Seminar on the Works of Saint Teresa of Avila
Mondays, September 11-November 13, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
St. Gregory the Great Monsignor Klasen Building
1609 W. Gregory St.
A seminar led by Fr. Bob Sprott, OFM (scholar-in-residence)
Western mystical thought achieved crystal clarity in the writings of the 16th-century Spaniards Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross. In contrast to St. John's soaring, poetic temperament, St. Teresa's mystical vein is practical, a mysticism that has shoes on it. Perhaps her most iconic moment occurred when one of her sisters passed by the kitchen and saw her rapt in ecstasy, with a frying pan in her hand. In this weekly seminar, we will read two of her greatest works, The Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle.
Assigned text
The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, volume 2, translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. and Otilio Rodriguez, O.C.D. and published by the Institute of Carmelite Studies. Its ISBN is 978-0960087662.
$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 Monsignor Klasen Building
1609 W. Gregory St.
A seminar led by Fr. Bob Sprott, OFM (scholar-in-residence)
Western mystical thought achieved crystal clarity in the writings of the 16th-century Spaniards Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross. In contrast to St. John's soaring, poetic temperament, St. Teresa's mystical vein is practical, a mysticism that has shoes on it. Perhaps her most iconic moment occurred when one of her sisters passed by the kitchen and saw her rapt in ecstasy, with a frying pan in her hand. In this weekly seminar, we will read two of her greatest works, The Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle.
Assigned text
The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, volume 2, translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. and Otilio Rodriguez, O.C.D. and published by the Institute of Carmelite Studies. Its ISBN is 978-0960087662.
$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
Fr. Bob Sprott, OFM, is a member of the Order of the Friars Minor (Franciscans). 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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