2010 Summer Offerings
Health Care Ethics Workshop
Specific topics in Health Care Ethics will be addressed in this interactive workshop led by Charles Bouchard, OP, Vice President of Theology Education, Ascension Health, and a panel of health care professionals and ethicists.
Day 1 (July 15) What Kind of Death? Emerging Issues in Care for the Dying and Chronically Ill
This is a daylong focus on changes in the way we deliver care to those who are sick and dying, especially palliative and hospice care. Who decides? What do we do in the case of conflict or disagreement among patient, family, and caregivers? Where are the limits of conscience for providers? What does Catholic social teaching say about public policy and end of life? Sara Hill, Director of Palliative Care Initiatives at Ascension Health, will participate in this engaging program.
Day 2 (July 16) Who Pays for What? Ethics and Health Care Finance
Ethical, organizational, and public policy issues around the financing of health care comprise this day’s discussion. Using case studies, professional input, and group participation, we will explore the complex reality of who actually pays for health care in America, principles of Catholic social teaching that could guide public policy, and ethical dilemmas that arise from the possibility of moral cooperation, transparency, and for-profit health care. Dan O’Brien, Vice President for Ethics at Ascension Health, will provide input for this discussion.
Dates: Thursday – Friday, July 15 – 16, 9 am – 4:30 pm
Cost: $275 for two-day class; $150 for single day
Contact Mary Wavada (wavada@ai.edu or 314.256.8872) for questions or to arrange payment for Health Care Ethics Workshop. You may also pay online by clicking here.
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Other Summer Offerings
Cost: $400 per summer credit hour (unless otherwise noted)
May 17–21
Ways of Praying, 2 cr.
PST/STH-D588
Louis Roy, O.P. (Dominican University College, Ottawa)
9–11:30 a.m. & 1–3:30 p.m. M–F
Will study prayer in the Psalms, Jesus, and St. Paul; Thomas Aquinas on prayer: the role of desire, the meaning of petition in the context of an immutable providence, the experience of connaturality; symbolism of the human body in liturgy and personal prayer; personality types and prayer; abiding prayerfulness in daily life; maturing spiritually and psychologically in prayer.
May 24 – June 9
Christology, 3 cr.
STH-D521
Patricia Walter, O.P.
1–4:15 p.m. M–Th, T–Fr, M–W
As an introduction to the study of Jesus the Christ, this course presents the belief of the church and theological reflection concerning Jesus as the revelation of God. It examines the structure and development of Christology in the New Testament and subsequent tradition, as well as identifying issues in contemporary Christology. [Prerequisite: Introduction to Theology and Theological Method]
May 24 – June 10
Luke-Acts, 3 cr.
BIB-D575
Mary Margaret Pazdan, O.P.
9 a.m. – 12 p.m. M–Th, T–Fr, M–Th
Offers multiple responses to the question: How can persons follow Jesus amid living in a reign of God and an empire of extraordinary religious, political, economic, and geographical diversity? This course examines this essential question for 1st century and 21st century disciples—offering interpretation of Luke-Acts through contemporary biblical methods including historical, literary, and reader response criticism, and exploring major themes of salvation, the Holy Spirit, prayer, meals, women.
June 7–11
Spiritual Direction Practicum IA, 2 cr.
MIN-D512
Harry Byrne, O.P. and Marian Love
9 a.m. – 4 p.m., M-F
This course is taken in consecutive summers and involves the practice of spiritual direction with directees and reflection on this experience with a supervisor. [Prerequisite: Spiritual Direction]
June 14–18
Preaching through the Arts, 2 cr.
HOM-D575
James Wallace, C.Ss.R. (Washington Theological Union, Washington, D.C.)
9–11:30 a.m. and 1–3:30 p.m., M-F ending 11:30 a.m. Friday
Will consider how preaching can occur through a work of art in itself, through bringing Scripture into conversation with a work of art, and through bringing together Scripture, liturgy and a work of art into dialogue with a particular community. Participants will engage in various exercises involving both the classical and popular arts: music, painting, poetry, movies, and theatre.
June 14–18
Preaching and Directing Retreats, 1 cr.
PST-D587
Ginger Andrews, R.S.M.
9 a.m.–12 p.m., M-F
Spirituality, theology, and prayer practices all come into play when preparing and leading retreats. These, along with organizational aspects of retreat ministry, will be discussed. [Prerequisite: the experience of making an individually directed retreat or a guided group retreat for at least 2–3 days]
June 14 – July 1
Foundations of Catholic Morality, 3 cr.
MOR-D500
Richard Peddicord, O.P.
9 a.m. – 12 p.m., M–Th
Biblical bases, historical development, and major foci of Catholic morality, and methodologies for moral decision-making and problem solving. Particular attention is given to the relationship between faith and morality, the challenge of Christian discipleship, natural law tradition, the anthropological grounding of Catholic morality, and questions pertaining to human freedom, knowledge, virtue, and conscience.
June 19
The Shadow Side of Sexuality, non-credit workshop – $75 per participant
Robert Furey, Ph.D.
9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Saturday
Will focus on the challenging sexual issues that present themselves in spiritual direction and pastoral counseling, and how one moves toward sexual health in the healing process. Topics will include: gender confusion, paraphilias, sexual violence and victimization, pedophilia, pornography, and sexual addiction.
June 21–25
Spiritual Direction Practicum IIB, 2 cr.
MIN-D513
Harry Byrne, O.P. and Marian Love
9 a.m. – 4 p.m., M-F
(See description under Spiritual Direction Practicum IA)
July 12–17
Jewish-Christian Relations in Light of the Holocaust, 1 cr.
PST-D589
David Oughton, Ph.D. (Saint Louis University)
9:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m., M-Th, F-Sat (see below)
This course will focus on the Jewishness of Jesus and his followers, how Christianity grew out of Judaism and then became a separate religion, the history of Christian anti-Judaism, the relations between Christians and Jews during the Holocaust, and how relations between Jews and the Roman Catholic Church and other Christian churches have greatly improved since the Holocaust. On Friday, students will tour the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center and listen to a talk offered by a Holocaust survivor. On Saturday, the class will attend a Sabbath service at one of the synagogues/temples in the St. Louis area.
