Episode 167. Teilhard de Chardin with Ann Garrido

"When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all in all." -1 Corinthians 15:28

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Ann Garrido joins us on the podcast again and today she speaks about the life and theology of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, the French Jesuit priest whose writings and theology Sofia mentions in the chapter My Readings from Way of Holy Joy which is a book of selected writings of Sofia Cavalletti. Ann tells us about this unique theologian, helps us explore the similarities in his work and those of Maria Montessori and Sofia Cavalletti as well as where we can see his influence in the work of The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd.

Ann Garrido has been a catechist of the Good Shepherd since 1996. She has served as a catechist and formation leader at all three levels. Ann is an Associate Professor and Director of the Aquinas Children’s Worship Partnership at the Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri. She is the author of multiple works, including her newest book Redeeming Power about the healthy and holy exercise of leadership. Ann Garrido’s website HERE

“Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. And yet, it is the law of all progress that it is made by passing through some stages of instability- and that it may take a very long time. And so I think it is with you, your ideas mature gradually- let them grow, let them shape themselves without undue haste. Don’t try to force them on, as though you could be today what time (that is to say, grace and circumstances acting on your own good will) will make you tomorrow. Only God could say what this new spirit gradually forming within you will be. Give our Lord the benefit of believing that God’s hand is leading you, and accept the anxiety of feeling yourself in suspense and incomplete.” - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Making of a Mind, from a letter written July 4, 1915

“The Son of God became man so that man might become God” - St Althanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, On the Incarnation

Website on the Aquinas Children’s Worship Partnership

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A good biography of Teilhard

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Podcasts Episodes with Ann Garrido: Episode 19 – Typology with Ann Garrido Episode 53 – The Birth and Infancy of Jesus with Ann Garrido Episode 59 – Preaching with Children with Ann Garrido Episode 68 – The CGS Heritage – Eugenio Zolli with Ann Garrido Episode 111. About Justice, A Meditation by Fr Mongillo with Ann Garrido 127: Redeeming Administration

Books by Ann Garrido ANN’S NEW BOOK – REDEEMING POWER Redeeming Administration Redeeming Conflict A Year with Sofia Cavalletti by Ann Garrido Preaching with Children

Books you might be interested in: Way of Holy Joy The Religious Potential of the Child 6 to 12 Year Olds History of the Kingdom of God Part 1: Creation to Parouisa History of the Kingdom of God Part 2: Liturgy and the Building of the Kingdom Life in the Vine: The Joyful Journey Continues

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