On February 20th, we will be reading Cantos XIII, XV, XIII, XX, and XXI of The Purgatorio. These cantos will consider healing remedies for the sins of envy, anger, sloth, and greed.
Barbara Nicolosi Harrington
Beginning the Climb up Purgatory Mountain: Souls Who Just Made It
On Wednesday, February 15th, we enter the second phase of our journey through the afterlife as we begin Dante’s Purgatorio. We will be considering Cantos I-VII, much of which is dedicated to considering those souls who just make it to salvation, whom Dante calls “the Late-Repentant.”
Rejecting God’s Sovereignty: Sins Against Truth in Dante’s Inferno
We complete our journey through Dante’s Inferno on Monday, February 6th. We will be looking specifically at Cantos XVIII, XX, and XXIII-XXVIII.
Raging at Reality: The Sins of Violence in Dante’s Inferno
On January 30th, we continue our tour through Dante’s Inferno on Monday with the levels of hell reserved to sins of violence. Specifically, we will be discussing Cantos IX-XV.
Caught in the Whirlwind: The Sins of Incontinence in Dante’s Inferno
This session is a whirlwind tour through Dante’s whirlwind of the sins of the flesh. We’ll meet the Hoarders and the Wasters, the Gluttons, the Wrathful and the Sullen, and, of course, poor, pathetic, lustful Francesca and Paolo.
The Dark Woods, The Three Beasts: Starting the Descent into Dante’s Inferno
The St. Stephen’s Mystagogy Program begins the third part in our five part series, a ten-week tour through Dante’s epic spiritual poem, The Divine Comedy. An imaginative vision of hell, purgatory, and heaven, this ranks with the greatest narrative works ever written.
The Polyphonic Style: The Catholic Church’s Other Great Gift to Western Music
This next Mystagogy session on November 7th will provide an in-depth consideration of the history and nature of this ancient but defining aspect of our tradition as Catholics.
Brilliant, Perilous, and Exciting Orthodoxy: G.K. Chesterton’s Answer to Modern Insanity
On Monday, December 5th, we will break open the work that many pastors and scholars consider the greatest work of modern apologetics, GK Chesterton’s Orthodoxy.
Hospitality, Grace and Thanksgiving: The Eucharistic Metaphor at the Heart of Babette’s Feast
On November 21st, just in time for Thanksgiving, we will be breaking open the classic Academy Award-winning film, Babette’s Feast.
He Leadeth Me: A Testimony of Divine Providence from the Horrors of the Gulag
On November 14th, we will be considering He Leadeth Me, one of the most vital and powerful Catholic testimonies of the 20th century.
Gregorian Chant: The Summit of Sacred Music
This next Mystagogy session on November 7th will provide an in-depth consideration of the history and nature of this ancient but defining aspect of our tradition as Catholics.
“A Twitch Upon a Thread:” The Movements of Grace in Brideshead Revisited, Part II
On Monday, October 31st, we will continue our tour through Evelyn Waugh’s stunning literary classic, Brideshead Revisited.
“That Catholic Thing” in Brideshead Revisited
On October 24th and 31st, we will be reading and discussing together the classic work that National Review called, “The greatest 20th century work on time and grace.”
The Hound of Heaven (Part II)
We continue our consideration of the wonderful spiritual poem and testimony by Francis Thompson, “The Hound of Heaven.”
God as ‘That Tremendous Lover’ in The Hound of Heaven
We begin our fall series with the work that G.K. Chesterton called, “the greatest poem ever written in modern English,” namely, Francis Thompson’s devastating piece, “The Hound of Heaven.”
SERIES II (October-December 2022) – Catholic Legacy: Art, Story, Music and Poetry
We will begin the second series of our St. Stephen Martyr parish Mystagogy Program on October 10th and continue every Monday thereafter, concluding with an Advent Day of Recollection on December 10th. This second series is titled, “Catholic Legacy: Art, Story, Music and Poetry,” and we will be breaking open together some of the most beautiful works that…
Week XV – The Conversion of St. Augustine: Books 8 & 9 of The Confessions
We examine the conversion of Saint Augustine as he describes it in Books 8 and 9 of his Confessions.
Week XIV – Saint Augustine’s Confessions, III: Books 5-7
We continue exploring the Confessions of Saint Augustine – “the Doctor of Grace” – by discussing Books 5, 6 and 7.
Week XIII – Saint Augustine’s Confessions, II: Books 3-4
We continue exploring the Confessions of Saint Augustine – “the Doctor of Grace” – by discussing Books 3 and 4.
Week XII – Saint Augustine’s Confessions
We conclude our summer spirituality series with the work that has arguably meant more to more people than any other written work in human history, except only the Scriptures.