You are invited to attend our next monthly meeting to be held on Friday, March 14th from 4:00pm to 5:30pm. We will be discussing “A Blood Transfusion for Theology: Pope Francis’s c’est la confiance, Thérèse, and Teresa” by Lisa Lickona from the Spring 2024 issue entitled “Reforming the Church” (Volume 51.1).
Here are excerpt from the Introduction to the issue:
In “A Blood Transfusion for Theology: Pope Francis’s c’est la confiance, Thérèse, and Teresa,” Lisa Lickona responds to Pope Francis’s call for theologians to appropriate and draw out the conclusions of St. Thérèse’s theology. Lickona shows that Thérèse’s spirituality flows from that of another great Carmelite: St. Teresa of Ávila. Although both are Carmelites, the strong connection between their spiritualties is not obvious. Teresa’s mysticism, filled with remarkable visions and spiritual ecstasies, seems rather remote from Thérèse’s “little way.” Lickona, however, shows how Thérèse’s asceticism and emphasis on “confidence” flows from Teresa’s mystical charism; both women are united in their testimony to the “primacy of God” in their lives. “In the charisms of these two women, taken as a whole, the mystical informs the ascetical in a way that unleashes the Church’s true evangelical potential, which is joy, the joy of the Gospel.”
If you are interested, Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation C’est la confiance can be downloaded from here.
We will meet in the Kateri Room located at St. Michael’s Church, 240 Hemlock Street, Waterloo, Ontario. Use the east side parking lot and enter by the rear doors. Walk up the stairs. The Kateri Room is on your right before you enter the church proper.
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