The Church in the 21st Century Center has announced its theme for the spring 2009 semester. In a series of talks and workshops cosponsored with the School of Theology and Ministry, the center will focus on “Christian Spiritual Practices.” Events will include:

February 14 » Drawing from the Storeroom, Both the Old and the New
A workshop presented by Colleen Griffith, faculty director of spirituality studies for the Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry (IREPM)

February 17 » The Sacramental Worldview of Latino Catholicism
A dialogue led by Nancy Pineda-Madrid, assistant professor of theology and Latino ministry, School of Theology and Ministry

March 10 » Old Gold: Reclaiming Some Traditional Spiritual Practices
Lecture and conversation featuring Thomas Groome, chair of IREPM

March 17 » A Garden of Grace: Spiritual Practices for Family Life
A workshop presented by Kathy Hendricks, author of The How-To’s of Intergenerational Catechesis (2005)

March 26 » Discernment and Life Choices
A workshop presented by Clare Walsh, MHSH, associate director of the Jesuit Collaborative, a professional association of Jesuits and other clergy, laypersons, and religious who minister in the Ignatian tradition

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