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December 1st @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm

“The Mystery of Hope: A Monk’s Reading of Spe Salvi” at the Benedictine Monastery of the Holy Cross

Dec 01
"The Mystery of Hope: A Monk’s Reading of Spe Salvi" at the Benedictine Monastery of the Holy Cross

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Transportation will be provided from Hyde Park. Open to current university students and faculty.

Join us for an evening of prayer and conversation with Benedictine monks at the Monastery of the Holy Cross on the south side of Chicago. Attendees will participate in prayer of the Divine Office (vespers and compline), and have dinner and discussion with Prior Peter Funk on Benedict XVI’s encyclical on the theological virtue of hope, Spe Salvi. Fr. Peter will emphasize the need for hope in the life of the Church today.

More information about the monastery can be found HERE.

SCHEDULE

4:15pm   Meet at Gavin House (1220 E. 58th St.)
4:30pm   Depart from Hyde Park
5:00pm   Arrive at the Monastery, welcome by Prior Funk
5:15pm   Office of Vespers
6:00pm Dinner & Discussion of Spe Salvi
7:15pm   Office of Compline
8:00pm   Arrive back in Hyde Park


The Monastery of the Holy Cross

3111 South Aberdeen St. Chicago, IL 60608
Chicago, IL