All are invited with family, friends, and many more to an amazing Lumen Civitatis of Memphis event on “How God Gets Our Attention: A Few Reflections on the Shock of Grace” with Father Paul Murray, OP, next Wednesday evening, Nov. 19, 6:00pm, at our beautiful St. Louis Catholic Church, 203 S White Station Rd., Memphis. Lumen Civitatis is sponsoring Fr. Murray’s talk at St. Louis.
About Father Murray, OP
Fr. Murray is an Irish Dominican Friar with a tremendous global following of many faithful. He lives in Rome, where he teaches courses on the literature of the Western mystical tradition at the Angelicum University.
In 2000-2001, Fr. Murray was invited by Cardinal George to occupy the Paluch Chair of Theology at the University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, Chicago. From 2001-2005, he was Vice Rector of the Angelicum University and, in 2007, he was elected President of the Institute of Spirituality at the Angelicum and re-elected in 2009. In 2010, Fr. Murray was invited by The House of Lords, London, to deliver an hour-long lecture on Christian Contemplation. On January 17, 2012, he was conferred with the STM (Master-in-Sacred Theology) by the Dominican Order.
Fr. Murray is also a Fellow of Bishop Robert Barron’s Word on Fire Institute and has published many books, including: St. Catherine of Siena: Mystic of Fire, Preacher of Freedom; A Journey with Jonah: The Spirituality of Bewilderment; Scars: Essays, Poems, and Meditations on Affliction; Aquinas at Prayer: The Bible, Mysticism, and Poetry; and God’s Spies: Michelangelo, Shakespeare, and Other Poets of Vision.