• Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact

Building Catholic Culture

  • Books and Articles
  • Family Culture
  • Benedictine Spirituality
  • Education
  • Catholic Cultural Literacy
  • Art
  • Catholic Beer

John Senior

Culture

Smash Your TV — and Your Smartphone While You’re at It

In all of my teaching (in about 50 distinct classes), I’ve seen the greatest impact of any contemporary book from John Senior’s The Restoration of Christian Culture. One line in particular always stands out, causing shock and dismay in the students: “smash the television set!” “Isn’t that so extreme? How Read more…

By Jared Staudt, 5 yearsAugust 12, 2020 ago
Benedictine Monasticism

The Spirituality and Mission of a Benedictine Oblate

“Listen, my son, to the teaching of the Master,” Benedict exhorts his monks in the opening line of his Rule. Benedictine monks and nuns place themselves under the tutelage of St. Benedict’s Rule as a way of following Christ, the master. Entering into the monastic life is not taking on Read more…

By Jared Staudt, 5 yearsJune 13, 2020 ago
Subscribe to BCC Blog

Recent Posts
  • St. Yared: Ethiopian Composer and My Unknown Patron Saint
  • Ten Ways Pope Francis Built Up Catholic Culture
  • Self-Selection: The Problem with Our Penance
  • Covenant and Commandments: How to Abide in Jesus
  • The Sundays of Lent Are Still Lent
Categories
  • Advent (2)
  • Architecture (6)
  • Art (23)
  • Beer (12)
  • Benedictine Monasticism (10)
  • Cultural Artifact (14)
  • Cultural Literacy (10)
  • Culture (27)
  • Easter (6)
  • Eastern Christianity (6)
  • Education (8)
  • Family (4)
  • Feast Days and Liturgical Seasons (19)
  • History (18)
  • Lent (13)
  • Literature (12)
  • Music (10)
  • Painting (10)
  • Pilgrimage (7)
  • Poetry (4)
  • Prayer (17)
  • Saints (18)
  • Sculpture (5)
  • Spiritual Life (3)
  • Work (5)
  • Contact
Hestia | Developed by ThemeIsle