Desert Fathers Reading Group

Desert Fathers Reading Group
Selected Thursdays, Noon - 2 pm

January 12 - St. Anthony the Great - TIME CHANGE: 1:30-3:00
February 9 - St. Arsenius - CANCELED due to inclement weather
March 9 - St. John the Dwarf
April 6 - St. Macarius the Great
May 11 - Abba Moses of Nitria
June 1 - Abba Poemen

Bring your copy of The Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Benedicta Ward trans., Cistercian 1987). Purchase at the St. Philip's Bookshelf Ministry or EighthDayBooks.com - http://tinyurl.com/hnphzq9

Receive Reading Assignments and Reminders via email by joining the group linked here:  https://groups.google.com/d/forum/desert-fathers-reading-group

Led by Dr. Tim Becker
Tim Becker teaches and leads reading groups on the church fathers with the Center for Orthodox Thought and Culture at Eastern University. He worships at St George in Upper Darby and lives in Philadelphia with his wife and three children.

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