Description
Theme: Carmelite Spirituality
3 equivalency credits
Course Title: Essentials of Carmelite Spiritual
Among the four female Doctors of the Church, two of them are Carmelite. What is the relationship between the Carmelite tradition of prayer and a Catholic theology of womanhood? This course will consider the A-Z essentials of the Carmelite charism by studying the spiritual classic of Saint Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection. Saint Teresa leads us to understand the gradual perfection of charity through a determined determination of heart. Altogether, the specific Carmelite form will be put into sharp relief in order to calibrate the contemplative character of woman according to the Marian rhythms of divine grace.
Instructor: Dr. Donald Wallenfang, OCDS
Required Texts:
1. The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, Vol. 2 (featuring The Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle) by Teresa of Avila (Author), Ortilio Rodriguez (Translator)(Author), Kieran Kavanaugh (Translator) (Author)
2. Shoeless: Carmelite Spirituality in a Disquieted World by Donald Wallenfang and Megan Wallenfang (Authors)
Cost: $35 non-refundable registration fee and $1095 tuition
3 equivalency credits
Course Title: Essentials of Carmelite Spiritual
Among the four female Doctors of the Church, two of them are Carmelite. What is the relationship between the Carmelite tradition of prayer and a Catholic theology of womanhood? This course will consider the A-Z essentials of the Carmelite charism by studying the spiritual classic of Saint Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection. Saint Teresa leads us to understand the gradual perfection of charity through a determined determination of heart. Altogether, the specific Carmelite form will be put into sharp relief in order to calibrate the contemplative character of woman according to the Marian rhythms of divine grace.
Instructor: Dr. Donald Wallenfang, OCDS
Required Texts:
1. The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, Vol. 2 (featuring The Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle) by Teresa of Avila (Author), Ortilio Rodriguez (Translator)(Author), Kieran Kavanaugh (Translator) (Author)
2. Shoeless: Carmelite Spirituality in a Disquieted World by Donald Wallenfang and Megan Wallenfang (Authors)
Cost: $35 non-refundable registration fee and $1095 tuition
