Monthly Archives: October 2011

Readings for What Happened At Vatican II

Presenters have selected materials for a What Happened at Vatican II? readings package that can be downloaded here (40.4 MB) in colour or here in black-and white (11.5 MB). They can be read in advance of the event or simply brought to the event for reference. The package … Continue reading

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What Happened at Vatican II? Renewing the Liturgy

A series of discussions about the Mass based on the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium) and John O’Malley’s book What Happened at Vatican II to be held at St. Michael’s Church, 240 Hemlock Street (Albert & University), Waterloo … Continue reading

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Five Smooth Stones: Towards a mystical theology of nature and grace

Introduction: The transformation of stones In the past few postings, I have been approaching the theology of nature and grace through Anglicans: John Milbank first, who explicitly outlines contemporary theology’s indebtedness to Catholicism; then Rowan Williams, a wonderful expositor of … Continue reading

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Lewis for Our Times: Principles of Cultural Apologetics in the Writings of Rowan Williams

In a posting of several months ago (“Romantic Orthodoxy, Militant Atheism, and a Question of Style,” December 27, 2010), I suggested that Rowan Williams models an attractive style of Christian engagement of secular culture. Here I would like to flesh … Continue reading

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The Thomistic Challenge of C.S. Lewis’s Sermon “Learning in War-time”

Introduction Any Christian who aspires to be a student faces two great temptations: the belief that their studies must “add up” to something or that their creative power, either to redescribe or to expose and “deconstruct,” is absolute. Often these … Continue reading

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