Adult Faith Education
ADULT FAITH EDUCATION PROGRAM
TUESDAYS AT CATHEDRAL 2012-2013
Season 2012-13 has concluded with the last presentation on April 23, 2013. This program will resume in September 2013 for the 2013-14 season. Program listing for 2013-14 will be available soon.
Unless specified, all sessions are held in the Cathedral Lower Center.
Enter from Cathedral Center entrance at NW 17th door.
131 NW 17th Ave. Portland, OR 97209
NOTES: The April 9, 2013 presentation with Miriam Malone has been cancelled but Fr. Tuohey will present The Implementation Pope on April 9. There will be no presentation on April 2, 2013.
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 @ 7 pm
ISAIAH: FRIEND AND POET OF GOD, PART I
The book of Isaiah is, perhaps, one of the richest and most complex books of all prophetic literature in the Bible. Grand in style, lush in imagery, and unparalleled in its theological agenda and message, the text captures the vision of Isaiah, son of Amoz. These three sessions explore significant texts and themes of Isaiah in all their grandeur. Session I (Sept. 4) focuses on “Isaiah: The Book, the Poet, the Address to the Nations”; session 2 (Oct. 2) looks at “Isaiah’s Lessons about Covenant, Worship, and Right Relationship”; and session 3 (Nov. 13) reflects on “The Servant Songs and Messianic Vision of Isaiah.” Come and meet God’s “Poet of Light” and discover how Isaiah speaks to our lives and times and can help us usher in “the new heavens and the new earth” (Isa 65:17).
Presenter and Discussion Leader:
Carol J. Dempsey, OP. PhD.
Professor of Theology (Biblical Studies)
University of Portland
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 @ 7 pm
THE GRACE AND LEGACY OF VATICAN II
October 11, 2012, marks 50 years since Blessed Pope John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council in Rome. The Council prompted a profound revolution and renewal in our Catholic Church.
Please note: This session will be held in the Cathedral Church
Presenter and Discussion Leader:
Rev. Ray Carey, PhD.
Clinical Psychologist & Priest of the Archdiocese
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 @ 7 pm
SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL DOCUMENT:
NOSTRA AETATE
In our time, as the ties between different peoples become stronger, the Church, in her task of promoting unity and love among all, here considers what we have in common and what draws us into fellowship.
Presenter and Discussion Leader:
Rev. Charles Gordon, CSC, PhD.
Department of Theology, University of Portland
OCTOBER 2, 2012 @ 7 pm
ISAIAH: FRIEND AND POET OF GOD, PART II
(see September 4)
Presenter and Discussion Leader:
Carol J. Dempsey, OP. PhD.
Professor of Theology (Biblical Studies)
University of Portland
OCTOBER 9, 2012 @ 7 pm
DVD presentation:
HISTORY OF THE CHURCH COUNCILS WITH EMPHASIS ON THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL
Video by Rev. John O’Malley, SJ, Georgetown University Faculty
OCTOBER 16, 2012 @ 7 pm
DEI VERBUM to VERBUM DOMINI
The Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum) of Vatican II opened up renewed appreciation of the power and importance of the Word of God. Pope Benedict XVI’s recent encyclical Verbum Domini
presents further reflection on the place of God’s Word in the Church and the world today. Bring your Bibles as we explore together some of the dynamism and richness of Sacred Scripture, both personally and ecclesiastically.
Presenter and Discussion Leader:
Elaine Park, PhD.
Department of Theology, University of Portland
OCTOBER 23, 2012 @ 7 pm
STRAIGHT IS THE GATE, Novel by André Gide
Based on a personal experience of death at age fourteen, Gide composes a tragedy of young love ruined by religious austerity.
Presenter and Discussion Leader:
Rev. Charles Gordon, CSC, PhD.
Department of Theology, University of Portland
(NB Nov. 6 being Election Day, no presentation)
NOVEMBER 13, 2012 @ 7 pm
ISAIAH: FRIEND AND POET OF GOD, PART III
(see September 4)
Presenter and Discussion Leader:
Carol J. Dempsey, OP. PhD.
Professor of Theology (Biblical Studies)
University of Portland
NOVEMBER 20, 2012 @ 7 pm
APOSTOLICAM ACTUOSITATEM: CATHOLIC CHRISTIANS CALLED TO SERVICE
On November 18, 1965, Pope Paul VI, with the Fathers of Vatican II and building on Lumen Gentium, further emphasized the call to all the baptized to fully participate in the mission of Jesus, and commissioned them to embrace the Christian life in every part of society- family, business, charity, education, healthcare, etc.
