The Church: A Spirit-led Community of Hope

Fee: $25
Three Weeks

Do you think of the church as Spirit-led? Do you think of the church as a vehicle or an obstacle of hope? We will explore two essays authored by Fr. Richard Lennan. In “The Church: Got Hope?” Lennan discusses the church’s relationship to hope. In a second essay, “The Holy Spirit and the Pilgrimage of Faith,” Lennan partners with Nancy Pineda-Madrid to summarize the teaching of Vatican II on the Holy Spirit and show how Victor Codina, S.J., and Elizabeth A. Johnson build on the Council’s teaching.

Check the course schedule for future offerings of this course.

Topics

• Getting Started Week:  Introduction to the Course
• Week 1: “The Church: Got Hope?”
• Week 2: “The Holy Spirit and the Pilgrimage of Faith”

Special Features

• Link to the Evelyn Underhill 2018 lecture by Richard Lennan
• Transcript of the lecture 

All Crossroads courses include these features:

• Participants have access 24 hours/ 7 days a week to the course's password-protected web site. 
• Each participant belongs to a small Community for Conversation and faith sharing guided by a facilitator.
• Site is usually available to participants at least three months after the course.
• An orientation in how to navigate the web site is always available.
• Technical assistance is easy to contact and prompt in returning a message.
• A Certificate of Active Participation is awarded to those who post at least three messages of substance for each week of content.

Additional Materials Needed
Everything you need for this course is provided on the course web site.

Time Commitment
A participant can expect to spend an average of approximately 3-4 hours each week. This commitment includes both the assigned reading and interaction online.

Content Scholars: Rev. Richard Lennan, STM professor of systematic theology, and Dr. Nancy Pineda-Madrid, STM associate professor of theology and Latino/Latina ministry