TRP 2202HF
Spiritual Formation in the Anglican Tradition Wednesdays 9-11a.m.
Room TC 22 (Trinity College main building) Dr Lisa Wang: [email protected]
Fr Dan Tatarnic: [email protected] SCHEDULE OF READINGS & ASSIGNMENTS Assignments:
Seminar Presentation (25%): Each student is required to lead a class seminar on the readings and themes of a given week. The seminar leader will present to the class: three major points of interest related to the readings, along with three questions for discussion, based on the readings. The seminar leader will distribute a one to two page synopsis of the presentation to the class. The seminar leader is responsible for facilitating the class discussion on the day of presentation. Essay (25%): To be completed after the seminar presentation, on the theme / topic of the seminar. Taking the feedback and learning generated from the class discussion (colloquium), each student will draw the seminar segment to a close by submitting an essay between 10 to 15 pages in length. The essay will be written on the same topic as the seminar, but ought to show evidence of new content, insights and integration generated through the seminar colloquium. Due date: No later than December 18, 2010.
Colloquium: collaborative learning community (50%): Requirements: weekly participation in class, evidence of engagement with readings / themes, interaction with others. The student is expected, both individually and within a student body, to take initiative in advancing his/her own and other persons’ awareness and understanding of course content.
Class Readings: * Denotes Anglican Author
Unless otherwise noted, weekly readings are on reserve for short-term loan in the Graham Library, Trinity College. You may sign out the binder and read or photocopy the assigned readings. Many books and journals referred to in the syllabus are also available at Crux and TST libraries. Others may be found online. Please be sure to read the course syllabus carefully.
Books available for purchase at Crux Books:
Duffy, Eamon, Faith of Our Fathers. New York: Continuum Books, 2009. Marmion, Columba. Christ the Ideal of the Priest. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2005.
Sept 15: The Personhood of the Priest
*Underhill, Evelyn, The Ways of the Spirit. New York: Crossroad Publishing, 2001. For Reading: Chapter Four, “Election”, pp. 122-127. Available on reserve.
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Balthasar, Hans Urs von. “On the Concept of Person.” Communio: International Catholic Review 13 (Spring, 1986), 18-26. Available on reserve or online at: http://www.communio-icr.com/articles/PDF/balthasar13-1.pdf
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Merton, Thomas, New Seeds of Contemplation. New York: New Directions Books, 1972. For reading: Chapter One, “What is Contemplation?”, pp.1-5. Available on reserve.
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Sept 22: The Priest in the Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church, Part 2, Section 2, Article 6. II: “The Sacrament of Holy Orders in the Economy of Salvation”. Available on reserve or online at: http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_P4T.HTM
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Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests: Presbyterorum Ordinis Available on reserve or online at:
http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist/_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19651207_presbyterorum-ordinis_en.html
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Sept 29: The Priest as Embodied Person
*Reynolds, Stephen, Christ our Passover: Meditations on the Mystery of Salvation. Toronto: ABC Publishing, 2002. For reading: “The Ground of Obedience” pp.94-97. Available on reserve.
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Duffy, Eamon, Faith of Our Fathers. New York: Continuum Books, 2009. For reading: Chapter Six, “Discerning the Body” pp. 48-57. Available for purchase at Crux.
Shindler, David, “The Embodied Person as Gift and the Cultural Task in America: Status Quaestionis.” Communio: International Catholic Review 35 (Fall, 2008), 397-431. Available on reserve or online at:
http://www.communio-icr.com/articles/PDF/schindler35-3.pdf
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Oct 6: The Priest as Spiritual Mother
*Brown, Rosalind and Christopher Cocksworth, On Being a Priest Today.
Cambridge/Boston: Cowley Publications, 2002. For reading: Chapter Seven, “On Being for Holiness”, pp.139-164. Available on reserve.
*Guenther, Margaret, Holy Listening: The Art of Spiritual Direction.
Cambridge/Boston: Cowley Publications, 1992. For reading: Chapter Three, “Midwife to the Soul”, pp. 81-108. Available on reserve.
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Balthasar, Hans Urs von, Mary For Today. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1987. For reading: Chapter Three, “Mary, The Memory of the Church”, pp. 35-45. Available on reserve.
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Balthasar, Hans Urs von, “Women Priests? A Marian Church in a Fatherless and Motherless Culture.” Communio: International Catholic Review 20, no. 1 (1995): 164-70. Available on reserve or online at:
http://www.communio-icr.com/articles/PDF/balthasar22-1.pdf
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Oct 13: The Priest as Spiritual Father
*Sumner, George, Being Salt: A Theology of an Ordered Church. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books: 2007. For reading: Chapter One “The Priest as Counter
Symbol”, pp.21-42. Available on reserve.
