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The Night School for Deeper Learning

The Night School is an adventurous exercise of greater depth and reflectivity than is normal for most people. Once a month, our speaker welcomes into our gathering a profound thinker, explorer, philosopher, painter, poet, theologian or mystic from the ancient or nearer past. Here you can access audio files and additional resources for each class.

Series VIII:

March 2021: Job of the Book of Job

Presented by Rick Ganz

Ganz Notes for TNS 8, 2 (16 March 2021)
Ganz Notes on Job 3
Ganz Notes on The Suscipe, Spiritual Exercises [234]
Michael J Buckley, SJ, Weak Enough
Steven Chase, Re-reading Book of Job
Dies irae (13th century)
OUTLINE – Logos Factbook on Book of Job

January 2021: Rene Girard

Presented by Rick Ganz

Wikipedia – René Girard
How to Read Girard | Joe Carter | First Things
TEXT – OT Commandments Nine and Ten (Cathechism of Catholic Church)
Christianity Will Be Victorious, But Only In Defeat | Cynthia L. Haven | First Things

Series VII:

November 2020: Dionysius the Areopagite

Presented by Rick Ganz

Ganz Notes on Dionysius the Areopagite
Ganz Notes on Acts 17, 16-34
TEXT – The Mystical Theology
TEXT – The Celestial Hierarchy

October 2020: Dante Alighieri

Presented by Rick Ganz

Ganz-Notes-on-Dante-Alighieri-1265-1321
Ganz-Notes-on-Ephesians-2-1-10
ALL-Maps-of-Dantes-Commedia
Kalkavage-Dantes-Global-Vision-Seeing-Being-Seen-in-the-Divine-Comedy-2015

September 2020: Daniel of the Book of Daniel

Presented by Rick Ganz

Bob-Dylan-The-Times-They-are-a-Changin-October-1963-2
Ganz-Notes-Background-on-Daniel-1-6
Ganz-Notes-on-Daniel-1

Series VI:

December 2019: A Baby, Just Born
Presented by Tara Ludwig
About Tara’s work at the Faber Institute

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/December-2019-Night-School-Tara-Ludwig-A-Baby-Just-Born.m4a

November 2019: St Ignatius of Loyola
Presented by Bill Zuelke
St. Ignatus bio detail
Fall in Love Poem
The First Principle and Foundation
Outline of the Spiritual Exercises

Tuesday, November 12th Eastside Audio:

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/November-2019-Eastside-Night-School-Bill-Zuelke-St-Ignatius.m4a

October 2019: George MacDonald
Presented by Paul J. Pastor
Recommended Readings:
Biography: George MacDonald by William Raeper
Devotional: The Diary of an Old Soul
For Kids: The Princess and the Goblin
For Imagination: Lilith
For Inklings Fans: Phantastes
Short Stories: The Wise Woman and Other Stories
Anthology: The Gospel in George MacDonald by Plough Publishing House

Tuesday, October 15th Eastside Audio:

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/October-2019-Eastside-Night-School-Paul-Pastor-George-MacDonald.m4a

September 2019: Eli, the Last Prophet of Shiloh
Presented by Rev. Dr. Geordie Ziegler
Image Handout

Tuesday, September 17th Eastside Audio:

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/September-2019-Eastside-Audio.m4a

Thursday, September 19th Westside Audio:

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/September-2019-Westside-Audio.m4a

Series V:


May 2019: St Teresa of Avila
Presented by Joel Kibler
St. Teresa of Avila photos
St Teresa of Avila notes


Tuesday, May 21st Eastside Audio:

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/May-2019-Eastside-Night-School-Joel-Kibler-Teresa-of-Avila.m4a


April 2019: Charles and John Wesley
Presented by Steve Moore
A Baker’s Dozen of Wesleyan Distinctives_1

Tuesday, April 16th Combined Eastside Audio:

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Steve-Moore-TNS-Combined-East-The-Wesley-Brothers-16-April-2019.m4a

March 2019: The St John’s Bible
Dr. Paul Anderson presents the artists of The St John’s Bible

