Annual Seminar on Carmelite Spirituality

"St Teresa of Avila and Other Carmelite Voices"

June 10 - 16, 2012

St Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana

In June 2010 the North American Carmelite Forum celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of its Summer Seminars on Carmelite Spirituality at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana. The Forum will offer its next summer seminar June 10¬ 16, 2012, once again at Saint Mary’s College.

The theme for the 2012 seminar will be “Saint Teresa of Avila and Other Carmelite Voices.” Saint Teresa will be given special attention in prepa¬ration for the five hundredth anniversary of Teresa’s birth in 2015, but other Carmelite saints will also be studied, e.g., John of the Cross, Edith Stein, Thérèse of Lisieux as well as a study of the significance of Carmelite Saints. Speakers at the seminar will be Daniel Chowning, Kevin Culligan, Keith J. Egan, Constance FitzGerald, Fran Horner, Kieran Kavanaugh, Patrick McMahon, Steven Payne and John Welch.

The seminar begins with the celebration of the Eucharist at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 10, 2012, and concludes with lunch on Saturday, June 16th. One may obtain brochures and posters from Mrs. Kathy Guthrie, The Center for Spirituality, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, 46556¬ 5001.

Phone: 574-284-4636.
e-mail: kguthrie@saintmarys. edu.

This seminar, as always, welcomes Secular Carmelites, Lay Carmelites, Carmelite Sisters, Nuns and Friars as well as members of all faiths, in fact, the welcome mat is out for all who are interested in spiritual growth through a deeper knowledge of the Carmelite Tradition. More than two hundred and fifty participants gathered for the special conference in June of 2010. Please pass along word of this seminar to anyone who, you think, may have an interest in Carmelite Spirituality. Come learn and pray with the Carmelite Forum.

The year 2010 marked the 25th anniversary of the Carmelite Forum's summer seminar at Saint Mary's College. In 2012 the Forum's seminar, "Saint Teresa and Other Carmelite Voices," will help participants prepare for the 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint Teresa in 2015.

Lectures, workshops, common prayer, and daily Eucharist are the rhythm of this one-week seminar, and participants have an opportunity to renew one's life, prayer, study, and friendships.

The Center for Spirituality welcomes laity, religious, and clergy of all faiths to this event. The seminar begins Sunday, June 10, with the celebration of the Eucharist at 4:30 p.m., and concludes Saturday, June 16, with lunch.

COSTS

$ 40 Non-refundable registration fee ($75 for registrations received after May 23, 2012)

$180 Board (Sunday dinner through Saturday lunch)

$160 Single room in Le Mans Hall $200 Tuition

$580 Total ($615 after May 23, 2012)

A limited number of air-conditioned apartments are available for an additional $75 for the week. Lodging the night before and the night after the seminar is available for an additional $45 per night.