Research Strategies Workshop for Students

Research Strategies Workshop for Students

Advanced Research Skills Workshop for Graduate Students

Presented by William Badke
William Badke is Associate Librarian for
Information Literacy and Associated Canadian
Theological Schools at Trinity Western
University, Langley, BC, Canada.

The book Research Strategies: Finding Your Way Through the Information Fog, 7th Edition, should be purchased as a supplement to this series. Click here to order your copy today.

WHAT YOU WILL GAIN FROM THIS WORKSHOP

  • Understanding seminary academic literature in the world of information
  • Research design as key to efficient and effective research
  • Search strategies – keywords and controlled vocabularies
  • Working with found resources
  • Keys to effective research writing

REGISTER FOR EITHER:

Zoom links and recorded sessions will be forwarded to all registered students.

  • Personal enrichment. Textbook purchase highly recommended.
  • Certification from the Catholic Distance Learning Network – limited to the first 25 registrants with a pre-requisite completion of ENG890/891. Textbook purchase required for assignments.
Advanced Research Skills Workshop - Session 1
Advanced Research Skills Workshop - Session 2
Advanced Research Skills Workshop - Session 3
Advanced Research Skills Workshop - Session 4

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

​William Badke is Associate Librarian for Information Literacy and Associated Canadian Theological Schools at Trinity Western University, Langley, BC, Canada. He has taught research processes to thousands of students for more than 35 years. His extensive publications show that he does research rather than just teaching it.

Teaching Research Processes Workshop for Faculty

Teaching Research Processes Workshop for Faculty

TEACHING RESEARCH PROCESSES WORKSHOP FOR FACULTY

Presented by William Badke
William Badke is Associate Librarian for
Information Literacy and Associated Canadian
Theological Schools at Trinity Western
University, Langley, BC, Canada.

WHAT YOU WILL GAIN FROM THIS WORKSHOP

  • Discover your role in helping your students to become more skillful researchers
  • Learn how to integrate research more effectively into your class structure and assignments
  • Learn more ways to invite students into your own discipline

REGISTER FOR EITHER:

  • Professional enrichment
  • A Certification from the Catholic Distance Learning Network–assignments for each of the six modules will be provided
Teaching Research Processes - Session 1
Teaching Research Processes - Session 2
Teaching Research Processes - Session 3
Teaching Research Processes - Session 4

Teaching Research Processes - Session 5
Teaching Research Processes - Session 6

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

​William Badke is Associate Librarian for Information Literacy and Associated Canadian Theological Schools at Trinity Western University, Langley, BC, Canada. He has taught research processes to thousands of students for almost 40 years. His extensive publications show that he does research rather than just teaching it.

21 Centuries of Church History in 21 Pages by Albert Domm

21 Centuries of Church History in 21 Pages by Albert Domm

21 Centuries of Church History in 21 Pages

by Albert Domm

Focused on our Catholic faith, Albert Domm’s 21 Centuries of Church History in 21 Pages engages the Catholic reader in a concise but rich history of our Church one full century at a time. A narrative flow, this history is more than just a chart of dates and facts but a real story of our Catholic culture.

Paperback: $19.95 | Kindle: $9.99

 

TESTIMONIALS

21 Centuries of Church History in 21 Pages is a pithy book that provides synopses of consequential events and significant people of the past 21 centuries. All are described within the context of the Catholic Church as distinct from any other history since Catholic history is sacred history, the sacred history of the Holy Spirit extending Christ’s presence in time through the Sacramental Church and, in particular, through saints. I highly recommend this charming book.” – Very Rev. Peter Samuel Kucer, MSA, author of Catholic Church History: Pre-Christian to Modern Times, Eastern Civilization from a Catholic Viewpoint, East and Southeast Asian History, Western Civilization: From Prehistorical Times to the Protestant Reformation and Western Civilization: From the End of the Renaissance to Modern Times.