Dr. Paul Anderson’s St John’s Bible Powerpoint

Illuminating the Social Conscience of the Bible’s Challenge to Forgive – Posted on Krista Tippet’s On Being Project

Dr. Paul Anderson’s Huffington Post Page

Tuesday, March 19th Eastside Audio:

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Paul-Anderson-TNS-East-St-Johns-Bible-19-March-2019.m4a

Thursday, March 21st Westside Audio:

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Paul-Anderson-TNS-West-St-Johns-Bible-19-March-2019.m4a

February 2019: Rumi the Poet

Fr Steve Lantry, February 2019 Night School Presentation

Download Materials

Tuesday, February 19th Eastside Audio:

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Lantry-TNS-East-Rumi-19-February-2019-1.m4a

Thursday, February 21 Westside Audio

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Lantry-TNS-West-Rumi-21-February-2019.m4a

January 2019: Ephrem the Syrian
Frederic Rilliet – Ephrem the Syrian (EAC)
Kathleen McVey – Intro to Ephrem the Syrian
Maronite History | Saint Sharbel Church
Sebastian Brock on Ephrem the Syrian
Syrian Orthodox Church (John Meno)
Russell – Get to Know St. Ephrem, the “Harp of the Holy Spirit”
Ephrem the Syrian – Commentary on Genesis 2-3 (Brock)

Tuesday, January 15 Eastside Audio:

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Ganz-TNS-East-Ephrem-15-January-2019.m4a

Thursday, January 17 Westside Audio:

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Ganz-TNS-West-Ephrem-17-January-2019.m4a

Series IV:

December 2018: Julian of Norwich
Anne L Clark – on Julian of Norwich
Anthony Domestico, On Julian of Norwich
Carl Sagan – Pale Blue Dot (1994)
Denise Levertov – Julian of Norwich
Earth seen by Voyager I (14 February 1990)
Evelyn Underhill, on Julian of Norwich
Jean de Brebeuf, SJ – The Huron Carol
Julian of Norwich – Popular Resources | The Julian Centre
Julian of Norwich: Mystic, Theologian and Anchoress – Medievalists.net
Katharina Wilson – Christian Medieval Women Writers

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Ganz-Julian-Night-School-11-December-2018.m4a


November 2018: St Gregory of Nyssa
Gregory of Nyssa (Christian History Magazine #80)
McGinn, Endless Pursuit on St. Gregory of Nyssa (2003)

Tuesday, November 13 Eastside Audio:

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Ganz-TNS-East-Gregory-of-Nyssa-13-November-2018.m4a

Thursday, November 15 Westside Audio:

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Ganz-TNS-West-Nyssa-15-November-2018.m4a

October 2018: The Holy Spirit
Cantalamessa, on the Holy Spirit (20 March 2015)
Elowsky – on We Believe in the Holy Spirit
Levinson – On the Holy Spirit in the Bible
Matthew 3, 13-17 (The Baptism of Jesus)

Tuesday, October 16 Eastside Audio:

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Ganz-on-Holy-Spirit-16-October-2018.m4a

Thursday, October 18 Westside Audio:

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Ganz-on-Holy-Spirit-18-October-2018.m4a

September 2018: Hosea the Prophet
Gale Yee, PhD – Intro to Book of Hosea
Intro to Book of Hosea (CSB)

Tuesday, September 18 Eastside Audio:

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Ganz-Hosea-TNS-4-East-18-September-2018.m4a

Thursday, September 20 Westside Audio:

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Ganz-Hosea-TNS-4-20-September-2018.m4a

Series III:

May 15, 2018: St. John of the Cross
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA – St. John of the Cross
Cunningham – St. John of the Cross, Mystic of the Light | America Magazine (2006)
Daniel Chowning, OCD, Negation in John of the Cross
Graham Schwieg, Crucifix of John of the Cross
John of the Cross | Christian History
Michael Dodd, OCD, Life, Times, Writing of John of the Cross
Note on The Drawing of Christ on the Cross
St. John of the Cross (1542-1591) — Britannica Online Encyclopedia
Thomas Merton, on John of the Cross
Book Recommendation: The Impact of God by Fr. Iain Matthew

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Ganz-John-of-the-Cross-15-May-2018.m4a

