Academy #43 Required Reading

Reading assignments from faculty of Academy #43 hosted in Tucson, Arizona, at the Redemptorist Renewal Center, and Schuyler, Nebraska, at the St. Benedict Retreat Center. Books are added when received from faculty presenters. Please check back frequently for new book additions.

Session One: November 3-7, 2025 (NE)

 Attentiveness to the Word – Juan Carlos Huertas

Group A: Select one book from both groups A & B
1.  Abide: Keeping Vigil with the Word of God by Macrina Wiederkher
2. Things Hidden: Scripture As Spirituality by Richard Rohr

Group B: Select one book from both groups A & B
1.  Unsettling the Word: Biblical Experiments in Decolonization ed. Steve Heinrichs
2. This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley

Spiritual Disciplines – Mary Elizabeth Moore

  1. Openings (2nd Edition): A Daybook of Saints, Sages, Psalms and Prayer Practices (Turner Publishing, 2014) by Larry J. Peacock

  2. Soul Feast, Newly Revised Edition-Enlarged: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life (Westminster John Knox, 2015) by Marjorie J. Thompson

Optional Resources:

• So Much to Love: So Much to Lose (Wipf & Stock, 2023) by Mary Elizabeth Moore

• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Session Two: February 9-13, 2026 (NE)

Traditions of Christian Spirituality – Amy Oden

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Hebrew Spirituality/Psalms – Rabbi David Horowitz

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Session Three: May 11-15, 2026 (AZ)

New Testament Spirituality – Shively Smith

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Liturgy & Spirituality: Claudio Carvalhaes

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Session Four: August 31 – September 4, 2026 (AZ)

Orthodox Spirituality – Noel Joy Plourde

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Spirituality and Embodiment – Kat Armas

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Session Five: October 19-23, 2026 (NE)

Prayer and the Art of Discernment – Robin Dease

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Roman Catholic Spirituality – Sr. Nancy Schreck, OSF

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Session Six: January 25-29, 2027 (AZ)

Protestant Spirituality – Elaine Heath

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Spirituality and Ways of Healing – Beth Richardson

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Session Seven: April 5-9 2027 (NE)

Spiritual Leadership in Local Faith Communities – Valerie Lomax Jackson

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Christian Spirituality in the Global Context – Rolf Nolasco

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Session Eight: August 30 – September 3, 2027 (AZ)

Bearing Witness to the Reign of God in the World – Luther Smith

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Sustaining our Life in Christ – Mary Earle

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