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Lay Spiritual Formation Advent Retreat: Catechists: Stewards of the Mysteries of God

An Advent Retreat in collaboration with the Sheptytsky Institute. A special invitation is extended to all who work or volunteer in any kind of catechetical ministry.

Prayer is neither simply private nor is worship solely public. To remember how these pieces interlock, we need to engage the Church’s memory. We will explore early Christian commentaries on the Our Father, The Divine Liturgy, and the Sacraments of Initiation. These texts will teach us about “mystagogy” an introduction the mysteries: the sacramental and liturgical life of the church. Learning from the fathers will put us on the inside of these mysteries and equip us to give this saving knowledge away to the people we serve.

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Location: In-Person event at St. Augustine’s Seminary (2661 Kingston Rd, Scarborough ON)

Registration starts at 9:00am

This event will also be held ONLINE via Zoom. Please see below to purchase tickets.

Cost:
In-Person - $50 plus HST, Online - $20 plus HST

If you would like to join our mailing list, please send an email to lay.formation@staugustines.on.ca.

If you have any questions, please contact our Event Coordinator, Chère MacLean at chere.maclean@utoronto.ca

Please note: The recommended age of all attendees is 15 and over.

 

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

Fr. Andrew Summerson is an Assistant Professor of Greek Patristics and Eastern Christian Studies in the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies in the Faculty of Theology at the University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto. He holds a doctorate in Patristic Theology from the Pontifical Patristic Institute, “Augustinianum.” He is the author of Divine Scripture and Human Emotion in Maximus the Confessor (Brill 2021) and numerous articles.

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