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Secundum Cor tuum [clergy retreat]

"Secundum Cor tuum"
[silent clergy retreat]

Monday 7 - Friday 11 October [2019]

A five-day, silent retreat for secular and religious clergy,
focussing on the configuration of the priestly heart after the Heart of Jesus.

The retreat will be preached by the Canons of the Institute of Christ, King and Sovereign Priest.

Secular and religious clergy, deacons and seminarians welcome!

The retreat will be preached, with opportunity for individual spiritual direction.

Clergy are welcome to celebrate Mass individually at their own time, in Theodore House Oratory or St Peter’s Church.

Daily Holy Hour and Latin Compline.

Guided tour of the Stonyhurst College Historic Libraries and Old Chapel Museum: see more about the College’s Collections here.

All accommodation is en-suite and full board is included.

Ideal surroundings for a retreat: peaceful and beautiful!

Arrivals for 2pm; departures from 2pm.

See more about Theodore House here.

See more about the ICKSP here.

Cost:

£320 (includes single, en-suite room and full board)

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Saints, Scholars and Spiritual Masters [online evening talk] – #5 St Francis de Sales

Saints, Scholars & Spiritual Masters 5 - St Francis de Sales
[online evening talk]

Thursday 5 November @7:30pm

Devotion is for Everyone:
The Working Spirituality of St Francis de Sales

Fifth of the online series: Saints, Scholars and Spiritual Masters

For the recording of this talk, please click here.

The fifth talk of Saints, Scholars and Spiritual Masters will explore the spirituality of a great Bishop and director of souls: St Francis de Sales. Known for his deep love of God and his determination to bring every person – be they lay or religious – to a real holiness of life, he paid special attention to lay people living working lives. Much of his writing was directed to showing such people how to grow in holiness through their day-to-day activity. His fame as a spiritual director brought him into demand from Popes, royalty and nobility. Despite this, he lived out the last word of advice he gave from his deathbed: “humility”.

About the speaker:

Canon Scott Tanner is a priest of the Institute of Christ the King, Soverign Priest. After studying Theology and Religious Studies at Nottingham University, he studied for the priest at St Philip Neri Seminary, near Florence, Italy. He was ordained in 2015 and worked in the Diocese of Shrewsbury before joining the parish of St Walburge’s in Preston, Lancashire.

Next in the series:

19th November – Sts Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross with Fr Matthew Blake, O.C.D.

3rd December – St Benedict of Norcia with Fr Cassian Folsom, O.S.B.

10th December – St Francis of Assisi with Fr Gabriel Kyte, C.F.R.

For the flier, please click here

 

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Ancient Byzantine Iconography Course [residential course]

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Ancient Byzantine Iconography Course
[residential course]

13th - 19th June 2023

Write an icon of the Mother of God of Tenderness
in the ancient Byzantine style

A 7-day icon-writing course led by Deacon Nikita Andrejev, of the Prosopon School of Iconology

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Over the 7 days of this iconography course, students will develop the contemplative practice of icon writing using the ancient art of liquid egg tempera technique.

The teaching of the technical craft of icon writing will be accompanied by the study of the theological world view from which the practice emerged. The practical demonstrations and direction will therefore be framed by a discussion of the symbolic meaning of the iconic forms, of the materials and of the processes involved.

Surrounded by peace and beautiful scenery, this week-long immersion into an ancient form of prayer and the accompanying technique serves as an excellent opportunity to refresh and recreate your soul in prayer and a warm community environment.

“It is always a privilege and a humble experience to be part of an icon painting class; but it is particularly with this class that I learnt the most and had the most change in myself”

The icon currently planned for this course is that of Mary, Mother of God of Tenderness. The template for this icon will be based on the ancient archetype.

Although this icon is slightly more complex than that usually written by beginners, the class will also welcome and take into consideration complete beginners, whilst also offering some flexibility with the icon itself.

The class welcomes experienced icon writers regardless of whether they have painted in the Prosopon style before or not, providing an opportunity to learn or to develop the particular technique and approach of the Prosopon School.

For years Nikita Andreyev apprenticed to his father, Vladislav Andreyev, complimenting this experience with postgraduate theological studies in Paris and the United States.

As a member of the faculty team of the Prosopon School of Iconology, Nikita has contributed to the development of unique teaching methods. The resulting workshop experience enables participants to create and grow through their icon making, developing spiritually through each icon.

Since its founding in the 1980s, the School has rediscovered lost techniques of the ancient art of liquid egg tempera and has helped ignite a renewed interest in icons across the USA and the western world.

                                                  For more information about Deacon Nikita Andrejev, please click here.

Theodore House offers a wonderful venue for icon painting. With abundant natural light from the glass roof panels flooding the atrium, this is an inspiring venue for icon painting. The tranquil and beautiful surroundings of the Stonyhurst estate offer an ideally peaceful setting. The first floor gallery, which gives access to the comfortable, en-suite bedrooms, affords a birds-eye view of the workshop below. Guests will also enjoy the comfortable recreational spaces and a beautifully lanscaped garden.

For more information about Theodore House, please click here.

Classes start in the morning of Tuesday 13th June. Residential participants are welcome to arrive from 6pm on Monday 12th June, with dinner being included that evening.

Classes end in the afternoon of Monday 19th June, with departures from approx. 4pm.

Cost

Full board* & lodging, single room: £890 p.p.

Full board* & lodging, twin room: £790 p.p.

Non-residential, full board (lunch and dinner*): £640 p.p.

A non-refundable deposit of £250 will be required upon booking.

Balance of course fees will be due 1 month before the course, and may be spread over several instalments prior to this date.

