Dear friends in Christ
We will have a full week of evening classes, starting on Monday (the 15th) with the first seminar discussion on Dante’s Purgatorio. Our text is the first half of the “cantica,” namely cantos 1-17. The seminar meets from 6:15 to 7:45 p.m. in Andrew Hall. If you read the text, you’re welcome to the conversation — it is not necessary to have read the Inferno.
A new “Doctrinal Tuesdays” class starts on September 16: a series of classes on Aquinas on faith. I will have handouts, but if you want to find it online, look for Summa theologiae II-II, question 1. (“II-II” means “Second Part of the Second Part.” This is the first question on faith.) We will meet on a number of Tuesdays but not exactly every week; for precise information check the “theology” section. The class meets for one hour, starting at 6:30 p.m., in Andrew Hall.
And finally, a new “Ethical Wednesdays” class starts on September 17. We will work our way through the ecumenical document, “Ecclesiology and Moral Discernment,” the recent agreed statement of the Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue in the USA. This statement will, I think, reward careful reading. If you come to this class you will learn about our church’s ecumenical work, what ecumenism is about, what moral formation involves, and the differences and similarities of moral formation in the Episcopal and Roman Catholic churches. You will also get to work through “case studies” on how our churches have spoken to the moral issues of migration/immigration and same-sex relations. This class will meet on a number of Wednesdays but not exactly every week; for precise information (again) watch this space or check the “theology” section of our website. Each class is one hour, starting at 6:30 p.m., in Andrew Hall.
On the web
Several of you, I know, share my love for T. S. Eliot. I’ve recently had the opportunity of learning more about “Little Gidding,” a remote church that Eliot visited a few years before he wrote his final “Little Gidding” of Four Quartets, and about Nicholas Ferrar, a deacon who moved to Little Gidding in the 17th century, restored the little church, and set up an extended Christian family/community there. You can read more about it here.
Peace
