Celebrating a Mystic and Reformer: Saint Theresa of Ávila (1515-2015)

4:00–5:00 - “Was Saint Theresa a Feminist?” A Lecture by Barbara Mujica, Georgetown University

5:15–6:00 - Round-table Discussion: Barbara Mujica, Elizabeth Rhodes (Boston College), Rady Roldan Figueroa (Boston University), Luis Giron (Harvard University)

6:00–6:30 - A reading and discussion of Barbara Mujica’s historical novel Sister Theresa (2007)

6:30–7:15 - Reception

8:00 “Melodies of the Soul, Then and Now (A Musical Homage to Saint Theresa of Avila, 1515-2015)”

Music by Mompou, Part, Ligeti and Chaillou

Readings of Texts by Saint Theresa of Avila and Saint John of the Cross

Camila Parias, soprano Moises Fernandez Vila, piano

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC