Programs

  • Commuter – $207.00
  • Guest House Apt. (Queen Bed, Shared Restroom) – $327.00
  • Guest House Apt. (Single Bed, Shared Restroom) – $327.00
  • David Hall 102 (3 Bedrooms, Shared Restroom) – $257.00
  • Guest House, Double Bed – $267.00
  • Guest House 7 & 7A (One Double Bed, Two Single Beds) – $267.00
  • Guest House, Two Single Beds – $267.00
  • Nativity Hall, Double Bed, Shared Restrooms – $327.00
  • Nativity Hall, Single Bed, Shared Restrooms – $327.00
  • Nativity Hall, Two Single Beds, Shared Restrooms – $327.00
  • Nativity Hall, Queen Bed, Shared Restrooms – $327.00

Date & Time Details: Friday, November 10 4 p.m. to Sunday, November 12, noon.

Location: Nazareth Retreat Center, Columba Room

Address: 40 West Drive, Nazareth, Ky. 40048

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Teilhard’s Cosmic Images of God

With Kathleen Duffy, SSJ, PhD

November 10 - 12, 2023

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Today, when so much of the evolutionary process is being explained from a materialist view, one of the most challenging questions for believers is how to envision the role of the Divine in the ongoing creation. Contemporary mystics have discovered powerful images that address this dilemma. In particular, Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin speaks eloquently of the Cosmic Christ hinted at in Paul’s epistle to the Ephesians (1:9-10 and 4:9-10). He sings the praises of Divine Wisdom (Prov. 8:22-36) in his poem entitled “Hagai Sophia.” He understands the world around us as a Divine Milieu.

During this retreat, we will read together several passages from Teilhard’s mystical essays using a Lectio Divina style, explore their relevance to the concerns of today’s world, and contemplate the presence of Divine Love at the heart of our ever-expanding Cosmos.

Leader

Kathleen Duffy, SSJ, PhD
Kathleen Duffy, SSJ is Professor Emerita of Physics and Director of the Institute for Religion and Science at Chestnut Hill College. She is President of the American Teilhard Association, Associate Editor of Teilhard Studies, a biannual publication of the American Teilhard Association, and serves on the Board of Cosmos and Creation. Her current research interest concerns the religious essays of Jesuit paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the relationship of his synthesis to modern developments in science. She has published Teilhard’s Mysticism: Seeing the Inner Face of Evolution (Orbis 2014), Teilhard’s Struggle: Embracing the Work of Evolution (Orbis 2019), an…
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