Through the Institute of Catholic Culture, I will be leading a free book study of the Jesus of Nazareth Trilogy: https://instituteofcatholicculture.org/events/jesus-of-nazareth We’re starting with volume one but then are taking a detour for Advent to the Infancy Narratives and will finish with the Holy Week volume during Lent. Pope Benedict Read more…
I taught a course this summer on St. John Henry Newman’s Idea of a University for the Albertus Magnus Institute. In his description of the essence of a university and the way in which it must teach within modern culture, it may seem odd that Newman included a chapter on Read more…
I’m very excited to join such an incredible line up of speakers highlighting the key sources of Catholic education. See the full list at adeodatus.com I will be speaking of the Bible’s vision of education. This is the first conference in a series focused on the work of renewal for Read more…
What does it mean to be a Latin rite Catholic? Does “Latin” have much a determining factor on how we worship and understand our life as Catholics. Latin not only served as the basis of Catholic theology in the West, it also served as the basis for law and education. Read more…
This piece appeared originally on the Lepanto Review, the blog of the Chesterton Academy of Our Lady of Victory. As a father of six, I know it’s hard to balance family priorities. Attending to everyone’s needs—emotionally, spirituality, materially, and socially—while managing the demands of family life, school, extracurricular activities, and Read more…
A collection of essays written by my mentor, Dr. Don Briel, was just released by Cluny Media. I was privileged to assemble and edit this collection, unified by the theme of the University and the Church, particularly the needed renewal of the university through the influence of the Catholic tradition. Read more…
I’m joyfully anticipating Bl. John Henry Newman’s canonization on October 13th, a momentous day for the Church and for Catholic education in particular. Newman wrote the most comprehensive and in depth work on the nature of Catholic education in his Idea of a University. The book arose from a series Read more…
The following reflection is an excerpt from a talk I gave on Catholic education and the formation of culture: Christopher Dawson, in his work The Crisis of Western Education, proposes that Catholic education should take place with the context of culture: the reception and transmission of the treasury of the Read more…