| Adult Education Lecture
Series Schedule 2008-2009 |
| supported
by The William J. Byron, S.J. Fund
for Adult Education |
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Exploring the Word |
veryone who hears these words of mine
and acts on them will be like a wise man
who built his house on rock. Matthew 24 |
This year the Adult Education Series is focusing on Exploring Scripture. We invite parishioners into a more active and dynamic understanding of Scripture, current Catholic thought in reading Scripture, and praying with God’s Word specifically the upcoming Lectionary Cycle B and St. Paul. |
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| How Catholics Read and Understand Scripture and How Scripture affects our Daily Lives |
| Presenter: John Donahue S.J. |
| Sunday,
September 28, 2008: |
10:10
– 11:20 a.m. in the Theater |
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A renowned Scripture Scholar, Fr. Donahue
is a Research Professor of Theology at Loyola College of
Maryland. He has written and taught extensively on issues
of the Bible and social justice, beginning with “Biblical
Perspectives on Justice,” in The Faith that does Justice (1977), and more recently “The Bible and Catholic Social
Teaching: Will This Engagement Lead to Marriage?” in Kenneth
Himes, ed. Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries
and Interpretation (2005).
Lecture flyer PDF |
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| Nyumbani |
Presenter: Sr.
Mary Owens
Executive Director, Nyumbani |
| Sunday,
October 12, 2008: |
10:10
– 11:20 a.m. in the Theater |
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NYUMBANI was founded by the late Father Angelo D’Agostino, SJ. NYUMBANI (“home” in Swahili) provides homes and care for thousands of Kenyan families suffering from AIDS.
NYUMBANI has several initiatives:
- NYUMBANI CHILDREN’S HOME cares for children until a definitive assessment of their HIV status can be made.
- LEA TOTO (Swahili for “to raise a child”) is a community based outreach program that provides services to HIV+ children and their families.
- VILLAGE is a self-sustaining community that serves orphans and elders left behind by the “lost generation” of the AIDS pandemic.
To learn more about Nyumbani visit www.Nyumbani.org
Lecture flyer PDF |
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| What it is to be Homeless on the Streets of DC? |
Presenter: Vince
Keane, Co-Founder
Unity Health Care Inc. |
| Sunday,
October 26, 2008: |
10:10
– 11:20 a.m. in the Theater |
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Mr. Keane will discuss his
experience with homeless men and
women on the streets of
Washington, DC and how that
experience moved him to found and
develop Unity Health Care, Inc. His
company provides Primary Health
Care to some 80,000 people in DC,
11,000 of whom are homeless.
Lecture flyer PDF |
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| Room at the Inn |
| A
Gerard Thomas Strub Film |
| Sunday,
November 16, 2008: |
10:10
– 11:20 a.m. in the Theater |
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The Room at the Inn highlights the Scriptural message John Donahue S.J. spoke of in his presentation. This film gives us one man’s experience of doing so. There will be time after the film for discussion.
Lecture flyer PDF |
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| Living Jesus’ Justice: Practice and Prayer |
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Presenter: Fr. Kevin Nadolski, OSFS
Vocations Director for the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales |
| Sunday,
December, 7, 2008: |
10:10
– 11:15 a.m. in the Theater |
| 7:00 – 8:00
p.m. in the
Theater |
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Fr. Kevin Nadolski will lead us into the season of Advent as he looks back with us on the first steps we took on our Journey with the Homeless. He will then show us how to focus on what is Jesus' justice, and ask how we practice and pray over justice.
Lecture flyer PDF |
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