Sacred Spaces Sacred Places
The Hektoen Institute of Medicine’s Nurses & the Humanities group is delighted to present a study and travel opportunity
The art of pilgrimage, a spiritual enterprise, entails the reflective interplay of inner sacred spaces and outer sacred places.
The process of the journey as well as the energy of the sacred places will enhance our consideration of four foundational spiritual principles and practices: truth-seeking, imagination, peace/harmony, and hospitality.
During our travels we will consider major insights of four spiritual expressions: Dominican, Franciscan, Benedictine, and Jesuit spiritualities.
Although most would associate these spiritualities with Christianity, and specifically, Catholicism, we will consider them from international, intercultural, and inter-religious perspectives.
To experience both the process of pilgrimage and the energy of spiritual “hubs” we will consider each of these spiritualities in foundational places of its growth.
Thus, we will spend time in Rome, Assisi and Subiacco. Because the arts are intimately connected with spirituality, we will steep ourselves in the art, music and poetry associated with these spiritualities..
TRAVEL LEADERS
Frances R. Belmonte PhD is Professor Emerita, Graduate Faculty, Institute of Pastoral Studies, Loyola University Chicago and President of Quantum Connections, Inc. (www.qconnections.com)
Mary Ann McDermott EdD is Professor Emerita, Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University, Chicago and President of Nursing & the Humanities, Hektoen Institute, Chicago.
(maryannmcdermott@msn.com)
Both have led groups in Italy previously and savor the integration of spirituality, the arts and travel!
COSTS
Registration fee and 9 nights double occupancy (B&B accommodations), welcome and farewell dinners, museum/concert entrances and travel within Italy to Assisi and Subiacco is $1300 per person. (Single - $1800). Other meals and air travel to Rome are additional. Participants are responsible to make their own travel arrangements and should book flights to arrive at the Rome airport no later than noon on March 2. Minimum number of participants required for this program is twenty, maximum is thirty. A valid passport is required. A non-refundable deposit ($250) is required by January 15th (refundable if the program is cancelled due to inadequate enrollments).
To Register: Call MaryAnn at 773.508.2904 or maryannmcdermott@msn.com
**Make check payable to Hektoen Institute and mail to Nurses & Humanities, Hektoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison, Chicago, IL 60612
PROGRAM SUMMARY 2007
Friday, March 2
Noon or earlier arrival Rome, Italy.
Transfer from Fiumicino Airport to
Assisi (2nights in Assisi). Welcome Dinner. Spirituality of Francis with visits to sacred places in Assisi related to the lives of Francis and Clare.
Sunday, March 4
Travel from Assisi to Rome
March 4 to 9
(5 nights in Rome) Spiritualities of Dominic and Ignatius with visits to related sacred places in Rome. Concert: Parco Musica; Visits to St. Peters, Vatican Museum, Borghese Museum, Aventine Hill Church of St. Dominic, Church of the Gesu and St. Ignazio.
Friday, March 9
Travel From Rome to Subiacco via Tivoli (Visit to Villa de Este water gardens). Two nights Subiacco. Spirituality of Benedict. Visits to monasteries of Benedict and Scholastica.
Sunday, March 11
Depart Subiacco for Rome airport
Depart to USA; Arrival same day.