“Dr. Albert Domm has created a marvel, a history of the Catholic Church in twenty-one pages. Ludwig von Pastor wrote a history of the popes and it took him forty volumes. More recently, Warren Carroll and his wife produced a history in six volumes. Remarkably, 21 Centuries of Church History in 21 Pages covers all the bases and introduces to the reader most of the main characters in history of Catholicism. This book would be a great resource for an RCIA class or another place where a quick overview is needed. The book is easy to read and filled with entertaining tidbits. Dr. Domm includes an excellent annotated bibliography which is helpful for further research.​” – Msgr. Michael Witt, host of several WCAT Radio Church history programs entitled Witt and Wisdom, including “The First Twelve Generations: The Early Church History,” “Medieval Catholic Church History,” “Catholic History from Modern Times (1274-2000)” 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Albert Domm received a BS in chemistry and biology from the University of Alabama in Birmingham and an MD from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. He did a residency in Pathology at Emory University (Atlanta, GA). He is board certified in Pathology and is in private practice. In 2013, he received a Masters of Theology with an emphasis in Church history from Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut. He has taught a number of classes in Church History at a parish level. He is the father of five children and resides in Columbia, Tennessee, which is a little south of Nashville.

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Medjugorje: My Lifelong Journey with Our Lady, Queen of Peace

Medjugorje: My Lifelong Journey with Our Lady, Queen of Peace

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Silver Medal Winner!
The Division of Memoir at the Catholic Media Association Awards

Beautifully told story of faith in Our Blessed Mother in which the author shares, intimately, how she has received the grace to communicate with Mary and also has developed an understanding of miracles. After experiencing the painful loss of her younger brother, the author considers pilgrimage to Medjugorje — and a focus on helping the sick, disabled, and the lost. She, eventually, becomes a pilgrimage leader, bringing pilgrims to other holy places as well. This book was written over time and covers some 36 years of events well worth knowing.

Medjugorje: My Lifelong Journey with Our Lady, Queen of Peace

by Penny Abbruzzese

Amidst a period of suffering, Penny Abbruzzese hears that the Virgin Mary was appearing to six children at Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Wondering if Our Lady can comfort her still-grieving heart, Penny journeys on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje, unaware that this journey and search for healing would change her life in ways she could never have imagined. Along the way, she is inspired to look into the depths of her soul and ask questions about her faith.  Do people really believe in miracles? Are apparitions real and can they truly change someone’s life? Once there, she miraculously received the grace to communicate with Our Lady, hearing from her, “Mary gives you hope.” Our Lady’s ongoing messages propel Penny to a new way of life. Her heart is opened with a new focus on helping people she had once ignored–the lost souls, the sick, and the disabled. In response, Penny leads more than 100 pilgrimages with countless pilgrims, witnessing abundant grace and many miracles. She finds the answer to all her questions: yes, miracles and healings do happen. This book tells the story of Penny’s 36 year journey in which she gives of herself for others, finding hope and the faith to share that hope with those she encounters along the way. Penny’s story is one that will inspire anyone to believe that miracles do happen, especially on a journey of trials and tears.
 
Hardback $24.95 | Paperback $19.95 | Kindle $9.99

Medjugorje Message to visionary Marija Pavlovic from the Blessed Mother

March 25, 2021
 
Dear children! Also today I am with you to tell you: Little children, who prays, does not fear the future and does not lose hope. You are chosen to carry joy and peace because you are mine. I have come here with the name ‘Queen of Peace’ because the devil wants peacelessness and war, he wants to fill your heart with fear of the future – but the future is God’s. That is why, be humble and pray, and surrender everything into the hands of the Most High Who created you. Thank you for having responded to my call.

TESTIMONIALS

“My friend Penny Abbruzzese has written an engrossing book about what it means to dedicate our lives to the unfolding private revelations at the Medjugorje healing shrine. While many of us believe that Mary is the prophet of our times, few are more dedicated to spreading Mary’s messages than Penny. Her book is truly inspirational, not just for the spiritual information it conveys, but also as a testimony to what one dedicated person can do in their efforts to move mountains.” – Peter Breen, author of Prodigal Pilgrim: Letters to Pope Francis from Lourdes, Fatima, Garabandal and Medjugorje

“In Matthew 5:14-16, Jesus said… ‘You are the light of the world!’ In this beautiful memoir, the reader will see how that happens; how Jesus illuminates, elevates, and sanctifies a docile soul open to his transforming love… and how that soul then goes forth as light into the darkness of this world. Penny’s wonderful story gives a powerful witness to our Mother’s fundamental role in this mysterious process in which our Father draws his children into his presence and makes them one with him… as he is one with them.” – Fr. Lawrence Edward Tucker, SOLT Author of The Prayer of Jesus Crucified; Adventures In The Father’s Joy!; To Whom The Heart Decided To Love; The Redemption of San Isidro

“Penny Abbruzzese’s book Medjugorje: My Lifelong Journey with Our Lady, Queen of Peace is a heartfelt tribute to the power of Our Lady’s Love working within a life and heart truly open to Her grace. Penny takes the reader by the hand and travels with them through the joys and heartaches of her own life, all the while showing the ever growing influence of Our Lady’s Love and Teachings, especially as shared with her through Medjugorje. This book will inspire faith and hope in the reader that the power of God and Our Lady’s Motherly care is truly alive and active in each person’s ordinary life.” — Mary Kloska, author of A Heart Frozen in the Wilderness: The Reflections of a Siberian Missionary

“In the 40 years of unprecedented reported daily apparitions of Mary in Medjugorje, Our Lady’s messages, which Penny strives to emulate, has led her to new life in the Holy Spirit as I have witnessed her spiritual growth during the 30 years since we met. Our Lady’s School of Love in Medjugorje takes Penny’s pain and suffering from her brother’s tragic death to peace and confidence in God’s Providence as she shares her journey of faith which I find truly inspiring.” –– Fr. John McFadden, Retired Priest of the Diocese of Scranton, PA

“This is an excellent book of a life transformed by a simple message from Our Lady.  I was inspired by Penny’s courage to travel to an unknown country; the adventure captivated me, but what kept me reading was how that one trip kept bearing fruit in so many unexpected ways!” — Marie Baker- Harrogate, N. Yorkshire, UK

“Penny Abruzzese demonstrates through this book that she is a light shining in the darkness in the shared glow of the light who is Our Lady of Medjugorje!” – Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, author of The Narrative Spirituality of Dante’s Divine Comedy

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Penny Abbruzzese has a strong devotion to Our Blessed Mother and is a religious pilgrims’ coordinator, who made her first pilgrimage to Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina in March 1984.  Since then, Penny has been to Medjugorje more than 100 times with groups from near and far. In the 37 years since her first pilgrimage, Penny has led tours to holy places such as Fatima, Lourdes, Garabandal and Santiago de Compostela. She has visited shrines in France, Italy, Bavaria, Mexico, Turkey, Greece, Poland, Prague, Vienna and Israel’s Christian holy places.

Working alongside the New York City Croatian Church which is a sister parish to St. James in Medjugorje, Penny sponsored several visionaries and well-known priests from Medjugorje to speak in New York.   As one of the founding officers of a non-profit organization, Our Lady Queen of Peace Prayer Group, Penny published a newsletter, Mary’s Mantle, for 25 years with a readership of over 5,000 subscribers. Mary’s Mantle expounded on Our Lady’s messages, featuring prominent articles about healing – both physical and spiritual – and beautiful testimonies of conversion through Our Lady’s reported apparitions.

Several prayer groups were started by Penny and (always) a priest, along with a small group of friends who had experienced Medjugorje together. Four prayer groups met monthly, meeting from 1986 until 2013 praying for vocations, families, world peace and for an end to abortion of First Friday until March 2020, when the risk of COVID19 discontinued this devotion.

Penny was a guest of Monsignor Tom Hartman’s Rockville Centre Diocese’s Network, Telecare, back in 1987 and the 1990’s sharing about her experience in bringing internationally known close friend and prayer partner, Detective Steven McDonald, to Medjugorje.  Steven became a quadriplegic after being shot in NY’s Central Park back in 1986.

In 2014, Penny co-produced a documentary about the reported apparitions of Medjugorje entitled “God Exists…The Queen of Peace Speaks from Medjugorje.”  Penny’s film was written and produced by Peter Powell, a researcher and cinematographer who had worked on more than 150 media campaigns in the USA and overseas.  Penny’s narrator was Rita Gam, a veteran actress, who was under contract with MGM studios.  Over 3,000 copies of Penny’s documentary have been distributed and are available on Amazon.

Penny’s life took a drastic turn when she was very far away from her faith.  The pain of her younger brother’s suicide brought Penny to her knees.  Her conversion story, Medjugorje…My Lifelong Journey with Our Lady, was inspired by Fr. Svetazor Kraljevic, OFM, in Medjugorje.   In her book, Penny takes the reader from her darkest days of losing her closest friend, through stages of surrender, and finally drawing closer to Jesus by way of Our Lady’s messages from Medjugorje.

