Creation Spirituality Symposium this month

The Carmelite Centre Melbourne May 2016 214 Richardson Street, Middle Park Vic 3206 Creation Spirituality Symposium with Keynote Speaker Professor Denis Edwards Thursday 26 - Saturday 28 May 2016 Care for all that Exists: A Symposium on Creation Spirituality. The title of this year's Symposium is from the Pope's encyclical Laudato Si, a core summary of Saint Francis' Canticle. The three day event involves a wide range of outstanding speakers on the theology and spirituality of Creation. The symposium is broad-ranging and includes scriptural, cosmological, scientific and activist interpretations. Key Note Speaker: Professor Denis Edwards - Australian Catholic University, Adelaide. You can book for ALL or PART of the Symposium here Thursday 26 May 2.00pm Welcome: Philip Harvey: Carmelite Librarian Session One 2.30 – 4.00pm Fr Ken Petersen, OCarm: Towards a Universal Communion: Meditation and Interreligious Dialogue Dr Geoff Lacey: Towards Ecological Conversion: a response to Laudato Si’ Gabrielle Fogarty:  Networking for Justice and Peace Part I Session Two 4.30 – 6.00pm Revd Dr Stephen Ames: Creation Spirituality and the Problem of Natural Evil Dr Jan Morgan and Dr Graeme Garrett: Praying in the Anthropocene Session Three 7.30- 9.30pm Keynote Speaker: Prof Denis Edwards: Deep Incarnation: The Meaning of Incarnation for the Natural World Friday 27 May Session Four 9.30 – 11.00am Fr David Hofman, OCarm: Lectio Divina-style Reflection based on a Genesis Creation Story Barbara Daniel: “The Greening of the Self”: On Joanna Macy Dr Trevor Parton: The Dream of the Earth: How a more intimate relationship to the Earth suggests a New Cosmology  Gabrielle Fogarty: Networking for Justice and Peace Part II Session Five 11.30am – 1.00pm Dr Deborah Guess: God in All That Is: Panentheism as a Framework for Ecological Theology and Spirituality Dr Mick Pope: All things bright and beautiful? Towards an aesthetic ecotheology Session Six 2.30 – 4.00pm Dr Lynne Reeder: Creation Spirituality through a Franciscan Lens: Interdependence, mysticism, science and the passion of creativity Dr Anne Elvey: Creatures among creatures: Laudato Si’ and beyond -- being human in a more than human world Saturday 28 May Session Seven 10.00am – 12 noon Pia Pagotto: Retreat: A Call to Personal Ecological Conversion You can book for ALL or PART of the Symposium here Read more. Unsubscribe - Edit your subscription The Carmelite Centre Melbourne 214 Richardson Street, Middle Park Melbourne, Australia 3206