Newsletter
From the Director - The Revd Dr Liz
Carmichael
December
2009
Dear
Friends of St Theosevia,
Welcome to the Hilary Term 2010 programme. Thank you for your
support of the very informative and interesting programme
last term.
In Hilary Term we have two study days and one poetry evening.
The first study day affords an opportunity to explore the art
and science of spiritual direction in three very varied
contexts: We begin in the desert of Palestine with
Barsanuphius and John, then move to the C20th Church of
England and the work of Reginald Somerset Ward, whom Evelyn
Underhill found to be ‘the most remarkable soul-specialist
I’ve ever met since the Baron (von Hügel)’. Finally, we focus
on Ignatius of Loyola whose C16th ‘spiritual exercises’ have
been revisited and brought alive in a fresh way by his fellow
Jesuits and widely shared with others in the past few
decades.
The Song of Songs, allegorically interpreted as referring to
love between God and those who seek Him in prayer, has been
central to the Christian mystical tradition. Sr Edmée SLG
(Fairacres) will share her recent research, The Song of Songs
and the Eros of God: A Study in Biblical Intertextuality (OUP
2009). The day includes musical settings which the words of
the Song have inspired. down the ages in both Judaism and
Christianity.
Finally, you are invited to a bring-and-share poetry evening
led by Metropolitan Kallistos. Come and bring poetry (and
perhaps other offerings) on the theme of ‘Heaven and Hell’.
We look forward to seeing you, and encourage you to make this
programme widely known among your friends and to bring them
along.
If you have ideas for future topics or speakers, or would
like to receive extra newsletters or posters, please let us
know.
LIZ
CARMICHAEL
Tel. (01865) 277351
liz.carmichael@sjc.ox.ac.uk
- Tea and coffee are on offer at Study Days before the meetings and at lunch-time. Bring a packed lunch, or you can purchase food nearby in North Parade.
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