Desert Fathers and Mothers

Desert Fathers and Mothers : for professed monastics/ religious
Members of different communities will be guided by Fr Ephrem in reading together the texts about the lives of the Egyptian Desert spiritual teachers on prayer and the Christian monastic way of life.

The first 4 days course is open to all interested students who are members of religious communities and the second course is for lay students.

The sayings of the fathers and mothers of the desert are available in English in published versions that include the Alphabetical Collection, the Anonymous Collection and the Systematic Collection. They are the most helpful source for coming to know the most ancient spirituality of the founders of Monasticism. Their influence has left traces in both Eastern and Western spirituality up to the present day.

Fee: £40 (£120 including accommodation)

arrive Sunday 7 October 2018

Classes Monday 8 October – Thursday 11 October 2018
10.30h – 16.30h

depart Friday 13 October

Tutor: Fr. Ephrem Carr, OSB, SEOL, STD

Text for Study: 

Participants are asked to bring their own copy of The Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Benedicta Ward SLG) for study.

 

 

or

The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks (Penguin Classics) by Benedicta Ward SLG

On these four days members of different communities will be guided by Fr Ephrem in reading together the texts. The course is open to all interested students who are members of religious communities.

Men monastics may live in the monastery and women monastics in the House for Guests.