BXVI RETREAT 2012
At the
VEYO Centre and St. Alphonsus Church

Tentative Schedule (as of Jan. 12, 2012)
February 2 – 5, 2012

All LECTURES WILL TAKE PLACE AT ST. ALPHONSUS PARISH
NOTE:

• This schedule is tentative, and subject to possible changes.
• Lectures are approximately 1 hour in length and are open to the public.
• The public are invited to join us for the lectures only for a suggested donation of $5.00 per lecture to help off-set costs.

 THEME: Mary in Catholic Belief, Worship, Culture, and Life

This apologetic retreat considers the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, as her figure and role in the history of salvation emerge in Scripture and the Tradition of the Church.  It examines the Church’s understanding of Mary as expressed in sacred and historical text, theological reflection, liturgical expression, iconographic representation, magisterial pronouncement, and the life of devotion.  Over the course of the retreat, participants will reflect on the relationship of mariology to other branches of theology, such as protology, christology, soteriology, ecclesiology, and eschatology, as well as the impact of the cultus of the Virgin Mary on western art, music, and literature.

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
6 pm	Registration
8 pm	Lecture One.	The Four Marian Dogmata.
“Love me, love my dogma!” quipped G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) the famous Catholic convert, journalist, apologist, and controversialist. A dogma, in Catholic terms, is a formally defined doctrine that enjoys the highest and most authoritative status among her teachings. This talk presents an overview of the four dogmata that the Church holds and teaches concerning Mary and her role in the history of salvation and the life of the Church.
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
9:45 am	Lecture Two.	Mary Mother of God.
Mary’s noblest and most ancient title: Christological and Trinitarian implications.
1:15 pm	Lecture Three.	Mary Ever a Virgin.
The dogma of the perpetual virginity of Mary teaches that Mary remained a virgin before, during, and after the birth of her only Son, Jesus Christ.
2:30 pm	Lecture Four.	Mary Conceived without Sin.
The dogma of the Immaculate Conception stresses not just Mary’s holiness but her absolute sinlessness from the first instant of her creation.
Saturday, February 4th, 2012
9:30 am	Lecture Five.	Mary Assumed into Heaven.
In the dogma of the Assumption, the Church teaches that, when the course of her earthly life came to an end, Mary was taken up body and soul into the glory of heaven.
11:00 am	Lecture Six.	Mary Archetype and Mother of the Church.
Mary, Ecclesiology, and her role in the ongoing life of the Church.
1:30 pm	Lecture Seven.	Mary in the Bible.
Scriptural references to Mary - in both Testaments.
3:45 pm	Lecture Eight.	Mary in the Sacred Liturgy.
Mass, sacraments, and liturgical calendar.
7:00 pm	Lecture Nine.	Mary in the Spiritual Life.
Marian piety and devotions; fostering a Marian spirituality.
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
10:00 am	Lecture Ten.	Marian Apparitions.
A brief history of Mariophanies. The role of Marian apparitions in the life of the Church and in Catholic devotion.
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
1:30 pm	Departure