Cosmic Journey: Implications for Faith with Sharon Zayac OP
Tuesday, 15 Oct 2024 – Friday, 18 Oct 2024
9:30am – 5:00pm
An Tairseach Organic Farm & Ecology Centre presents Cosmic Journey: Implications for Faith (Theology/Spirituality in Emergence) with Sharon Zayac OP (4 days)
WHEN: Tuesday 15th to Friday 18th October 2024
PRICE: Residential: €450, includes 3 nights accommodation, 4 days course content, lunch, teas/coffees & snacks. Our accommodation has self catering facilities for breakfast and dinner.
Non residential: €300, includes 4 days course content, lunch, teas/coffees & snacks.
VENUE: AN TAIRSEACH ORGANIC FARM & ECOLOGY CENTRE
ABOUT THIS COURSE
The story of the Universe is more than a lesson in science. It is literally our genealogy as a species. Like all creation stories, it gives us the context for knowing who we are, how we fit into the amazing unfolding journey, and how we might come to understand the Divine. Without creation, we cannot know God. If our understanding of creation is faulty, then so is our understanding of God (Thomas Aquinas). In the few days we have together, we will begin to explore how this new Cosmology expands our faith, stretches our images of the Divine, and provides us with a much-needed relevancy.
Tuesday: Emerging Consciousness
Wednesday: The Story-Promise and Hope
Thursday: Cosmic Paschal Mystery: Dying into Life
Friday: Jesus and the Story
ABOUT SHARON ZAYAC OP
Sharon Zayac is a Dominican sister of Springfield, Illinois and co-founder of Jubilee Farm, her congregation’s Centre for Ecology and Spirituality. She has a certificate in Permaculture Design. She is author of “Earth Spirituality: In the Catholic and Dominican Traditions”, co-author of “Science and Christ: A Dialogue,” as well as of numerous articles. She leads retreats on cosmology and spirituality and has a master’s degree in Earth Literacy. For the last 28 years she has spoken within and outside the United States on many ecological issues, including climate change and Laudato Si, Pope Francis’s widely acclaimed encyclical on Care of Our Common Home. Her latest work focuses on evolutionary consciousness as a sign of hope. Sharon was a key speaker at the Dominican Celebration in Emmaus, marking the 800th anniversary of the foundation of the Dominican Order. She has also presented three retreats here in An Tairseach. We are delighted to welcome Sharon back to collaborate with us here in An Tairseach on this mini sabbatical.
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An TairseachKilmantin Hill
Wicklow, County Wicklow, A67 YX26