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Join us for a guided tour through Dante's Divine Comedy, led by Dr. Mary Reichardt!
Saturday mornings, 9-11 AM, Fr. Moorman Hall:- September 21st: Introduction to the entire work and Inferno 1-5
- October 26th: Inferno 6-34
- November 16th: Purgatorio
- December 14th: Paradiso
Register and pay here by Thursday, Sept. 12th.
Written 700 years ago, Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy remains one of the greatest works of Catholic literature of all time. Epic in scope, it captures the history, politics, customs, language, and spirituality of an entire culture. Most importantly, it is a spiritual autobiography of a lost man, a troubled soul, in need of rescue. As an imaginative approach to faith, the Comedy has the ability even today to help us toward spiritual growth.
Dr. Mary Reichardt holds a Ph.D. in literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has been a professor at the University of St. Thomas, in the English and Catholic Studies departments, since 1988, and is currently an administrator. She has published fourteen books, including four on Catholic literature (Exploring Catholic Literature; Catholic Women Writers; Encyclopedia of Catholic Literature; Between Human and Divine: The Catholic Vision in Contemporary Literature) and has edited a number of volumes in the critical literature series for Ignatius Press.