*Please note: all meals on this course are fish or vegetarian, as is the custom in this work.

“The facilities here were absolutely wonderful. When I walked in I immediately felt blessed to have this space to work in”

“A very professional, spiritual and calm environment: perfect for icon painting”

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Mary, Mother of Priests [clergy retreat]

Mary, Mother of Priests
[silent clergy retreat]

Monday 13th - Friday 17th September [2021]

A retreat for secular and religious clergy, on the role of Mary for the priest and on the fostering of a Marian devotion.

The retreat will be preached by the Canons of the Institute of Christ, King and Sovereign Priest.

Secular and religious clergy, deacons and seminarians welcome!

The retreat will be preached, with opportunity for individual spiritual direction and confessions.

Clergy are welcome to celebrate Mass individually at their own time, in Theodore House Oratory or St Peter’s Church.

Daily Holy Hour and Latin Compline.

Guided tour of the Stonyhurst College Historic Libraries and Old Chapel Museum: see more about the College’s Collections here [to be confirmed].

All accommodation is en-suite and full board is included.

Ideal surroundings for a retreat: peaceful and beautiful!

Arrivals for 2pm; departures from 2pm.

See more about Theodore House here.

See more about the ICKSP here.

Cost:

£320 (includes single, en-suite room and full board)

Precautions against Covid-19 are implemented at Theodore House as advised by the Government.

In case of cancellation or postponment resulting from Covid-19, deposits and payments will be refunded or carried over.

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Newman 101: Why Newman Still Matters Today [online conference]

Newman 101:
Why Newman Still Matters Today
[online conference]

Saturday 31 October @4pm

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Beatification
and the 1st Anniversary of Canonisation

An informal, online colloquium exploring a range of themes from Newman’s legacy, with some of the U.K.’s leading Newman scholars!

For the recordings of the conference, please click here.

J.H. Newman is the latest English person to be made a saint. Considered to be one of the leading intellectuals of his day, he made a remarkable conversion from Anglicanism to Catholicism through his study of Scripture and the history. In an increasingly politically- and scientifically-oriented world, his search for truth and reason resonate strongly today and carry incisive lessons for the 21st century.

Join Dr Giuseppe Pezzini, Dr Rebekah Lamb, Dr Jacob Philips and Leonie Caldecott in a fascinating exploration of Newman’s world!

The colloquium will include:

  • A 15-minute paper by each scholar – see below
  • Roundtable discussion
  • General Q&A with the opportunity to present your own questions
Dr Giuseppe Pezzini
Paper 1 - Newman on Imagination: Callista Revisited

Dr. Giuseppe Pezzini is Senior Lecturer in Latin at the University of St Andrew’s, and from August 2021 Tutorial Fellow in Latin Language and Literature at Corpus Christi College Oxford. He came to St Andrews in 2016 after research fellowships at Magdalen College, Oxford and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He worked as an assistant editor for the Oxford Dictionary of Medieval Latin, and has published especially on Latin language and literature, philosophy of language, and the theory of fiction, ancient and modern, including above all Tolkien’s views on the ‘mystery of literary creation’. He is an Associate of the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Art in St Andrews and the Tolkien Editor of the Journal of the Inklings Studies. He is a member of the RSE Young Academy Scotland, the Young Academy of Europe, and a collaborator of the Meeting of Rimini, for which he has curated exhibitions on John Henry Newman (2011, 2014), Oscar Wilde (2015) and JRR Tolkien (2021).

For more information about Dr. Pezzini, please click here.

Paper 2 - Newman's Marian Turn

Dr. Rebekah Lamb lectures at the School of Divinity, University of St. Andrew’s. She specialises in Religion and Literature from the long-nineteenth century to the present, with  emphasis on the Pre-Raphaelites and their affiliate circles. She joined the School of Divinity in 2018. Prior to St. Andrews Rebekah was an inaugural Étienne Gilson Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of St. Michael’s College (USMC) in the University of Toronto and also taught Literature and Humanities Studies at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College (SWC) in the Ottawa Valley. She received her PhD in Victorian and Twentieth-Century British and Irish Literature as well as her Masters in English Literature from Western University (London, Ontario, Canada).

For more information about Dr. Lamb, please click here.

Dr Jacob Philips
Paper 3 - Newman on Why Culture Matters

Jacob Phillips is Director of the Institute of Theology and Liberal Arts at St Mary’s University, Twickenham. He joined St Mary’s as a lecturer in theology in 2016, has headed-up the Institute of Theology since its inception in August 2018, as well as overseeing its merger with the humanities to create the new Institute of Theology and Liberal Arts in September 2020.

Jacob holds a first-class degree in Theology from Heythrop College, where he was awarded the Marcus Ward Prize for New Testament studies, and a distinction in his MA from King’s College London, where he was awarded the Relton Prize for Christian Doctrine. He completed his PhD at King’s College on Human Subjectivity in the Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

For more information about Dr. Philips, please click here.

Leonie Caldecott
Paper 4 - Newman: Friend & Pastor in the Work of Meriol Trevor

Léonie Caldecott, MA (Oxon.), was educated at Hertford College, Oxford, where she read French and Philosophy. In the early 1980s she won the Catherine Pakenham Award for Young Women Journalists, and has since written for both secular and religious publications, including the Guardian, the Sunday Times, Village Voice, the New York Times Book Review, Communio, Catholic World Report, Inside the Vatican, the Tablet, the Catholic Herald, Touchstone, and Parabola. She has written on Blessed John Henry Newman and St Therese of Lisieux for CTS. She is the UK editor for Magnificat and Humanum Review, and directs the annual Second Spring summer school.

For more information about Mrs. Caldecott, please click here.

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