Celebrating Later Life

Image via WikipediaChurches Together in England is seeking participants in a National Seminar, during Inter Faith Week, 21-27 November 2010:

CELEBRATING LATER LIFE: Older people, spirituality and faith

Monday 22nd November 2010, 11.00 am – 4.30 pm (Coffee/tea will be served from 10.30am)

Hinsley Hall, 62 Headingley Lane, Leeds, LS6 2BX.

Speakers:

• Revd Dr Keith Albans - Group Director of Chaplaincy and Spirituality, MHA (Methodist Homes for the Aged)
• Ms Helen O’Brien - Chief Executive, Caritas Social Action Network, RC Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales
• Revd Gaynor Hammond - Northern Baptist College and Faith in Elderly People, Leeds

And

• Sr Agatha, Ms Rosemarie Harris of the Leeds Jewish Welfare Board, Dr Albert Jewell – on the MHA multi-faith care home in south Leeds
• Mrs Satwant Kaur Rait – on Sikhism, spirituality and faith in older people
• Representatives from Bradford Anchor Project

The day will also include reflective musical and choral contributions.

Subsidised cost: £24.00 per person inclusive of lunch and refreshments.

Please contact Lorraine Shannon (lorraine.shannon@cte.org.uk) or Tel: 020 7529 8131 for further information and to book for this event.  You will receive an invoice once your booking has been confirmed.

http://www.churches-together.net/  http://www.hinsley-hall.co.uk/

Ecumenical Courses at Sarum College

I have added details of Sarum College's MA Degrees to the Methodist Church website. 

In addition to their MA in Christian Spirituality, they now offer:

• MA in Christian Liturgy (autumn 2010 intake)
• MA in Theology, Imagination and Culture (beginning January 2011)
• MA in Faith-based Leadership (beginning January 2011)

They claim these are the UK's only ecumenical masters degrees in these subjects.

The programme for Christian Spirituality, for example, offers a unique interdisciplinary exploration: students examine the different ways Christians seek to relate to God, the underlying theology and the particular practices or lifestyles the differences express.

The course is delivered through intensive modules in the beautiful setting of Salisbury's Cathedral Close, the course is accessible to those who live outside Salisbury and overseas. Modules are supplemented by tutorial support for home-based study.

 Programme Content

* Two core modules

* Four optional modules
* Written dissertation

 Optional modules are offered in a range of topics, including:

* Art, Belief and Spirituality

* Medieval Spirituality
* Celtic Spirituality
* Green Faith
* Pastoral Ministry and Christian Spiritual Direction
* Philosophical and Psychological Roots of Christian Spirituality

 Optional modules can also be taken individually by non-MA students.

 The Methodist Church does not recommend courses but there is a list of courses about ecumenism we have been able to find on the website.  If you are aware of a course that is not on this list, please provide details in a comment.