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SUMMARY:Saint Dominic's Way of Life: A Path to Knowing and Loving God
DESCRIPTION:As the Church prepares to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the death of Saint Dominic\, Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe\, OP and Fr. Jacob Bertrand Janczyk\, OP join the CIC to launch and discuss their new book\, “Saint Dominic’s Way of Life: A Path to Knowing and Loving God.” \nFew Catholics today know much about Saint Dominic\, who died August 6\, 1221. Unlike Teresa of Ávila or Ignatius of Loyola\, Dominic did not leave a deposit of writings to be examined and built upon. Yet this medieval Spaniard still has much to teach us today\, and we see this in the way of life he left to the Church. Dominic offers a rich approach to Christian living\, not just for members of the Order of Preachers\, the religious order he founded\, but for all Catholics. His dedication to prayer\, penance\, and the Word of God\, and his love of neighbor\, form the deep foundation of his project of being conformed to God. By following in Dominic’s footsteps\, we too can discover how to live with a heart that is undivided\, seeking God first in all things. \nThis event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/saint-dominics-way-of-life-a-path-to-knowing-and-loving-god/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210902T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210902T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20200130T170419Z
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SUMMARY:Never Doubt Thomas: The Catholic Aquinas as Evangelical and Protestant
DESCRIPTION:Theologian\, philosopher\, teacher. There are few religious figures more Catholic than Saint Thomas Aquinas\, a man credited with helping to shape Catholicism of the second millennium. In Never Doubt Thomas\, Francis J. Beckwith employs his own spiritual journey from Catholicism to Evangelicalism and then back to Catholicism to reveal the signal importance of Aquinas not only for Catholics but also for Protestants. \nAbout the Book:\nBeckwith begins by outlining Aquinas’ history and philosophy\, noting misconceptions and inaccurate caricatures of Thomist traditions. He explores the legitimacy of a “Protestant” Aquinas by examining Aquinas’ views on natural law and natural theology in light of several Protestant critiques. Not only did Aquinas’ presentation of natural law assume some of the very inadequacies Protestant critics have leveled against it\, Aquinas did not\, as is often supposed\, believe that one must first prove God’s existence through human reasoning before having faith in God. Rather\, Aquinas held that one may know God through reason and employ it to understand more fully the truths of faith. Beckwith also uses Aquinas’ preambles of faith―what a person can know about God before fully believing in Him―to argue for a pluralist Aquinas\, explaining how followers of Judaism\, Christianity\, and Islam can all worship the same God\, yet adhere to different faiths. \nBeckwith turns to Aquinas’ doctrine of creation to question theories of Intelligent Design\, before\, finally\, coming to the heart of the matter: in what sense can Aquinas be considered an Evangelical? Aquinas’ views on justification are often depicted by some Evangelicals as discontinuous with those articulated in the Council of Trent. Beckwith counters this assessment\, revealing not only that Aquinas’ doctrine fully aligns with the tenets laid out by the Council\, but also that this doctrine is more Evangelical than critics care to admit. \nBeckwith’s careful reading makes it hard to doubt that Thomas Aquinas is a theologian\, philosopher\, and teacher for the universal church―Catholic\, Protestant\, and Evangelical. \nThe Fr. James V. Schall Lecture Series is a monthly feature of the Catholic Information’s Center’s program with speakers addressing recurring themes in Fr. Schall’s writings\, such as liberal learning\, the relationship between faith and reason\, and great writers in the Catholic tradition.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/never-doubt-thomas-the-catholic-aquinas-as-evangelical-and-protestant/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events,Fr. Schall Lecture Series,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210720T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210720T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20210621T133951Z
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SUMMARY:The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision
DESCRIPTION:Have the gains achieved by modern feminists in the political and economic spheres relied on a too-narrow idea of liberty and equality at the expense of a richer understanding of the natural duties that we owe to one another? If so\, what are the costs of this\, and can the proper foundation of equal rights be reclaimed? \nErika Bachiochi will offer remarks reflecting on the themes of her new book\, The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision\, which offers an original look at the development of feminism in the United States and proposes a philosophical and legal framework for rights grounded in our responsibilities. \nThe event will be moderated by EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson and will include responses from Mary Eberstadt and Ashley McGuire. \nThis book is being published in the de Nicola Center’s book series with University of Notre Dame Press. \nAbout the Book\nIn The Rights of Women\, Erika Bachiochi explores the development of feminist thought in the United States. Inspired by the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft\, Bachiochi presents the intellectual history of a lost vision of women’s rights\, seamlessly weaving philosophical insight\, biographical portraits\, and constitutional law to showcase the once predominant view that our rights properly rest upon our concrete responsibilities to God\, self\, family\, and community. \nBachiochi proposes a philosophical and legal framework for rights that builds on the communitarian tradition of feminist thought as seen in the work of Elizabeth Fox-Genovese and Jean Bethke Elshtain. Drawing on the insight of prominent figures such as Sarah Grimké\, Frances Willard\, Florence Kelley\, Betty Friedan\, Pauli Murray\, Ruth Bader Ginsburg\, and Mary Ann Glendon\, this book is unique in its treatment of the moral roots of women’s rights in America and its critique of the movement’s current trajectory. The Rights of Women provides a synthesis of ancient wisdom and modern political insight that locates the family’s vital work at the very center of personal and political self-government. Bachiochi demonstrates that when rights are properly understood as a civil and political apparatus born of the natural duties we owe to one another\, they make more visible our personal responsibilities and more viable our common life together. \nThis smart and sophisticated application of Wollstonecraft’s thought will serve as a guide for how we might better value the culturally essential work of the home and thereby promote authentic personal and political freedom. The Rights of Women will interest students and scholars of political theory\, gender and women’s studies\, constitutional law\, and all readers interested in women’s rights.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/the-rights-of-women-reclaiming-a-lost-vision/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,Panel Discussions,Partnership Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210617T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210617T190000
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SUMMARY:Worthy of Wearing: How Personal Style Expresses our Feminine Genius
