2025 Online Summer School; Hope - for our pilgrim journey

This course explores themes around the Theological virtue of Hope.

The course is very flexible and no previous study of theology is required.

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Course Delivery

The course consists of eight recorded presentations and two Zoom meetings and is delivered by Dr Mary McCaughey. There are four video presentations during each week beginning on Monday August 11 and they will become available each day, so on Monday 11th August there will be access to one recording and on Wednesday access to two recordings and so on. Participants can watch the lectures whenever suits them, and revisit lectures they have already viewed. At 7pm on each Friday there will be a live Zoom discussion with Mary.

Mary is Director of Studies and a lecturer in Dogmatic Theology at St Mary’s College, Oscott, Birmingham. Before that she taught theology for many years in Ireland to both Seminarians and lay people.

Format

Week 1:

11 August Lecture 1: Introduction to the Theological virtue of Hope

12 August Lecture 2: Hope in Sacred Scripture

13 August Lecture 3: The Theological Nature of Hope

14 August Lecture 4: Christ, the Fulfilment of Hope

15 August 7pm: Live Discussion of Presentations

Week 2:

18 August Lecture 5: Hope and Suffering

19 August Lecture 6: Hope and the Christian Life

20 August Lecture 7: Hope and the Last Things (Eschatology)

21 August Lecture 8: Spreading Hope in the World

22 August 7pm: Live Discussion of Presentations and Conclusion

Dates

Monday 11th August - Friday 22nd August 2025

There will be two one hour Friday evening 7pm Zoom sessions.

15 August

22 August

Cost

€120, €100 for current students

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