This classic Platonic dialogue recounts Socrates’ courageous defense before his execution, revealing why so few attain true wisdom and how love of the truth can demand great sacrifice, uncovering timeless lessons on living rightly in a fallen world.
This classic Platonic dialogue recounts Socrates’ courageous defense before his execution, revealing why so few attain true wisdom and how love of the truth can demand great sacrifice and uncovering timeless lessons on living rightly in a fallen world.
Long before the dawn of Christianity, Stoic philosophers sought wisdom in the mastery of reason and ordering of passions. Explore how their vision contributed to the classical heritage received and transformed by the Christian tradition.
This course will explore how the seven major feasts of the Old Testament calendar prefigure and point to the Sacraments of the New Testament and how the salvific work of Jesus is richly and beautifully embedded in the Old Testament cycle of Holy Days.
This course will explore how the seven major feasts of the Old Testament calendar prefigure and point to the Sacraments of the New Testament and how the salvific work of Jesus is richly and beautifully embedded in the Old Testament cycle of Holy Days.
3,500 years ago, God freed his people from slavery in Egypt, but sadly, the journey became a 40 year pilgrimage of repentance. Join Fr. David Anderson as we seek to gain spiritual insight for our own lives from the lessons learned so long ago.
This talk will look at the nature of human dominion and work, the roles of tilling and keeping, and the importance of sacrifice in directing all things to their purpose in God.
Nowadays there are “new things” to address, and a new Leo in the papacy, but the timeless truths of Catholic Social Doctrine continue to inform the Church’s response to modern social questions.
Join the ICC to hear the compelling stories of the modern martyrs of Africa, Egypt, and the Middle East, and be inspired in our own lives by their heroic witness of faith.
In this lecture, Fr. Michael Ward surveys Lewis’s various approaches to war: the ways he found to cope with it and learn from it, and the virtues and vices that he thought it tended to prompt.
What does it really mean for liturgical change to be "organic"? Join Gregory DiPippo as he unpacks this widely-used but controversial term in liturgical reform.
These lectures will explore two Arthurian romances, Chretien de Troyes' Knight of the Cart, and the Cistercian text we know as The Quest of the Holy Grail, through the lens of Catholic teaching on redemption, divine grace, and the pursuit of virtue.
Catholic teaching takes a distinctive stance compared to Protestant views on human nature and divine grace. We examine the realism which undergirds the Catholic view of nature and grace and show why Protestant errors are both philosophical and theological
Mozarabic? Braga? Ambrosian? Catholics are familiar with the Roman Catholic Mass in its traditional form and that of the "Novus Ordo," but many do not realize the liturgical diversity that once existed throughout the Western Church.
This lecture examines the Church’s response to enslavement during the era of the slave trade. It also highlights key figures in the debates, and the papal documents that were promulgated in response.
These lectures will explore two Arthurian romances, Chretien de Troyes' Knight of the Cart, and the Cistercian text we know as The Quest of the Holy Grail, through the lens of Catholic teaching on redemption, divine grace, and the pursuit of virtue.
Christ is King! We proclaim it because it’s true. He governs all things sweetly, and invites us to partake of Him, to live in Him, and to rule and be ruled by Him. This makes us subjects and servants of the King of the Universe.
Three rich, yet often overlooked, New Testament books are I, II, and III John. These “hidden” gems reveal fascinating insights about life in the early Church and impart apostolic wisdom on topics such as prayer, the sacraments, and the nature of love.
Medieval legends of King Arthur and the Holy Grail have captivated scholars and enriched spiritual reflection throughout the Christian tradition. These lectures will explore two Arthurian romances through the lens of Catholic teaching.
Three rich, yet often overlooked, New Testament books are I, II, and III John. These “hidden” gems reveal fascinating insights about life in the early Church and impart apostolic wisdom on topics such as prayer, the sacraments, and the nature of love.
Laurence Doliente
pathetic, on the contrary it is these ancient disciplines what will save catholic spirituality