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Faith for the Heart - A Three-part Lenten Conversation with Thomas Groome
“Central to the [Catholic] tradition, is the partnership of faith and feelings – engaging people’s hearts and souls to live well in daily life.”
Mondays on Zoom
1–2pm ET
Dates & Themes:
Feb. 19th – Happiness
March 4th – Meaning & Purpose
March 18th – Hope
Please register to receive the Zoom link and event reminders. The book is available for purchase through Paulist Press or your favorite seller
A rich aspect of Catholic tradition is the partnership of faith and reason. We recognize that faith needs to make sense in order to encourage personal conviction and commitment. Equally important, however, and also central to the tradition, is the partnership of faith and feelings – engaging people’s hearts and souls to live well in daily life.
We might say that “the head” was the emphasis of the Church for the past thousand years, championed by great thinkers like Thomas Aquinas who crafted theology as “faith seeking understanding.” We might also say, however, that faith for “the heart” was more the emphasis of the first millennium, with Augustine recognizing that our hearts are “restless ‘til they rest in God.” Of course, both emphases are needed - our faith should both make sense and bring joy.
This being said, in our overly scientific 21st century, with its emphasis on empirical data and critical reason, we need our faith all the more to engage and help satisfy the deep hungers of our hearts. Thankfully, our Catholic Christian tradition has such potential and Lent is an ideal time to revisit its rich possibilities.
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For this Lenten season 2024, The Church in the 21st Century (C21) Center at Boston College invites you to participate in a three-part series hosted by Prof. Thomas Groome with readings from Tom’s book, Faith for the Heart: A “Catholic” Spirituality (Paulist Press, 2019).
Join us on the following Mondays during Lent from 1-2pm ET via Zoom for the following themes:
Monday, February 19 - Happiness, looking for and following Jesus (Chapters 3 & 4)
Monday, March 4 - Meaning and Purpose (Chapter 8)
Monday, March 18 - Hope (Chapter 9)
We look forward to welcoming you to this special Lenten program, focused so fittingly on “faith for the heart.” Please register here to receive the Zoom link and event reminders. The book is available for purchase through Paulist Press or your favorite seller.