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Seventh Annual Symposium on Benedictine Spirituality

Dante's Benedict, A Layman's View: Lecture, Discussion and Lunch with Peter S. Hawkins

Sunday, February 16, 2019, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

The Seventh Annual Symposium on Benedictine Spirituality will explore the Saint Benedict of Dante’s poetic vision. Professor Hawkins writes and speaks on a range of literary and scholarly topics, reaching broad audiences beyond the academic community.

Peter Hawkins, our keynote speaker, is Professor of Religion and Literature at Yale Divinity School, the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, and Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. His writing and teaching have long been focused on Dante. His books include Dante’s Testaments: Essays in Scriptural Imagination (1999), The Poets’ Dante: Twentieth-Century Reflections (2001), Dante, a Brief History (2006), and Undiscovered Country: Imagining the World to Come (2009). Chapters on the poet can be found in Dante in Context, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Arts, MLA Approaches to Teaching the “Divine Comedy,” and Cambridge Vertical Readings in Dante’s “Commedia.” He has also published on religious themes in American fiction, most recently in The Bible and the American Short Story (2018), written with Lesleigh Cushing Stahlberg.


The Friends of St. Benedict offer a yearly symposium on Benedictine Spirituality including lectures, discussions and community gatherings bringing together lay people, monastics, and scholars to explore the ways that Benedictine wisdom can reshape our relationships with God and with our neighbors.

Location

​Saint David’s Episcopal Church; 5150 Macomb Street NW, Washington, DC  20016

Schedule

Saturday, February 16, 2019:
  9:30 a.m. - - Registration & Welcome
  10:00 a.m. - - Lecture & Discussion
   Refreshments and Community Time to Follow

Registration 

To reserve a place, fill out the registration form, and mail your check to the Friends of St. Benedict at 5150 Macomb St., NW; Washington, DC  20016.

Regular...................….... $35
Student.....………….......... $20
Lead Supporter.............$200
Group Rate...........
.........Contact the Registrar, either by calling 202-363-8061 or by emailing

Friends of St. Benedict

P.O. Box 5615
​Washington, DC 20016
(202) 363-8061
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    • Benedictine Experience Retreats >
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      • Canterbury Cathedral (UK) - August 2022
      • Bishop's Ranch (CA) - June 2017
      • Canterbury Cathedral (UK) - August 2018
    • Benedictine Way Groups >
      • About Benedictine Way Groups
      • Find a Group
    • Annual Symposium >
      • 2024: Bonnie Thurston
      • 2022: Fr. Eric Hollas
      • 2021: Bonnie Thurston
      • 2020: Fr. Eric Hollas
      • 2019: Peter Hawkins
      • 2017: Brother Mark Brown, SSJE
      • 2016: Sr. Donald Corcoran, OSB
      • 2015: Fr. Laurence Freeman, OSB
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  • Notes & News
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  • Contact Us
  • Donate