I heard today from Father Rodger Hunter Hall who is a friend of Holy Spirit College based in Washington DC. Fr. Rodger is the Assistant-Librarian to Congress for matters related to Catholicisim and has agreed to lend his considerable expertise to the long-term building of Holy Spirit College's library collection.
Father Rodger's particular purpose in writing was to inform me that today is the feast day of Blessed Marie Rose Durocher who did much in the area of education and in particular the starting of new initiatives (she was the foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary) and Father Rodger was confiding all of our endeavors at Holy Spirit College to her intercession. The Sisters were dedicated to providing Christian education for the poor and the neglected. Today, the congregation's mission continues in Canada, the United States, Africa, Haiti, and South America with 1385 religious and 561 associates. Sister Marie Rose died at the age of 38 on October 6, 1849 of natural causes. She was beatified on May 23, 1982 by Pope John Paul II.
Father Rodger explained that her intercession is under-utilized by the Quebecois and as she was always willing to take on tasks beyond her native land he had decided to introduce her to Atlanta and to our college.
While on the subject of the college, Father Theodore Book (Director of Liturgy of the Archdiocese) will be teaching an introductory course at Holy Spirit College on the Summa of the Summa on 6 Tuesday evenings in November and December. Course dates and sign-up will be announced very soon. This course can be taken for enrichment (i.e. no written assignments or examinations) or for college credit. If taken for credit we guarantee that we will not tell your children the grades that you earn!
The course is a stand-alone introduction to arguably the greatest book in the history of Christian Theology / Philosophy but would also be an idea "taster" for anyone contemplating more extensive studies in Theology and / or Philosophy. The course is suitable for absolute beginners and recidivist theology students alike. Here is Amazon's description of the text:
Saint Thomas Aquinas is universally recognized as one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived. His writings combine the two fundamental ideals of philosophical writing: clarity and profundity. He is a master of metaphysics and technical terminology, yet so full of both theoretical and practical wisdom. He is the master of common sense. His major work, the Summa Theologica, is timeless, but particularly important today because of his synthesis of faith and reason, revelation and philosophy, and the Biblical and the classical Greco-Roman heritages. This unique book combines selected essential philosophical passages from Thomas' Summa with footnotes and explanations by Kreeft, a popular Thomist teacher and writer. Kreeft selected those passages from Thomas that are intrinsically important, non-technical enough to be intelligible to modern readers, and most likely to be used in a class or by independent readers who want to study the Summa on their own. Kreeft's detailed footnotes explain difficult or technical passages and call attention to points of particular significance for the modern reader. This book is the most intelligent, clear, and useful access to Saint Thomas in print. Includes a glossary and an index.
Take the plunge into the world of Theology in preparation for Advent!
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