Seminar on St Theresa of Avila in September

On Saturday, September 12, 2015, the Carmelite Secular Community in Finland and the Studium Catholicum are arranging an Ecumenical Seminar to mark the 500th anniversary of St Theresa of Avila.

Welcome!

Time: 10 a.m. September 12, 2015
Place: The Parish Hall of St Henry's, Helsinki
Languages: The seminar languages are English and Finnish.

You will find the seminar programme below and in pdf format.

Seminar Programme

10:00
Seminar opening

10.10-10-50
FRANCISCO JAVIER SANCHO FERMÍN OCD, ÁVILA:
“This is the aim of prayer: that of it be born good works and good works alone.”
The Union of Contemplation and Action in Teresian Mysticism. 

11:00–11:40
MARIUS-CIPRIAN DINU (orthodox), BUCHAREST:
A Philokalic Writer in 16th Century Spain – Saint Teresa of Jesus.

11:50 — 12:30 
PAULI ANNALA, HELSINKI:
Hengellinen avioliitto Sisäisen linnan viimeisessä kirjassa.

Discussion
Moderator: GABRIEL SALMELA OP

Lunch Break

13:30 — 14:10
ROBERT KRALJ, LJUBLJANA:
The Centre of the Soul: the Anthropological Basis for Understanding
Mystical Experience in Saint Teresa.

14:15 — 14:55
JUHA SAITAJOKI, HELSINKI:
Pyhän Teresan hurmio

15:00 — 15:30
HEIDI TUORILA-KAHANPÄÄ OCDS, HELSINKI:
Avilan pyhän Teresan Täydellisyyden tie -teoksen kääntämisestä.

Discussion and Final Words
Moderator: GABRIEL SALMELA OP

• Lunch, coffee and tea available in the Parish Hall.
  
• NB! Those who wish to have lunch in St Henry's Parish Hall (reduced price for students) are kindly asked for advance notification by e-mail to kahanpaa@ulc.jyu.fi.
  
• Finnish translations of the works of St Theresa of Avila will be available at the Seminar at a special price.
  
• Information will be provided about studying at Centro Internacional Teresiano-Sanjuanista in Avila.

• After the Seminar there will be an opportunity to view glass painting of St Theresa in St Henry's Cathedral.