University of St. Thomas literature professor Dr. Mary Reichardt (pictured) will offer an overview of Dante’s
Divine Comedy and discuss key passages that help unlock its spiritual depth.
Join us for this Saturday Morning Lenten and Easter Series beginning March 9.
(Note this is a week earlier than previously advertised.)
The Lenten dates (March 9, 16, and 23 (not the 30th); April 6 and 13) will be held in Steiner Hall, then the meeting will shift to the 2nd Floor Conference Room in the Parish Center for Easter (April 27 and May 4).
Lent (Steiner Hall):
Saturday, March 9 - An Introduction to the Divine Comedy and Inferno 1-5
Saturday, March 16 - Deadly Sins and Sinners: Inferno 6-19
Saturday, March 23 - "The Vast Kingdom of All Grief": Inferno 7-34
(No meeting March 30)
Saturday, April 6 - The Seven Storey Mountain: Purgatorio 1-16
Saturday, April 13 - "Eager to Rise, Now Ready for the Stars": Purgatorio 17-33
Easter (2nd Floor Conference Room in the Parish Center):
(No meeting April 20)
Saturday, April 27 - Soaring Through the Heavens: Paradiso 1-16
Saturday, May 4 - "Like a Wheel in Perfect Balance Turning": Paradiso 17-33
There will be a $25 tuition fee which will cover the cost of hand outs and the companion text, Mark Musa’s The Portable Dante.