Three Diverse and Remarkable Women in Church History

This seminar will present the lives of three diverse women from different time periods and spanning three continents. Venerable Mary Ward was born in 1585 during the late Tudor period in West Riding of Yorkshire, England. She was a pioneer in women’s education and is linked with the history of the Bar Convent in York, England’s oldest surviving Catholic convent established in 1686.

Saint Josephine Bakhita, born in Darfur, Sudan in 1869, was captured by slave traders as a child. Years later she was able to escape and arrived in Italy where she became involved with the Canossian Sisters in Venice.

Venerable Satoko Kitahara was born in Tokyo, Japan in the year 1929. An aristocrat who was descended from Samurai warriors, she became a different kind of warrior dedicating her life in service to the orphaned, sick, and poor who were suffering from the damage inflicted during World War II in a riverside area known as Ants Village.

Instructor: Denise De Vito, M.S. Ed, M.S.

Friday, October 28, 2022
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Clare Room

Fee: $50.00

Liturgical Music after Vatican II

In this five-week course will explore the reforms of the Second Vatican Council and how the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy was implemented over the past 60 years. Participants will listen to the music from various traditions and cultures, and seek paths forward with expressions of today’s idioms while still celebrating the Church’s sacred musical treasury.

Instructor:  William Mulligan, M.Mus.

October 16 – November 13, 2022
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Clare Room
Fee: $50.00

The Dublin of Joyce and Yeats

James Joyce is considered one oof the greatest writers of the modern period, and W. B. Yeats, the 1923 Nobel Laureate, is according to T. S. Eliot, the “greatest poet of the 20^th century.”  This course will focus on Joyce’s stories in The Dubliners, followed by Yeats’ early love poems, such as Maude Gonne, and his political poems, like Easter 1916.  John Huston’s film, The Dead, will supplement the readings.

Instructor:  Edward Kent, OSF, M.A.
Mondays, October 17 – November 21, 2022
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM; Classroom 1B

Fee: $60.00

Sacred Music of the Romantic Age

Music has been of great importance to the propagation of the faith for over a thousand years. It has uplifted the spirits of believers and has been instrumental in furthering the impact of the church in the world.

The course will survey the sacred music of some of the great classical composers from 19th century, including Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Brahms.

Instructor: Charles Powell

Tuesdays, October 18th – November 22, 2022
12.15 PM to 1.30 PM
Room 1B

Fee: $60.00

Que pasa en la Misa

En esta clase estudiaremos las diferentes partes de la Misa para entender de qué se trata nuestro ritual más importante y qué dice sobre lo que creemos.  Este curso está abierto a todos, católicos y otros, que deseen aprender más sobre el catolicismo.  Es una oportunidad para que los lectores, ministros eucarísticos, ministros de hospitalidad y otros voluntarios profundicen su comprensión de su ministerio.

Instructor: Oscar Cruz, M.A.
Martes, 18 de octubre – 29 de noviembre,  2023
De 6:30 PM a 7:30 PM
Aula 2D

Fee: $50.00