Loyola Evening of Prayer – Spiritual Book Club Series – The Holy Longing – The Search For A Christian Spirituality (15^th Anniversary Edition) by Ronald Rolheiser

Facilitated by Karen Florance

Please join the Loyola Spiritual Book club as we read, explore, and faith share on The Holy Longing – The Search For A Christian Spirituality (15^th Anniversary Edition) by Ronald Rolheiser.  We will meet in person at Loyola.

In The Holy Longing,  Ronald Rolheiser makes sense of what is frequently a misunderstood word: spirituality. In posing the question "What is spirituality?" Father Rolheiser gets quickly to the heart of common difficulties with the subject, and shows through compelling anecdotes and personal examples how to channel that restlessness, that deep desire, into a healthy spirituality.
This book is for those searching to understand what Christian spirituality means and how to apply it to their own lives.  Rolheiser explains the nonnegotiables--the importance of community worship, the imperatives surrounding social action, the centrality of the Incarnation, the sustenance of the spiritual life--and how spirituality necessarily impacts every aspect of human experience.  At the core of this readable, deeply revealing book is an explanation of God and the Church in a world that more often than not doubts the credibility of both.

About the author

Rev. Ron Rolheiser, OMI, is a Roman Catholic priest and member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. He is a theologian, professor, award-winning author, and serves as president of the Oblate School of Theology. He holds Bachelor’s degrees from the University of Ottawa and Newman Theological College Edmonton and Master’s degrees from the University of San Francisco and University of Louvain, Belgium along with a PhD/STD from the University of Louvain. Apart from his academic knowledge in systematic theology and philosophy, he has become a popular speaker in contemporary spirituality and religion and the secular world.

Meeting Dates at Loyola
8 sessions

September 12^th, 19^th,  There is no session September 26^th
October 3^rd , 10^th, 17^th, 24^th, 31st
November 7^th