DESCRIPTION:The “Worthy of Wearing” event with Nicole Caruso was originally scheduled to take place at the CIC on Thursday\, June 3rd but has been rescheduled to Thursday\, June 17th at 6 pm. All registrations are valid for the rescheduled date and will not need to be resubmitted. We appreciate your flexibility and look forward to celebrating the #WorthyOfWearing movement with you on June 17th.\nNicole Caruso\, Catholic beauty and fashion consultant\, guides you through the steps involved in cultivating your personal style that celebrates your unique genius\, mission\, and vocation. \nLearn how to perceive and appreciate your self-worth by owning your own story and celebrating your unique inherent dignity. Then learn how to integrate that identity with your faith life and personal style. When all three are combined\, you’ll be able to harness contagious confidence\, which becomes the means through which you can connect with others and evangelize in a compelling way. \n\n\n\n\nThe event is open to the public and hosted both in-person and online for free. Registration is required.  \nAbout the Book:\nMost women would enjoy talking to a good Catholic beauty and fashion consultant\, but such consultants are practically nonexistent. Meet Nicole M. Caruso\, former beauty editor of Verily Magazine\, who unfolds a variety of elegant and tasteful clothing styles on a budget you can afford. Nicole is a mom and wife on a mission: to bring out “the feminine genius” in you. \nYou’ll follow Nicole’s practical guide to curating a wardrobe worthy of the soul who inhabits it. You’ll learn expert styling tricks\, tips for shopping with intention\, and encouragement to embrace the current season of life by discovering how to unite your interior soul with your exterior body. In this lush coffee-table spectacular with gorgeous photos\, you’ll also learn: \n\n\nWhy modesty and beauty go together \n\n\nThat what you wear and how you wear it is not price dependent \n\n\nHow to find nice clothing on a budget \n\n\nWhy “editing your closet” is a good idea \n\n\nTips for an effortless daily skin-care and makeup regimen \n\n\nHow to find your “signature style” \n\n\nWhy and how you should create your personal “first impression” \n\n\nThe keys to cultivating your femininity \n\n\nWhy self-worth is not narcissism \n\n\nThe difference between fashion and style for a Christian \n\n\nDespite the fashion industry’s authoritative rhetoric that often misrepresents the true dignity of women\, Worthy of Wearing is both a reminder and evidence that God\, the Author of life\, is the Creator of beauty. Armed with this truth\, you can now reclaim your personal style from the fashion industry’s disordered representation of femininity\, which actively seeks to destroy both your modesty and your worth.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/worthy-of-wearing-how-personal-style-expresses-our-feminine-genius/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210616T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210616T150000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
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SUMMARY:Our Dear-Bought Liberty: Catholics and Religious Toleration in Early America
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Michael Breidenbach\, Associate Professor and Chair of History at Ave Maria University\, discusses how early American Catholics justified secularism and overcame suspicions of disloyalty\, transforming ideas of religious liberty in the process. The event is moderated by Dr. Chad Pecknold\, Professor of Historical & Systematic Theology at The Catholic University of America. \nAbout the book:\nIn colonial America\, Catholics were presumed dangerous until proven loyal. Yet Catholics went on to sign the Declaration of Independence and helped to finalize the First Amendment to the Constitution. What explains this remarkable transformation? Catholic leaders emphasized their church’s own traditions—rather than Enlightenment liberalism—to secure the religious liberty that enabled their incorporation in American life. \nCatholics responded to charges of disloyalty by denying papal infallibility and the pope’s authority to intervene in civil affairs. Rome staunchly rejected such dissent\, but reform-minded Catholics justified their stance by looking to conciliarism\, an intellectual tradition rooted in medieval Catholic thought yet compatible with a republican view of temporal independence and church-state separation. Drawing on new archival material\, Breidenbach finds that early American Catholic leaders\, including Maryland founder Cecil Calvert and members of the prominent Carroll family\, relied on the conciliarist tradition to help institute religious toleration\, including the Maryland Toleration Act of 1649. \nThe critical role of Catholics in establishing American church–state separation enjoins us to revise not only our sense of who the American founders were\, but also our understanding of the sources of secularism. Church–state separation in America\, generally understood as the product of a Protestant-driven Enlightenment\, was in key respects derived from Catholic thinking. Our Dear-Bought Liberty therefore offers a dramatic departure from received wisdom\, suggesting that religious liberty in America was not bestowed by liberal consensus but partly defined through the ingenuity of a persecuted minority.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/our-dear-bought-liberty-catholics-and-religious-toleration-in-early-america/
LOCATION:Online Only Event
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210609T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210609T150000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20210414T145549Z
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SUMMARY:Awake\, Not Woke: A Christian Response to the Cult of Progressive Ideology
DESCRIPTION:“Awake\, O sleeper\, and arise from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light.”\n—Ephesians 5:14 \nThe long-simmering crisis that grips our culture has exploded in recent years\, leaving us divided and intransigent. Discourse seems futile when we are no longer a people with shared principles or even a shared understanding of reality. What seems obvious to one person is patently absurd to the next. \nNoelle Mering\, co-author of Theology of Home\, details how this collapse of meaning is not accidental but instead has been plotted for decades and now presents in its current form as Woke ideology. She unmasks this ideology by examining its history\, major players\, premises\, and tactics\, showing us that “Wokeness” at its core is an ideology of rupture. Indeed\, it is an ideology with fundamentalist and even cult-like characteristics that is on a collision course with Christianity. \nAbout the Book:\nWith a wit and clarity that both exposes the absurd and mourns the brokenness of our culture\, Noelle Mering provides answers to such questions as: \n\nWhy does tolerance seem to only go in one direction?\nHow does the ideology create enemies\, eroding friendship across the sexes and races?\nWhy is violence the natural end of Woke ideology?\nWhy are the Woke considered blameless?\nWhy have politics become all-absorbing?\nWhy is the corruption of children a logical outgrowth of Woke principles?\nHow is the movement fundamentally a rejection of the Logos?\n\nThis is a spiritual battle\, and it is not accidental. The architects of revolution have long known that the transformation of the West had to come by way of destabilizing the social\, familial\, and religious pieties of a citizenry. \nBut there is a road to restoration\, and it begins with identifying and understanding the operating principles of the Woke movement. While the revolution is a counterfeit religion resulting in alienation and division\, the One True Faith brings restoration. It is this restoration — of the person\, the family\, and the Faith — for which we all hunger and is the most fitting avenue toward a more harmonious and whole society
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/awake-not-woke-a-christian-response-to-the-cult-of-progressive-ideology/
LOCATION:Online Only Event
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210511T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210511T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20210414T140756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210511T143749Z
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SUMMARY:The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos
