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july
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Theology of the Body I: Head & Heart Immersion Course (Online)
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Theology of the Body I: Head & Heart Immersion Course (Online)
July 6-17, 2020
Taught by Christopher West
This online course introduces students to the key themes of the 129 Wednesday audience addresses that comprise John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. Particular attention will be paid to the imago Dei, fall and redemption, Christian ethics and ethos, freedom and person, gender and vocation. Students will be encouraged to journey from “head to heart” in applying the theological concepts they learn to their own lives and relationships.
While the in-person TOB I: Head & Heart Immersion Course experience is the optimal transformational encounter with TOB with the celebration of the Sacraments, daily prayer, and interactions with the instructor and your fellow students, we know that this online course will provide you a beautiful, foundational encounter with the content of our in-person TOB I: Head & Heart Immersion Course.
How Does the Online Course Work?:
- Registrants for this online TOB I course, will receive access to a filmed version of our in-person 5-day TOB I course and a digital course workbook from July 6-17, 2020.
- Each video session is complete with the resources used in the course, as well as directions for helping to make this online course, not only intellectually stimulating, but also spiritually fruitful.
- There will be live group Q&A sessions provided during that two-week period for all students who wish to participate. These group sessions will be recorded for those students who cannot make the designated times and will be accessible through the online course portal.
- Students who wish to attend another course with TOBI or enter into the TOBI Certification Program, must watch all of the videos and complete a multiple choice exam at the end of the course. A passing grade of 80% is required for the exam. Please note that this is the only online course that TOBI offers, so all other courses will be in-person.
Registration Cost:
$895 Registration Fee
Registration Deadline: Thursday, July 2, 2020
Register by June 30, 2020, and students living within the continental U.S. will receive a hard copy of the TOB1 workbook. All students will receive a downloadable digital workbook at the time of the course.
Instructor:
Christopher West, Th.D., serves as President and Senior Lecturer for the Theology of the Body Institute near Philadelphia. His global lecturing, best-selling books and multiple audio and video programs have made him one of the world’s most recognized teachers of St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. His work has been featured in The New York Times, on ABC News, MSNBC, Fox News, and countless Catholic and Evangelical media outlets.
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6 (Monday) 5:00 pm - 17 (Friday) 12:00 pm EST
19jul(jul 19)5:00 pm24(jul 24)12:00 pmThe Philosophy of St. John Paul II w/ Dr. Peter Colosi
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July 19-24, 2020
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July 19-24, 2020
Malvern Retreat Center
Malvern, PA
Taught by Dr. Peter Colosi
This course presents a tour of the pre-papal thought of St. John Paul II. An introduction to philosophy as a branch of study and to the history of philosophy will be presented as these pertain to Karol Wojtyla as a professor and scholar in that field. Through a close examination of the original philosophical texts of Wojtyla, with emphasis on his personalist anthropology, we will proceed to see how these inform Theology of the Body and the Papal Encyclicals and Letters of St. John Paul II. See your confirmation email for links to required readings for this course.
— Price includes double occupancy room, meals, workbook, and course.
$1,295 Registration Fee after June 5, 2020
$60 Shuttle from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
$300 Single Room Rate (single rooms are limited)
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Dr. Peter Colosi is associate professor of philosophy at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island, before that having taught at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia and at the Austrian campus of Franciscan University of Steubenville. He earned his BS in mathematics from Franciscan University, an MA in Franciscan Studies from St. Bonaventure University, and his MPhil and PhD from The International Academy of Philosophy in the Principality of Liechtenstein.
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19 (Sunday) 5:00 pm - 24 (Friday) 12:00 pm EST
august
02aug(aug 2)5:00 pm07(aug 7)12:00 pmTheology of the Body 2: Into the Deep w/ Christopher West
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August 2-7, 2020
Black Rock Retreat Center
Quarryville, PA
Taught by Christopher West
*Prerequisite: Theology of the Body I: Head & Heart Immersion Course
Registration Cost:
$1,195 Early Registration Fee before June 30, 2020
$1,295 Registration Fee after June 30, 2020
$60 Shuttle
$300 Single Room Rate (single rooms are limited)
Instructor:
Christopher West, Th.D.., serves as President and Senior Lecturer for the Theology of the Body Institute near Philadelphia. His global lecturing, best-selling books and multiple audio and video programs have made him one of the world’s most recognized teachers of St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. His work has been featured in The New York Times, on ABC News, MSNBC, Fox News, and countless Catholic and Evangelical media outlets.Time
2 (Sunday) 5:00 pm - 7 (Friday) 12:00 pm EST
october
04oct(oct 4)5:00 pm09(oct 9)12:00 pmTheology of the Body & the Marian Mystery w/ Christopher West
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October 4-9, 2020
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October 4-9, 2020
Black Rock Retreat Center
Quarryville, PA
Taught by Christopher West
“Glorious things are said of you, O city of God” (Ps 87:3).
“One thing I ask, this alone I seek,” says the psalmist, “to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and contemplate his temple” (Ps 27:4).
These Scriptures, and countless others, are fulfilled in the flesh and blood of Mary, which became God’s city, God’s dwelling place. But for far too many Catholics, Mary remains an abstraction, a blue plaster statue, a disincarnate hyper-pious “ideal” far removed from the realities of daily life and the visceral desires of the human heart. Who is Mary, really? “Who is this who comes forth like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, pure as the blazing sun, fearsome as celestial visions?” (Song of Songs 6:10).
Through the lens of St. John Paul II’s TOB and with the help of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the insights of countless saints and mystics throughout the ages, this course seeks to answer that question in such a way as to show what the most influential woman in all of human history means to us here and now, today, in our own personal lives, with all our questions, struggles, and longings. It will demonstrate how all the Marian doctrines of the Church and the call of true devotion to the Mother of God have one and only one goal: to lead us to deeper union with the Word who was made flesh in her womb.
Instructor:
Christopher West, ThD, serves as President and Senior Lecturer for the Theology of the Body Institute near Philadelphia. His global lecturing, best-selling books and multiple audio and video programs have made him one of the world’s most recognized teachers of St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. His work has been featured in The New York Times, on ABC News, MSNBC, Fox News, and countless Catholic and Evangelical media outlets.Time
4 (Sunday) 5:00 pm - 9 (Friday) 12:00 pm EST
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November 15-20, 2020 St. Mary Of Providence Retreat Center Elverson,
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November 15-20, 2020
St. Mary Of Providence Retreat Center
Elverson, PA
Taught by Bill Donaghy
Course Description:
This course introduces students to the key themes of the 129 Wednesday audience addresses that comprise John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. Particular attention will be paid to the imago Dei, fall and redemption, Christian ethics and ethos, freedom and person, gender and vocation. Students will be encouraged to journey from “head to heart” in applying the theological concepts they learn to their own lives and relationships.
Instructor:
Bill Donaghy is an instructor, international speaker, and curriculum specialist for the Theology of the Body Institute Certification Program. Bill worked for nearly a decade teaching theology at Malvern Preparatory School as well as Immaculata University, while giving talks, retreats, and conferences for the Theology of the Body Institute. He has worked in the fields of mission and evangelization since 1999 and has given talks and retreats to bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated men and women, and the lay faithful throughout the United States, as well as Canada, Mexico, Chile, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. He and his wife, Rebecca, live just outside of Philadelphia, PA with their four children.Time
15 (Sunday) 5:00 pm - 20 (Friday) 12:00 pm EST
Location
St. Mary of Providence Retreat Center
227 Isabella Rd, Elverson, PA 19520