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Fall Semester 2006

DLF6302 -- We Give You Greeting -- The Celtic Christian Way of Prayer -- Register for this course

The prayer traditions that we receive from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man weave poetry and prayer together. Through becoming familiar with both the historical and modern traditions of poetry and prayer from the Celtic lands, students will discover ways in which praying shapes life and community. Students will regularly participate in prayer practices and write their own prayers, following the patterns from the tradition. In addition to the weekly assignments for all participants, those seeking to earn 3 hours of credit will be responsible for a book report and a final project.

The Reverend Mary C. Earle -- Professor Earle, a Seminary of the Southwest graduate and Instructor in Pastoral Ministry at the seminary, is an Episcopal priest in San Antonio who is Author in Residence at the Center for Faith in the Workplace at St. Mark's Church. She is co-author of Holy Companions: Spiritual Practices from the Celtic Saints and Praying with the Celtic Saints, as well as author of Beginning Again: Benedictine Wisdom for Living with Illness and Broken Body, Healing Spirit: Lectio Divina and Living with Illness. She received the 2003 Durstan McDonald Award for Teaching from the Seminary of the Southwest.

Required textbooks for the course.