John Henry Newman: The Art of the Sermon
Mondays, November 10-December 15
6:00-8:00 p.m.
St. Gregory the Great, Msgr. Klasen Building. 1609 W Gregory St
with Fr. Bob Sprott, OFM (scholar-in-residence)
Canonized in 2019 and soon be declared a Doctor of the Church, John Henry Newman was a 19th century English convert. Among his voluminous writings, Newman’s sermons offer the most accessible introduction to his thought. This course will offer a selection of Newman’s published sermons both from his Anglican and Catholic periods and plumb their literary virtues and spiritual depth.
Required Texts
John Henry Newman: Selected Sermons (Paulist Press, 1993) ISBN: 0809134519.
6:00-8:00 p.m.
St. Gregory the Great, Msgr. Klasen Building. 1609 W Gregory St
with Fr. Bob Sprott, OFM (scholar-in-residence)
Canonized in 2019 and soon be declared a Doctor of the Church, John Henry Newman was a 19th century English convert. Among his voluminous writings, Newman’s sermons offer the most accessible introduction to his thought. This course will offer a selection of Newman’s published sermons both from his Anglican and Catholic periods and plumb their literary virtues and spiritual depth.
Required Texts
John Henry Newman: Selected Sermons (Paulist Press, 1993) ISBN: 0809134519.
$50 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.
*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.
About the teacher
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.
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