2026 Online Summer School: Man and Woman He Created Them
This course of four filmed lectures and one live video conference will explore themes in Pope John Paul II’s catechesis on the “Theology of the Body”.
The course will examine a selection of Pope John Paul’s writings on the human body, man and woman, love and sexuality and marriage. It will begin with some pre-papal material which is important in Love and Responsibility. It will then delve into 2 lectures as an overview of themes in his catechesis on “theology of the body.” We will examine his writings on original human experiences, the effect of sin, and other themes. Our final lecture will be on man and woman as the image of God, explaining what that may mean, and looking at some of the complementary aspects of being man and woman, even some of the science involved in our own day.
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Course Delivery
The course consists of four recorded presentations and one Zoom meeting and is delivered by Rev Dr Alan O’Sullivan OP. There are four video presentations during the week beginning on Monday August 10 and they will become available each day, so on Monday 10th 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 7.30pm on Monday 17 August there will be a live Zoom discussion.
Rev Dr. Alan O’ Sullivan OP is an Irish Dominican. Ordained a priest in 2000 he studied at Blackfriars House of Studies, Oxford, where he obtained a Lectorate in Sacred Theology. His area of research focussed on “New Movements and Communities, Vatican II, and the Ecclesiology of Communion.” Having worked as a curate in a parish in Dublin for two years he went to study at the Angelicum, Rome, where he obtained a Licence in Sacred Theology. In 2012 he obtained his doctorate from Fribourg University, Switzerland. He specialises in moral theology, and lectures at the Dominican House of Studies, Dublin. He is currently Chaplain to Trinity College Dublin and Promoter of Permanent Formation for the Irish Province of Dominicans. His book Self-Giving, Self-Mastery was published by Peter Lang in 2017.
Format
Week 1:
10 August Lecture 1: The Pursuit of Love: Earlier Writings of Karol Wojtyla
11 August Lecture 2: Theology of the Body: Masterwork of St John Paul II
12 August Lecture 3: Theology of the Body: The Masterwork II
13 August Lecture 4: Man and Woman in the Image of God
17 August 7.30pm: Live Discussion of Presentations
Dates
Monday 10 August - Monday 17 August 2026
There will be a one hour Monday evening 7.30 pm Zoom session on 17 August.
10 August
17 August
Cost
€85, €65 for current students
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