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Please see below the opportunities presented during Summer

SAINT CELESTINE PREVIOUS SUMMER SPEAKER SERIES

A Bible School For Adults!

Tuesday Evenings on June 15, July 20 and August 17 at 7 pm

The Apocalypse of Saint John (Revelations)

August 17th at 7 pm

Rev. Robert L. Schoenstene, M.A., S.S.L.

For the third in our Series of Summer Speakers, Reverend Robert Schoenstene spoke on the topic of The Apocalypse of Saint John, better known to many of us as the Book of Revelation. Some might think that Revelation reads more like a script from a Steven Spielberd movie rather than a book of the Bible. There are creatures with seven horns and seven eyes, the sun turning black, the moon loke blood, locusts, stars falling from the sky, and red dragons with seven heads and ten horns.

Did you know that the colors of these creatures as well as the numbers depicted in the book are actually symbolism used in the early church? These symbols were a language used in a secret club which served to protect both John and the early readers to some degree.

About Father Schoenstene:

Assistant Professor, Departments of Biblical Exegesis and Proclamation and Pre-Theology. D. Min., Theological Coordinator, U.S.M.L.

M.A. (Greek) Loyola University; S.S.L., Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome; Graduate study at Pontifical College Josephinum and Semitic studies at University of Wisconsin. Former Spiritual Director, Dean of Men. Former Associate Professor, Pontifical College, Josephinum. Member of Catholic Biblical Association, American Society of Papyrologists, and Association of Literary Scholars and Critics.

Father Schoenstene graduated from St. Celestine in 1960, was ordained in 1975, and has been in Seminary Work since 1981. He also celebrates the Sunday, 4:30 pm Mass at St. Celestine's.

Come hear Father Schoenstene's presentation on the Book of Revelations.

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An Overview of the New Testament

July 20th at 7 pm

The New Testament is a collection of twenty seven books that are at the heart of the beliefs of the Catholic Church today. Through these stories we not only learn of the teachings of Jesus and the miracles He performed, but also the account of salvation history and the beginnings of the Christian movement.

By the way, do you know which gospel was the first one written? Do you know which gospel teaches us the Lord’s prayer? What was the predominant language used in the writings of the New Testament?

Can you find the book and verse that this quote comes from: “All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that one who belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every good work”?

About Father William Burton:

William L. Burton, OFM brings us a discussion of the New Testament at this night's session. Father Burton is a Roman Catholic Franciscan Priest of the Sacred Heart Province. He lives at the friary in Chicago with three other friars. Father's credentials include an MDiv. and an MA from the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, a Licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, a Doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and an Med in Higher Education Administration from Loyola.

Father Burton lectures and teaches around the country, researches, and travels extensively through Israel / Palestine, Turkey, Egypt, Greece and Italy.

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An Overview of the Old Testament

June 15th at 7 pm

Pauline Viviano, Ph.D.

Dr. Pauline A. Viviano is an Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola University of Chicago. She received her doctorate in Biblical Languages and Literature from Saint Louis University. She has received the 2008 Mater Dei Award for outstanding contribution of a woman to the ministry of the Church, from Saint Joseph's Seminary, Archdiocese of Chicago in March 2008, and the Chicago Medallion for Excellence in Catechesis from the Office of Catechesis and Youth Ministry, Archdiocese of Chicago in May 2008.

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"Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ"
St. Jerome

"All scripture, inspired of God, is profitable to teach, to reprove, to correct, to instruct in justice:
That the man of God may be perfect, furnished to every good work."
2 Timothy 3:16-17