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Spiritual Practices

Fee: $30 | Three Weeks

Explore how the examen, praying with images, hospitality, retreats, and more can be sources of inspiration and meaning, not only for an incidental activity, but for an entire way of life.聽

The popular contemporary identification of 鈥渟piritual but not religious鈥� reflects a deep and unmet need in the life of many people in the early 21st Century for an approach to faith that balances interior experience with exterior norms and morals. This course 鈥渄raws from the storeroom both the old and the new鈥� (Mt. 13:52) a range of concrete spiritual practices from the Catholic Christian tradition.

This course provides guided discussion on the Spring 2009 issue of聽C21 Resources, "" edited by Dr. Colleen Griffith.

鈥淲hoever has not begun the practice of prayer-聽
There is nothing here to fear but only something to desire.鈥澛�

- St. Teresa of Avila

Everything you need for this course is provided on the course web site.

Topics

• Introductory Week
• Week 1: Spirituality in Practice, Part 1:
  • The Ignatian Examen
  • Intercessory Prayer
  • Praying with Images
  • Living the Sacramental Principle
  • Eucharistic Adoration
  • Practicing Hospitality
• Week 2: Spirituality in Practice, Part 2:
  • Liturgy of the Hours
  • Rosary
  • Family Life as Spiritual Practice
  • Practicing Forgiveness
  • Centering Prayer
  • Retreats

Additional Materials Needed

Everything you need for this course is provided on the course web site. 聽View this issue of聽, "Catholic Spirituality in Practice." 聽If you prefer to have a hard copy of this issue of聽C21 Resources, email The Church in the 21st Century Center at church21@bc.edu.

Content Scholar:聽 The articles were written by various scholars, under the editorship of Dr. Colleen M. Griffith, associate professor of the practice of theology and faculty director of spirituality studies, Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry.