Travel
The convent is within a short taxi ride from Waverley and
Haymarket railway stations, and fifteen minutes walk from
Haymarket. Bus routes 23, 27, 28, 37 and 45 from The
Mound at Prince’s Street pass the Convent along Lauriston
Place opposite the Novotel.
Accommodation
The programme is designed to be non-residential. However,
some rooms with full board are available in St Catharine’s
Convent, and a few self-catering single, double and treble
rooms are available in McAuley House, in the Convent
grounds. Early application is advisable to Sister Aelred
RSM, St Catharine’s Convent, 4 Lauriston Gardens,
Edinburgh EH3 9HH (tel 0131 229 2659). Car park space is
available, only for residents, by previous arrangement.
En suite bed and breakfast accommodation is now available
about twelve minutes walk away at the archdiocesan Gillis
Centre, 100 Strathearn Road, Edinburgh EH9 1BB, by
contacting the Manager, Mrs Carmel Smith (tel 0131 623
8933). Two hotels, Novotel (tel 0131 656 3500) and a more
budget-style Premier Lodge (tel 0870 990 6610), have
recently opened in Lauriston Place, facing the convent.
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Enclosure
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Daily Timetable
09.15 Morning Prayer (optional) Tuesday-Friday)
Monday 21st Registration
09.30 Arrivals & Coffee
10.00-11.15 Series A Courses
11.15-11.45 Coffee
11.45-13.00 Core Course
13.00-14.15 Lunch Break
14.15-15.30 Series B Courses
15.45-16.30 Mass followed by Tea and departures
Core Course
(Monday – Friday 11:45am)
“Come, Holy Spirit!”
Why do Christians profess a belief in God as Spirit,
the scriptural origins of this belief, and at various
ways of understanding it. We will be asking about
how the Spirit makes a difference to our lives as
disciples of Christ.
 I wish to apply for a concessionary reduction
Michael Kirwan SJ teaches at Heythrop College,
University of London. His doctoral work was on the
influential thinker Rene Girard. He is particularly
interested in the dialogue between systematic
theology and literature and culture. He is also an
excellent writer whose research includes political
and liberation theology.
Date___________________
Please send this Registration Form, together with
your enclosure, to
Edinburgh Living Theology
28 Lauriston Street
Edinburgh EH3 9DJ
A non-residential Summer School
in Catholic Theology
St Catharine’s Convent Lauriston Gardens
Edinburgh EH3 9HH
Monday 21st-Friday 25th July 2014
Living Theology is a summer school in Catholic
Theology which has been organised for many years in
various parts of Britain by British Jesuits and their
co-workers. The fourteenth consecutive nonresidential Edinburgh Living Theology will be held
from Monday 21stJuly to Friday 25th July in St
Catharine’s Convent, 4 Lauriston Gardens,
Edinburgh.
as well as Father and Son? These talks will look at
 I wish to apply for a student/young person
bursary.
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Edinburgh Living Theology
Participants choose two from a list of optional courses
to enable them to pursue special interests in small
groups. Everyone follows the Core Course on a central
topic of Catholic thought, which this year will be given
by
Michael Kirwan SJ
on
“Come Holy Spirit!”
Participants are invited to bring a packed lunch each
day, and soup and coffee are provided. The Eucharist
is celebrated daily. Participants sign on to attend the
full five-day programme from Monday to Friday, and
cannot be accepted for only part of each day or part of
the week. Early application is advisable in order to
secure membership of the optional courses of one’s
choice.
Series A Courses
Series B Courses
A 1 Exploring Atonement Theodora Hawksley
B 1 Providence
The death and resurrection of Jesus have been of central importance to
Christian faith from its very earliest days. This course explores how
Christian thinkers through the ages have understood the saving
significance of Christ's death and resurrection, through investigating
the concept of atonement. How and why do Jesus' death and
resurrection restore the broken relationship between God and human
beings? As well as looking at scriptural sources, we will consider the
'devil's ransom' theory of the Church fathers, Anselm's satisfaction
theory, and the work of Peter Abelard.
Important ideas about God's benevolent care of us emerge from the
Bible, from Patristic literature and from Greek philosophy. This course
will pay particular attention to Saint Augustine's treatise De Ordine, to
some passages in Plotinus as well as to more recent contributions to the
theology of history and the philosophy of religion. Some things which
happen are hard to fit in to a picture of providential divine kindness so
the course will re-consider some versions of the problem of evil and
possible responses.
Theodora Hawksley is a Catholic theologian working as a postdoctoral
researcher in the Divinity School at the University of Edinburgh. An
ecclesiologist and practical theologian by training, she currently works
on the 'Peacebuilding Through Media Arts' project based at the Centre
for Theology and Public Issues. She is working on a book critically
exploring Catholic social teaching on the theme of peace, and helping
to edit a collected volume on peacebuilding and the arts.
