St. John Henry Newman on True Education
Mondays, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
April 27-June 29
St. Gregory the Great
Msgr. Klasen Building, 1609 W Gregory St.
with Fr. Bob Sprott, OFM
While everyone agrees that education is a good thing, there is much disagreement on what constitutes a good and proper education for young people. This is true now and it was true in the 1850’s when John Henry Newman was working on founding Ireland’s National Catholic University. The project itself did not succeed, but out of its failure came a book, his The Idea of a University, which contains his longest discussion on the real purpose of education and on the nature of the student, the human being who is the object and beneficiary of teaching.
Over the course of ten weeks, this seminar will read and discuss Newman’s The Idea of a University, focusing on what he has to say about university studies and university students, which will aid us in attaining a deeper understanding of the nature of the human mind and how that mind is best cultivated.
$100 suggested donation. You can donate online HERE or bring cash or check to the class.
We are experiencing a problem with the sign-up form. Please email Mark Franzen to register for the course.
April 27-June 29
St. Gregory the Great
Msgr. Klasen Building, 1609 W Gregory St.
with Fr. Bob Sprott, OFM
While everyone agrees that education is a good thing, there is much disagreement on what constitutes a good and proper education for young people. This is true now and it was true in the 1850’s when John Henry Newman was working on founding Ireland’s National Catholic University. The project itself did not succeed, but out of its failure came a book, his The Idea of a University, which contains his longest discussion on the real purpose of education and on the nature of the student, the human being who is the object and beneficiary of teaching.
Over the course of ten weeks, this seminar will read and discuss Newman’s The Idea of a University, focusing on what he has to say about university studies and university students, which will aid us in attaining a deeper understanding of the nature of the human mind and how that mind is best cultivated.
$100 suggested donation. You can donate online HERE or bring cash or check to the class.
We are experiencing a problem with the sign-up form. Please email Mark Franzen to register for the course.
Fr. Bob Sprott, OFM, is a member of the Order of the Friars Minor. He holds a PhD in linguistics from the University of Chicago, and his work in ministry has led him to the American Southwest, working with Pueblo and Hispanic villages, the Canadian Arctic, working in the Diocese of Churchill-Hudson Bay, and Guatemala, teaching and providing spiritual direction at a minor seminary run by the Benedictine monks near the city of Quetzaltenango. In 2000 he returned to the U.S. and began ten years in Chicago, many of which were spent at St. Peter’s in the Loop. He has taught numerous adult education courses at the Newberry Library and at area parishes.
