SPECIAL EVENT: Encountering the Mystical Imagination

St. Jerome's University

Friday, Mar 6, 2020 at 7:30 PM EST 

{ "name":"SPECIAL EVENT: Encountering the Mystical Imagination ", "description": "https://ticketfi.com/event/3614/special-event-encountering-the-mystical-imagination\n\n\"Bring your brain to church!\\n\\nIn a previous age, thinking the faith was the job of church leaders. That time has passed. The  Church will not survive except as an educated community. I have always thought that the unofficial motto of St. Jerome’s University was, “Bring your faith to school, and bring  your brain to church.” Just as the university is enriched by the spiritual and moral values of  faith, the church is best served by followers who develop a mature and deep conversation between faith and reason–as Pope Benedict has encouraged. In that spirit, we invite you this  year to bring your faith to these lectures and to bring what you learn here to your community.   It promises to be an exciting year!\\n\\nDavid Seljak, PhD\\nProfessor of Religious Studies\\nCoordinator, Lectures in Catholic Experience\\n \\n\\n\\nREGISTRATION\\nPlease register in advance to assist us with hospitality planning and to ensure that we can contact you in the event of an unexpected event cancellation. You will not be required to show your ticket at the door. \\n\\nTo register for any of the lectures in the Lectures in Catholic Experience Series please click on the event date noted below:\\n\\nOctober 18, 2019 - Gender: But that is what the church has always taught! - Myroslaw Tataryn\\nNovember 15, 2019 - The Paradox of Pleasure: Jean Vanier and the Growth of L'Arche - Carolyn Whitney-Brown\\nJanuary 24, 2020 - You've Come A Long Way Baby! Or Have You? - Sheila Ager\\nFebruary 14, 2020 - The God Beat: Writing about Religion in the 21st Century - Michael Enright\\nApril 17,  2020 - Religion and Nationalism Refuse to Die: So Now What? - David Seljak\\n \\n\\nSPECIAL EVENT - CANCELLED\\n\\nMarch 6, 2020 - Encountering the Mystical Imagination - Norm Klassen, Chad Wriglesworth\\n \\n\\nIn Fall 2017, Drs. Klassen and Wriglesworth took a class of 14 undergraduate students on a tour of the mystical imagination as expressed in literature, theology, and the visual arts. Their intent was to show what it means, for many writers, artists, and thinkers in the Christian tradition and elsewhere, to say that all of reality participates in the larger mystery of God. In 2018 their efforts were recognized when they were awarded the University of Waterloo's Federation of Students Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, and Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance's Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance Award for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence.\\n\\nIn response to that previous class’s excellent suggestion, Klassen and Wriglesworth are now adding notable architecture, sculpture, and experiential learning to the course, and will be teaching the class abroad in Rome in May 2020. They join us on March 6th as a special addition to the Lectures in Catholic Experience series to introduce the mystical imagination through a contemporary American poet’s reflections on his bright abyss; an Australian Catholic writer’s discovery of his Aboriginal roots; and the affirmation of language, mystery, and reason reflected in the Jewish and Christian traditions alike. We hope that you will join us!\\n\\n\\n \\n\"", "startDate":"2020-03-06", "endDate":"2020-03-06", "startTime":"19:30", "endTime":"20:30", "location":"St. Jerome's University - 290 Westmount Rd N Waterloo ON N2L 3G5 Canada", "label":"Add to Calendar", "options":[ "Apple", "Google", "iCal", "Microsoft365", "Outlook.com", "Yahoo" ], "timeZone":"US/Eastern", "trigger":"click", "inline":true, "listStyle":"modal", "iCalFileName":"invite.ics" }