A 2 What my Granny taught me Michael
Regan
‘What
my Granny taught me’ – using those words of Pope Francis the
course intends to look at the place of popular devotion in the life of the
Church and the resurgence of such devotion in the present time to see
how it touches our lives. The elements will include the devotion to Our
Lady of Guadeloupe, now the biggest religious festival in the United
States as well as in Central America; the devotion to the Divine Mercy;
the crowds that go to Lourdes, Fatima or other places; the Spanish Holy
Week processions as well as other regional devotions. It will look at
the link between these devotions and the formal prayers of the Church.
Michael Regan is a priest of the archdiocese of St Andrews and
Edinburgh who studied at the University of Stirling, the Institut
Catholique in Paris and the University of Paris IV the Sorbonne. He is
a former Vice-Rector and Lecturer in Liturgy and Sacramental
Theology at the national seminary, Scotus College, and is a member of
the Advisory Committee of the International Commission on English in
the Liturgy. He is now administrator of St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral
in Edinburgh.
A 3 David and Solomon James Crampsey SJ
This course will explore the significance of David and Solomon in the
biblical and para-biblical traditions. The books of Samuel, Kings and
Chronicles will be studied. But consideration will also be given to the
Psalms of David and the lesser known Psalms of Solomon. AS always
we will learn from the reception of the biblical and non-biblical
material with some reference to art and music.
James Crampsey lectured in Biblical Studies at Heythrop College for
twelve years after which he became Provincial of the British Jesuits for
six years. Since the turn of the millennium, he has been a parish priest,
working first in the multi-faith and multi-ethnic context of Southall in
West London, then at the Sacred Heart, Lauriston. He is now director
of the Lauriston Jesuit Centre.
Course fee
Peter Gallagher SJ
Peter Gallagher is a member of the Society of Jesus who studied
philosophy in France before gaining his doctorate at King’s College,
University of London. He teaches the history of philosophy at
Heythrop College, University of London
B2 Christianity and Islam Anthony Allison
Hans Kung famously said that ‘there will be no peace among the
nations without peace among the religions. There will be no peace
among the religions without dialogue among the religions.’ Participants
will have the opportunity to critically investigate the potential for, and
pitfalls to, Christian-Muslim relations both historically and
theologically. In doing so, this course will highlight key instances in the
history of Christian-Muslim relations, the understanding and role of
Muhammad, Jesus, and Mary in both traditions, the Church’s
understanding of Islam, before finally exploring contemporary
developments in Christian-Muslim relations.
Anthony Allison is a Catholic theologian working in the field of
Christian-Muslim relations in the School of Divinity at the University
of Edinburgh. He has experience in conflict resolution and dialogue
facilitation in the Middle East, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. He is
increasingly interested in the secular-religious-legal interface within
contemporary society. This feeds into his role as the lead researcher on
the Government funded nationwide project ‘Faith and Belief Scotland’.
B3 Eradicating ‘discord and jealousy’: the
suppression of the Jesuits in 1773 Gero McLoughlin
In 1773, Pope Clement XIV issued the bull ‘Dominus ac
Redemptor’, suppressing the Society of Jesus. A recent
historian has described this act as ‘the most tremendous use of
power ever achieved by a Pope.’ However, as an exercise of
power, it was only transiently successful. The Society of Jesus
was universally restored in 1814. To mark the bicentenary of the
restoration, these lectures will examine the reasons for the suppression
of the Society of Jesus; the beginnings of action against the Society; the
‘universal’ suppression of 1773; the years of survival and the Society’s
restoration in 1814.
Gero McLoughlin has worked for more than 15 years in Jesuit
spirituality centres and has devoted the last 12 years to developing and
running training courses in Ignatian spirituality in the west of Scotland,
Edinburgh, Perth and Aberdeen. He is also the Jesuit Province
Promoter of Ignatian spirituality, assisting people working outside
institutional settings to develop their work in spirituality.
The fee for the complete five-day course is £100. Cheques should
be made payable to “Edinburgh Living Theology”, and sent with
forms to
James Crampsey SJ
28 Lauriston Street
Edinburgh EH3 9DJ
Email: [email protected]
Ten bursaries are available for students and young adults (under
25), reducing the cost to £25. There are also some concessionary
reductions available for persons on low incomes.
The Conference Location
Edinburgh Living Theology is being held again this year in cooperation with the Religious Sisters of Mercy in their Edinburgh
Mercy Centre, St Catharine’s Convent, 4 Lauriston Gardens,
which is devoted to the Homeless Project and other characteristic
works of mercy organised by the Sisters.
Car parking is difficult in Edinburgh and wardens are notoriously
vigilant. There is a public car park nearby, with a day charge in
the region of £8.
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series of optional Courses A and B. Places on these courses
will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis, and if
your first chosen course is full you will be automatically
registered under your second choice. Please print in block
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