Getting Started - Exploring and Living the Good News


Do I really understand the Gospel ? How best can I respond ?

1. Signposts - Maija Fish  (5 min) 
2. 5 minutes with Sr. Miriam James Heidland  
3. Paula Huston, writing Prof., Calif State University, talks about her connection to the New Camaldoli Hermitage, a Benedictine community in Big Sur, California, where today there are 24 monks, and 700 lay oblates, people who live in the world and affiliate with a monastic community, following the Rule of St. Benedict (550 A.D.) which guides monastic life.  - 9 min.  

   Prayer: Contemplation / Meditation

1. How to think about Prayer – Fr. Boniface Hicks OSB  - Video 10 min.  
2. How to Pray, the basics with Fr. Boniface Hicks OSB  - Video 5 min.  
3. What is the Difference Between Meditation and Contemplation?  - Video 4 min.  
4. Sister Miriam James Heidland on the Deepest Meaning of Peace /Shalom 

5. Hammer and Fire: Way to Contemplative Happiness and Mental Health in Accordance with the Judeo-Christian Tradition, Raphael Simon, M.D. Trappist monk 

6. Abandonment to Divine Providence: The Classic Text With a Spiritual Commentary by Dennis Billy (Classics With Commentary) 
    

7. Furrow – pocket-sized Paperback – by Josemaria Escriva - 1000 points for spiritual reflection are directed toward the whole human person: body and soul, nature and grace.

8. The Reed of God,  Paperback by Caryll Houselander 
    

Getting Started - Exploring and Living the Good News, Section II

Christianity As A Way of Being | Bishop Robert Barron and Jordan B Peterson -

10 min. clip
 

Dr. Jordan Peterson is a professor of psychology, University of Toronto, clinical psychologist, and author of three books; Maps of Meaning, 12 Rules for Life, and 12 More Rules for Life. He videos on his Youtube Channel have attracted more the 15 million hits to date. 
Peterson obtained bachelor's degrees in political science and psychology from the University of Alberta and a PhD in clinical psychology from McGill University. After teaching and research at Harvard University, he returned to Canada in 1998 to join the faculty of psychology at the University of Toronto. 
There are two podcasts of discussions between Bishop Barron and Jordan Peterson, - almost 2 hours each, done in 2018 and 2021.

Five minutes with Br. Thomas Martin - 

-Brother Thomas Martin grew up Lutheran, and developed an appreciation for St. Augustine in his teenage years.  One Summer while at Philmont Scout Ranch, he found himself profoundly impacted by the experience of a Catholic Mass.  That started him on a journey that eventually led him to pursue religious life with the Dominican Order. 

-The Singing Monks of Norcia
A look at the community of Benedictine monks lead by an American, in Norcia, Italy.


Section II

Conversion Stories / Biographies

 1. Personal story – Anna     8 min.