Saturday, May 16, 2009 10:15 AM–1 PM
Listening, Hearing, and Living Series: The Practice of Work with Tim Carrington
Explore the Benedictine approach to work as a vital practice of balance that grounds our spiritual lives, our relationships, and our livelihoods as we seek to foster reconciliation in the world. Tim Carrington guides this interactive session on “The Practice of Work.”
To Register
Registration is requested (accepts only) at (202) 537-6217 or companions@cathedral.org. Participant fee: $35 General/$20 Senior, student, Cathedral volunteer, and Companion candidate. Scholarship assistance is available.
About the session
In the context of the monastery, and the wisdom tradition pragmatically and painstakingly built by St. Benedict, work is about meeting life’s material needs, but it is also carries spiritual import. By lifting the artificial barriers between sacred and secular activity, The Rule of St. Benedict reminds us that work is part of every life and that it helps make us whole. But the Rule calls us to be mindful about what we work on, how we work, and how work might connect us to God's dream for humanity. Through discussion, presentation and silence, this half-day session will use Benedictine practice and thought to explore the reality of work in our lives.
About our speaker
Tim Carrington is a journalist and development specialist. From 1980 through 1995, he covered finance, defense, and international economics for the Wall Street Journal, working in New York, London, and Washington. From 1995, he has worked at the World Bank, launching a training program in economics journalism for reporters and editors in Africa and the former Soviet Union, and subsequently serving as senior communications officer for the Africa region. He currently works as a consultant, focusing mainly on fragile states and countries recovering from conflict.
He is author of The Year They Sold Wall Street, published by Houghton Mifflin, and also worked at McGraw Hill Publications. His writing on development issues has appeared in World Paper, Enterprise Africa, and the 2003 book The Right To Tell: The Role of Mass Media in Economic Development. Tim holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia. He is chairman of The Friends of St. Benedict, and lives with his wife Merrill in Washington. Their two grown sons live in Brooklyn, New York.
Future 2009 Series Date: June 6.