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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:20260624T100507
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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:20260624T100507
CREATED:20210121T184031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210210T193710Z
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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:20260624T100507
CREATED:20210108T151640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T130624Z
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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:20260624T100507
CREATED:20201120T174748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210115T005132Z
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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:20260624T100507
CREATED:20200917T205431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220519T203707Z
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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:20260624T100507
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:20260624T100507
CREATED:20200429T142110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200519T215704Z
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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:20260624T100507
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:20260624T100507
CREATED:20200415T140723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200507T021453Z
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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:20260624T100507
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:20260624T100507
CREATED:20190924T152134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T145137Z
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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:20260624T100507
CREATED:20190816T181832Z
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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:20260624T100507
CREATED:20190816T181832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200129T205603Z
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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:20260624T100507
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:20260624T100507
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
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CREATED:20190816T181832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T144001Z
UID:443-1560189600-1560196800@cicdc.org
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190606T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190606T200000
DTSTAMP:20260624T100507
CREATED:20190816T181832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T145007Z
UID:442-1559844000-1559851200@cicdc.org
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190528T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190528T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T100507
CREATED:20190816T181832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T145525Z
UID:439-1559066400-1559070000@cicdc.org
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190520T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190520T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T100507
CREATED:20190816T181820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T150126Z
UID:438-1558375200-1558378800@cicdc.org
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190430T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190430T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T100507
CREATED:20190816T181820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T152526Z
UID:436-1556647200-1556650800@cicdc.org
SUMMARY:Death\, Judgment\, Heaven\, and Hell: Sayings of the Fathers of the Church
DESCRIPTION:Nothing has the power to inspire\, or terrify us like the unknown. Life after death is the perhaps the greatest unknown that confronts mankind. But the wisdom of the Church\, especially in the teachings of the Church Fathers\, reminds us that we know a great deal about what awaits us at the end of life. \nWhat the Church knows about the four last things―death judgment\, heaven\, and hell―is essential for helping on the way of the pilgrimage of life. The teachings of the Fathers\, far from sating our curiosity\, serve to increase the power of heaven to inspire us\, and of hell to terrify. \nIn this volume\, canon lawyer and writer Edward Condon compiles a book full of wisdom and compelling insights. More than anything\, the Fathers warn us that our life is short\, and the reckoning for how we have lived it eternal. The urgency of the Church’s message\, brought to life in the sayings of the Fathers\, comes to remind us of our true calling and inheritance in baptism\, and of the richness of the heavenly reward\, which is not so much the fruit of our efforts on Earth but the fulfillment of God’s promise of love to us. The terror of hell is not the threat of the dictator\, but a dire warning of the true scope of our freedom as children of God. \nThis book\, rich with the traditional teachings of the church\, will guide and inspire readers as they continue their life journeys\, which have a beginning but no end.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/death-judgment-heaven-and-hell-sayings-of-the-fathers-of-the-church/
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190425T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190425T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T100507
CREATED:20190816T181820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T153414Z
UID:437-1556215200-1556218800@cicdc.org
SUMMARY:Sunday Will Never Be the Same: A Rock & Roll Journalist Opens Her Ears to God
DESCRIPTION:Love and beauty. From when she was a little girl\, Dawn Eden Goldstein knew she wanted those things that in them\, somehow\, she would find God. But her life s search led her away from the temples of her childhood Judaism to the music clubs of Greenwich Village\, where she became an acolyte of a new religion: rock & roll. Over the years she earned renown as a rock critic and historian\, moving among some of popular music’s biggest names\, all the while straining to capture that transcendent love and beauty in their every note and lyric. \n\nYet her longing only deepened; the hole in her heart only grew. God s voice was calling her\, but first\, she needed ears to hear.\n\n\n\nIn Sunday Will Never Be the Same\, Goldstein (The Thrill of the Chaste) recounts her spiritual journey in beautifully wrought detail\, mixing powerful accounts of trauma\, healing\, and epiphany with funny and poignant anecdotes from inside the music scene. It is the rare conversion story that delights as it inspires\, amuses as it edifies and ultimately lays before the reader a lived testimony to the transforming grace of Christ.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/sunday-will-never-be-the-same-a-rock-roll-journalist-opens-her-ears-to-god/
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190424T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190424T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T100507
CREATED:20190816T181820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T153644Z
UID:434-1556128800-1556132400@cicdc.org
SUMMARY:Alienated America
