Thu 7:30p.m. starting 18-Sep
Register NOW for the Season of Spiritual Renewal (SoSR) Fall workshops to be sure you get the study materials before the 1st session.
How can the Rule of Benedict (the 6th-century inspiration for the 16th century Book of Common Prayer) be a guidebook for parish and community life in a time when so many of our churches are in serious decline, where parishes are being closed or combined?
- How can Benedictine-Anglican spirituality help strengthen parish life as centres of prayer, learning, community and service?
- How can parish churches welcome seekers who have a deep and mostly unarticulated desire for God but are not able to connect their longing with what they normally see in a parish church?
The course will seek answers to these questions and engage students, both clergy and lay, in an imaginative design for a parish project.
Each participant should have access to a copy of Judith Sutera, St. Benedict’s Rule; An Inclusive Translation (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2021). Cost is $19.50 at Indigo, $20.50 at Amazon. ISBN 9780814688199, 8819 There is also an edition with daily commentary which would be helpful but more expensive: on sale at Indigo for $32.95; Amazon $36.00. ISBN 9780814688434
Each of the topics below begin with a quotation from St. Benedict
- “A Little Rule for Beginners” – St. Benedict in the 21st Century
- “The sleepy like to make excuses” – St. Benedict and the Book of Common Prayer
- “Listen and attend with the ear of your heart” – Praying with Scripture (Lectio Divina)
- “Guests should be received as Christ with all the courtesy of love” – Hospitality and Community
- “Run while you have the light of life” – A Rule of Life for You
- “Let them first pray together, so that they may associate in peace” – A Rule of Life for a Parish
Course dates
Thursdays 7:30-9:00pm
September 18th -October 23rd 2025