Penny has been married to Michael for 50 years.  She is the mother of three children and grandmother of six and currently lives in Lynbrook, NY.

MARY, OUR BLESSED MOTHER

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Z ciemności…

Z ciemności…

Z Ciemności…

Mary Kloska (tłumaczenie: Agata Wesołowska)

Ta książka to kolekcja skarbów, których Pan Jezus zechciał udzielić sercu autorki ‒ Mary Kloska. Dzieląc swoje refleksje z czytelnikiem, pragnie ona jak najlepiej zaświadczyć o wielkiej mocy, jaką zawiera w sobie Krzyż Chrystusa. Choć, jak sama przyznaje, drży na myśl o tym, że oto jej własne życie duchowe ujawnia się przed światem, to pamięta także, że jej Oblubieniec został ukrzyżowany nagi ‒ ofiarując ludziom samego siebie. Dzięki temu my możemy wyciągnąć ręce ku Zbawicielowi i dotknąć Jego nagich ran, aby poznać niezgłębioną otchłań Bożej Miłości, która jest w nich ukryta. Autorka decyduje się więc pozostać „naga” duchowo razem z Panem, abyśmy mogli otrzymać Jego Miłość ‒ w taki właśnie intymny sposób. Ponieważ Jezus daje wielkie dary do podziału z całym swoim Kościołem, Mary pragnie modlić się, aby to, kim ona jest, nie odwróciło uwagi od tego, kim jest On. Chrystus sam chce nas doprowadzić do swej tajemnicy. Autorka niniejszej książki odsłania się jako mała żona ukrzyżowana wraz z Panem na Krzyżu. Zgodnie z tym, co powiedział święty Paweł, pragnie ona żyć tak, aby móc przyznać, że „już nie ja żyję, ale Chrystus (Ukrzyżowany) żyje we mnie”. Mary modli się, abyśmy mogli Go spotkać na kartach tej książki. Amen. Alleluja. Fiat.

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Wywiady

 

Serce Fiat Ukrzyżowanej Miłości

 

Świadectwa

„Nagość fizyczna i duchowa to głęboka rzeczywistość obecna w słowach Mary Kloska. Jezus jest całkowicie obnażony wobec zła minionych pokoleń oraz wobec tych, które jeszcze się nie narodziły. Ta książka zawiera wezwanie i zaproszenie do ujawnienia naszej duchowej nagości oraz do trwania razem z Chrystusem w Jego podróży do celu, jakim jest wola Ojca. To prawda, że z grobu ostatecznie wyjdzie światło, ale najpierw musimy wejść w ciemność.”

Diakon Tom Fox, katolicki „podcaster” i prowadzący w katolickim radiu

„Mary Kloska namalowała jeszcze jedną cudowną ikonę, będącą swoistym „tytułem” tej książki. W jej wstępie znajdziemy dokładne objaśnienie tego obrazu, który przedstawia miłość Chrystusa jako łagodną, pokorną i silną. Mimo, iż Jezus jest ukrzyżowany i cały we krwi, Mary udowadnia nam, że Zbawiciel panuje nad sytuacją. Spogląda przed siebie. Wydaje się, że patrzy bezpośrednio w oczy każdej osoby, która żyła w przeszłości, żyje obecnie lub dopiero się narodzi. Patrzy w oczy dzieci abortowanych i poronionych. Zna ich potrzebę zbawienia i poświęca samego siebie. Na tej ikonie moc Zbawiciela jest nawet bardziej widoczna (w spojrzeniu i akcie ofiarowania się) niż Jego ukrzyżowana słabość. Niezwykła głębia przenika strony książki i angażuje czytelnika, zapraszając go do kontemplacji, a zniechęcając do pośpiechu w czytaniu. Każde zdanie woła o uwagę, a każdy przywołany obraz ‒ o refleksję. Kolejne rozdziały opierają się na poprzednich w sposób, który jest celowy i przemyślany, mający na celu doprowadzenie czytelnika do duchowego poznania.”

Dr Cynthia Toolin-Wilson, prowadząca audycję „Author to Author”” w radiu WCAT

„Ten rękopis dotknął głęboko moje życie duchowe… a człowiekowi 82-letniemu bardzo trudno jest nauczyć się czegoś nowego… To naprawdę przemieniło moją duchowość.”

