The Vincent Pallotti Institute (VPI) 2010-2011 Program

AUTUMN PROGRAM

Seeking and Finding God's Will: Discernment and Christian Decision Making

Dr. Marian Díaz, Rt Rev. Edmund Power, OSB, Rev. Herbert Alphonso, SJ and Rev. Stephen Rehrauer, CSsR
Thursday mornings from 9:30 to 12:00
14, 21, 28 October; 4, 11 & 18 November 2010

The new year of the Vincent Pallotti Institute will begin with a six week program designed to help reflect on how to discover and do God's will in everyday life by exploring what the Bible and the Christian tradition teach about this topic.

Dr. Marian Díaz is a theologian who has taught at Saint John's University/The College of St Benedict in Collegeville, Minnesota (USA).

Rt Rev. Edmund Power, OSB, is the Abbot at the Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.

Rev. Herbert Alphonso, SJ, is a Professor Emeritus of Spirituality at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

Rev. Stephen Rehrauer, CSsR, is an Associate Professor of Moral Theology at the Accademia Alfonsiana in Rome.

2010 VPI ADVENT MORNING OF RECOLLECTION

Blessed John Henry Newman on Advent Advent Watching
A Morning of Recollection

Rev. Msgr. Roderick Strange
Thursday - 2 December 2010
9:30-14:00

Plan on joining us for a morning of respite in order to prepare for Christmas which will include:

+ Morning Prayer
+ an Advent reflection by Msgr. Strange based on the writings of Newman
+ a coffee break
+ time to reflect on select Newman texts
+ the Celebration of the Eucharist
+ and lunch

Rev. Roderick Strange is the Rector of the Pontifical Beda College in Rome and the Author of John Henry Newman: A Mind Alive (Darton, Longman & Todd, 2010)

LAY CENTRE 25TH ANNIVERSARY 2011 VPI WINTER PROGRAM

Called Forth from the Waters: a Baptismal Spirituality in and for the World

Rev. Brendan Hurley, SJ and Rev. Mike Woods, SJ
Thursday mornings from 9:30 to 12:00
27 January; 3, 10, 17, 24 February; 3 March 2011

This six week program entails a “return to the font,” that is the baptismal font. It explores how baptism—our own and that of others—potentially shapes a Christ-centered view of the world. Baptism calls us to ongoing conversion, to a discreet sensitivity to the presence of God, to Christ-centered choices and to a community that recognizes him in the breaking of the bread and in the marginalized.

Rev. Brendan Hurley, SJ, is a Spiritual Director at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.

Rev. Mike Woods, SJ, is a Professor of Liturgical Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

LAY CENTRE 25TH ANNIVERSARY 2011 VPI LENTEN WEEKEND RETREAT

Forgiveness

Rev. Stephen Rehrauer, CSsR
Friday, 11 March - Sunday, 13 March 2011
at the Casa di Esercizi Spirituali dei Passionisti (Roma)

This weekend Lenten retreat will help us reflect on what it means to be reconciled with God and one another as we journey through the forty days of preparation for Easter. The weekend will include lodging and meals at the retreat house, lectures, time for personal prayer, and daily celebrations of the Eucharist and the Liturgy of the Hours. The retreat begins with a welcome at 17:00 on Friday evening and concludes at 14:30, or after lunch, on Sunday.

Rev. Stephen Rehrauer, CSsR, is an Associate Professor of Moral Theology at the Accademia Alfonsiana in Rome.

LAY CENTRE 25TH ANNIVERSARY 2011 VPI SPRING PROGRAM

Lay Women and Men: Called to Transform the World from Within

Rev. Paul Murray, OP, Rev. Stephen Rehrauer, CSsR, Dr. Maeve Heaney, Rev. Michael Paul Gallagher, SJ, Dr. Joan Barclay Lloyd, and Dr. Elizabeth Lev
Thursday mornings from 9:30 to 12:00
10, 24, 31 March; 7 and 14 April 2011
24 March - potluck lunch follows the morning's program
(NB: 17 March there is no program due to Italian National Holiday.)

This five week program will look at significant lay figures in the Church's history, including saints, poets, novelists, musicians, artists and architects in order to show the perennial value of the lay vocation in the Church and the world today.

The Living Voice of Catherine of Siena - 10 March
Rev. Paul Murray, OP, is a Professor of Spiritual Theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome.

NO CLASS - 17 March

Harmony and Dissonance in the Life of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
First Hour - 24 March
Dr. Maeve Heaney, a Missionary of the Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity, is a Musician and Composer, and a Professor of Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and at the Catholic University of Dallas, Rome Campus.

Dante Alighieri: a Poet's Heart, a Scientist's Mind, and a Mystic's Faith
Second Hour - 24 March
Rev. Stephen Rehrauer, CSsR, is an Associate Professor of Moral Theology at the Accademia Alfonsiana in Rome.

Flannery O'Connor: Comic Disturber of the Peace - 31 March
Rev. Michael Paul Gallagher, SJ, is the Dean Emeritus of the Theology Faculty at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

Giambattista Tiepolo (1696-1770): Family Man and Religious Artist - 7 April
Dr. Joan Barclay Lloyd is a Professor of Ancient Roman, Early Christian, Byzantine and Medieval Art and Architecture at La Trobe University.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini: Architect of the Glory of the Baroque - 14 April
Dr. Elizabeth Lev is a Professor of Art History at Duquesne University's Rome Campus. She also writes for Inside the Vatican and is a regular contributor to the Zenit News Agency.

Program Registration & Suggested Contributions


For more information about registration and suggested contributions for any one of this year’s VPI program offerings simply contact the Lay Centre (e-mail: info@laycentre.org; tel: +39 06 772 6761 or fax: +39 06 772 676 235).  Contributions are usually presented with registration or at the first day of each course.

Directions to Reach the Lay Centre
Largo della Sanità Militare, 60 – 00184 Rome

By car: please use the entrance on the Via Claudia at Largo della Sanità Militare, 60 (a large grey gate): there is ample parking on the grounds.

On foot from the Circo Massimo Metro B Line Stop: walk uphill from Via delle Terme di Caracalla to P.zza SS. Giovanni e Paolo. Continue down the Via di San Paolo della Croce. Turn left onto the Via Claudia until you reach Largo della Sanità Millitare, 60. The large grey gate will be on your left.

On foot from the Colosseo Metro B Line Stop: walk down the Via Claudia until you reach the Largo della Sanità Militare, 60. The large grey gate will be on your right.

Convenient buses that stop at the Colosseo: 60, 85, 87, 117, 571 or the 850.
Convenient buses that stop on the Via Claudia: 81 or 673.

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