On the Call to Holiness (Gaudete Et Exsultate)Course Level: Intermediate
Course Summary
- Introduction to the Apostolic Exhortation – Call to Holiness
- Highlighting the Beatitudes
- Exploring Discernment for Nurturing one’s spiritual life
- No prerequisites
Successful completion of this course earns 2.5 CEU's. Click here for more information about CEU's.
General Course Objectives
- Define different approaches/means to holiness
- Explain the meaning and importance of silence today
- Explain the meaning of contemporary Gnosticism and Pelagianism
- Explain the Beatitudes as the Christian Identity card
- Explain the Church’s understanding of Evil
- Define the meaning of Discernment
Course Materials
- No books required. All readings are online.
Course Structure and Highlights
- Week 1: Call to Holiness
- Define the meaning of holiness for today
- Identify the meaning of middle class of holiness.
- Identify what are the ‘small gestures’ of holiness
- Week 2: Challenge of Contemporary Gnosticism and Pelagianism
- Explain the relationship of loving silence and interaction with others for growing in holiness
- Explain the meaning of Contemporary Gnosticism and Pelagianism
- Explain the hierarchy of virtues that are essential for a holy life.
- Week 3: The Christians Identify Card: The Beatitudes
- Explain the meaning of the Beatitudes as the Identity Card for all Christians
- Name the eight Beatitudes
- Explain why Matt 25:31-46 is the Great Criterion for holiness
- Week 4: Five Great Expressions of a Model to Holiness
- Identify the five great expressions of a model to holiness
- Explain the meaning of ‘parrhesia’
- Week 5: Invitation to Discernment
- Explain why the Catholic life is a constant battle with evil
- Explain what the CCC states about evil
- Explain the meaning of spiritual discernment as related along our path to holiness