http://www.ai.edu RSS feeds for Aquinas Institute of Theology 60 http://www.ai.edu/AboutUs/PressReleases/tabid/69/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/44/Dominican-Vicar-to-the-Arab-World-To-Visit-Aquinas-October-18-2007.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.ai.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=69&ModuleID=402&ArticleID=44 http://www.ai.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=44&PortalID=0&TabID=69 http://www.ai.edu/AboutUs/PressReleases/tabid/69/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/44/Dominican-Vicar-to-the-Arab-World-To-Visit-Aquinas-October-18-2007.aspx Jean-Jacques Pérennès, O.P., vicar for the vicariate to the Arab World of the Dominican province of France, will visit Aquinas Institute of Theology October 18, 2007. The vicariate includes missions in Algeria, Egypt and Iraq. Father Pérennès currently lives and works at the Dominican Institute of Oriental studies in Cairo, Egypt. He holds a Ph.D. in economics with an emphasis on development, and worked in Algeria for 10 years with Dominican Bishop Pierre Claverie before being named by Timothy Radcliffe, then Master of the Dominican Order, as his Assistant for the Apostolic Life and Promoter of Peace and Justice. After Bishop Claverie’s assassination by extremists in 1996, Father Pérennès took time to further study Claverie’s significance as a promoter of peace and understanding in a turbulent world, eventually writing a book about Bishop Claverie’s life and thought which has now been translated into English as A Life Poured Out. Jean-Jacques Pérennès is coming to the United States to talk about the situation in the Middle East, the role of the Dominicans in that region, and about Bishop Pierre Claverie’s life and legacy as a witness to peace and interreligious solidarity. SuperUser Account Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:29:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:44 http://www.ai.edu/AboutUs/PressReleases/tabid/69/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/45/New-Book-by-Professor-Mary-Margaret-Pazdan-OP.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.ai.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=69&ModuleID=402&ArticleID=45 http://www.ai.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=45&PortalID=0&TabID=69 http://www.ai.edu/AboutUs/PressReleases/tabid/69/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/45/New-Book-by-Professor-Mary-Margaret-Pazdan-OP.aspx Mary Margaret Pazdan, O.P., Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies at Aquinas Institute of Theology has written Becoming God’s Beloved in the Company of Friends: A Spirituality of the Fourth Gospel. Spiritually inviting and personal in its appeal, the book rests upon sound scholarship and uses the fourth Gospel as a call to discipleship and life as a member of the Christian community. Becoming God’s Beloved in the Company of Friends: A Spirituality of the Fourth Gospel is published by Cascade Books. SuperUser Account Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:30:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:45 http://www.ai.edu/AboutUs/PressReleases/tabid/69/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/46/Aquinas-Institute-of-Theology-to-Host-Professional-Day-Workshop-for-Spiritual-Directors-February-8-10-2008.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.ai.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=69&ModuleID=402&ArticleID=46 http://www.ai.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=46&PortalID=0&TabID=69 http://www.ai.edu/AboutUs/PressReleases/tabid/69/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/46/Aquinas-Institute-of-Theology-to-Host-Professional-Day-Workshop-for-Spiritual-Directors-February-8-10-2008.aspx Spiritual Director’s Professional Day and Workshop Presented by Maureen Conroy, RSM, D.Min. ____________________________________________________ February 8, 2008 – Professional Day Drinking from the Well Savoring Our Experiences of God and Spiritual Direction During this professional day participants explore one of the greatest gifts a spiritual director can offer directees: helping them to savor and deepen their own experiences of God. Areas to be considered include: • The components and dynamics of an experience of God. • The process and skills of savoring and reliving this experience. • The blessings and values of savoring an experience of God with another. • How the spiritual director’s contemplative presence affects the deepening of a directee’s experience. Through spiritual direction sessions and input, we will explore how spiritual direction is a graced way to experience, savor and respond to God’s self-communication in our prayer and lives. Professional Day Schedule – Friday, February 8, 2008 8:30 – 9:00 AM Gathering Session Begins Promptly At 9:00 AM Morning and Afternoon Refreshments and Lunch Will Be Provided 4:30 PM Session Concludes ____________________________________________________ February 8-10, 2008 – Workshop for Supervisors and Spiritual Directors The Ministry of Supervision – Companioning Spiritual Directors A Training Workshop for Supervisors and Spiritual Directors Supervision is considered vital for a spiritual directors’ total development. Although the supervision of spiritual directors has similarities with the supervision of psychological and pastoral counselors, it is unique in that it maintains a contemplative outlook and focuses on discerning interior movements in the person of the spiritual director. The supervision of spiritual directors is a process whereby the supervisor, the spiritual