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Current Christian Formation Books
 
Beginning in June 2010, Benedictine Community of St. Paul (Matthew 6:6) will study the great 20th century book, This Tremendous Lover by Dom Eugene Boylan.  Click here to buy the book from amazon.com. Join us as we learn about God’s plan for our happiness, and how we are each called to participate in this divine plan as members of the Mystical Body of Christ. The group meets Monday evenings after mass. The group is open to all and composed primarily of laity: although those pursuing or interested in pursuing the monastic life are a significant part. The Inner Room brings silence into St. Paul’s hectic parish life and provides a forum for parishioners to pursue and develop their own personal rules of life. The group meets in the Guild Room at 6:30 PM before dinner in the Dining Hall. Silent Contemplative Prayer followed by sung Compline at 8:30 PM in the Church. All are welcome at any time. Please contact Michael Alsup or Scott Sigmon with any questions. Jmichaelalsup@aol.com or scottsigmon@mac.com.
 
 
Benedictine Community of St. Paul also is preparing to study the Conferences of John Cassian. Click here to buy the book from amazon.com.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Adult Discussion Group is studying the Epistles of Timothy and Titus based on a Study Guide authored by Bishop N.T. Wright of Durham, who previously taught New Testament studies at Cambridge, McGill and Oxford Universities.  Each week the group meets at 10:30 am to discuss a chapter or so of the Epistles; all are welcome to join us for one or more sessions. Click here to buy the book from amazon.com.
 
 
 
 

The Religion & Science Book Study is starting a new book, God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution, by John F. Haught. Click here to buy the book from Amazon.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Past Christian Formation Books
 
The Pilgrims Alumni Bible Study Group has conducted several short study series using the resources of the “Serendipity Bible.”  Click here to buy the book from Amazon.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
From January 31 to March 21, 2010, the Rector’s Forum studied The Wound of Knowledge. In this thorough yet accessible book, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams traces the story of Christian spirituality from the New Testament to St. John of the Cross.  Looking at heresies and the voices of the great saints of the Church through the 16th Ccntury, Williams explores the profound contradictions that give rise to an authentic life faith and prayer.  “The questioning involved here is not our interrogation of the data but its interrogation of us.  It is the intractable strangeness of the ground of belief that must constantly be allowed to challenge our fixed assumptions of  religiosity.”  A challenging and invigorating investigation into the roots of faith and spirituality. Click here to buy from amazon.com.
 
 
During 2009 and 2010, Benedictine Community of St. Paul (Matthew 6:6) studied Dom Thomas Keating’s  book, Open Mind, Open Heart. Click here to buy the book from amazon.com. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
During Lent 2010, Fr. Sloane offered a series entitled “Centering Prayer:  A Journey to the Inner Room.” This offered the opportunity not only to study and discuss an aspect of Christian spirituality, but also to find a place for us to be silent, to be still and to learn to rest in God.  The rudimentary principles and practice of Centering Prayer available in this 5-week series also gave us the tools for practice that can make profound changes in our lives as individuals and corporately. The series included a discussion of “Manifesting God,” by Thomas Keating. Click here to buy the book from amazon.com.
 
 
 
For the past five years, Fr. Humphrey has taken us on journeys into Narnia during Lent, through the Wardrobe and aboard the Dawn Treader, and on quests in The Silver Chair and Prince Caspian. In 2010, he led us on a Lenten journey as we discovered Narnia again in The Magician’s Nephew, which tells the story of Narnia’s creation and fall. Fr. Humphrey led a family-oriented program every Friday night for six weeks from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. It followed Mass and Stations of the Cross in the church, beginning in the Dining Hall with a potluck supper and continuing with an hour of multimedia presentation and intergenerational activities, including drama, discussion, crafts, and small group interaction. Click here to buy the book from amazon.com.
 
 
 
During 2009, the Religion & Science Book Study studied Keith Ward’s The Big Questions in Science and Religion.  Examples of some of the “big questions” are: Is Evolution Compatible with Creation?; Is it still possible to speak of the soul?; Does science allow for revelation and divine action? Click here to buy from amazon.com.
 
 
 
 
 
From November 1 to December 20, 2009, the Rector’s Forum studied Why Go to Church? The drama of the Eucharist. This book written by Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., was the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book for 2009.  In this book, Radcliffe takes us back to the basics of the Eucharist and opens us to the profound implications for our living not only as Christians but also as human beings. A fascinating, dramatic and revealing “return to basics” which will give us a new appreciation of and devotion to that which lies at the heart of our parish - the Mass. Click here to buy from amazon.com.
 
 
 
From September to December 2009, the Adult Discussion Group discussed What Saint Paul Really Said: Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity? by Bishop N.T. Wright of Durham, England.  Dr. Wright is a widely-known New Testament scholar. Click here to buy from amazon.
 
 
 
 
 
 
In 2008, Fidelitas held a series of discussions around The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. Click here to buy from amazon.com.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Fr. Humphrey edited Gathering the Next Generation: Essays on the Formation and Ministry of Gen X Priests. The work features an introduction by former Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold, and reflections on Formation and Ordination, Formation and Ministry, The Changing Faces of Ordained Ministry, and Mission and Ministry for the New Milliennium. Click here to buy from amazon.com.
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