DESCRIPTION:We’ve pursued and achieved the modern dream of defining ourselves—but at what cost? Sohrab Ahmari\, New York Post op-ed editor\, makes a compelling case for seeking the inherited traditions and ideals that give our lives meaning.\n \nThis event is open to the public and hosted both in-person and online for free. Registration is required. If you plan to attend in-person at the CIC\, please review our COVID guidelines here. \nAbout the book:\n“Ahmari’s tour de force makes tradition astonishingly vivid and relevant for the here and now.”—Rod Dreher\, bestselling author of Live Not by Lies and The Benedict Option \nAs a young father and a self-proclaimed “radically assimilated immigrant\,” opinion editor Sohrab Ahmari realized that when it comes to shaping his young son’s moral fiber\, today’s America comes up short. For millennia\, the world’s great ethical and religious traditions taught that true happiness lies in pursuing virtue and accepting limits. But now\, unbound from these stubborn traditions\, we are free to choose whichever way of life we think is most optimal—or\, more often than not\, merely the easiest. All that remains are the fickle desires that a wealthy\, technologically advanced society is equipped to fulfill. \nThe result is a society riven by deep conflict and individual lives that\, for all their apparent freedom\, are marked by alienation and stark unhappiness. \nIn response to this crisis\, Ahmari offers twelve questions for us to grapple with—twelve timeless\, fundamental queries that challenge our modern certainties. Among them: Is God reasonable? What is freedom for? What do we owe our parents\, our bodies\, one another? Exploring each question through the life and ideas of great thinkers\, from Saint Augustine to Howard Thurman and from Abraham Joshua Heschel to Andrea Dworkin\, Ahmari invites us to examine the hidden assumptions that drive our behavior and\, in so doing\, to live more humanely in a world that has lost its way.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/the-unbroken-thread-discovering-the-wisdom-of-tradition-in-an-age-of-chaos/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20210416T152155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210426T215618Z
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SUMMARY:Under Siege: No Finer Time to be a Faithful Catholic
DESCRIPTION:Austin Ruse carefully examines how the anti-Christian forces gained power over every elite institution in America. He exposes their plans for the future and issues an authoritative call to arms\, brilliantly arguing that there is no finer time to be a faithful Catholic. \nThe event is moderated by our Panula Chair in Christian Culture\, Mary Eberstadt. \nThis event is open to the public and hosted both in-person and online for free. Registration is required. If you plan to attend in-person at the CIC\, please review our COVID guidelines here. \nAbout the book:\n“With Ruse’s signature wit\, ‘Under Siege’ reveals the good\, the bad\, and the downright ugly\, but offers a fresh vantage point to embrace our challenges with joy and deep confidence in God\, come what may.”–Carrie Gress\, Author of ‘The Anti-Mary Exposed’ and ‘Theology of Home’ \nDecades as a Christian leader — most notably at the U.N. as president of the Center for Family & Human Rights — have earned writer Austin Ruse\, once a Washington liberal with little faith\, his share of defeats and triumphs. Perhaps most valuably\, he has intuited keen tactical insights from his confrontations with the dark side of human nature. You come away from this groundbreaking book with the sense that Ruse knows the enemy better than the enemy knows himself. \nRuse argues that each of us is called specifically to this battle and he provides a roadmap for fighting the major challenges American Christians now face. He identifies the vulnerabilities of the Leftists who appear so dominant today\, and he pinpoints Catholicism’s most potent sources of resistance. \nMore than anything\, Ruse argues that\, as dark as these days seem to be\, future generations will look upon this generation with envy that they could not have been here with us in these dangerous times when everything seems so lost. \nRuse lays it all out in these simple\, balanced pages. The best days could be ahead for us\, but only if we accept — and stick to — this plan to rebuild Christendom. \n*Event has been rescheduled from April 27th to April 26th.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/under-siege-no-finer-time-to-be-a-faithful-catholic/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20210329T190711Z
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SUMMARY:Mary's Voice in the Gospel According to John: A New Translation with Commentary
DESCRIPTION:The Gospel according to John has always been recognized as different from the “synoptic” accounts of Matthew\, Mark\, and Luke. But what explains the difference? On Wednesday\, April 21st at 6:00pm ET\, we invite you to join us for an in-person conversation with Michael Pakaluk\, professor of ethics and social philosophy in the Busch School of Business. Dr. Pakaluk will discuss his new book\, Mary’s Voice in the Gospel according to John\, and reveals the subtle but powerful influence of the Mother of Jesus on the fourth Gospel. \nThis event is open to the public and hosted both in-person and online for free. Registration is required. If you plan to attend in-person at the CIC\, please review our COVID guidelines here. \nAbout the book:\nIn this new translation and verse-by-verse commentary\, Michael Pakaluk suggests an answer and unlocks a two thousand-year-old mystery. Mary’s Voice in the Gospel according to John reveals the subtle but powerful influence of the Mother of Jesus on the fourth Gospel. \nIn his dying words\, Jesus committed his Mother to the care of John\, the beloved disciple\, who “from that hour . . . took her into his own home.” Pakaluk draws out the implications of that detail\, which have been overlooked for centuries. \nIn Mary’s remaining years on earth\, what would she and John have talked about? Surely no subject was as close to their hearts as the words and deeds of Jesus. Mary’s unique perspective and intimate knowledge of her Son must have shaped the account of Jesus’ life that John would eventually compose. \nWith the same scholarship\, imagination\, and fidelity that he applied to Mark’s Gospel in The Memoirs of St. Peter\, Pakaluk brings out the voice of Mary in John’s\, from the famous prologue about the Incarnation of the Word to the Evangelist’s closing avowal of the reliability of his account. \nThis remarkably fresh translation and commentary will deepen your understanding of the most sublime book of the New Testament.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/marys-voice-in-the-gospel-according-to-john-a-new-translation-with-commentary/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210324T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210324T150000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20210212T154115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210324T180834Z
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SUMMARY:5 Things with Father Bill: Hope\, Humor\, and Help for the Soul
DESCRIPTION:Bishop William Byrne discusses his new practical and engaging guide to embracing happiness\, “5 Things with Father Bill: Hope\, Humor\, and Help for the Soul.” Bishop Byrne offers viewers insights\, reflections\, and encouragement to enhance ordinary days and holidays. Join us for what is sure to be a witty and endearing conversation. \nAbout the book:\nFor almost a decade\, popular priest and YouTube personality Fr. Bill Byrne wrote a column titled “5 Things” for his local church newspaper featuring five life hacks\, prayer starters\, or spiritual meditations to help readers grow closer to God and appreciate the small—but vital—things in life. \nFilled with wisdom and whimsy\, readers will learn: \n\nways to conquer fear\,\nhow to be a genius\,\nthe power of blessings and prayers\,\nsaints to emulate\,\ntips for Lent\, Easter\, Advent and Christmas\, and even lessons from Maggie\, Fr. Bill’s pet Labrador retriever.\n\nWitty and endearing with hands-on\, real world advice\, 5 Things with Father Bill makes the perfect gift for readers looking for a burst of inspiration and a dose of good cheer.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/5-things-with-father-bill-hope-humor-and-help-for-the-soul/
LOCATION:Online Only Event
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210302T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210302T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20210204T191709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210322T150546Z
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SUMMARY:Christ Versus Satan in Our Daily Lives: The Cosmic Struggle Between Good and Evil
