Community Corner
Summer School Tackles Contemporary Moral Issues
Tuesday, July 23rd, the St. Mary’s Adult Education Committee will host its weekly Tuesday night discussion on highlights of the Catholic Catechism with “Catholic Moral Theology and Contemporary Moral Issues.”
Catholics and non-Catholics alike are invited to these lively talks with robust Q & A, followed by informal fellowship with wine & cheese. The sessions begin promptly at 7 p.m. in the School of St. Mary’s Multi-Purpose Room, 175 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest and end at 8:30 p.m.
Several issues, including Christian anthropology, the natural philosophy of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, epicurean and utilitarian systems of thought, sin, conscience, and avoiding cooperation with evil take center stage this week, with a focus on contemporary moral issues in this seventh of a total of eight classes comprising St. Mary’s Summer School of Faith.
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Attendees will learn why choosing the moral good and avoiding the moral evil is so important at the Tuesday, August 6th session which concludes the Summer School of Faith. August 6th’s topic will be “The Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven & Hell.”
The great intellectual heritage of the Catholic Church continues to draw seekers from all backgrounds who meet to learn, discuss and ponder eternal truth this summer. All are welcome.
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Earlier sessions included an introduction to the Faith and the three pillars on which it stands, the origin of the Bible, the salvation history of the Old and New Testaments, a discussion of the Catholic Mass and the theology of grace and the sacraments.
The sessions are presented by Charles Craigmile, a native Lake Forester and Chicago business executive. Charles has taught adult education for 25 years at area churches, including Holy Name Cathedral and St. Michael’s in Old Town. He holds undergrad and graduate degrees in Philosophy, minors in Latin and Greek, an MBA and has completed three years’ coursework toward an S.T.L. at Mundelein seminary.
For more information, contact: Ellyn Von Huben, Church of St. Mary 847-234-0205, evonhuben@churchofstmary.org.