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*Waal, Esther de, Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1984. For reading: Chapter Nine, “Authority”, pp. 129-140. Available on reserve.
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Batut, Jean-Pierre, “Calling Fathers ‘Father’: Usurping the Name of God?” Communio: International Catholic Review 36 (Summer 2009), pp. 295-308. Available on reserve.
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Granados, Jose, “Priesthood: A Sacrament of the Father.” Communio: International Catholic Review 36 (Summer 2009), pp.186-218. Available on reserve or online at:
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Oct 20: The Priest as Pilgrim
*Jones, Alan, Soul Making: The Desert Way of Spirituality (San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1989). For reading: Chapter One, “Children of the Desert”, pp.19-34. Available on reserve.
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Lopez, Antonio, “On Restlessness.” Communio: International Catholic Review 34, no.2 (Summer 2007): 176-200. Available on reserve or online at:
Oct 24 – 30: Reading Week
Nov 3: The Priest as One Who Thirsts for God
*Jones, Alan, Soul Making: The Desert Way of Spirituality (San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1989). For reading: Chapter Four “The Gift of Tears”, pp. 82-106. Available on reserve.
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*Reynolds, Stephen, Christ our Passover: Meditations on the Mystery of Salvation. Toronto: ABC Publishing, 2002. For reading: “Wind and Fire” pp.199-201. Available on reserve.
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Welch, John, Seasons of the Heart: The Spiritual Dynamic of the Carmelite Life. Darien, IL: Carmelite Communications Center, 2008. Available on reserve.
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Nov 10: The Priest as One Who is Conformed to Christ
*Jones, Alan. Living the Truth. Cambridge/Boston: Cowley Publications, 2000. For reading: Chapter Four “The Craft of Truth-Telling”, pp. 47-58. Available on reserve.
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Marmion, Columba. Christ the Ideal of the Priest. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2005. For reading: Chapter III, “Sacerdos Alter Christus”, pp. 54-72. Available for purchase at Crux.
Nov 17: The Priest and the Eucharist
Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de, “Mass on the World”. Available on reserve or online at: http://www.religion-online.org/showchapter.asp?title=1621&C=1535
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Marmion, Columba. Christ the Ideal of the Priest. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2005. For reading: Chapters XI, XII, XIII, pp. 203-254. Available for purchase at Crux.
O'Keefe, Mark. In Persona Christi: Reflections on Priestly Identity and Holiness. St Meinrad, IN: St Meinrad School of Theology, 1998. For reading: Chapter Five, “The Priesthood and the Eucharist”, pp. 44-52. Available on reserve.
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Nov 24: The Priest as One Who Prays
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Life Together (New York: Harper Collins, 1954). For reading: Chapter Two, “The Day with Others: The Secret of the Psalter”, pp. 39-46. Available on reserve.
Marmion, Columba. Christ the Ideal of the Priest. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2005. For reading: Chapter XIV, “The Divine Office”, pp. 255-274. Available for purchase at Crux.
Stein, Edith. The Hidden Life: Essays, Meditations, Spiritual Texts, Vol. IV of The Collected Works of Edith Stein. Washington, DC: Institute of Carmelite Studies Publications, 1992. For reading: “Before the Face of God, Part II: The Prayer of the Church”, pp.7-17. Available on reserve.
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Dec 1: The Priest as One Who Facilitates Contemplation in the Community *Brown, Rosalind and Christopher Cocksworth, On Being a Priest Today. Cambridge/Boston: Cowley Publications, 2002. For reading: Chapter Two, “On Being for the Other”, pp. 27-46. Available on reserve.
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St Gregory the Great. The Book of Pastoral Rule, trans. George Demacopoulos. Crestwood, New York: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2007. For reading: Chapter One, “Concerning the Qualifications of the One Who Comes to a Position of Spiritual Leadership”, pp. 29-48. Available on reserve.
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Rolheiser, Ronald. The Holy Longing. New York: Doubleday, 1999. For
reading: Chapter Ten, “Sustaining Ourselves in the Spiritual Life”, pp. 213-241. Available on reserve.
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Dec 8: The Priest as One Who Preaches the Word
*Williams, Rowan. Christ on Trial: How the Gospel Unsettles our Judgement. Grand Rapids/Toronto: William Eerdmans/ABC Publishing, 2003. For reading: Chapter Three, “Luke: Knocking on the Window”, pp. 49-72. Available on reserve.
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Murray, Paul, “The Word into Words: Grace and Truth in St. Bernard of
Clairvaux.” Communio: International Catholic Review 28 (Spring 2001): 3-25. Available on reserve or online at:
http://www.communio-icr.com/articles/PDF/murray28-1.pdf