DESCRIPTION:Spiritual writer\, theologian\, and philosopher Jesuit Fr. Robert Spitzer tackles the topic of recognizing and overcoming spiritual evil. His focus is the human heart. His goal: our moral and spiritual transformation\, which leads to true peace and genuine happiness. \nAbout the book:\nThe book is divided into two main parts: the realities of God’s goodness and of spiritual evil\, and recognizing and overcoming diabolical tactics\, which range from temptation and deception to the Deadly Sins. \nFather Spitzer shows readers how to experience God’s peace even during times of suffering and persecution. He examines the basics of the spiritual life and Christian mysticism\, including the contemplative dimension. He explains the purgative\, illuminative\, and unitive aspects of spirituality\, as well as the Lord’s consolation and the passive Dark Night of the Spirit. \nFather Spitzer provides the biblical and theological background of Jesus’ victory over Satan. The author also explores the reality of the Devil\, including extraordinary manifestations of diabolic activity such as possession. He recalls the true story of the famous possession case on which the novel and film The Exorcist were based. \nIn the final sections of the book the author explains: \nhow diabolical spiritual forces operatehow temptation works\, and what to do to defeat itthe”deadly sins” and how to overcome them
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/christ-versus-satan-in-our-daily-lives-the-cosmic-struggle-between-good-and-evil/
LOCATION:Online Only Event
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210225T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210225T150000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20210127T164301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210225T180532Z
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SUMMARY:America on Trial: A Defense of the Founding
DESCRIPTION:Robert Reilly\, Director of the Westminster Institute\, discusses his new book “America on Trial: A Defense of the Founding.” During his lecture Reilly will focuses on the tradition of “right reason\,” that is\, the metaphysical\, epistemological\, anthropological\, and theological roots of constitutional government. He will reintroduces listeners to ideas about the primacy of reason over will\, universal truth\, natural law\, and monotheism. \nAbout the book:\nThe Founding of the American Republic is on trial. Critics say it was a poison pill with a time-release formula; we are its victims. Its principles are responsible for the country’s moral and social disintegration because they were based on the Enlightenment falsehood of radical individual autonomy. \nIn this well-researched book\, Robert Reilly declares: not guilty. To prove his case\, he traces the lineage of the ideas that made the United States\, and its ordered liberty\, possible. These concepts were extraordinary when they first burst upon the ancient world: the Judaic oneness of God\, who creates ex nihilo and imprints his image on man; the Greek rational order of the world based upon the Reason behind it; and the Christian arrival of that Reason (Logos) incarnate in Christ. These may seem a long way from the American Founding\, but Reilly argues that they are\, in fact\, its bedrock. Combined\, they mandated the exercise of both freedom and reason. \nThese concepts were further developed by thinkers in the Middle Ages\, who formulated the basic principles of constitutional rule. Why were they later rejected by those claiming the right to absolute rule\, then reclaimed by the American Founders\, only to be rejected again today? Reilly reveals the underlying drama: the conflict of might makes right versus right makes might. America’s decline\, he claims\, is not to be discovered in the Founding principles\, but in their disavowal.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/america-on-trial-a-defense-of-the-founding/
LOCATION:Online Only Event
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210210T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210210T150000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20210121T184031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210210T193710Z
UID:2713-1612965600-1612969200@cicdc.org
SUMMARY:Columbus and the Crisis of the West
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Robert Royal\, Catholic author and the President of the Faith & Reason Institute\, carefully examines the mind and motives of Christopher Columbus and his legacy. \nAbout the book:\nAfter decades of politically charged controversy\, the reputation and standing of Christopher Columbus lies battered beneath mountains of misjudgments and distortions. The surge of historical revisionism now ravaging the legendary explorer insists that his daring adventures brought only tragic consequences: disease\, death\, subjugation of native peoples\, incitement of the African slave trade\, destruction of the environment\, and other horrors. \nBut is this a legitimate assessment of Europe’s inevitable western expansion? \nIn Columbus and the Crisis of the West\, Dr. Robert Royal carefully examines the mind and motives of Christopher Columbus\, distinguishing him as the greatest explorer of his age\, whose courage and vision extended Christian Europe and inspired the American spirit. \nYet you won’t find here a full-throated defense of Christopher Columbus. Rather\, Dr. Royal examines what actually happened in the decades following 1492\, when two widely divergent cultures met and mingled. Refusing to ignore or underplay the tragedies of America’s origins\, Royal masterfully places these events in historical context\, protecting them from the contemporary biases that are moving forward at ramming speed to crush fragile truths. \nIn these pages you’ll explore Columbus’s spirituality and the apocalyptic vision that guided him\, as well as the disparate ways in which Puritans and Catholics viewed and approached the indigenous peoples. You’ll also discover what life was really like for them\, the truth about Indian environmentalism\, the essence of the noble savage\, and the soundness of the claim that the native peoples were innocents living in harmony with nature. \nHere is the book that cuts through the fashionable pieties of our time by boldly refuting the most popular indictments of Columbus and early America. Finally\, a serious classical scholar who confronts with power the crusading revisionist historians who are leveraging the Native American conquest in an effort to defile\, dishonor\, and ultimately upend Western civilization.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/columbus-and-the-crisis-of-the-west/
LOCATION:Online Only Event
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210122T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210122T143000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20210108T151640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T130624Z
UID:2688-1611322200-1611325800@cicdc.org
SUMMARY:Division\, Decadence\, and Renewal
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, January 22nd in partnership with The Trinity Forum\, The Institute for Human Ecology\, and the Harvard Christian Alumni Society\, we are delighted to welcome author and New York Times columnist Ross Douthat. \nIn Douthat’s book\, The Decadent Society\, he provides an enlightening diagnosis of our modern condition which\, he says\, has been characterized by decadence. Douthat argues that many of today’s discontents and derangements reflect a sense of futility and disappointment—a feeling that the future is not what was promised. \nAlmost a year after its original publication\, we are keen to hear from Ross on what the events of the past year have revealed about our condition and how we might serve as agents of renewal in a divisive and decadent time. \nThis event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Once you register\, you will receive a confirmation email containing a Zoom invite link\, which will be unique to you.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/division-decadence-and-renewal/
LOCATION:Online Only Event
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210114T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210114T210000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20201120T174748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210115T005132Z
UID:2635-1610654400-1610658000@cicdc.org
