On January 12, 2008, from 9:30am to 3:30pm, the Cathedral will be hosting for the Diocese and community a workshop entitled “Celebrating the Eucharist for the Life of the World.”  The event will be organized around the following questions:

Eating and drinking with Jesus:

What can we know about the meal practice of Jesus? Why did his table manners get him into trouble? Did his meal practice actually lead to his death?

Sharing the body and blood of Christ:

Is our understanding of the Eucharist too small?   What do we request and receive in the Eucharist?

Eucharistic ethics in a hungry world:

What does the Eucharist tell us about the world in which we live?

To what does the Eucharist lead us:  To heaven or the world?
Who and what interprets the meanings of the Eucharist for us?

The presenter is Dr. Samuel Torvend, a Dominican priest who is Chair of the Department of Religion at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA.

In addition to this workshop, Dr. Torvend will lead the Sunday Seminar on Jan. 13 at 10:10 a.m. in
the Great Hall, and preach at the 11:00 a.m. service.

Registration for the workshop and lunch should be in by Jan. 6.  Cost  for the workshop (including lunch) is $10 per person.  Forms can be picked up in the Cathedral Office or information can be called in to the cathedral office at 838.4277.