Ronda Chervin, autorka książki „Always a New Beginning: A Conversation Between Broken Catholic Spiritual Warriors”

„Kiedy święty Paweł udał się do Koryntu i rozpoczął tam głoszenie Dobrej Nowiny, oznajmił swoim słuchaczom, że nie przybył, aby dzielić się mądrością tego świata czy wzniosłą retoryką, lecz jedynie prostą, ewangeliczną prawdą o Jezusie Chrystusie, i to… „ukrzyżowanym” (1 Kor 2, 1-2). W swojej nowej książce „Z ciemności” autorka, artystka i muzyk ‒ Mary Kloska ‒ podąża tą samą doniosłą drogą. Niestety, z powodu hedonistycznego środowiska kulturowego, które dominuje w naszym społeczeństwie, kroczenie za Jezusem Ukrzyżowanym jest wędrówką raczej samotną. Nawet w tych nielicznych miejscach, gdzie chrześcijaństwo jest nadal praktykowane, nacisk na krzyż jest zauważalnie zmniejszony, jeśli nie wręcz nieobecny (a zastąpiony tzw. „ewangelią dobrobytu”). Zatem, trudno wyobrazić sobie bardziej aktualny traktat duchowy niż ten. Autorka zabiera czytelnika w głąb piękna, tajemnicy, mądrości i mocy Jezusa ukrzyżowanego poprzez duchowe spostrzeżenia i obserwacje, które są świeże, inspirujące i cudownie ożywiające dla ducha. Jak deszcz na pustyni, książka ta wkracza w „duchową pustkę” naszych czasów i, co za tym idzie, niewątpliwie stanie się ważną lekturą wielkopostną, a także punktem odniesienia dla Nowej Ewangelizacji.”

Lawrence Edward Tucker, SOLT, autor „The Prayer of Jesus Crucified: A Simple Way to Go Further in Prayer”; „Adventures in The Father’s Joy! Mission Stories for the New Evangelization”; „To Whom The Heart Decided To Love”; „The Redemption Of San Isidro: a Tale of Mercy and Love”

„Ta książka jest darem dla każdego, kto będzie ją czytał, ponieważ pokazuje nam, jak ‒ według słów Jezusa skierowanych do Mary ‒ «możemy stać się do głębi jednością» z Nim na Krzyżu.”

Patrizia Pasquini, ASC, siostra ze Zgromadzenia Najdroższej Krwi Chrystusa

O Autorce

Mary Kloska pochodzi z Elkhart, w stanie Indiana. Wychowała się w polskiej rodzinie wielodzietnej (dwanaścioro rodzeństwa), do której należało także wiele przybranych dzieci, jak również inne osoby potrzebujące, które pojawiały się w rodzinie na jakiś czas. Obecnie Mary ma ponad 70 siostrzeńców/siostrzenic. Autorka książki prowadzi bardzo wyjątkowe życie. Po ukończeniu studiów w Notre Dame w 1999 r., przez niemal 20 lat służyła na misjach w wielu miejscach na świecie (na Syberii, Filipinach, w Ziemi Świętej, Nigerii, Tanzanii, Republice Południowej Afryki, Meksyku i w licznych krajach europejskich). Chociaż Mary wiele czasu spędziła na milczeniu i modlitwie, to ‒ jak na ironię ‒ uwielbia dzieci oraz wykazuje dużo twórczej i radosnej inicjatywy, gdy chodzi o służbę zarówno młodszym, jak i starszym. W swoim dorobku ma wiele lat spędzonych na misjach, gdzie zajmowała się rozmaitymi posługami: prowadziła rekolekcje i proste katechezy, animowała grupy modlitewne, udzielała kierownictwa duchowego, pomagała w modlitwach o uwolnienie, jak również zmieniała pieluchy, karmiła dzieci i myła podłogi. Po intensywnych okresach pracy misyjnej, Mary udawała się na miejsca odosobnienia jako pustelniczka (m.in. przez trzy lata funkcjonowała jako oficjalna pustelnica diecezjalna, składająca śluby na ręce biskupa). Ostatnie kilka lat spędziła jako pełnoetatowa niania dla trojaczków, bliźniaków i dzieci w rodzinach wielodzietnych.

OTHER CATHOLIC SPIRITUALITY BOOKS

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