Online Course:
The Rosary and Contemplative Prayer
By Dr. Anthony Lilles, Professor of Theology, St. Patrick’s Seminary
Six Tuesday Nights at 07:00 PM beginning September 13, 2022 – Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Highly Recommended Reading:
John Paul II, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, Apostolic Letter, 2002.
Available here: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/2002/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_20021016_rosarium-virginis-mariae.html
Catechism of the Catholic Church, ## 2673-2682
Recommended Reading:
Aidan Nichols, OP There is No Rose: the Mariology of the Catholic Church, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015, pp 1-21, 131-150 (available as an eBook through the San Francisco Public Library)
Hans Urs von Balthasar and Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), Mary: The Church at the Source, trans. Adrian Walker, San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2005, pp 19-36 (available through FORMED.org)
Outcomes:
- Describe how the rosary has impacted you or the life of the Church and the context of the rosary today.
- Discuss the meaning of the mysteries of the Rosary and their relation to contemplation and Eucharistic Revival.
- Discern best practices and personal appropriation of the rosary in one’s own life, family and parish.
The 6-week Online Course will be Tuesday Nights at 07:00 PM beginning September 13 to October 18, 2022 – Pacific Time (US and Canada)
{classes are recorded and available to view any time on the Classroom webpage}
Schedule of Lectures:
September 13: Marian Piety, Contemplation and Eucharistic Revival: a context for our study. Lecture based in recommended readings (see above) from There is No Rose and Mary: The Church at Prayer.
September 20: Introduction to Rosarium Virginis Mariae (hereafter, RVM) 1-8
September 27: Contemplating Christ with Mary, RVM 9-17
October 4: The Mysteries of Christ, the Mysteries of His Mother RVM 18-25
October 11: For me, to live is Christ, RVM 26-38
October 18: The Power of the Rosary, RVM 39-43