SUMMARY:The Future of Christian Marriage
DESCRIPTION:Marriage has come a long way since biblical times. Women are no longer property\, and practices like polygamy have long been rejected. The world is wealthier\, healthier\, and more able to find and form relationships than ever. So why are Christian congregations doing more burying than marrying today? Explanations for the recession in marriage range from the mathematical–more women in church than men–to the economic\, and from the availability of sex to progressive politics. But perhaps marriage hasn’t really changed at all. Instead\, there is simply less interest in marriage in an era marked by technology\, gender equality\, and secularization. \nMark Regnerus discusses his new book and explores how today’s Christians find a mate within a faith that esteems marriage but in a world that increasingly yawns at it. His book draws on in-depth interviews with nearly two hundred young-adult Christians from the United States\, Mexico\, Spain\, Poland\, Russia\, Lebanon\, and Nigeria\, in order to understand the state of matrimony in global Christian circles today. \nRegnerus finds that marriage has become less of a foundation for a couple to build upon and more of a capstone. Meeting increasingly high expectations of marriage is difficult\, though\, in a free market whose logic reaches deep into the home today. The result is endemic uncertainty\, slowing relationship maturation\, and stalling marriage. But plenty of Christians innovate\, resist\, and wed\, and this book argues that the future of marriage will be a religious one.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/the-future-of-christian-marriage/
LOCATION:Online Only Event
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201026T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201026T210000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20200917T205431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220519T203707Z
UID:2264-1603742400-1603746000@cicdc.org
SUMMARY:What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics
DESCRIPTION:A leading expert on public bioethics advocates for a new conception of human identity in American law and policy. \nThe natural limits of the human body make us vulnerable and therefore dependent\, throughout our lives\, on others. Yet American law and policy disregard these stubborn facts\, with statutes and judicial decisions that presume people to be autonomous\, defined by their capacity to choose. As legal scholar O. Carter Snead points out\, this individualistic ideology captures important truths about human freedom\, but it also means that we have no obligations to each other unless we actively\, voluntarily embrace them. Under such circumstances\, the neediest must rely on charitable care. When it is not forthcoming\, law and policy cannot adequately respond. \nWhat It Means to Be Human makes the case for a new paradigm\, one that better represents the gifts and challenges of being human. Inspired by the insights of Alasdair MacIntyre and Charles Taylor\, Snead proposes a vision of human identity and flourishing that supports those who are profoundly vulnerable and dependent—children\, the disabled\, and the elderly. To show how such a vision would affect law and policy\, he addresses three complex issues in bioethics: abortion\, assisted reproductive technology\, and end-of-life decisions. Avoiding typical dichotomies of conservative-versus-liberal and secular-versus-religious\, Snead recasts debates over these issues and situates them within his framework of embodiment and dependence. He concludes that\, if the law is built on premises that reflect the fully lived reality of life\, it will provide support for the vulnerable\, including the unborn\, mothers\, families\, and those nearing the end of their lives. In this way\, he argues\, policy can ensure that people have the care they need in order to thrive. \nIn this provocative and consequential book\, Snead rethinks how the law represents human experiences so that it might govern more wisely\, justly\, and humanely.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/what-it-means-to-be-human-the-case-for-the-body-in-public-bioethics/
LOCATION:Online Only Event
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200910T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200910T140000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20200826T150841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200910T165713Z
UID:2200-1599742800-1599746400@cicdc.org
SUMMARY:The Next Pope: The Office of Peter and a Church in Mission
DESCRIPTION:The Catholic Church is on the verge of a transition of great consequence.\nDrawing on his personal discussions with John Paul II\, Benedict XVI\, and Francis\, as well as his decades of experience with Catholics from every continent\, George Weigel will examine the major challenges confronting the Catholic Church and its 1.3 billion believers in the twenty-first century: challenges the next pontificate must address as the Church enters new\, uncharted territory. To what is the Holy Spirit calling this Church-in-transition? What are the qualities needed in the man who will lead the Church from the Chair of Saint Peter? \nThis event will be moderated by Mitch Boersma\, the Chief Operating Officer at the CIC and Co-founder and Executive Director of the Leonine Forum.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/the-next-pope-the-office-of-peter-and-a-church-in-mission/
LOCATION:Online Only Event
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200519T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200519T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20200429T142110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200519T215704Z
UID:1949-1589911200-1589914800@cicdc.org
SUMMARY:I Served A Saint
DESCRIPTION:Mario Enzler\, a former Swiss Guard\, honors the centenary of the birth of St. John Paul II by sharing his experiences of intimate contact with the Pope during his service and how it led him to deepen his Catholic commitment through the cultivation of Christian virtue. \nYou can submit your questions beforehand to Rosemary at events@cicdc.org or comment during the livestreamed event using YouTube’s comment feature. \n  \nPurchase Your Copy\n  \n   \n 
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/i-served-a-saint/
LOCATION:Online Only Event
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20200417T131401Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200507T215949Z
UID:1881-1588874400-1588878000@cicdc.org
SUMMARY:Theology of Home: Finding the Eternal in the Everyday
DESCRIPTION:Learn how you can create a deeper sense of the divine as Theology of Home co-authors\, Carrie Gress and Noelle Mering\, share their vision for home. \nDuring this livestreamed YouTube event\, Carrie and Noelle will share behind-the-cover secrets on making this book\, offer insights on the many domestic and career details that women face everyday\, and extensively answer your questions. \nYou can submit your questions beforehand to Rosemary at events@cicdc.org or comment during the livestreamed event using YouTube’s comment feature. \n  \nPurchase Your Copy\n  \nBook Description:\nHome. It is an elegant word\, at once both simple and far-reaching. Home is a place to live in and feel comfortable\, but it is much more than that. \nHome is where we are nurtured\, where we live\, and where we love. The language of Home is universal. It is where we find the eternal in the everyday. \nBut the Home has been neglected. To millions of women today\, there is nothing worse than being a “homemaker.” If only they knew the supreme value (and reward) of giving loved ones a place to call Home. \nWhether you live in a sprawling estate or a humble dwelling\, whether alone or with a crowd\, this is far more than a book of beautiful photos and great décor ideas. You will also learn how to create a deeper sense of the divine through: \n\nCreating a welcoming environment that starts with your Door\nFostering a sense of remembrance through images\, scents\, and activities that will keep your family recollecting joy\, family\, and Christ\nMaking your home a place for joyful gatherings and spiritual growth through an emphasis on light\nPrioritizing family dinners to feed the body and the soul\nOpening up your Home to those around you\, spreading the joy and peace of Christ with your hospitality\nAnd much more. . .
