Renewing God's Call: Spiritual Formation For Holy Land Pilgrimage

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy W. ROSS
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Formation ◽  
Holy Land ◽  
God's Call

scholarly journals The Pious Life of Empress Helena, Constantine the Great’s Mother, in the Light of Socrates of Constantinople and Sozomen

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 27-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sławomir Bralewski
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Holy Land ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Ecclesiastical History ◽  
God's Call

In his Ecclesiastical history, Socrates depicts Helena as a pious, strong and independent woman, the mother of the emperor, realizing her own ideas and acting as a tool in the hands of God – the ultimate inspiration of her actions. The emperor, her son, only supported her in her undertakings. According to Socrates, Helena travelled to Jerusalem to answer God’s call; there, she organized the search for the Sepulchre and the Holy Cross and found them. She was supported by Macarius, the bishop of Jerusalem, who, after God’s intervention, distinguished the True Cross from the crosses of the two villains. The empress divided the relics and sent some of them to her son to Constantinople; moreover, in the Holy Land, she built three basilicas connected with the life of Christ. Finally, Socrates mentions her piety and discusses the place of her burial. Conversely, in Sozomen’s account of the recovery of Christ’s Sepulchre and the relics, the main role is played by emperor Constantine, who wished to repay God for his blessings; he ordered the search and the construction of the basilica on Mount Golgotha. His mother only supported him in his plans, led by her devoutness, to which Sozomen pays more attention than his predecessor – he emphasizes Helena’s sensitivity to human poverty and suffering. The emperor was also involved in her generous deeds and gave her access to the imperial treasury. Thus, as indicated by Sozomen, Helena’s piety brought prosperity both to her family and to the whole Roman Empire.

Toward Healing Trauma in the Holy Land

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Blanch
Keyword(s):  
Holy Land

SCOTTISH PILGRIMS TO THE HOLY LAND

1969 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monsignor David McRoberts
Keyword(s):  
Holy Land

The Long Road: Catholic Schools and Catholic social integration since 1918 (Cardinal Winning Lecture, 2017)

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-73
Author(s):  
T. M. Devine
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Spiritual Formation ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Catholic Schools ◽  
Educational Experience ◽  
Social Division ◽  
Mainstream Society ◽  
Catholic Schooling

Critics, past and present, of state-funded denominational education in Scotland after 1918 have often asserted that the system has promoted social division, separateness and even fostered sectarianism. This lecture – the Cardinal Winning Lecture, 2017, delivered to the St Andrew's Foundation for Catholic Teacher Education, University of Glasgow – disagrees with these views. Instead, the presentation argues that Catholic schooling, in addition to its recognised importance in Christian spiritual formation, has been a crucial influence promoting the integration of a formerly disadvantaged and marginalised community into modern Scotland. ‘Integration’ is defined for this purpose as the process of incorporation into mainstream society as equal citizens. The lecture considers the long and rocky road to this achievement by setting the educational experience within the broader context of Scottish religious, social, political and economic history in the twentieth century.

Molecular archaeology: People, animals, and plants of the Holy Land

2007 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Faerman ◽  
Gila Kahila Bar-Gal ◽  
Israel Hershkovitz ◽  
Mark Spigelman ◽  
Charles L. Greenblatt
Keyword(s):  
Holy Land
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