The third session of Challenging Themes for Advent at the School of Theology and Prayer, at Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes in Washington D.C. Taught by: Rev'd Professor Sarah Coakley. Coakley was formerly Norris-Hulse Professor at the University of Cambridge. She has recently joined the Episcopal Parish of Ascension and St. Agnes as an assisting priest and theologian-in-residence. Father Dominique Peridans. Formerly a member of the L'Arche community and the Congregation of St. Jean, Peridans is rector of Ascension and St. Agnes.