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/theology-of-home-finding-the-eternal-in-the-everyday/
LOCATION:Online Only Event
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20200415T140723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200507T021453Z
UID:1864-1587664800-1587668400@cicdc.org
SUMMARY:Drinking with Your Patron Saints: The Sinner's Guide to Honoring Namesakes and Protectors
DESCRIPTION:Have a drink with the CIC! \n Specifically\, have a saint inspired cocktail curated by Michael Foley-a serious Catholic and mixologist- and author of our best selling book “Drinking with the Saints”.  \nDuring this livestreamed YouTube event\, Michael will be discussing his newest book\, “Drinking with Your Patron Saints: The Sinner’s Guide to Honoring Namesakes and Protectors.” Michael will start by walking you through some of his signature drinks\, the identity of which you can find here\, so you can find the ingredients and prepare it\, followed by a presentation. From there the floor—we mean screen—will be opened up to questions. \nYou can submit your questions beforehand by emailing Rosemary at events@cicdc.org\, responding to your registration confirmation email\, or ask them live via the comment and chat feature on YouTube.  \nWe look forward to sharing a drink with you and discussing how the saints and their inspired cocktails can boost your spirits and spirituality. \n  \nPurchase Your Copy\n 
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/drinking-with-your-patron-saints-the-sinners-guide-to-honoring-namesakes-and-protectors/
LOCATION:Online Only Event
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200206T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200206T200000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20200103T110539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200104T233721Z
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SUMMARY:Eat\, Fast\, Feast: Heal Your Body While Feeding Your Soul—A Christian Guide to Fasting
DESCRIPTION:“Today’s student will largely have to educate himself in the highest things. He will do this by reading and conversing—even by prayer and fasting. The college student needs the virtue that enables him to see the origins\, the first principles. These will be invisible to the person who cultivates evil habits—since his mind will busy itself\, even exhaust itself\, trying to rationalize the person’s bad decisions. He won’t even have the energy to try to search for truth.” – Fr. James Schall\, “How to Keep Your Virtue in College\,” August 2017 \nIn this installment of the CIC’s Fr. James V. Schall Lecture Series\, Jay W. Richards\, PhD\, delves into the topic of his latest book\, Eat\, Fast\, Feast: Heal Your Body While Feeding Your Soul—A Christian Guide to Fasting. \nDr. Richards blends old Christian eating habits with current research on the benefits of fasting in this spirited outing. Richards stumbled into fasting when he eliminated certain foods from his diet in conjunction with medical tests. Instead of feeling the fatigue he expected\, Richards noticed moments of lucidity and strength and decided to explore the practice. Christians used to fast as part of their normal routine\, he writes\, but it has been forgotten over the years except for special occasions\, such as Lent. Richards presents a plan that incorporates keto diet principles\, which help the body burn fat\, and explores the simple “16 hour fast” as well as the relationship between fasting and cultivating discipline\, sacrifice\, and ultimately holiness. Facts about how the body breaks down carbs and regulates insulin help readers make informed choices about adopting a healthy diet. He also provides ideas for feasts and “mini-feasts” that\, following times of fasting\, allow for healthy\, communal eating experiences. Christians interested in fasting diet trends will find this instructional and convincing. \nThe Fr. James V. Schall Lecture Series is a monthly feature of the Catholic Information’s Center’s program with speakers addressing recurring themes in Fr. Schall’s writings\, such as liberal learning\, the relationship between faith and reason\, and great writers in the Catholic tradition.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/schall-3-jay-richards-east-fast-feast/
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,Fr. Schall Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191120T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191120T200000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20190924T152134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T145137Z
UID:1339-1574272800-1574280000@cicdc.org
SUMMARY:The Irony of Modern Catholic History: How the Church Rediscovered Itself and Challenged the Modern World to Reform
DESCRIPTION:A powerful new interpretation of Catholicism’s dramatic encounter with modernity\, by one of America’s leading intellectuals\n\nThroughout much of the nineteenth century\, both secular and Catholic leaders assumed that the Church and the modern world were locked in a battle to the death. The triumph of modernity would not only finish the Church as a consequential player in world history; it would also lead to the death of religious conviction. But today\, the Catholic Church is far more vital and consequential than it was 150 years ago. Ironically\, in confronting modernity\, the Catholic Church rediscovered its evangelical essence. In the process\, Catholicism developed intellectual tools capable of rescuing the imperiled modern project.\n\nA richly rendered\, deeply learned\, and powerfully argued account of two centuries of profound change in the church and the world\, The Irony of Modern Catholic History reveals how Catholicism offers twenty-first century essential truths for our survival and flourishing.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/the-irony-of-modern-catholic-history/
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T200000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20190816T181832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191107T191252Z
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SUMMARY:Be Not Troubled
DESCRIPTION:For more than 250 years\, Abandonment to Divine Providence by Fr. Jean-Pierre de Caussade has offered inspiration and spiritual balm for those plagued with doubt\, anxiety\, and fear. Motivated by his own life-changing encounter with this spiritual classic and the popular resurgence in practicing Christian mindfulness\, bestselling author and retreat leader Rev. Jeffrey Kirby serves up six meditations\, rooted in Caussade’s work\, for today’s reader and presents them as a personal retreat. \nPerfect for anyone looking to renew their trust in God and live freely in the present moment\, Be Not Troubled invites you to let go of what you can’t control and discover a place of deep serenity in God. \nFr. Kirby will be available to sign books during the reception\, which will take place after the lecture.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/be-not-troubled/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190918T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190918T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20190816T181832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200129T205603Z
UID:445-1568829600-1568833200@cicdc.org
SUMMARY:Resisting Throwaway Culture
DESCRIPTION:This is a book about hope in the midst of a polarized culture. Camosy begins with a hopeful starting point in the midst of a crumbling US political culture: two of every three Americans constitute an exhausted majority who reject right/left polarization and are open to alternative viewpoints. Especially at this time of realignment\, we have been given a unique moment to put aside the frothy\, angsty political debates and think harder about our deepest values. \nA Consistent Life Ethic\, especially one which embraces Pope Francis’ challenge to resist throwaway culture\, has the capacity to unite people who for the last several decades imagined themselves in a polarized culture war. \nOn issues ranging from hook-up culture\, reproductive technology\, abortion\, euthanasia\, poverty\, immigration\, treatment of animals\, and mass incarceration\, this book articulates a new moral vision in which a culture of encounter and hospitality replaces a consumer culture in which the most vulnerable get used and discarded as so much trash. At bottom\, Camosy offers readers a golden opportunity to dialogue about what kinds of values should serve as the foundation for a new political culture. \nBook signing and reception to follow the lecture.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/resisting-throwaway-culture/
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190904T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190904T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20190816T181832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240903T135531Z
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SUMMARY:Primal Screams: How the Sexual Revolution Created Identity Politics
DESCRIPTION:Who am I? The question today haunts every society in the Western world.   \nLegions of people—especially the young—have become unmoored from a firm sense of self. To compensate\, they join the ranks of ideological tribes spawned by identity politics and react with frenzy against any perceived threat to their group. As identitarians track and expose the ideologically impure\, other citizens face the consequences of their rancor: a litany of “isms” run amok across all levels of cultural life; the free marketplace of ideas muted by agendas shouted through megaphones\, and a spirit of general goodwill warped into a state of perpetual outrage. \nHow did we get here? Why have we divided against one another so bitterly? In Primal Screams\, acclaimed cultural critic Mary Eberstadt presents the most provocative and original theory to come along in recent years. The rise of identity politics\, she argues\, is a direct result of the fallout of the sexual revolution\, especially the collapse and shrinkage of the family. \nAs Eberstadt illustrates\, humans from time immemorial have forged their identities within the structure of kinship. The extended family\, in a real sense\, is the first tribe and first teacher. But with its unprecedented decline across a variety of measures\, generations of people have been set adrift and can no longer answer the question Who am I? with reference to primordial ties. Desperate for solidarity and connection\, they claim membership in politicized groups whose displays of frantic irrationalism amount to primal screams for familial and communal loss. \nWritten in her impeccable style and with empathy rarely encountered in today’s divisive discourse\, Eberstadt’s theory holds immense explanatory power that no serious citizen can afford to ignore. The book concludes with three incisive essays by Rod Dreher\, Mark Lilla\, and Peter Thiel\, each sharing their perspective on the author’s formidable argument. \nBook signing and reception to follow the lecture.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/primal-screams-how-the-sexual-revolution-created-identity-politics/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190618T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190618T200000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20190816T181832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T142958Z
UID:441-1560880800-1560888000@cicdc.org
SUMMARY:The Soul of an American President: The Untold Story of Dwight D. Eisenhower's Faith
DESCRIPTION:While there have been many biographies of Dwight D. Eisenhower that focus on his military career or the time of his presidency\, none clearly explores the important role faith played both in his personal life and in his public policy. This despite the fact that he is the only US president to be baptized as a Christian while in office. \nThe book invites you on a journey that is unique in American history and is essential to understanding one of the most consequential\, admired\, and complex Americans of the 20th Century. The story begins in abject poverty in rural Texas\, then travels through Kansas\, West Point\, two World Wars\, and down Pennsylvania Avenue. This is the untold story of a man whose growing faith sustained him through the loss of a young son\, marital difficulties\, depression\, career disappointments\, and being witness to some of the worst atrocities humankind has devised. A man whose faith was based in his own sincere personal conviction\, not out of a sense of political expediency or social obligation. \nYou’ve met Dwight Eisenhower the soldier and Dwight Eisenhower the president. Now meet Dwight Eisenhower the man of faith. \nReception and book signing to follow the event.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/the-soul-of-an-american-president-the-untold-story-of-dwight-d-eisenhowers-faith-2/
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190610T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190610T200000
DTSTAMP:20260624T084632
CREATED:20190816T181832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T144001Z
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SUMMARY:On Faith: Lessons from an American Believer
DESCRIPTION:On Faith is an inspiring collection of the late Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia’s reflections on his own faith\, on the challenges that religious believers face in modern America\, and on the religious freedoms protected by the Constitution. Featuring a personal introduction by Justice Scalia’s son Father Paul Scalia\, this volume will enrich every reader’s understanding of the legendary justice. \nAntonin Scalia reflected deeply on matters of religion and shared his insights with many audiences over the course of his remarkable career. As a Supreme Court justice for three decades\, he vigorously defended the American constitutional tradition of allowing religion a prominent place in the public square. As a man of faith\, he recognized the special challenges of living a distinctively religious life in modern America\, and he inspired other believers to meet those challenges. \nThis volume contains Justice Scalia’s incisive thoughts on these matters\, laced with his characteristic wit. It includes outstanding speeches featured in Scalia Speaks and also draws from his Supreme Court opinions and his articles. In addition to the introduction by Fr. Scalia\, other highlights include Fr. Scalia’s beautiful homily at his father’s funeral Mass and reminiscences from various friends and law clerks whose lives were influenced by Antonin Scalia’s faith. \nMr. Scalia and Mr. Whelan previously co-edited Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law\, Faith\, and Life Well Lived (Crown Forum\, 2017)\, a New York Times bestselling collection of Justice Scalia’s speeches. You can watch their talk on this book at the CIC here.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/on-faith-lessons-from-an-american-believer/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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SUMMARY:Cooking with the Saints