April 17, 2018: St. Catherine of Genoa
Catherina of Genoa, Life and Doctrine (CCEL)
Catherine of Genoa – Wikipedia
Catherine of Genoa, Purgation & Purgatory (Google Digital Texts)
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Catherine of Genoa
Harvey Egan, SJ, In Purgatory, Mystics (December 2012)
Pope Benedict XVI, on Catherine of Genoa (12 January 2011)
September 15 – on St Catherine of Genoa
Book Recommendation: Catherine of Genoa: Purgation and Purgatory, The Spiritual Dialogue (Classics of Western Spirituality)

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ganz-Audio-Catherine-of-Genoa-17-April-2018.m4a

March 20, 2018: Plotinus
Ganz Notes – Plotinus (205-270 CE)
Plotinus – Britannica Online Encyclopedia
PLOTINUS, Ennead I, 6 (text) – on Beauty
The Enneads – Wikipedia
Billy Collins, Today
Plotinus, Texts to Recommend

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Ganz-Plotinus-20-March-2018.m4a

January 16, 2018: Ezekiel the Prophet
Ganz Notes on the Book of Ezekiel (6th c BCE)|
Michael Fishbane – on the Book of Ezekiel
Prophet Ezekiel – Vatican Museums

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Ganz-Ezekiel-The-Night-School-16-January-2018.m4a

Series II:

December 12, 2017: Karl Rahner, SJ
Ingvild Rosok, Spirituality and Theology of Rahner (The Way 50:4)
Karl Rahner, SJ – IgnatianSpirituality.com
Mary Steinmetz, Karl Rahner and Experience of God
Reading Karl Rahner: Twenty-five years after his death, Rahner’s works still illuminate. | America Magazine

Book Recommendations: Encounters with Silence, The Mystical Way in Everyday Life

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Ganz-Karl-Rahner-SJ.m4a


November 14, 2017: St Anselm of Caterbury
Anselm of Canterbury – Devotions
Anselm of Canterbury – Twenty-one Meditations
Anselm of Canterbury, Monk, Archbishop, Theologian
Saint Anselm of Canterbury — Britannica Online Encyclopedia
Text – Anselm’s Prayer 18 – For my Friends
Text – Anselm’s Prayer 19, For my Enemies

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Ganz-Anselm-of-Canterbury.m4a

October 17, 2017: St Ignatius of Antioch
Ignatius of Antioch (Christian History)
Letters of Ignatius of Antioch (trans J H Srawley, 1919)
Saint Ignatius of Antioch (Britannica Online Encyclopedia)

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Ganz-Ignatius-of-Antioch-17-October-2017.m4a

September 19, 2017: The Author of the Book of Ecclesiastes

Ganz – Notes on the Book of Ecclesiastes

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Ganz-on-Ecclesiastes-19-September-2017.m4a

Series I:


June 20, 2017: Irenaeus of Lyons
Ganz – Notes on St Irenaeus of Lyons (for 20 June 2017)
POPE JOHN PAUL ON THE CONTEMPORARY IMPORTANCE OF ST IRENAEUS

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Irenaeus-The-Night-School-20-June-2017.m4a


May 16, 2017: The Epic of Gilgamesh

Ganz – Notes on the Epic of Gilgamesh

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Gilgamesh-The-Night-School-16-May-2017.m4a


A BBC Reading of Gilgamesh:

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/The-Epic-of-Gilgamesh-BBC-In-Our-Time.mp3

April 18, 2017: Aristotle
Ganz – Some Notes concerning Aristotle

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Aristotle-The-Night-School-18-April-2017.m4a


March 21, 2017: Plato
Ganz – The Night School on Plato, 21 March 2017
Plato’s Symposium Dialogue (narrative version)
Plato’s Symposium Dialogue (downloadable ebook)
Plato’s Crito Dialogue (narrative version)
Plato’s Crito Dialogue (PDF version)

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Plato-The-Night-School-21-March-2017.m4a

February 21, 2017: Athanasius of Alexandria

Texts to Consider – St Athanasius on 21 February 2017

https://faberinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Athanasius-The-Night-School-21-February-2017.m4a

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