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2009 Letter & Spirit Summer Institute
Posted by Matt Leonard on 06.29.09 |
Summer for the St. Paul Center kicked off in earnest this June with the Letter & Spirit Summer Institute. This is the second year we’ve invited young doctoral students and scholars to Steubenville for an intensive week of study, discussion, and social interaction.
Theologically focused summer institutes have historically played an important role in the education and formation of teachers of the faith.… [Continue Reading]
Endings and Beginnings
Posted by Dr. Scott Hahn on 06.01.09 |
This month, the Church brings the Year of St. Paul to a triumphant close, and I can’t help but feel a twinge of sadness at its passing. For us at the St. Paul Center, it has been a year of graces. If all we had to do was follow the teachings of Pope Benedict on the theology of our patron, it would have been exalted enough. But it would not have been nearly “Pauline” enough.
For St. Paul the cross… [Continue Reading]
Inspiration and Interpretation
Posted by Matt Leonard on 05.22.09 |
In a recent speech to the Pontifical Biblical Commission, Pope Benedict XVI addressed the importance of the divine authorship and inspiration of Sacred Scripture and how it is to be interpreted. First recalling the contributions of the Encyclicals “Providentissimus Deus” and “Divino Afflante Spiritu”, the Pope focuses primarily on Vatican II’s “Dei Verbum.”
God is the author of the Bible, the Pope… [Continue Reading]
Paul the Priest
Posted by Dr. Scott Hahn on 04.29.09 |
The Church calls us from glory to glory (2 Cor 3:18). So we should not be surprised as the Year of St. Paul comes to a close, that Pope Benedict is preparing us for a “new year.” He has announced a Year of the Priest, which will run from June 19, 2009, to June 19, 2010.
The year marks the 150th anniversary of the death of that very holy parish priest, St. John Marie Vianney, the Cure of Ars. Let… [Continue Reading]
Palms and Circumstance
Posted by Dr. Scott Hahn on 03.31.09 |
Holy Week begins on a triumphal note. We the disciples shout our hosannas, and we watch as the world praises our beloved Messiah. Everyone is at last giving Him — and His followers — the right kind of attention.
This is probably the way most of us would have planned the culmination of Jesus’ ministry, if we’d been given the chance.
It is, however, only the beginning of Holy Week; and we know what’s… [Continue Reading]
Journey Through Scripture in Toledo
Posted by Matt Leonard on 03.30.09 |scripture, training
The Diocese of Toledo was the site of our second Journey Through Scripture Bible study training event this year and all I have to say is “Wow!” Well over a hundred people packed out a hotel conference room in Findlay, Ohio, to receive Genesis to Jesus training and materials.
This was the first time we did the event in one day and I have to say the results speak for themselves. At the end of a packed… [Continue Reading]
First Bible Study of 2009
Oklahoma City
Posted by Matt Leonard on 03.17.09 |church, scripture, training
In late February, our Bible study training team of Matt Leonard and Rob Corzine headed to the “Sooner State” of Oklahoma to equip folks in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City with Genesis to Jesus, the flagship study of the Center’s Journey Through Scripture series.
Now trained and possessing all the materials to take this great Bible study on salvation history to their own parishes, these people are… [Continue Reading]
Reno on Recovering the Bible
There's an interesting article up on First Things site by R. R. Reno:
Posted by St. Paul Center on 03.10.09 |
Recovering the Bible
The Bible contains a verse that scholars like to quote. It is from the book of Ecclesiastes: “Of making many books there is no end, and much study is weariness of the flesh” (12:12). In context it serves as a warning against the vain illusion that we can study our way to the Kingdom of God. The spiritual life is not a Kaplan course, nor is it like getting tenure after piling up… [Continue Reading]
