American Teilhard Association

Growing in Radiance with Teilhard de Chardin
2024-02-09 00:00 - 2024-02-11 00:00 UTC
With Kathleen Duffy, SSJ
Francis House of Prayer
84 Walnford Road
Allentown, NJ 08501
One of the most important capacities for those of us who wish to live a truly mystical life is the ability to see. Openness to the other and to the many sensations in our immediate surroundings deepens our ability to access the radiance of Matter’s inner face as well as our capacity to respond to the Divine Presence we encounter within. As we engage passages from Teilhard’s mystical writings, we come to know the Cosmic Christ as the source of all Radiance drawing the human family toward the light and stirring up passionate desire to join in the work of creation.
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Exploration with Teilhard: Leading from the Emergent Future
2024-01-16 19:00 - 2024-04-11 20:00
Led by Sam and Paula Guarnaccia, we will explore and discuss the value of Teilhard’s thinking for the present day. As we focus on the emerging future with the multiple crises of catastrophic biodiversity loss and climate emergency, why study Teilhard? What does he have to offer our modern world dilemmas? Is there power and possibility for humanity’s transformation in exploring Teilhard’s extraordinary sense of reverence, awe, and devotion—his love of beauty, and his fascination with music, “the magic of sound” and its power to evoke deep emotion, inspiration, and an experience of the ‘divine’?
Thursday evenings 7:00-8:00pm EST
Upcoming meetings: February 8, March 14, and April 11.
Please email pguarnac@gmail.com to register.

Reading Circle: Teilhard’s The Divine Milieu
2024-01-16 00:00 - 2024-04-15 00:00
This year, the Institute for Religion and Science at Chestnut Hill College and the American Teilhard Association plan to sponsor Reading Circle on Zoom on the second Monday and Wednesday of each month. Both monthly sessions will involve the same content. Monday meetings are at 6:30-8:00pm ET and the Wednesday sessions are at 2:00-3:30pm ET.
We will be reading Teilhard’s The Divine Milieu. During the meeting, we will use a Lectio Divina style, reading and discussing the material together slowly and thoughtfully.
Here are the dates and tentative topics for the next three months:
February 12 and 14: PART TWO Section 3, part A and B
March 11 and 13: PART TWO: Section 3, part C and D
April 8 and 10: PART TWO: General Remarks on Asceticism, Sections 1
May 13 and 15: PART TWO: General Remarks on Asceticism, Sections 2 and 3
If you wish to join us and are not yet on the mailing list for the Institute for Religion and Science Reading Circle, please send an email to kduffy@chc.edu stating your interest.
