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Summer Institute 2004


Institute Index Schedule Faculty Preparatory Readings Resources Youth Registration and other information

June 20-25, 2004

Schedule
(provisional)

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legend:   *OPTIONS
Events for all participants

At 4:00 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, participants on the pastoral track will have several options, as follows:

    • Quiet time in the chapel (with Prof. Al Rossi
    • Resource time in the Library (with Dean Erickson or Fr Rentel)
    • A walk through Crestwood (with Ted Bazil)
    • Workshop on Parenting (with Fr. John Behr and Peggy Meyendorff)
    • Other workshops on themes TBA
Events for pastoral section
Events for music section

Sunday, June 20
 
4:00 PM Registration begins
6:00 PM Buffet dinner
7:30 PM

Orientation

Choir rehearsal

Monday, June 21
 
9:30 AM Marriage: The Pursuit of Wholeness and Holiness
Dean John H. Erickson
11:30 AM New Testament Readings for the Marriage Service
Prof. John Barnet

The "Podoben" in Slavic Practice
Walter Obleschuk

2:30 PM

discussion groups
Christian Marriage in Today's Culture
introduced by Prof. Peter Bouteneff

Beginning and Advanced
Music Practica
4:00 PM

OPTIONS*

Beginning and Advanced
Music Practica

5:30 PM Vespers
7:30 PM Keynote (public lecture): Marriage as Covenant
Fr John Breck
Tuesday, June 22
 
9:30 AM Contemporary Challenges I: Same-Sex Unions
Prof. Al Rossi & Prof. Peter Bouteneff
Beginning and Advanced
Music Practica
11:30 AM Contemporary Challenges II: Divorce, Mixed and Interfaith Marriages, Cohabitation
Fr Alexander Rentel
Beginning and Advanced
Music Practica
2:30 PM discussion groups
Meeting Contemporary Challenges
Led by Fr John Breck
Beginning and Advanced
Music Practica
4:00 PM OPTIONS*

Beginning and Advanced
Music Practica

7:30 PM
My Life in Church Music
Prof. David Drillock
Wednesday, June 23
9:30 AM The Rite of Matrimony: A Pastoral Resource -- Fr Paul Lazor
11:30 AM

Strengthening Christian Marriage
Fr Timothy Blumentritt

Byzantine Music for the Marriage Service
Dr Jessica Suchy-Pilalis

2:30 PM discussion groups
Liturgy and Marriage
Led by Fr Alexander Rentel

Beginning and Advanced
Music Practica

4:00 PM OPTIONS*

Choir Rehearsal for Vigil and the Divine Liturgy

7:00 PM

Vigil for the Feast of St John the Baptist

Thursday, June 24
8:00 AM Divine Liturgy for the Feast of St John the Baptist
11:30 AM Marriage and Asceticism
Fr John Behr

Evolution of the Marriage Service
Deacon Kevin Smith

2:30 PM discussion groups
The Struggles of Married Life
Led by Prof. Al Rossi
 Beginning and Advanced
Music Practica
4:00 PM   Choir rehearsal (Byzantine)
7:30 PM

Free Evening

Reception on the porch, 9:00 PM

Friday, June 25
9:30 AM Wrap-up and Highlights
Dean John H. Erickson

Singing the Marriage Service Today
Mark Bailey

11:30 AM Integration and Evaluation
Led by institute faculty
 Beginning and Advanced
Music Practica
12:30 PM Closing prayer, followed by lunch