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Tuesday, 23 December 2008 01:00 |
TOLEDO—Keith Egan, a professor, author and speaker, will present “I Want to See God — Born to be Contemplatives” at the Ursuline Center Jan. 16 at 6:30 p.m., and Jan. 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Dr. Egan will discuss how every human person is born with the natural desire for God that a prayerful and contemplative spirit fosters. For Christians, this desire is rooted in the experience of baptism and nourished by the celebration of the eucharistic prayer. This contemplative spirit is not some exotic calling; rather the fostering of a contemplative spirit is a way of becoming more fully human, an everyday, very human way of living in which one becomes ever more open to the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
The three topics of this two-day presentation include: “I Want to See God — The Human Call to Contemplation — Born to be Contemplatives;” “Developing A Contemplative Disposition;” and “The Contemplative Journey to Becoming a Friend of Jesus Christ, the Wisdom of God.”
Dr. Egan is president of the Carmelite Institute, emeritus holder of the Aquinas Chair in Catholic Theology at Saint Mary’s College in Indiana and adjunct professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame. He has written articles, essays and chapters in books on spirituality, contemplation and mysticism, including “Carmelite Prayer, A Tradition for the Twenty-first Century.”
Dr. Egan’s presentation, the first program of 2009 in a series titled “A Wisdom People on a Spiritual Journey,” is hosted by the Ursuline Sisters of Toledo. The fee is $20. Registration is due Jan. 2.
The Ursuline Center is located at 4035 Indian Road, Toledo. For more information or to register, call 419-536-9587.
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