Sunday at the Abbey
7:00 PM
Abbey Chapter House
Schedule for Spring 2012
January 29 - Br. Aaron Raverty - Anthropology Meets Theology: The Creative Crestone Collision Conversation
Reflections on Br. Aaron's six-month sabbatical research stay at a Carmelite hermitage in the unique, multireligious, 8,000-ft. Alpine-valley community outside Crestone, Colorado (San Luis Valley), will address the topics of the "inner hermit" in Benedictine monasticism, ritual studies in the anthropology of religion, interdisciplinary research in anthropology and theology, and the application of qualitative social-science methods to the practice of interreligious dialogue.
Brother Aaron Raverty, OSB, is an independent scholar at Saint John's Abbey in Collegeville,
Minnesota. He holds MA and PhD (sociocultural anthropology) degrees from the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis), with an emphasis in the anthropology of religion, and an MA (systematic theology) from Saint John's School of Theology.Seminary, with special interests in theological anthropology and the theology of religions. He has taught anthropology at Saint John's University, Saint John's Preparatory School, and the University of Minnesota. He worked for many years as a project editor at Liturgical Press, and was most recently appointed coordinator of communications and development at Saint John's Abbey.
March 18 - Sr. Mara Faulkner - Teaching/Writing in Troubled Times: Lessons from Going Blind
April 15 - Claire Haeg - Uncommonly Angry Minds: The Tea Party and Populism in America
Schedule for Fall 2011
November 6, 2011
7:00 P.M. Abbey Chapter House
Sister Mary Reuter, OSB
Title: "Running with Expanding Heart: Meeting God in Everyday Life."
Drawing on wisdom that has been slowly ripened in the
rhythms of monastic stability, Benedictine Mary Reuter reveals
the way she has grown into her own expanding heart by
sharing engaging personal stories with which any one of us can
easily identify.
Flyer
October 9, 2011
7:00 P.M. Abbey Chapter House
Dr. Vincent Smiles
Title: "Bible and Science as Allies against the New Atheism"
The Bible and science represent very different types of knowledge, but they nevertheless arise from the same human capacity to reach out and attempt to make sense of reality. The Bible presupposes the divine origin of all things; science presupposes their rational explanation.The Bible and science both reflect the divine gift of transcendence; both alike witness against the new atheists' view that scientific materialism can account for the depths of reality.
Recent past presentations
January 30, 2011
7:00 P.M. Abbey Chapter HouseNoreen Herzfeld: "And the Word Became
Text: The Qu'ran
and Its Role in Islam"
poster
December 12, 2010, 7:00 PM
Abbey Chapter House Fr. Nathanael Hauser, OSB, on InSense: Iconography in a Literal World. Fr. Nathanael Hauser, OSB,
has been writing icons since 1978.
He received his theological training
at the Ateneo di Sant'Anselmo in
Rome in the 1980s. While in Europe,
he was able to study iconography
with Fr. Egon Sendler, SJ, in
Meudon, France. Fr. Nathanael
holds a doctorate in Classical and
Medieval Art and Archaeology from
the University of Minnesota.
Stephen Hawkings tells us that the universe can have
made itself with no need for God. Is it true that what
you see is all that you get? The work of iconography and
other sacred arts explores the question of what our senses
tell us. Is there only a world of sense? Or does non-sense
make sense? In this talk Fr. Nathanael Hauser, OSB, will
explore how visual art can help us move beyond our
physical senses into the realm of real non-sense.
View Poster
November 14, 2010, 7:00 PM
Abbey Chapter House
Fr. Wilfred Theisen, OSB, on Is the Catholic Church Ready for Blessed Newman?
A writer recently spoke of Newman's beatification as "looming on the horizon," to express the concern of some in the church over Newman's views in theology, e.g., his views on private judgment in religion, the development of dogma, and his idea of a university. When Pope Leo XIII appointed him cardinal, the Pope remarked, "It wasn't easy." Perhaps Pope Benedict found his beatification difficult, too.
Sunday at the Abbey Archive
Previous "Sunday at the Abbey" presentations are available as archived media files.
If you would like to suggest a topic or speaker for a Sunday, send a message to Abbot John Klassen OSB.
Abbey Chapter House
In February 2007, Saint John's Abbey began a series of presentations on monastic culture, spirituality, and history to inaugurate the newly renovated Chapter House and the newly constructed Guesthouse.
The presentations take place in the Chapter House at 7 p.m. and are usually on the second Sunday of the month. There will be eight lectures a year, from January to April and from September to December. They will be given by monks of the abbey and by invited speakers.
The presentations run approximately 45 minutes in length, with a break for light refreshments, followed by 10 to 15 minutes for questions and comments. Although most of the presentations are in lecture format (making use of PowerPoint or other visual aids when possible), a variety of formats and media is envisaged.
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