Our first lecture of this series, Voices of Catholic Spirituality, is on St. Clare. Join us on Wednesday, February 20 at 12:45pm or Thursday, February 21 at 7pm as Sr. Ilia Delio, OSF, Research Fellow at Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University, speaks to us on this great saint! Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! And transform your entire being into the image of the Godhead Itself through contemplation. (St. Clare of Assisi)

Our Lenten series will highlight a select few of the great saints and mystics of our rich Catholic tradition. Each talk will focus on a particular spiritual tradition and the ways in which it calls and speaks to us today. 

Week 1 - St. Clare

Wednesday, February 20, 12:45pm
Thursday, February 21, 7pm
Sr. Ilia Delio, O.S.F., Research Fellow
Woodstock Theological Center
Georgetown University 

Week 2 - St. Benedict

Wednesday, February 27, 12:45pm
Thursday, February 28, 7pm
Sr. Cecilia Dwyer, O.S.B., Prioress
Benedictine Sisters of Virginia 

Week 3 - Meister Eckhart

Wednesday, March 6, 12:45pm
Thursday, March 7, 7pm
Br. Albert Duggan, O.P., Transitional Deacon
Dominican House of Studies 

Week 4 - St. Frances de Sales

Wednesday, March 13, 12:45pm
Thursday, March 14, 7pm
Rev. Donald Heet, O.S.F.S., Vocation Director
Wilmington-Philadelphia Province
Oblates of St. Francis de Sales 

Week 5
St. Teresa of Avila

Wednesday, March 20, 12:45pm
Dr. Kathleen Brown, Acting Associate Director
Doctor of Ministry Program
Virginia Theological Seminary

Week 5 
Julian of Norwich

Thursday, March 21, 7pm
Dr. Julia Lamm, Associate Professor
Department of Theology
Georgetown University 

All lectures will be given in the North Conference Room. For more information, contact Heather Kinney at hkinney@stmatthewscathedral.org.