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Dear Parishioners,
This fall, we will be reading The Shattered Lantern by Ronald Rolheiser, OMI for our parish book study, One Book One Parish. The program will begin October 17th/18th weekend, will include this online blogging community for One Book One Parish and will culminate in a parish event for personal discussion and sharing on November 21st. You can pick up a copy of The Shattered Lantern in the parish office during the week or on Sunday.
We are looking forward to participating in the study with you, and we look forward to reading your discussion posts on this blog site. Every week, Sally will be posting a prayer and a reflection for the week. Our schedule is as follows:
Week 1 (Oct. 18th) - Chapter 1
Week 2 (Oct. 25th) - Chapter 2
Week 3 (Nov. 1st) - Chapters 3 and 4
Week 4 (Nov. 8th) - Chapters 5 and 6
Week 5 (Nov. 15th) - Chapter 7
November 21st (Sat.)
Parish-wide discussion gathering, Morris Hall, 6:30-9:00pm. Bring a dish to share and bring your book (with all those great yellow highlighter marks). We will share a meal, hear a short presentation on the work and then discuss the book.
In preparation for our reading program, we would like to encourage parishioners to attend a lecture presented by Fr. Rohlheiser on Thursday, October 29 at St. Edward’s University.
8th Annual Sr. Mary Rose McPhee, D.C. Lectureship on Leadership and Spirituality THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29: Evening Lecture (7–8:30 p.m.)
Listening to the Experts and Listening to the Street — Carrying the Tensions Innate within Leadership
by Ronald Rolheiser, OMI
$35/$20 students & seniors; Pre-registration required: www.setoncove.net
Location: St. Edward’s University, Jones Auditorium, Ragsdale Center, 3001 S. Congress Ave.
Many blessings on our parish-wide read!
Peace,
Sally Robb and Hilary Olson
www.sjnaustin.org
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I am really looking forward to attending the retreat with Fr. Rolheiser at the end of October. His spirituality is really intense on the pages, and I know that hearing him speak and seeing the man is going to really make the book and his spirituality come to life for me.
ReplyDelete-Nancy Biehler
(Director of Religious Education, St. John Neumann Parish)
Religious education for an hour a week, 6 months out of 12 in the year does nothing to counteract the practical atheism instilled in our children hour after hour, day after day, year after year. As a matter of fact, it makes the church complicit by letting people feel it's okay to not have God as an active part of their lives on a hourly basis as long as they "learn" about God for a few minutes during a few weeks of the year. It's okay that God is just one more thing to run the kids to as long as its on Sunday and doesn't interfere with soccer and basketball and football and cheerleading and, and, and ... .
ReplyDeleteIts not better than nothing. Otherwise the lantern wouldn't be shattered.