Author: John Figel

I have returned … !

After a VERY long period of empty posts (nearly 9 years!) I’m going to start writing weekly posts again announcing new books, new videos, upcoming events, prayer services and smartphone app, and occasional spiritual reflections. I hope you’ll enjoy Jack’s Corner News again! Thanks for staying with me and ECP and OLF over these years. […]

Theosis: New Magazine of Spiritual Reflections from the Christian East

Dear Friends, In conjunction with the upcoming Year of Faith, and Pope Benedict’s call for a “new evangelization,” Eastern Christian Publications has developed a new popular level monthly magazine called Theosis:  Spiritual Reflections from the Christian East.  It will be distributed as a print and eZine version starting with the first issue for September 2012. […]

OL XVI Conference to Discuss “Theology of the Laity”

The Orientale Lumen XVI Conference this year will be held June 18-21, 2012 at the Washington Retreat House in Washington, DC on the theme of “Theology of the Laity.”  We will be honored with the presence of several outstanding speakers, including: Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia (Orthodox), Professor Emeritus of Oxford University, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople […]

OL XV Conference Registration Deadline

Just a reminder that April 1 is the deadline for registration for the Orientale Lume XV Conference for the reduced fee of $225 per person.  After that the fee will be $245 per person with final registrations due by June 1st. Our plans include a great theme, terrific speakers, a convenient venue, and even a […]

Live Webcast for OL XV

New for OL XV, we’ll have an Online LIVE Webcast.  For the first time, the OL Conference will be broadcast live through an online video webcast over the internet. The Opening and Closing Sessions, along with all Plenary Lectures and Panel Discussions, will be viewable online during the conference for just $50 per person. Viewers […]

Lenten Media Featured

As we all begin the Great Fast of Forty Days in preparation for the celebration of the Resurrection of Our Lord, I would like to draw your attention to a few special products available from Orientale Lumen TeleVision (OLTV).  They either have Lent as their theme, or are spiritually oriented and would be appropriate material […]