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St. Bernard’s School of Theology on the Road:
The Poetic Mysticism of the Song of Songs
The bride and the bridegroom are a quintessential emblem of the Church and Christ and also of the individual believer and the beloved Son. In this lecture, Dr. Hughes Huff will talk about how ancient Hebrew poetry uniquely reveals the mystical element of Scripture, as seen in the writing of Christian mystical thinkers Origen, Therese of Lisieux, and Bernard of Clairvaux.
The talk will be given on Wednesday May 24th in Nacca Hall at St. Francis Church in Auburn from 3 to 4:30 PM and again from 6 to 7:30 PM. The talk is free and open to the public.
We thank the Everest Foundation for Family Enrichment for funding this talk.

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SAFE Environment (Preventing Sexual Abuse)
Creating a Safe Environment Newsletter
https://www.dor.org/safe-environment/newsletters/
Diocese of Rochester website for Safe Environment
https://www.dor.org/safe-environment/office-of-safe-environment/
Policy on Volunteer Training
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- Volunteer Code of Conduct for Minors (PDF) [ English | Spanish ]
- CASE Online Training for Adults – Instructions (PDF) [ English | Spanish ]
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