DESCRIPTION:For the Love of Food\, the Church\, and Her Saints! \nFrom traditional Cottage Pie on St. Patrick’s Day to Basque Lamb Stew on the feast of St. Ignatius Loyola\, the delicious recipes in this unique cookbook will excite your senses\, awaken in you greater love for the saints\, and bring Catholic festivity into your home. \nHere you’ll find brief saints biographies and ideal accompanying dishes tied to the liturgical feasts of the Church. \nFrom this exceptional cookbook\, your family will receive triple nourishment: for body\, mind\, and spirit. \nIn it\, you’ll encounter: \n• Scores of exciting dishes from dozens of countries\, including Ethiopia\, Spain\, Poland\, Hungary\, Korea\, Scotland\, France\, Greece\, and Sweden\n• Sixty fascinating saints biographies\n• A comprehensive list of celebratory cookies for feast days throughout the year\n• Many traditional recipes\, including Roman Honey Cake\, Hungarian Goulash Soup\, and even Papal Cream Cake (a favorite of St. John Paul II)\n• A handy index to help you find just the kind of dinner you need tonight\n• A carefully categorized shopping list for each recipe\, to save you time in the store \nGathered by Alexandra Greeley\, a professional chef and author of thirty-five cookbooks\, and Fernando Flores\, a world traveler and aficionado of all things relating to food and faith\, each of these succulent recipes has been home-tested by our team of Christian mothers and their families. \nWith the help of Cooking with the Saints\, you’ll turn every Christian feast into a joyous\, faith-filled occasion\, bringing your family gastronomic delight and spiritual enrichment throughout the year. \n\nLearn more about this book here.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/cooking-with-the-saints/
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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SUMMARY:Sermons in Times of Crisis: Twelve Homilies to Stir Your Soul
DESCRIPTION:The Catholic Church today finds itself in the midst of a crisis. The flock is scattering\, and while some shepherds bravely set off in search of those lost and wandering sheep\, others drive them\, and many more\, further from the fold. \nBut the Church has seen and weathered numerous crises in its two millennia\, and always one or more of its priests and bishops stood up and rallied the faithful: whether to rebuke an Emperor or oppose a policy\, encourage the faithful or defend the faith\, bishops and priests ascended the pulpit and delivered sermons that met the pressing needs of their own times\, sermons which should be read and remembered by Catholics of all times. You will find comfort within these pages as you read the words of these heroic pastors of souls including: \nSt Ambrose of Milan\, St Augustine\, St John Chrysostom\, St Edmund Campion\, Pope St John Paul II \, . . . and seven others. \nEnter into the minds and thoughts of some of the bravest\, most eloquent\, homilists the Church has produced. More than one was killed for the words they uttered which you will find in these pages. But they counted not the cost. \nGuided by Rev. Paul D. Scalia’s introduction and commentaries\, you will come to see that the Church has faced crises and survived\, even thrived\, before. In fact\, it is one of the marks of her authenticity\, as it has often been said\, that no mere human institution could have survived the persecutions and scandals that the Catholic Church has withstood over 2000 years. \nIf you are a priest or bishop\, just maybe reading these words of men not unlike yourself\, will inspire you to stand and be counted and preach God’s word from the pulpit without counting the cost.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/sermons-in-times-of-crisis-twelve-homilies-to-stir-your-soul-2/
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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SUMMARY:The Heart of Perfection: How the Saints Taught Me to Trade My Dream of Perfect for God's
DESCRIPTION:An award-winning author\, former presidential speechwriter\, and mother of four weaves stories of her own struggles against comparison and impossible expectations with those of seven ex-perfectionist saints (and one heretic) who show us how to pursue a new kind of perfection: freedom in Christ. \nSpiritual perfectionism—an obsession with flawlessness rooted in the belief that we can earn God’s love—is the most dangerous form of perfectionism because so many of us mistake it for virtue\, or deny that it afflicts us at all. Its toxic cycle of pride\, sin\, shame\, blame\, and despair distorts our vision\, dulls our faith\, and leads us to view others through the same hypercritical lens we think God is using to view us. \nAs a lifelong overachiever who drafted her first résumé in sixth grade and spell-checked her high-school boyfriend’s love letters\, Colleen Carroll Campbell knows something about the perfectionist trap. But it was only after she became a mother that she started to see how insidiously perfectionism had infected her spiritual life\, how lethal it could be to her happiness and her family\, and how disproportionately it afflicts the people working hardest to serve God. \nIn the ruins of her own perfectionist mistakes\, Colleen dug into Scripture and the lives of the canonized saints for answers. She discovered to her surprise that many holy men and women she once saw as encouraging her perfectionism were\, in fact\, recovering perfectionists. And their grace-fueled victory over this malady—not perfectionist striving—was the key to their heroic virtue and contagious joy. \nIn The Heart of Perfection\, Colleen weaves the stories and wisdom of these saints with Scripture and beautifully crafted tales of her own trial-and-error experiments in applying that wisdom to her life. She introduces us to such saints as Jane de Chantal\, a single mother who conquered her impatience only after her ex-perfectionist friend Saint Francis de Sales convinced her to trade punishing prayer regimens for the tougher discipline of showing gentleness to rude in-laws\, rowdy kids\, and herself. Colleen describes the battle against obsessive guilt that turned timid people-pleaser Alphonsus Liguori into a fearless defender of God’s mercy; the discernment rules that helped Ignatius of Loyola overcome crippling discouragement and distraction; the concern for reputation that almost cost the world the radical witness of Francis of Assisi; and the biblical work-life balance that Benedict of Nursia pioneered after years of driving himself and others too hard—and without surrendering his holy zeal. \nGorgeously written and deeply insightful\, Colleen Carroll Campbell’s The Heart of Perfection shows that the solution to perfectionism is not to squelch our hard-wired desires for excellence but to allow God to purify and redirect them\, by swapping the chains of control and comparison for pursuit of a new kind of perfection: the freedom of the children of God.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/the-heart-of-perfection-how-the-saints-taught-me-to-trade-my-dream-of-perfect-for-gods-2/
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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