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mizznicole
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Any suggestions for DCE study guides for a small parish group? Thanks!
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Joe_5859
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Our Sunday Visitor has a pamphlet (Pope Benedict’s First Encyclical) that summarizes the encyclical, but it’s not a study guide per se (i.e. there are no discussion questions, lesson outlines, etc.). It really just gives you the main points of the document.
The unofficial Pope Benedict XVI fanclub website has links to many great articles and commentaries related to Deus Caritas Est (just scroll down a third of the way down the page). Again, these are not study guides per se, but may be helpful in a study group to see what others are saying about the document. (FYI, they do have a link to a study guide for Spe Salvi [the pope’s *second encyclical], so you’ll be all set for that if you decide to take that on next
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Other than that, I haven’t come across anything that would qualify as a specific “study guide” for this encyclical. I would think that if one existed, I would have seen it by now, but it’s always possible something slipped by me. If you find anything, let me know!
The unofficial Pope Benedict XVI fanclub website has links to many great articles and commentaries related to Deus Caritas Est (just scroll down a third of the way down the page). Again, these are not study guides per se, but may be helpful in a study group to see what others are saying about the document. (FYI, they do have a link to a study guide for Spe Salvi [the pope’s *second encyclical], so you’ll be all set for that if you decide to take that on next
).Other than that, I haven’t come across anything that would qualify as a specific “study guide” for this encyclical. I would think that if one existed, I would have seen it by now, but it’s always possible something slipped by me. If you find anything, let me know!
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Michael_C
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I don’t know of any group study guides but if you go to the Arinze podcast you can get podcasts of Cardinal Arinze discussing this encyclical. It is great to have a member of the curia commenting.
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Joe_5859
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Here’s a link for those podcasts if anyone’s interested:
arinzewebcast.com/index.php?s=deus+caritas+est
It looks like it’s broken down into ten parts. Thanks for the info, Michael C!
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mizznicole
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Actually, I did find a study guide online:
avemariapress.com/viewTopic.cfm?Topic_ID=166
It looks pretty good, but I haven’t combed through it yet.
Thanks for the other suggestions. I’m trying to get a reading group together, so the more material the better.
avemariapress.com/viewTopic.cfm?Topic_ID=166
It looks pretty good, but I haven’t combed through it yet.
Thanks for the other suggestions. I’m trying to get a reading group together, so the more material the better.
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Joe_5859
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Now that you post that, it does look familiar. I probably blocked it out because I’m not a big fan of Ave Maria Press. They publish some pretty questionable books (especially through their Sorin Books division). I usually try to avoid their books, but it’s possible that this study guide is okay (I haven’t looked at it that closely). They do publish some books that are good (Fr. Thomas Green’s books on prayer are quite excellent).
Just something to think about…
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