Wednesday, September 19, 2007 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. To celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Mercy and ask God’s blessing on our academic year, we will have a prayer in her honor, preceded by a cook-out.
No Fee
Michaele Wicks, M.A. Wednesdays, September 26, October 3, 10, 17, 24, 2007 11:00 a.m. - Noon This program presents Teresa of Avila as a model and guide for the contemporary spiritual journey.  It includes an overview of the historical and cultural context within which Teresa lived, worked, and prayed as well as a profile of Teresa, the woman.  Selected passages from Teresa’s major texts and letters will be used to examine her experiences with prayer, spiritual direction, and human relationships. Each day will include time for prayer/reflection and discussion of ways in which the teachings of this 16th century mystic and saint are relevant in today’s world.
Fee: $75	Financial assistance available
Friday, October 12, 2007 Pastistio and wine:  6:15 p.m. Film: 7:15 p.m. Lars Von Trier's brilliantly original exploration of the dark passions of a woman scorned, this film captures Euripides' classic drama as retold in Carl Dreyer's screenplay (The Passion of Joan of Arc). Von Trier (Dancer in the Dark) has created a haunting work of mythic realism. "Exhilarating" (Chicago Reader). In Danish with English subtitles.  Running time: 76 minutes.
Fee: $30 Open to Men	Financial assistance available
Mary Jeremy Daigler, RSM, D.Min. Saturday, October 20, 2007 Danish and Coffee: 10:00 a.m. Lecture and Discussion: 10:30 a.m. - Noon For nearly a year, Mary Jeremy has been a visiting scholar at Mount Saint Agnes Theological Center for Women.  She has been hard at work on a book that will detail the history of the movement for the ordination of women in the Catholic Church, with particular attention to figures central to that effort in the United States.  In this program, Mary Jeremy will report on her progress and indicate where the research will next take her.
Fee: $25	Financial assistance available
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 Morning: 11:00 a.m. - Noon Evening: 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Celebrating the feast, which occurs on November 1, participants will honor the saints of the Church and the saints of our lives. The assembly will also remember the intentions that have been recommended to the Mount Saint Agnes community.
No Fee Open to Men
Diane M. Caplin, Ph.D. Wednesdays, November 7 and 14, 2007 Morning: 11:00 a.m. - Noon Evening: 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Women are facing end of life issues regarding beloved others or themselves as we contemplate the mysteries of our life on earth and its necessary limitation.  Diane will consider some ethical dilemmas that result from our advanced technologies, offer principles for thinking through such dilemmas and cull from the literature best practices regarding advance directives, living wills, etc.
Fee: $40	Financial assistance available
Saturday, November 17, 2007 Lamb with spiced yogurt sauce and wine: 6:15 p.m. Film: 7:15 p.m. Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times critic, says of this offering:  "an angry and heartbreaking film made in Iran by a woman about a patriarchal society that puts cruel limits on the freedom of women to lead independent lives."  Set in the early '80s, the story gives insight into the effect of the Islamic revolution on the aspirations of women.  In Farsi with English subtitles.  Running time:  96 minutes.
Fee: $30	Financial assistance available
Mary Aquin O'Neill, RSM, Ph.D. Wednesdays, November 28, December 5, 12, 19, 2007 Morning: 11:00 a.m. - Noon Evening: 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Cycle A of the lectionary takes all the Sunday Gospel readings from the Book of Matthew.  In these readings, the spotlight is definitely on the men.  The Advent program will subject these readings to the kind of imaginative interpretation that has become a hallmark of Mount Saint Agnes Theological Center for Women, seeking to find in them redeeming truth for all.  Presentations will include selected artistic renderings.
Fee: $65	Financial assistance available
Kathryn Hopkins Kavanagh, Ph.D. Ongoing
Cultural anthropologist and writing woman, Kathy Kavanagh, is undertaking to study the culture that has been created by the coming to life of the unique theological center for women called Mount Saint Agnes.  To do this, she will interview those who participate, staff, members of the Board of Trustees, Directors and members of the sponsoring body, the Sisters of Mercy.  It is our hope that this work will issue in a publication that will make Mount Saint Agnes Theological Center for Women nationally known, that is, to let the secret out, and invite many others to support this important and unusual work of mercy.
No Fee Open to Men

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