director – and God – look into the director’s interior space in order to sift out, in a contemplative way, the director’s interior movements. Supervision enables spiritual directors to develop a contemplative spirit and a discerning heart. As spiritual directors grow more self-aware, they are better able to help directees to stay with their own experiences of God and life. We will explore the skills of supervision through group input, shared experiences, giving special consideration to the purposes, content, and assumptions connected with the process. A contemplative model for peer group supervision will also be presented and experienced. Participants are requested to bring their own experiences of directing in order to reflect upon the supervision experience in a real and meaningful way. (This workshop will be limited to 40 participants.) Workshop Schedule – Friday February 8, 2008 to Sunday, February 10, 2008 Friday, February 8, 2008 7:00 – 7:30 PM Gathering Workshop Begins Promptly at 7:30 Pm and Concludes at 9:30 PM Saturday, February 9, 2008 Workshop Continues Promptly at 9:00 AM And Concludes At 5:00 PM Morning and Afternoon Refreshments, Lunch and Dinner Will Be Provided. Celebration of Evening Liturgy Begins At 7:00 PM, with Social to Follow Sunday, February 10 Workshop Continues Promptly at 9:00 AM and Concludes with Lunch Served at 12:30 PM ____________________________________________________ About The Presenter Maureen Conroy, RSM, D.Min., is co-director of the Upper Room Spirituality Center in Neptune, New Jersey. Her ministries include spiritual direction, the education of spiritual directors, giving directed retreats and offering workshops on spiritual direction, supervision, discernment, and holistic spirituality. Maureen has offered workshops on spirituality and spiritual direction in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe. She also teaches spiritual direction at Creighton University, Nebraska and Milltown Institute, Dublin, Ireland. Maureen holds a Masters of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry degree from St. Mary University in Baltimore, Maryland. She is the author of numerous articles and five books: Looking into the Well: Supervision of Spiritual Directors, The Discerning Heart, Experiencing God’s Tremendous Love, Growing in Love and Freedom, and Journey of Love. ____________________________________________________ Who Should Attend Spiritual directors and supervisors who desire to deepen their personal understanding of a contemplative and discerning approach to supervision are encouraged to attend. This workshop will provide an opportunity to refine both direction and supervision skills by considering the special dynamics involved in the spiritual direction process, and through participant interaction and experience sharing. ____________________________________________________ Registration Fees Professional Day – $85 Workshop – $200 Professional Day and Workshop – $285 Lodging is Available (per diem) Thursday Night – $85 Friday Night – $85 Saturday Night – $85 Registration and lodging are limited; reservations are accepted on a “first come, first serve” basis. A 25% deposit is required to reserve a place. Full payment is due January 25, 2008. To register, contact: Diane Henderson 314.256.8856 henderson@ai.edu SuperUser Account Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:31:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:46 http://www.ai.edu/AboutUs/PressReleases/tabid/69/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/47/Colleague-of-Pope-Benedict-XVI-to-Visit-Aquinas-Institute.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.ai.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=69&ModuleID=402&ArticleID=47 http://www.ai.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=47&PortalID=0&TabID=69 http://www.ai.edu/AboutUs/PressReleases/tabid/69/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/47/Colleague-of-Pope-Benedict-XVI-to-Visit-Aquinas-Institute.aspx Father Herbert Schlögel, O.P., a colleague of Pope Benedict XVI at the University of Regensburg, and Father Manfred Entrich, O.P., a staff member for the German Bishops’ Conference, will visit Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis from October 2 through October 5, 2007. Father Schlögel and Father Entrich are co-directors of the Institute for Pastoral Homiletics, a ministry of the north German Dominican Province of Teutonia. In the past two years, Aquinas Institute of Theology has jointly sponsored two events with the Institute for Pastoral Homiletics, both in Leipzig in eastern Germany. In May 2003, Sr. Mary Kay Oosdyke, O.P., as Academic Dean, and Fr. Gregory Heille, O.P., as Professor of Preaching represented the American Catholic Church at a conference on Preaching in Secular Times. In May 2007, Fr. Scott Steinkerchner, as Professor of Interreligious Dialogue, and Sr. Carla Mae Streeter, Professor of Theology, represented the American Church in a conference on Living as Christians in a Moslem environment. This October, Father Schlögel and Father Entrich will join the Aquinas Institute of Theology faculty to discuss the manner in which lay ministry is being integrated into the ecclesial life of German Catholics, and they will seek insights and perspectives on how the Catholic Church in the United States has likewise incorporated lay ministry. Fathers Schlögel and Entrich also plan to explore ways to intensify cooperation and the continued exchange of ideas over the next two years.  SuperUser Account Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:31:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:47