Contemporary Spiritual Memoirs
Tuesdays, April 9-May 28, 6:30-8PM
St. Gregory the Great Parish Center, 5545 N Paulina St
with Prof. Scott Moringiello (scholar-in-residence)
This course will focus on three memoirs written by Catholic women: The Long Loneliness by Dorothy Day, Lit by Mary Karr, and Love & Salt by Amy Andrews and Jessica Griffith. These texts explore the relationship between faith and doubt, love and knowledge, will and intellect, and self and community among other themes. Besides discussing the theological and narrative themes in the texts, we will also discuss how memoir is a particularly Catholic genre.
Participants will be required to obtain their own copies of the books.
$40 suggested donation.* Register by filling out the form below. Contact Mark Franzen with any questions.
*You can pay online or bring a check or cash to the class. Make checks payable to Mary, Mother of God Parish with "St. Gregory's Hall" in the memo line. All donations are used to cover program and staff-related expenses of St. Gregory's Hall. No funds are used for general Parish operating expenses.
St. Gregory the Great Parish Center, 5545 N Paulina St
with Prof. Scott Moringiello (scholar-in-residence)
This course will focus on three memoirs written by Catholic women: The Long Loneliness by Dorothy Day, Lit by Mary Karr, and Love & Salt by Amy Andrews and Jessica Griffith. These texts explore the relationship between faith and doubt, love and knowledge, will and intellect, and self and community among other themes. Besides discussing the theological and narrative themes in the texts, we will also discuss how memoir is a particularly Catholic genre.
Participants will be required to obtain their own copies of the books.
$40 suggested donation.* Register by filling out the form below. Contact Mark Franzen with any questions.
*You can pay online or bring a check or cash to the class. Make checks payable to Mary, Mother of God Parish with "St. Gregory's Hall" in the memo line. All donations are used to cover program and staff-related expenses of St. Gregory's Hall. No funds are used for general Parish operating expenses.
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About our scholar-in-residence
Scott Moringiello is 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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