Sunday, September 13 2009

September 11, 2009 - September 13, 2009

La experiencia del Fin de Semana del Encuentro Matrimonial Mundial, no es un retiro, tampoco es una consultoría matrimonial. No es un tiempo para mirar el pasado, sino la oportunidad de analizar el presente y caminar juntos, como pareja, hacia el futuro. Es una experiencia positiva, por medio de la cual se le ofrece a la pareja un método de comunicación, que puede ser la base de su relación por el resto de sus vidas. Es una experiencia de sentido común entre esposos, que ayuda a crecer la relación con sus hijos y con las personas del entorno de la pareja.     Esta experiencia es también para Sacerdotes, religiosos o religiosas, que quieran revitalizar su relación con el pueblo de Dios y reafirmar su propia vocación.
 

Para más información puede visitar una página en la internet, la dirección es www.ematrimony.org

For more information, please contact Father Wilfredo Manrique at manrique@dsj.org.

Spiritual Life Seminars
“Everyday Spirituality from the Masters”
Led by Fr. Kevin Joyce Ph.D.
Pastor, St. Lucy Parish, Campbell
 
These monthly seminars will present practical teachings from great Catholic spiritual masters in order to provide nourishment, inspiration, and helpful tools for the spiritual journey.  Participants may attend occasionally or regularly.  People should bring Bibles to each session, and an additional text is recommended: Ursula King, Christian Mystics: Their Lives and Legacies throughout the Ages (Mahwah, NJ: Hidden Sp[ring, Paulist Pres, 2001.
 
2009-2010 Schedule:  one Sunday per month in St. Lucy Parish Activities Center
4:00 PM           Presentation
5:15 PM           Personal prayer and meditation
6:00 PM           Mass in the church (regularly Sunday Mass)
 
If you have any questions, please contact St. Lucy at (408) 378-2464
 
September 13, Introduction and New Testament Foundations

• Jesus’ teachings on repentance and prayer
• Baptismal spirituality: the paschal mystery as the foundation of the Christian spirituality journey; renounce the old self, put on the new self

 
October 18, Ancient Christian Spirituality

• The Desert Fathers/Mothers and their teachings on the mind, repentance, and prayer
• The Celtic saints and “spiritual friendship” (anamchara)
• Early methods of contemplative prayer:  Lectio Divina and the Jesus Prayer

 
November 8, Instruction in the Jesus Prayer

• The purpose of contemplative prayer: union with God
• Practical instructions
• purification of the mind, body, and spirit

December 13, Medieval Spirituality and the Franciscans
The context of Medieval church and societ

• St. Francis, St. Clare, St. Anthony and the Franciscan movement

 
January 10, St.Ignatius of Loyola and the Spiritual Exercises

• St. Ignatius, the man and the spiritual master
• The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius

February 14, The Stages of the Spiritual Journey According to St. Teresa of Avila & St. John of the Cross

• Purification, illumination, union
• The 7 Dwelling Places
• The dark nights of the senses and the spirit

 
March 14, Contemporary Spirituality, Part I:  The 12-Step Programs as a 20th Century Application of Traditional Christian Spirituality

• Recovery from addictive, compulsive, or obsessive behavior
• Deepening our relationship with God
• The 12-steps as spiritual journey
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May 2, Contemporary Spirituality, Part II:  Selected Spiritual Writers as Guides for the Spiritual Journey (Fr. Kevin Joyce)

• 20th century authors:  Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, Mother Teresa

Recommended Reading List

_Carlo Carretto, I Francis_ (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1982), ISBN 0-88344-200-0 and
_Letters From the Desert_ (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1976), ISBN:  0-89129-061-3
 
Oliver Davies (trans.), _Celtic Spirituality_ (New York: Paulist Press, 1999)
 
Dorothy Day, _The Long Loneliness_ (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1981)
 
Thomas DuBay, _Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel--on Prayer
Friends in Recovery, The Twelve Steps for Christians_ (Curtis,WA: RPI Publishing, Inc., 1994), ISBN 0-941405-57-5
 
Louis Dupré & James A. Wiseman (eds.), _Light From Light: an Anthology of Christian Mysticism_ (New York: Paulist Press, 2001)
 
Mary Margaret Funk, _Tools Matter for Practicing the Spiritual Life_ (New York: Continuum, 2001)
 
Thomas Keating, _Open Mind, Open Heart: the Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel_ (New York: Amity House, 1986)
 
Ursula King, _Christian Mystics: Their Lives and Legacies throughout the Ages_ (Mahwah, New Jersey: Hidden Spring / Paulist Press, 2001)
 
Martin Laird, _Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation_ (Oxford University Press, 2006)
 
Thomas Merton, _The Seven Storey Mountain: An Autobiography of Faith_ (San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999), ISBN 0-15-601086-0  and _The Wisdom of the Desert_ (New York: New Directions, 1970)
 
_A Monk of the Eastern Church_, (Lev Gillet), The Jesus Prayer (Crestwood, NY:  St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1987)
 
Henri J.M. Nouwen, _The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming_ (New York: Doubleday, 1992), ISBN 0-385-47307-9
 
Henri J.M. Nouwen, _The Way of the Heart: Desert Spirituality and Contemporary Ministry_ (New York: The Seabury Press, 1981), ISBN 0-8164-0479-8
 
Ronald Rolheiser,  _The Holy Longing_ (New York: Doubleday, 1999)
 
Laura Swan, _The Forgotten Desert Mothers: Sayings, Lives, and Stories of Early Christian Women_  (New York:  Paulist Press, 2001)
 
St. John of the Cross, _The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross_ (Washington, D.C.: ICS Publications, 1991), ISBN 0-935216-15-4
 
St. Teresa of Avila, _The Interior Castle in Vol. Two of The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, translated by Otilio Rodriguez & Kieran Kavanaugh_ (Washington, D.C.: ICS Publications, 1980)
 
Richard J. Woods, _Christian Spirituality: God’s Presence through the Ages_ (Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Press, 2006)

Michael L. Wentz for Fr. Kevin Joyce