Mark 1:21-28: "...If the Spirit has not raised up any unfreedom in your memory for you to present to Jesus for healing, then consider the meaning and the value of power and authority in your own life. Whom do you follow? Why? When and how do you use power and authority? ...." To read more, please CLICK HERE.
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 5th
Mark 1:29-39: "...it is only prayerful attention to the Lord and sincere love of others that will heal the beautiful world that God has entrusted to us and bring the peace and harmony that Jesus came to offer us. For God certainly wishes, once again, to look at our world and be able to recognize, as he did at the beginning, that It is "very good"..." To read more, please CLICK HERE.
Feature Story: 16th Sophia Award and Lecture
You are invited to join Washington Theological Union for the 16th Sophia Award and Lecture!
Rev. Jan Michael Joncas, the 2012 Sophia Award honoree for national excellence in theological scholarship, will receive the Sophia Award on February 12, 2012, 5:00PM at Washington Theological Union, and will also present a lecture entitled Heaven's Harmonies in Human Habitats: Composing for the Church.
When theologians discuss church music, they almost always focus on texts being sung, but rarely explore how music itself may make a theological contribution. Joncas' talk will demonstrate how music may manifest Sophia --wisdom -- in compositions intended for the Church's worship, both by illuminating the texts being sung and by facilitating the rituals being enacted.
The Sophia Award and Lecture is free and open to the public.
Washington Theological Union and the Paulists co-hosted a special evening celebrating Paulist Charism on January 18, 2012.
The celebration began with an ecumenical prayer service featuring an inspiring reflection by Dr. Larry Goleman, Executive Director, Washington Theological Consortium, followed by a showing of “Issac Hecker: The Journey of an American Seeker,” a student film by Thomas Gibbons, CSP and a panel discussion on the three-fold Paulist charisms.
Check out the following upcoming events in the Washington, DC area:
The Washington Theological Consortium and the Consortium Student Board invites all to the Prayer Service for the Christian Unity Consortium Ecumenism Award and the Fourth Annual Figel Address on Thursday, February 2, 2012, 5:30PM at WTU. The Ecumenism Award will be presented to Dr. Margaret O'Gara, Faculty of Theology, Univ. of St. Michael's College, Toronto. The Figel Address will be delivered by Dr. Margaret O'gara, "Dialogue of Transformation." All are welcome, no charge. RSVP: 202-832-2675 or wtc@washtheocon.org.
Join in the celebration of the Center of Concern's 40th anniversary on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at WTU, with a look into the future -- sponsored by Center of Concern and WTU. Speakers: Gar Alperovitz -- author of "America Beyond Capitalism" / E.J. Dionne -- noted editorial writer the Washington Post (invited) / Professor Laurie Cassidy -- Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Marywood University, Scranton, PA. Reception: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Panel: 7:00 pm. No tickets required but a free-will offering appreciated.RSVP / REGISTER HERE.
George Washington University Hospital presents End-of-Life Ethics Conference on Friday, May 4, 2012, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM, GWU Hospital Auditorium. Sponsored by the Spiritual Care Department. For information, please call: 202-715-5349 (CEU’s available). Conference prepared by Hospice Foundation of America.
INSIDE WTU!:
Upcoming Events:
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 5:00PM
Sophia Award and Lecture honoring Rev. Jan Michael Joncas
Saturday, March 17, 2012, 9:00AM
Carmelite Lecture
Themed - Spirituality for the Second Half of Life: Wisdom from the Carmelite Tradition
Friday - Saturday, March 23-24, 2012
15th Franciscan Symposium
Themed - Celebrating Clare of Assisi and the Poor Sisters - 800 Years of Witness
STUDENT/ALUMNI CLASS NOTICES
Daniel P. Horan, OFM
recently published the book, Dating God: Live and Love in the Way of St. Francis (St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2012). It is available for purchase on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle e-book versions, with an audio version available for pre-order; Barnes and Noble; and from the publisher directly.
Yvonne B. Gray, will be doing book talks in the DC Metropolitan area in the last week of March. Her book, "Finding Peace Discovering Joy" is under consideration for the Pulitzer Prize in Letters-Non-fiction.
ILLUMINATING MINDS...
TRANSFORMING LIVES
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