“Training the Tongue” with Fr. Gregory Pine, OP

The CIC and the Thomistic Institute invite you to join Fr. Gregory Pine, OP, for a presentation on his latest book, Training the Tongue and Growing Beyond Sins of Speech. This program takes place on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at the Catholic Information Center at 6:00 PM EDT.

Register to attend either in-person or virtually through a YouTube livestream. Training the Tongue is available for sale at the CIC’s bookstore.

July 29th Schedule:

• 5:45 pm: Doors open for registrant check-in
• 6:00 pm: “Training the Tongue” presentation (this portion of the evening will be offered both in-person and virtually via a livestream)
• 7:00 pm: Booksigning with Fr. Pine and a light happy hour social
• 8:00 pm: Evening Concludes

About Fr. Pine’s Book:

Gossip. Lying. Flattery. Crass words. As we grow in Christian maturity, many of us are aware that we fall frequently into sins of speech. We realize instinctually that these faults are holding us back from the fullness of life. But what can we do about them?

Training the Tongue and Growing Beyond Sins of Speech promises to help us attain verbal virtue. As this brief book shows, by cultivating healthy habits, we can effectively crowd out sinful speech and experience the gift of our tongue as God intended. Dynamic preacher and teacher Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P., directs our attention to the primary purpose of speech—communion with God and each other—and considers a whole range of methods to develop our humanity in service of that end.

Fr. Gregory invites us to consider the importance of practices like truth-telling, correction, humor, and prayer within the context of our earthly and heavenly conversations. Enter more whole-heartedly (and freely) into relationships. Harness the power of speech for the good of your soul. And, with Training the Tongue as a delightful guide, reclaim communication as a tool for true communion with God and man alike.

The CIC thanks the Thomistic Institute for co-sponsoring this event.

RSVP today!