Summer Schools 2014

 All the Summer schools will be held in the beautiful setting of Buckfast Abbey, Devon, UK, with its first class facilities. Participants will share in the Liturgy of the Hours of the resident monastic community.

Cost of each Summer School: £295 including full board and lodging, or £55 per day (the day rate includes lunch and refreshments).

For more information please phone: 01364 645660

or email e[email protected]

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Finding Faith through the Liturgy

Thursday July 31 – Sunday August 3 2014

The Liturgy is a privileged place where God meets us, a place where, in Christ, we enter a transcendent world.  Liturgy changes people and so understanding its effects is essential for the New Evangelisation.    Liturgy,  ‘most of all in the divine sacrifice of the Eucharist, is the outstanding means whereby the faithful may express in their lives, and manifest to others, the mystery of Christ and the real nature of the true Church.’ (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 2)

Lectures include: Scriptural foundations of Liturgy, Liturgical anthropology, New Evangelisation and reverence, Liturgical chant.

You can download a registration form here.

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Further Philosophy

Monday August 4 – Thursday August 7 2014

Students have enjoyed Philosophy summer schools at Buckfast for several years.  This short course is new as it is particularly for those who wish to continue hearing and discussing philosophical works and issues without joining a formal course.  

Lectures include: Theory of knowledge, Philosophy of Science, History of Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of God and religion.

You can download a registration form here.

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Philosophy for Faith: An Introduction

Thursday August 7 – Sunday August 10 2014

Pope Paul II wrote a letter called ‘Faith and Reason’ (Fides et Ratio). In this he speaks of the place and importance of philosophical reasoning for understanding the Faith.  This is a gentle introduction for all those searching for reasons for our Catholic world view.

Lectures include: Introduction to philosophy and the teaching of the Church, the vision of St Thomas Aquinas, introduction to metaphysics, Scepticism and truth. 

You can download a registration form here. 

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Finding Faith through Theology

Monday August 11 – Thursday August 14 2014

Theology is faith seeking understanding.  For Catholics in a secular culture a study of Catholic theology is an exciting way to discover and deepen one’s faith; this is the sure path for effective evangelisation.

Lectures include: Catholic approach to Scripture, Who is Jesus Christ?, What is the Catholic Church?  Theology of the Body and the way to happiness.

You can download a registration form here.

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Finding Faith through Sacred Art

Thursday August 14 – Sunday August 17 2014

Sacred Art can bring doctrine alive in pictorial form and reveal the unity of Scripture and Tradition in the great Christian heritage.  Learning to find Faith in images reminds us of Christ the Image and Word of God ‘made visible’, by being ‘made flesh’.  

Lectures include:  Origins in the biblical books of Genesis and Exodus; Icon Art, the Catechism of the Catholic Church and Art, liturgical art, visits to local pre-reformation churches. 

You can download a registration form here.