CERTIFICATE IN THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS
STUDIES
The Certificate
in Theology and Religious Studies is a modular 60 credit programme,
offered by M.I.C. in partnership with a variety of module providers.
THIS COURSE IS NOW FULL - if you
would like to go on a waiting list or receive details of future courses
please contact Margaret McDonnell after 14th July
From 4th-9th August 2008, a Summer
Course will be presented at Glenstal Abbey entitled:
Music, Mysticism and Religious Imagination
Module Content:
The aim of this week is to lead participants to an understanding
of imagination as a privileged access to the world of creativity
as worship as well as to worship as creativity. A study
will be made of the liturgy - its forms and rites etc. – as
an unconscious manifestation of the Church [as opposed to the conscious
formulation of dogmas and creeds etc.]
From the other side of the equation we shall study how we try to
connect with the Divine: the psalms as poetry; poetry and art as
outpourings of religious imagination; music and song as essential
elements of liturgical prayer; the connection between theatre and
liturgy; the gap between mysticism and these other attempts to connect
with, or to express, the Divine.
COURSE PROGRAMME (PROVISIONAL)
Day 1
4.00 pm: Registration and Tea in Reception Area of Monastery.
4.30 – 5.45: Introduction. Fr Simon Sleeman OSB & Noírín
Ní Riain Ph.D. [Library O’Brien Room]
6.00 pm: Vespers. [Abbey Church]
6.30 pm: Departure
Day 2
10.00 am: Prayer and the Unconscious, Mark Patrick Hederman [Library
O’Brien Room]
11.00 am: Coffee [Library, Ground floor]
11.20 am: Discussion [Library O’Brien Room]
12.10 pm: Mass [Abbey Church]
1.00 pm: Lunch
2.00 pm: Film in the Cinema Upstairs
4.00 pm Tea [Library]
5.00 pm Musical Theatre and Mysticism, Fr Paul Nash OSB [Library
O’Brien Room]
6.00 pm: Vespers.
6.30 pm: Departure
Day 3
10.00 am: Liturgy as the Unconscious Worhip of the Church, Andrew
Cyprian Love OSB [Library O’Brien Room]
11.00 am: Coffee [Library, Ground floor]
11.20 am: Discussion [Library O’Brien Room]
12.10 pm: Mass [Abbey Church]
1.00 pm: Lunch
2.30 pm: Improvised Organ Music
4.00 pm Tea [Library]
4.30 – 5.45 pm: Mysticism & Religious Imagination in the
Irish Tradidion, in Joa Bolendas and in Hildegard of Bingen, with
Noírín Ní Riain PhD.
6.00 pm: Vespers. [Abbey Church]
6.30 pm: Departure
Day 4
10.00 am: Religious Imagination in the Celtic Tradition Fr Sean O
Duinn OSB [Library O’Brien Room]
11.00 am: Coffee [Library, Ground floor]
11.20 am: Discussion [Library O’Brien Room]
12.10 pm: Mass [Abbey Church]
1.00 pm: Lunch
2.00 pm: Outing with Colmán Ó Clabaigh to Architectural & Archaeological
sites in the locality where religious imagination survives in stone.
6.00 pm: Vespers. [Abbey Church]
6.30 pm: Departure
Day 5
10.00 am: Mysticism and Liturgy: Mark Patrick Hederman [Library O’Brien
Room]
11.00 am: Coffee [Library, Ground floor]
11.20 am: Discussion [Library O’Brien Room]
12.10 pm: Mass [Abbey Church]
1.00 pm: Lunch
2.30 pm: Guided visit to the Icon Chapel.
4.00 pm Tea [Library]
4.30 – 5.45 pm The Symbolism of Chant Fr Senan Furlong OSB
6.00 pm: Vespers. [Abbey Church]
6.30 pm: Departure
Day 6
10.00 am: Transfiguration with Fr Gregory Collins OSB [Library O’Brien
Room]
11.00 am: Coffee [Library, Ground floor]
11.20 am: Discussion [Library O’Brien Room]
12.10 pm: Mass [Abbey Church]
1.00 pm: Lunch
2.30 pm: Departure
COST: €350 (TBC) for course
and lunch each day.
Special concessions for those taking the CERTIFICATE
IN THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS
STUDIES.
Limited accommodation available in the monastery
Guesthouse email: guestmaster@glenstal.org.
There are also hotels and B&Bs in the locality. We recommend
Rinnaknock B&B at the entrance to our back avenue: Tel. 061-386189;
email: walshseaver@eircom.net ).
Book early to avoid disappointment.
Credits: 12
Registration: TBC
A registration fee for the College Certificate of €150 is also
payable – this covers registration for all modules taken by
students in the coming year, and entitles students to library access,
and other general facilities.
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