11 Aug Continuous Learning Courses at Regis College for 2023-2024

Continuous learning courses at Regis College are non-credit courses of six to eight sessions covering topics in scripture, church history, pastoral studies and theology. Windows on Theology are daytime course offerings, while Faith Issues Today are evening course offerings.

Windows on Theology

For more information and to register for one of the Windows on Theology courses, click here.

Theology and the Arts

Presented by Timothy Schmalz, Walter Deller, Michael Stoeber, Lesley Higgins, Gilles Mongeau, SJ, James Bird, Katharine Lochnan, John Dadosky, and Gordon Rixon, SJ.

September 20-November 15, 2023, 11:00 am to 12:45pm. Cost $225. Hybrid delivery (in-person and via Zoom)

Colleagues from across the University of Toronto and beyond reflect on the relationships among art, justice, theology and the sacred.

The Psalms: Prayer Moving from Trust to Lament to Gratitude and to Praise

Presented by Michael Kolarcik, SJ

Second Saturday of October 2023 through May 2024(Oct 14, Nov 11, Dec 9, Jan 13, Feb 10, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 11), 10:00am-11:50am. Cost $200. Online only.

The Psalms have long been a major source of prayer for the Jewish and Christian communities alike. Why do they remain so contemporary and relevant? What makes them so moving and at times unnerving as well? This 8-week online course delves into the mysteries, the challenges, and the beauty of the Psalms as a source for prayer and theological reflection.

Beyond Polarities: Ignatian and Jesuit Sources for a Wounded World

Presented by Susan Wood, SCL

January 24-February 28, 2024 11:00 am to 12:45 pm, Cost $160. Hybrid delivery (in-person and online via Zoom)

Today’s Christians are called to walk with a wounded world whose culture has become increasingly uncivil and polarized.  Resources drawn from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, as well as from the Society of Jesus’s reflection on its mission oriented to justice and reconciliation in service of the faith, offer both a path to personal conversion and tools for accompanying our fellow travelers and offering Christ’s healing.

Faith Issues Today

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:…dark secrets, distant hopes…: a narrative film series about human trafficking,

Presented by Adelmo Dunghe, SJ

Mondays, October 2, 16, and 30, 2023, 6:00pm-8:00pm. Cost $80. In-Person Only.

“The hidden figure of crime.” This is how the United Nations describes the 20- to 40-million people who are being held in slavery today. The lesser-known but powerful films in our brief series consider the evils of human trafficking via some popular genres. The Lost Son is a crime drama, while La Sconosciuta takes the form of a thriller. And Once You’re Born… is an adventure full of unexpected twists and turns. These are films, mostly in foreign languages, with English subtitles.

Postcolonial Theology and Cinema

Presented by Adelmo Dunghe, SJ

Mondays, April 8 to May 13, 2024, 6:00pm-8:00pm. Cost $160. In-Person Only.

This course explores the emerging discipline of postcolonial theology.

Considering the challenges posed by contemporary Third World theologians, the course explores

• some of the ways in which their concerns have been manifested in a selection of recent narrative film works
• how Christianity’s historical relationship with empire has shaped recent and contemporary understandings of non-western traditions and interpretative frameworks.