Continue your education this summer with this

Benedicta Institute for Women

ONLINE Summer Course:

Essentials on Carmelite Spirituality

July 8 - August 11, 2024

Course:

Essentials on Carmelite Spirituality

(3 equivalency credits)



Among the four female Doctors of the Church, two of them are Carmelite. What is the relationship between the Carmelite tradition of prayer and a Catholic theology of womanhood? This course will consider the A-Z essentials of the Carmelite charism by studying the spiritual classic of Saint Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection. Saint Teresa leads us to understand the gradual perfection of charity through a determined determination of heart. Altogether, the specific Carmelite form will be put into sharp relief in order to calibrate the contemplative character of woman according to the Marian rhythms of divine grace.

Core Theme:

Carmelite Spirituality

Instructor:

Donald Wallenfang OCDS, PhD

Location:

ONLINE through Canvas

Required Texts:

The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, Vol. 2

(featuring The Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle)

Shoeless: Carmelite Spirituality in a Disquieted World

Donald Wallenfang, OCDS, PhD and Megan Wallenfang

(These resources are available for purchase at www.womenofgrace.com.)

Format:

Students work at their own pace to complete the assignments each week.

The instructor will hold a live Zoom lecture on the following Tuesday evenings from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET:

July 9, July 16, July 23, July 30, and August 6th

Students will have through Sunday to complete their coursework each week.

Materials:

Students need to be prepared every Tuesday for lectures with writing supplies and laptop, iPad, or tablet to access the lecture through Canvas and coursework for each week.

Instructor:

Academic Advisor and Professor

Donald Wallenfang, OCDS, PhD is a Secular Discalced Carmelite, Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, and Academic Advisor for the Benedicta Institute for Women. He received his MTS from St Norbert College and his PhD in systematic theology from Loyola University Chicago. He has published twelve books as well as numerous articles and book chapters on a variety of topics in Catholic theology and philosophy. His areas of expertise merge at the intersection of Carmelite spirituality, phenomenology, metaphysics, and sacramental theology. Wallenfang served in full-time Catholic youth and young adult ministry for nine years. He has been married to his wife, Megan, for twenty-three years and has six children.

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The mission of the Women of Grace® Benedicta Institute for Women® is to educate, develop, and train Catholic women to be leaders and mentors of the day by way of the Feminine Genius and their gift of spiritual maternity. 



"The world doesn’t need what women have, it

needs what women are."

            -Saint Edith Stein



Questions? For more information:

Director of Benedicta Institute for Women

Mary Grey

813-856-6383

mgrey@womenofgrace.com

www.womenofgrace.com/benedicta

The Benedicta Institute for Women is an outreach of Women of Grace®.