A Spiritual Journey Through Dante's "Divine Comedy"
Mondays, September 22-November 3 | 6:30-8:00 p.m.
St. Gregory the Great Msgr. Klasen Building, 1609 W Gregory St.
with Prof. Scott Moringiello (DePaul University)
Have you ever wanted to read Dante’s “Divine Comedy” but wished you had a learning community and a trustworthy guide to accompany you on the way? Here’s your chance.
In his apostolic letter “Candor Lucis Aeternae” on the 700th anniversary of Dante’s birth, Pope Francis wrote:
“Dante today — if we can presume to speak for him — does not wish merely to be read, commented on, studied and analyzed. Rather, he asks to be heard and even imitated; he invites us to become his companions on the journey. Today, too, he wants to show us the route to happiness, the right path to live a fully human life, emerging from the dark forest in which we lose our bearings and the sense of our true worth. Dante’s journey and his vision of life beyond death are not just a story to be told; they are more than the account of a personal experience, however exceptional.”
“The Divine Comedy” is of course a literary masterpiece, but it is also a spiritual masterpiece. It reminds us what we should strive toward and of the virtues that help us in that journey and the vices that hinder us. By reading the poem, we learn about ourselves.
In this seven week course, we will read through the entire Divine Comedy, the Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Participants are strongly encouraged to use the editions translated by Jean and Robert Hollander.
$50 suggested donation. Please RSVP by filling out the form below. You can donate online HERE or bring cash or check to the class.
St. Gregory the Great Msgr. Klasen Building, 1609 W Gregory St.
with Prof. Scott Moringiello (DePaul University)
Have you ever wanted to read Dante’s “Divine Comedy” but wished you had a learning community and a trustworthy guide to accompany you on the way? Here’s your chance.
In his apostolic letter “Candor Lucis Aeternae” on the 700th anniversary of Dante’s birth, Pope Francis wrote:
“Dante today — if we can presume to speak for him — does not wish merely to be read, commented on, studied and analyzed. Rather, he asks to be heard and even imitated; he invites us to become his companions on the journey. Today, too, he wants to show us the route to happiness, the right path to live a fully human life, emerging from the dark forest in which we lose our bearings and the sense of our true worth. Dante’s journey and his vision of life beyond death are not just a story to be told; they are more than the account of a personal experience, however exceptional.”
“The Divine Comedy” is of course a literary masterpiece, but it is also a spiritual masterpiece. It reminds us what we should strive toward and of the virtues that help us in that journey and the vices that hinder us. By reading the poem, we learn about ourselves.
In this seven week course, we will read through the entire Divine Comedy, the Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Participants are strongly encouraged to use the editions translated by Jean and Robert Hollander.
$50 suggested donation. Please RSVP by filling out the form below. You can donate online HERE or bring cash or check to the class.
Scott Moringiello is scholar-in-residence at St. Gregory's Hall and Department Chair and Associate Professor of Catholic Studies at DePaul University, where he teaches classes on Catholic theology and religion and literature. He holds a PhD in Theology from the University of Notre Dame, an MPhil from the Divinity Faculty at the University of Cambridge, and a BA in Philosophy and Classics from Williams College. His research interest include religious themes in contemporary literature and the history of biblical exegesis. He and his family are former parishioners of St. Gregory the Great.
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