In my recent wanderings I noticed that the Spirituality & Practice website is offering an e-course which may be of interest to some for this upcoming Lent. The course is entitled, “Practicing Spirituality with Edward Hays”.
I was not familiar with Father Edward Hays, but you can read a brief bio of him in the description of the e-course to which I’ve linked above. A little something that caught my eye:
Over his long and illustrious career, Hays has been a pioneer manifesting a daring mystical sensibility and an unbridled imagination that makes his vision consistently fresh and invigorating.
Father Hays has authored more than thirty “best-selling books on contemporary spirituality”, titles of which you can see here at Ave Maria Press (just click on “Titles by this Author”), so even if you are not able to take the e-course you may be interested to see if you can locate any of his books at your library.
Among other assignments/responsibilities throughout his years as a priest, Father Hays was the director of Shantivanam House of Prayer, of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A. If you click on the “About” section in the menu and read the history of Shantivanam, you will see how Father Hays established this House of Prayer in the early seventies for his archdiocese. On the Shantivanam homepage to which I’ve linked, scroll down and take the “visual exploration” of this beautiful House of Prayer and retreat facility – your spirit will thank you. Well, I never imagined myself saying these exact words, but how I’d love to meet you, my friends, this summer in Kansas!
