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This is a special discounted price for a bundle of these two programs by Fr. Donald Goergen, O.P., Ph.D.:

The Christian Contemplative Tradition

and

A Retreat with Pope John Paul II

With this order you will receive, free of charge, a detailed Electronic Study Guide for each program. With your confirmation email, you will receive a link that will take you to these Electronic Study Guides, which include outlines for each lecture, review questions and suggested readings for further study. The link to access these Electronic Study Guides will also be included on the case of your CDs or DVDs. You are allowed to print up to 7 copies of each guide. Simply click on the link, or type it into your browser, to access the file.

About Your Presenter

Donald Goergen, O.P., Ph.D., is a Dominican priest, teacher, lecturer, and author. He has published many articles and ten books in the areas of Christology and Christian Spirituality. His most recent book was Fire of Love, Encountering the Holy Spirit. He has taught, lectured and given retreats in Asia, Africa, and throughout North America. He was previously Provincial for the Dominican Friars of the Central Province as well as President of the Dominican Leadership Conference. He co-founded the Dominican Ashram, a contemplative Dominican community and ministry of prayer, in which he lived for nine years. He previously taught and currently teaches at the Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, MO, where he is also prior of the formation community. His doctorate is in systematic theology, his dissertation on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and his current interests include contemplative traditions, East and West, the evolution of consciousness, and the thought of Thomas Aquinas as a spiritual master. Among other honors awarded him, he is the recipient of the 2010 Yves Congar Award from Barry University in Miami.

Topic Titles

• What Contemplation is Not
• Searching for God
• The Mystery of Sadness in Contemplative Life
• Darkness, Emptiness, Aloneness
• Praying Contemplatively: Christian Meditation
• Infused Prayer
• Prayer and Fasting
• The Great Silence
• Gifts of the Spirit
• The Living Word
• Holy Eucharist; Blessed Sacrament
• Holy Friendship
• A Life of Charity
• Contemplative Love
• Conversion and Repentance
• Humility is the Soil
• The Marriage of Heart and Mind
• Mary, Mother of God, Contemplative Model
• Jesus, Son of Mary and Son of God
• The Evolution of Consciousness
• Living Contemplatively and Acting Justly
• From Mindlessness to Mindfulness
• Remembering the Body
• Remembering the Church

• The Holy Spirit: Dominum et Vivificantem
• Social Concerns: Sollicitudo Rei Socialis
• Christ, Mediator: Redemptoris Missio
• The Gospel of Life: Evangelium Vitae
• Faith and Reason: Fides et Ratio
• A Life Reviewed