Presenter and Discussion Leader:
Rev. Mr. Thomas Gornick
Director of Evangelization, Archdiocese of Portland
NOVEMBER 27, 2012 @ 7 pm
A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ, by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
A post-apocalyptic science-fiction novel in three parts: Fiat Homo, Fiat Lux, Fiat Voluntas tua, by American author Walter M. Miller, Jr. Inspired by the author’s participation in the allied bombing of the monastery of Monte Casino during WW II, the novel is set in a Catholic monastery in southwest U.S. after a devastating nuclear war.
Presenter and Discussion Leader:
Rev. Charles Gordon, CSC, PhD.
Department of Theology, University of Portland
2013
FEBRUARY 5, 2013 @ 7 pm
FOURTH ANNUAL TRI-FAITH PRESENTATION
THE AFTERLIFE, RESURRECTION, AND THE WORLD TO COME. THREE FAITHS AND THEIR VISIONS OF LIFE AFTER DEATH
Please note: This session will be held at Temple Beth Israel
Presenters and Discussion Leaders:
Rev. Patrick Brennan, Pastor
St. Mary’s Cathedral Parish
Rabbi Michael Z. Cahana,
Congregation Beth Israel & Host
Very Rev. Dr. William Lupfer,
Dean at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
FEBRUARY 12, 2013 @ 7 pm
CELEBRATING A YEAR OF FAITH: BECOMING EUCHARIST
Our Lord Jesus, unique revelation and incarnation of the God who is Love, gives himself to us in the Eucharist so that we might be Eucharist for others.
Presenter and Discussion Leader:
Rev. Mr. Owen Cummings, PhD.
Mt. Angel Seminary Faculty
FEBRUARY 19, 2013 @ 7 pm
MINK RIVER, by Brian Doyle I – II
Brian Doyle, Univ. of Portland Faculty & author, brings to life a Northwest town through the jumbled lives and braided stories of its people. (D.J. Duncan)
Presenter and Discussion Leader:
Rev. Charles Gordon, CSC, PhD.
Department of Theology, University of Portland
MARCH 5, 2013 @ 7 pm
HEALING OUR DIVIDED VISION: MEISTER ECKHART’S SPIRITUALITY FOR SEEING AND BEING IN THE WORLD
We live in a modern society that has become increasingly divided and polarized, rendering us incapable to enter into meaningful dialogue and discover creative solutions to our problems. The late medieval mystic and theologian, Meister Eckhart, offers a spirituality that might help us heal the divided vision that so often hinders us.
Presenter and Discussion Leader:
Rev. Jeff Cooper, CSC, PhD.
Department of Theology, University of Portland
MARCH 12, 2013 @ 7 pm
EARLY ICONOGRAPHY: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ICON FROM THE HANDS OF CHRIST TO THE HANDS OF THE EASTERN CHURCH
Since Icons are becoming more familiar in the West, learn how they began, are created and how they were used and sometimes forbidden by the Byzantine tradition.
Presenter and Discussion Leader:
Rev. Jon Buffington, MA Graduate Theological Union
PPMC Spiritual Care Chaplain
MARCH 19, 2013 @ 7 pm
MINK RIVER, by Brian Doyle, III-V
(see February 19)
Presenter and Discussion Leader:
Rev. Charles Gordon, CSC, PhD.
Department of Theology, University of Portland
NOTES: There will be no presentation on April 2, 2013.
APRIL 9, 2013 @ 7 pm
THE IMPLEMENTATION POPE
In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of his election, June 21, and coronation as Pope on June 30, we will explore the legacy of Pope Paul VI who led the Second Vatican Council after the death of Blessed Pope John XXIII in 1965, and its implementation over the years following.
Presenter and Discussion Leader:
Rev. John Tuohey, PhD., Director
Providence Center for Healthcare Ethics
Previously scheduled presentation by Miriam Malone on APRIL 9, 2013 @ 7 pm has been cancelled.
APRIL 16, 2013 @ 7 pm
SUMMER, by Albert Camus
“In the depths of winter I finally learned that within me lay an invincible summer.”
Eight lyrical essays drawing on Greek mythology written between 1936 and 1950.
Presenter and Discussion Leader:
Rev. Charles Gordon, CSC, PhD.
Department of Theology, University of Portland
APRIL 23, 2013 @ 7 pm
MARY AND THE CHURCH ACCORDING TO VATICAN II
One significant insight of Vatican II’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium) is the place and importance of Mary within the Church. Chapter eight of Lumen Gentium is devoted to presenting Mary’s centrality in the believing community. We will first examine the lively discussion leading up to Lumen Gentium and then look at the portrait of Mary that is presented there.
Presenter and Discussion Leader:
Elaine Park, PhD.
Department of Theology, University of Portland
