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Friends of St. Benedict 2020 Canterbury Cathedral Pilgrimage

1/17/2019

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**postponed***
​August 16 – August 24, 2020 
  Canterbury, England


A Benedictine Experience is neither a silent retreat, nor a seminar, though it contains elements of both.  It is a time to step back, but also a time to step into an ancient rhythm, living within a framework that has for 1500 years fostered balance and sanity in times of turmoil.  Pilgrimage participants live the daily cycle of prayer at the Canterbury Cathedral, from Matins to Evensong, while honoring the Benedictine framework by including times each day for   work, study, silence and community.  Friends of Saint Benedict pilgrims closely experience Canterbury Cathedral, staying at the Cathedral Lodge and enjoying the group camraderie, programs, discussions, and worship in a specially-supportive environment resonant with centuries of history as a universal place of pilgrimage.  

Pre-register now  - - Pilgrimage spaces are limited!  Call 202-363-8061 or email info@benedictfriend.org to secure your place.
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Dante’s Benedict, a Layman’s View: Lecture, Discussion and Lunch with Peter S. Hawkins

1/17/2019

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Saturday, February 16, 2019, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Saint David’s Episcopal Church     
5150 Macomb St., NW; Washington, DC  20016

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.

More information and register here.

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  • Home
  • The Rule
  • Events & Groups
    • Benedictine Experience Retreats >
      • About Benedictine Experience Retreats
      • (postponed) Canterbury Cathedral (UK) - August 2020
      • Bishop's Ranch (CA) - June 2017
      • Canterbury Cathedral (UK) - August 2018
    • Benedictine Way Groups >
      • About Benedictine Way Groups
      • Find a Group
    • Annual Symposium >
      • 2021: Bonnie Thurston >
        • 2021 Program
      • 2020: Fr. Eric Hollas >
        • Registration for 2020 Symposium
      • 2019: Peter Hawkins >
        • Registration for 2019 Symposium
      • 2017: Brother Mark Brown, SSJE >
        • Symposium Registration
      • 2016: Sr. Donald Corcoran, OSB >
        • Symposium Registration
      • 2015: Fr. Laurence Freeman, OSB
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