A preaching camp is being held in Korbielów in Poland from the 23rd to 29th of August 2011. Bro Peter John Cameron O.P. will be the presenter and the topic is“Preaching the Inner Dimension of the Word of Godâ€. The language of the camp is English. Some of the titles to be treated are: Dominican Preaching in the Post-Verbum Domini Church; The role of experience in Preaching – Insights of Thomas Gilby, OP; Preaching the Blessed Virgin Mary – Christ leads us to His mother.
PREACHING CAMP 2011
Date: 23-29.08.2011
(day of arrival: 22.08)
Place: Korbielów, Poland
Korbielów convent is situated in Beskidy mountains near the border with Czech Republic.
Presenter: Peter John Cameron, O.P.
Topic: Preaching the Inner Dimension
of the Word of God
Day 1: Dominican Preaching in the Post-Verbum Domini
Church
Day 2: The Role of Experience in Preaching: Insights of
Thomas Gilby, O.P.
Day 3: Christ the Poet: Poetry and the Theopoetics of
Preaching
Day 4: Structure in Preaching: A Hollywood Screenwriting
Model
Day 5: Developing a Preaching Style: Insights of Flannery
O’Connor
Day 6: Preaching the Blessed Virgin Mary: Christ Leads us to
His Mother
Peter John Cameron, O.P., was ordained in 1986. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in playwriting
from the Catholic University of America. His first play Full of Grace was granted the David Lloyd
Kreeger Creativity Award and was performed in showcase at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
After teaching theatre for two years at Providence College, he was appointed Director of Creative
Affairs for Paulist Productions—a Catholic film company in Los Angeles. While in California, he
studied screenwriting at the American Film Institute and at UCLA. He served as the religious
consultant on Francis Ford Coppola’s film Dracula. In 1998, Peter John founded Blackfriars Repertory
Theatre—a revival of the original Blackfriars Theatre, a New York based theatre run by the Province
of Saint Joseph from 1940-1972 that was the longest continuously-operated Off-Broadway theatre in
American stage history. In 2004 the Knights of Columbus commissioned Peter John to write a play
about their founder, the Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney—it is entitled He Was Our Father. Peter
John is a member of the Dramatist’s Guild, the Director of Preaching for the Province of Saint
Joseph, the author of Why Preach: Encountering Christ in God’s Word, and the Editor-in-Chief of
MAGNIFICAT.
All brothers are invited. The language of the camp is English. The camp will be attended by
brothers from different provinces. The cost of stay will be paid by Polish Province.
For more information ask bro. Åukasz Detmer OP, email: detmer@dominikanie.pl