Events for April 17 - February 12

Catholic Ethical Leadership and Management within Ecclesial and Secular Settings

Online with Zoom

Catholic Ethical Leadership and Management within Ecclesial and Secular Settings This will be an exploratory and interactive day led by top lay and religious speakers. It will include sessions on Catholic social teaching and thought; Benedictine and Ignatian spiritualities of moral and ethical leadership; and ways in which the Church’s teaching on the dignity of the individual can and must be met ‘on the ground’ both within an ecclesial and secular setting. This will be a thoughtful and dynamic study day with opportunity to engage, question and explore a topic of huge impact and importance upon individual lives within and [...]

£20.00

CTP Module 1 Jesus Through the Centuries

Online with Zoom

Join our Director of Studies, Dr Louise Nelstrop for this four week intensive course exploring how the person of Jesus has been understood across history.  We will explore treatments of Jesus from the early Church to the modern day, including representations of Jesus in film and the arts. The purpose of this course is twofold: To explore historical discussions concerning who Jesus is (Christology) To consider Christian thinking on how Jesus effects salvation (Soteriology) As Alister E. McGrath notes in Theology: The Basics: ‘One of the most basic tasks of Christian theology is to clarify the identity and significance of [...]

£180

CTP Module 2 The Nameless Women of the Bible: From Potiphar’s Wife to the Samaritan Woman

Online with Zoom

One calculation of named individuals in the Bible records 2,900 men and only 170 women.  But what of the hundreds of nameless women who flit across the pages of the Old and New Testaments?  This course will explore the plight and personalities of some of these women, from the well-known Samaritan Woman to the relatively unknown Wise Woman of Tekoa.  While doing so it will cast a light on the faith stories and socio-economic circumstances of a great variety of women and deepen your knowledge of books as diverse as Deuteronomy and 1 Timothy.  You will also be introduced to [...]

£180.00

Autumn Retreat: Meditating with Icons – Face to Face with Images of Love

Online with Zoom

A RETREAT WITH ICONS: FACE TO FACE WITH THE IMAGES OF LOVE Icons captivate us by their beauty. They are called ‘theology in colours’, ‘portals to a higher realm’. One can paraphrase the icon as ‘spirituality in colours.’ The word, ‘icon’ comes from the Greek eikon, meaning likeness or image. In the eastern Orthodox Christian tradition, icons are used in the liturgy, but they also as aids to prayer and private meditation in homes.  According to their purpose, as witnesses of the Incarnation, icons afford the viewer direct communication with the sacred figures represented. Our icon retreat, while respecting this [...]

£35

Moving into the Light – What Happens when we Die, What Happens when we Grieve

Online with Zoom

This study day is Day 1 of the Mini-Series:  Death and Dying Over the past year, the issues of death, loss, and grieving have come to the fore.  This afternoon will gently explore these major issue in relation to our Catholic tradition, using scripture, sacred texts, images, and the liturgy of the Church. Course Leaders:  Dr Dominic White OP and Dr Sue Price Date:  Wednesday 10 November 2021, 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm Cost:  £50 Early Bird £45  –  only before 20 September 2021.  For Early Bird, please enter EB in the Promo field in Eventbrite ticket page and click [...]

£50

CTP Module 2 The Nameless Women of the Bible: From Potiphar’s Wife to the Samaritan Woman

Online with Zoom

One calculation of named individuals in the Bible records 2,900 men and only 170 women.  But what of the hundreds of nameless women who flit across the pages of the Old and New Testaments?  This course will explore the plight and personalities of some of these women, from the well-known Samaritan Woman to the relatively unknown Wise Woman of Tekoa.  While doing so it will cast a light on the faith stories and socio-economic circumstances of a great variety of women and deepen your knowledge of books as diverse as Deuteronomy and 1 Timothy.  You will also be introduced to [...]

£180.00

CTP Module 2 The Nameless Women of the Bible: From Potiphar’s Wife to the Samaritan Woman

Online with Zoom

One calculation of named individuals in the Bible records 2,900 men and only 170 women.  But what of the hundreds of nameless women who flit across the pages of the Old and New Testaments?  This course will explore the plight and personalities of some of these women, from the well-known Samaritan Woman to the relatively unknown Wise Woman of Tekoa.  While doing so it will cast a light on the faith stories and socio-economic circumstances of a great variety of women and deepen your knowledge of books as diverse as Deuteronomy and 1 Timothy.  You will also be introduced to [...]

£180.00

The Sacraments

Online with Zoom

Join the Catholic Certificate of Religious Studies (CCRS) students to understand and appreciate the Sacraments in the life of Catholics as a sign of Christ’s continuing presence with the Church. You will study the use of signs and symbols in daily life, consider the Church as the sacrament of Christ’s presence, receive an overview of the seven sacraments, the Sacraments of Christian Initiation, Healing and Service, of Communion and  the Mission of the Faithful and consider the sacraments as part of the universal call to holiness and vocation. Course Leader: Dr Gemma Simmonds CJ Date: Saturday 20th November 2021, 10am–4.00pm [...]

£20

Research Seminar: Thinking Beyond the Particular

Online with Zoom

We offer supportive study skills seminars for MBIT research students.  We warmly welcome those outside of the Margaret Beaufort Institute student community also.   Please contact Dr Férdia Stone-Davis at fjs23@mbit.cam.ac.uk for more information or to register for this seminar. Thinking Beyond the Particular: Regenerating Academic Practices through the (Extra)Curricula In this course we will read and discuss intersectionality in academic research practices.  Our goal is to examine this topic by questioning strategies of knowledge production.  To do so, we will invite in voices less heard in academic spaces, exploring the politics of citation.  How and who do we cite in our [...]

£10

CTP Module 2 The Nameless Women of the Bible: From Potiphar’s Wife to the Samaritan Woman

Online with Zoom

One calculation of named individuals in the Bible records 2,900 men and only 170 women.  But what of the hundreds of nameless women who flit across the pages of the Old and New Testaments?  This course will explore the plight and personalities of some of these women, from the well-known Samaritan Woman to the relatively unknown Wise Woman of Tekoa.  While doing so it will cast a light on the faith stories and socio-economic circumstances of a great variety of women and deepen your knowledge of books as diverse as Deuteronomy and 1 Timothy.  You will also be introduced to [...]

£180.00

Ecclesial Ethics

Online with Zoom

This study day will reflect on some historical shifts and developments in moral thinking and teaching of the Catholic Church.  In response to Pope Francis’ invitation to become a more discerning and participatory Church, we will attempt to formulate a tentative agenda for contemporary ecclesial ethics.  We will explore such questions as ‘what does it mean to "get hands dirty" and "look" into the dysfunctional parts of our Church’s life?’; ‘what are the areas of good practice?’; ‘how to handle well tensions and disagreements?’; ‘what does it mean to apply Catholic social teaching to the structures of the Church?’; ‘how [...]

£50