Ecological Spirituality:
Finding Our Home in the Earth
8 nights, beginning Thursday
2 October 2008 (7pm – 9.30pm)
St.
Patrick's College, Thurles, Co. Tipperary
Do you question, like
St. Paul, why you do not understand your own
actions, not doing what you want to do, but
instead doing the very thing you hate? (Rom
7:15) We live out of a story of origin which
implies that the gifts of creation are there
for the use and benefit of humanity, which
has frequently been employed in the past to
exploit our natural resources. This story
gives a much distorted image of God, of
ourselves, and of our relationship to the
earth, which is our home. It has taken one
tenth of one percent of earth’s history for
humanity to destroy its ecological and
spiritual home. Through our loss of
connection with our deepest selves we have
grown into a species simultaneously
dangerous and endangered. Hopelessness seems
to have become our everyday companion. This
suffering can either consume or transform
us. Will we choose death or life?
Cosmology is the
emerging story of the birth, development and
destiny of the universe and our place within
it. Ecological Spirituality is an approach
to spirituality that looks to our earth home
to shape and form our spirituality.
The aim of this
introductory course is to lead participants
on a journey into the story of the universe
through lecture, story, contemplation,
music, movement, poetry and ritual, and to
explore a spirituality that embraces our
human story and the story of the earth as
one story. As we listen to the universe
telling her story we will grow in
appreciation of how the integration of this
unfolding story into every aspect of our
lives is without doubt, the “great work” of
our time.
Cost
€200 (including
non-refundable €50 booking fee to secure
place)
Dates of Course
Closing date for
applications Friday 5th September
2008
NB:
Applicants are advised to apply early to
avoid disappointment
Facilitator
Mary Teresa McCormack
holds an MA in Theological Studies, an MA in
Culture and Spirituality,
a Graduate Diploma in Remedial Ed. And a BA
in Education. |
