Foundations in Spirituality 2023-2024
Spiritual Formation
- Date(s):
- Saturday 09/23/2023 - Saturday 05/18/2024
- Time(s):
- 10:00am - 3:00pm EST
- Price:
- $900.00
Foundations in Spirituality is a serious reflective study that opens our minds and hearts to the teachings and life examples of the great Christian spiritual teachers that continue to deepen our present spiritual journey.
Christ will make His home in your heart as you trust in Him.
Your roots will grow down into God's love and keep you strong.
- Ephesians 3:17
Explore the rich preaching of St. Dominic; the unbreakable faith of St. Teresa of Avila; the deep spirituality of St. John of the Cross; the life-giving wisdom of the Beguines; the daily prayerful life of St. Ignatius; and the lives of many more who continue to enrich our own faith and spirituality.
The course introduces the practice of contemplative prayer as grounding practices for living a richer spiritual life. Respond to the yearning in your heart for a deeper relationship with God by returning to the Foundations in Spirituality.
The objectives of this course are to:
- Grow in understanding and appreciation of the diverse ways God has been present to and involved in the lives of the great spiritual teachers and guides throughout history
- Encourage awareness, commitment to, and integration of the spiritual journey in daily life through writing and living a personal rule of life
- Develop an understanding of contemplative attitudes and presence as basic to living a spiritual life
- Provide opportunity for an introductory study of writings from the spiritual classics for the purpose of reflection, discussion, and personal appropriation
- Foster respect for the diversity in past and present theology and spirituality.
- To present basic principles and tools for discernment that are useful for personal, prayerful decision making
Dates
Foundations in Spirituality 2023-2024 will include a combination of online and in-person classes on Saturdays from 10:00am-3:00pm. We look forward to welcoming all to come together in community, in person, for 5 sessions during this year of programming.
Dates include:
- September 23, 2023 (in person)
- Oct 21 (in person)
- Nov 18 (online)
- Dec 16 (online)
- Jan 20, 2024 (in person)
- Feb 17 (online)
- Mar 16 (online)
- April 20 (in person)
- May 18 (in person)
