available
Men
invited |
Sacrificing
Women:
Ecclesial
Language and the Second Sex
Mary Aquin O'Neill, RSM, Ph.D.
Monday, March 31, 2008
at St. Ignatius Church
7:00
p.m. – 8:30 p.m., inclusive
of discussion
Reception to follow
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The series on Sacrifice,
Holy & Unholy, begun
in the Fall, continues in the Spring. MSATCW's
contribution will be a lecture by Mary Aquin in which she examines the
resistance of some thinking women to the language of sacrifice and attempts
to retrieve an understanding of sacrifice that is compatible
with the experience, insights and aspirations of Christian women.
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Free
and open to the public |
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All Faiths Beautiful
Field Trip to American Visionary Art Museum
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
11:00
a.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
As a birthday
celebration for the love-filled Persian poet, Jelaluddin Rumi (born
800 years ago this year), Baltimore's own American Art Museum has
mounted an exhibit featuring works from Atheism to Zoroastrianism. The
exhibition is intended for "folks weary of the appropriation … of
any religion utilized as a reason for making war upon those who do
not subscribe to the same faith." The MSATCW field trip will
include time with a docent from the museum, time
for personal exploration, lunch and discussion.
There is a metered on
street parking on Key Highway and around the AVAM. If you would
like to car-pool from the Center, please indicate so on the
registration form. Car-poolers will park at MSATCW and leave at
10:30 a.m. for the AVAM.
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Fee: $10/$20 after 03/10/08,
includes museum admission
Financial Assistance is Available
Men invited
Bring
your own lunch
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Spring Retreat
Helen
Prejean, CSJ, M.A.
Marya Grathwohl,
OSF, M.A.
Friday, April 25, 2008: 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 26, 2008: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lunch
included
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 Through
provocative storytelling, spirited reflection on the Gospel and Universe
Story, and a rhythm of ritual and the arts, Helen and Marya evoke
rediscovery of the well-springs of creative compassion and courage
that dwell within us. To deepen
consciousness change and foster mutually enhancing human-Earth relationships,
we will delve into the profound links between social justice, Earth care
and personal fulfillment.
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Fee: $125/$135 after 03/10/08
Financial
Assistance is Available |
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Cinema Teologico
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
Friday, May 2, 2008
Dinner (Vintage Menu): 6:15 p.m.
Film: 7:15 p.m., followed by discussion
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Ken Burns won wide acclaim
for his video series, The War,
that ran on PBS in 2007. But, as Colman McCarthy pointed out,
there was no mention in that documentary of those whose conscience
drove them to resist the war and find alternative ways to serve the
nation. Our
offering fills that gap and reminds all that even "good wars" need
the questioning consciences of thoughtful citizens. Running
time 57 minutes.
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Fee: $20/$30 after 03/10/08
Financial Assistance is Available
Men invited |
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Reading Women
Speaking of Faith by Krista Tippett
Discussion
led by
Diane M. Caplin,
Ph.D.
Wednesdays, May 7, 21, 28, 2008
11:00 a.m. – Noon
7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
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Krista Tippett,
creator and host of a public radio program, here writes of her experiences
interviewing people about their faith. Praise
for the text has been universal. Patricia Hampl, herself a distinguished
author, says: "Krista Tippet manages to claim the middle-space—a
very large, inclusive space—where most of us live most of the
time, a place in which we must ponder and live the abiding questions
of faith, doubt and meaning that have been at the heart of human experience
from time immemorial."
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Fee: $30/$40
after 03/10/08
Text: $14
Financial Assistance
is Available
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