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The Eucharist, Divinization, and the Regeneration of the World
In-person Event | Presenter: Shawn Colberg, Ph.D.
Over the past two years the U.S Catholic Church has celebrated a Eucharistic Revival culminating in the July 2024 National Eucharistic Congress. The Congress used the language of “renewal” to describe the power of the Eucharist for the Church. This same language was hallmark for Dom Virgil Michel, O.S.B. in his theology of the Eucharist and the power of liturgy to renew and regenerate both the Church and the faithful. Michel understood himself as drawing deeply from the theological and liturgical tradition, including the thought of Thomas Aquinas on the Eucharist and the nature of the Church. Join us for a day of reflection on Saint Thomas’s understanding of the Eucharist as a polyvalent sign, sacrament, and sacrifice which, when received through the liturgical lens of Virgil Michel, orients us to the ecclesial renewal envisioned by the Eucharistic Congress. We will examine the ways in which a retrieval of tradition demands personal and ecclesial growth into the full measure of the Body of Christ.
Shawn Colberg is Dean of the School of Theology and Seminary at Saint John’s University as well as Associate Professor of Theology in the Department of Theology at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University. He completed his Master of Divinity at Yale University Divinity School and earned a Ph.D. in theology from the University of Notre Dame. Shawn recently published a book entitled The Wayfarer’s End (Catholic University of America Press) and is widely published in journals and edited volumes.
Dates & Times
- Thursday, October 10, 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. St. Joseph CC Parish Center, New Hope, MN
- OUT OF STATE: Saturday, November 2, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. St. Clare of Assisi Church, O’Fallon, IL
- Friday, November 8, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Emmaus Hall, Saint John’s University
- Friday, November 8, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Online Webinar
- Friday, January 31, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Emmaus Hall, Saint John’s University
- OUT OF STATE: Sunday, April 6, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. St. John Vianney Church, Omaha, NE
Please note: Start time indicates when presentations begin; in-person check-in is 30 minutes prior, webinar and synchronous access opens about 15 minutes prior.
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