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January 30, 2023, Adrian, Michigan – Diarmuid O’Murchu, a member of the Sacred Heart Missionary Order and a social psychologist, offers a live stream presentation, The Evolution of Consciousness in God’s Creation, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, February 18, 2023. The presentation highlights the changing nature of consciousness in our contemporary world and its impact on faith and spirituality for the 21st century.

Diarmuid O’Murchu

The cost is $45 and registration is required to receive the live stream link.

Weber Retreat and Conference Center also offers the opportunity to view the presentation in the Weber Auditorium. An onsite lunch is available for an additional cost of $7. Choices are chicken salad, egg salad, or turkey and Swiss cheese on a croissant, along with chips and a drink. To reserve a lunch, please contact Weber Center by Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at 517-266-4000 or webercenter@adriandominicans.org. Payment for lunch is required upon arrival.

Registration is available at www.webercenter.org; click on “programs.” Registrations may also be made by calling 517-266-4000 or emailing webercenter@adriandominicans.org. Limited scholarships are available.

Weber Center is on the campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters’ Motherhouse, Adrian, Michigan. Traveling east on Siena Heights Drive, pass the Adrian Rea Literacy Center and turn left just before the solar panel-covered parking lot. Follow the signs to Weber Center. For information, call the Weber Center at 517-266-4000.

January 6, 2023, Adrian, Michigan – St. Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican Friar, was a fierce proponent of science and religion working together in the revelation of God’s creation. Episcopal priest and theologian Rev. Matthew Fox, PhD, explores the relevance of St. Thomas Aquinas for our world today during a live stream presentation, The Tao of Thomas Aquinas: Fierce Wisdom for Hard Times. The program is offered by Weber Retreat and Conference Center from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. EST on Thursday, January 26, 2023.

In his presentation, Rev. Fox explores a number of Thomas Aquinas’ rich teachings, including the “original goodness” and love of God in everyday things; the primacy of conscience; the common good; compassion and justice; and non-dualism. 

Rev. Fox, a proponent of Creation Spirituality for more than 50 years, founded the University of Creation Spirituality in 1996 to establish a new pedagogy for learning spirituality that was grounded in an effort to reawaken the West to its own mystical traditions in figures such as Thomas Aquinas, Hildegard of Bingen, and Meister Eckhart. He has given lectures and retreats and written numerous books, including The Tao of Thomas Aquinas: Fierce Wisdom for Hard Times (2020).

The cost for the presentation is $20. Registration is required to receive the live stream link. Registration is available at www.webercenter.org; click on “programs.” Registrations may also be made by calling 517-266-4000 or emailing webercenter@adriandominicans.org. Limited scholarships are available.