SATURDAY
STUDY DAYS HILARY TERM 2010
at
St Theosevia House, 2 Canterbury Road, Oxford OX2 6LU
An Ecumenical Centre for
Christian Spirituality in Oxford
Saturday,
23 January, 10.30 a.m. – 4.00 p.m
The
Practice of Spiritual Direction in East and
West
with Revd Dr Liz Carmichael, Revd Georgie Simpson and Alexis
Torrance
Alexis Torrance will present his research on two Desert
Fathers from Palestine “I offer myself as a sacrifice for
your souls”: spiritual direction according to Barsanuphius
and John of Gaza’. Dr Liz Carmichael shares her research on
the method of spiritual direction practiced in C20th England
by Reginald Somerset Ward. Georgie Simpson will speak out of
her experience of learning and practising ‘Spiritual
Direction from an Ignatian Perspective’
Saturday,
27 February, 10.30 a.m. – 4.00 p.m
The
Song of Songs in the Early Fathers, in Music, and in a Recent
Study
with Dr Jane Baun, Sr Edmée Kingsmill SLG and Dr Julia
Konstantinovsky
Sr Edmée SLG speaks on ‘The Song of Songs and the Eros of
God: A Study in Biblical Intertextuality’, Dr Julia
Konstantinovsky on 'the Song in early Christian tradition',
and Dr Jane Baun on ‘Quam pulchra es’: live musical settings
of the Song of Songs
POETRY EVENING
Tuesday,
2 March, 8pm
Poetry
Evening on the Theme “Heaven and Hell”
with Metropolitan Kallistos
All are invited to bring and share poetry on this theme.
A glass of wine will be provided.
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PLEASE NOTE:
St Theosevia House, 2 Canterbury Road, off Banbury Rd, left
just after North Parade.
Fee for study days is £5 (pay at the door) but
FREE
for students with card. No booking needed, just come,
for all or part of the day. Study day lunch break is 1-2pm
(please provide your own lunch).
Assistant Director of Studies - Revd Steffen Weishaupt
steffen.weishaupt@chch.ox.ac.uk
01865 310341
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