Cloud of Unknowing, Julian of Norwich

Presentation:  January 17, 2009

Fr. Carl Arico,   Rev. Mary Earle, M.Div.

Brief Description of 1st Hour Presentation

Cloud of Unknowing (To be Developed)

Prayer Exercise

Centering Prayer

Brief Description of 2nd Hour Presentation

Julian of Norwich (To be Developed)

Preparation for Session and Bibliography

(To be Developed)

About Fr. Carl Arico, 

Fr. Carl Arico, a priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, NJ, is a founding member and current Vice President of Contemplative Outreach International.  He is author of A Taste of Silence; Centering Prayer and the Contemplative Journey and has given numerous presentations on The Cloud of Unknowing and other aspects of the history of Christian mysticism and contemplative prayer practice.  He has many years of experience in directing Centering Prayer and contemplative life retreats internationally.

About Mary Earle

The Rev. Mary Earle is an Episcopal priest in San Antonio who is Author in Residence at The Workshop, a ministry of St. Mark's Church. She also teaches classes in spirituality at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin. Among her interests are Christian spiritual practice, including prayer, retreats, spiritual direction and rule of life and the ways in which these practices shape moral action in the world. Co‑author of Holy Companions: Spiritual Practices from the Celtic Saints and Praying with the Celtic Saints and author of Broken Body, Healing Spirit: Lectio Divina and Praying with Illness, Beginning Again: Benedictine Wisdom for Living with Illness, and The Desert Mothers: Spiritual Practices from Women of the Wilderness, Mary is currently working on a book about Anglican women.  A presenter at the 2003 and 2007 International Thomas Merton Conferences, a regular writer for explorefaith.org, and frequent teacher of online courses for the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, she received the 2003 Durstan McDonald Award for Teaching from ETSS.   She holds a B.A. (University of Texas at Austin),  M.A. (University of Texas at San Antonio), and M.Div. (Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, Austin.