DESCRIPTION:Respected conservative journalist and commentator Timothy P. Carney continues the conversation begun with Hillbilly Elegy and the classic Bowling Alone in this hard-hitting analysis that identifies the true factor behind the decline of the American dream: it is not purely the result of economics as the left claims\, but the collapse of the institutions that made us successful\, including marriage\, church\, and civic life. \nDuring the 2016 presidential campaign\, Donald J. Trump proclaimed\, “the American dream is dead\,” and this message resonated across the country. \nWhy do so many people believe that the American dream is no longer within reach? Growing inequality\, stubborn pockets of immobility\, rising rates of deadly addiction\, the increasing and troubling fact that where you start determines where you end up\, heightening political strife—these are the disturbing realities threatening ordinary American lives today. \nThe standard accounts pointed to economic problems among the working class\, but the root was a cultural collapse: While the educated and wealthy elites still enjoy strong communities\, most blue-collar Americans lack strong communities and institutions that bind them to their neighbors. And outside of the elites\, the central American institution has been religion \nThat is\, it’s not the factory closings that have torn us apart; it’s the church closings. The dissolution of our most cherished institutions—nuclear families\, places of worship\, civic organizations—has not only divided us\, but eroded our sense of worth\, belief in opportunity\, and connection to one another. \nIn Alienated America\, Carney visits all corners of America\, from the dim country bars of Southwestern Pennsylvania.\, to the bustling Mormon wards of Salt Lake City\, and explains the most important data and research to demonstrate how the social connection is the great divide in America. He shows that Trump’s surprising victory was the most visible symptom of this deep-seated problem. In addition to his detailed exploration of how a range of societal changes have\, in tandem\, damaged us\, Carney provides a framework that will lead us back out of a lonely\, modern wilderness.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/alienated-america/
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190330T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190330T110000
DTSTAMP:20260624T100507
CREATED:20190816T181820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T154902Z
UID:433-1553940000-1553943600@cicdc.org
SUMMARY:Mr. Mehan’s Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals
DESCRIPTION:Mr. Mehan’s Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals tells the story—through captivating poems and breathtaking paintings—of the adventure of two friends\, the Dally and the Blug. \nTheir jolly journey through an alphabet of mythical mammals unites the bright and bumbling Blug and the dear but downhearted Dally\, who come to learn a thing or two about good\, evil\, courage\, humor\, sadness\, hope . . . and how to govern their spirits and truly love their fellow mammals. \nWhile written to delight Middle Grade readers ages 8 to 12\, this beautiful\, haunting book has much that will surprise and delight everyone! The adventures of these amusing and mischievous mythical mammals\, will re-awaken a wonder and love for humanity and nature in readers of all ages. \nThese delightful poems and stunning oil paintings lead readers on a rollicking journey with two friends\, the Dally and Blug\, who face the dangers of sadness and loneliness. And together they learn what it means to be truly happy! \nAnd look closely for one real mammal that is sadly on the verge of extinction\, and sing along with the original song that may help to save it. \nKind readers take note! Inside you will find… \n\n26 Mythical Mammals\, with one poem for each letter of the alphabet.\n26 oil paintings complementing the story.\n26 full color letter block illustrations\, featuring many clever details and puns for all the letters\, A through Z.\nA curious glossary for tricky words and phrases.\nA treasure hunt guide in the back to discover the many mysteries hidden in the poems and the art…all for re-readable enjoyment!\n\n 
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/mr-mehans-mildly-amusing-mythical-mammals/
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events,Family Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181115T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181115T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T100507
CREATED:20190816T181820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T165402Z
UID:416-1542304800-1542308400@cicdc.org
SUMMARY:Building the Benedict Option
DESCRIPTION:Building the Benedict Option is a combination spiritual memoir and practical handbook for Christians who want to build communities of prayer\, socialization\, and evangelization in the places where they live and work. \nBeginning when the author was a new convert\, she desired more communal prayer and fellowship than weekly Mass could provide. She surveyed her friends–busy\, young\, urban professionals like herself–and created enriching or supportive experiences that matched their desires and schedules. The result was a less lonely and more boisterous spiritual and social life. \nNo Catholic Martha Stewart\, Libresco is frank about how she plans events that allow her to feed thirty people on a Friday night without feeling exhausted. She is honest about the obstacles to prayer and the challenge to make it inviting and unobtrusive. Above all\, she communicates the joy she has experienced since discovering ways to open her home (even when it was only a small studio apartment). \nThe reader will close this book with four or five ideas for events to try over the next few weeks\, along with the tools to make them fruitful. From film nights to picnics in the park to resume-writing evenings\, there are plenty of ideas to choose from and loads of encouragement to make more room in one’s life for others.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/building-the-benedict-option/
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181114T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181114T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T100507
CREATED:20190816T181820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T170440Z
UID:424-1542218400-1542222000@cicdc.org
SUMMARY:The Last Homily: Conversations with Fr. Arne Panula
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nThe Last Homily captures with poignant authenticity the dying thoughts of a brilliant priest who dedicated his life to bringing others to God: Fr. Arne Panula\, of Washington DC’s fabled Catholic Information Center. \nRecorded with Fr. Arne’s permission during his months in hospice care\, his exchanges with noted author Mary Eberstadt expound on the Church and history\, art and music\, books and ideas\, as well as on more immediate questions about how the faithful should live\, how they should work\, and how they can best help to build the Kingdom on earth. \nVia this gift to posterity\, Fr. Arne’s spiritual guidance is no longer limited to those who knew him\, but extends to generations of the present and future. \n 
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/the-last-homily-conversations-with-fr-arne-panula/
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181108T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181108T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T100507
CREATED:20190816T181820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T171100Z
UID:419-1541700000-1541703600@cicdc.org
SUMMARY:A Catechism for Family Life: Insights from Catholic Teaching on Love\, Marriage\, Sex\, and Parenting
DESCRIPTION:The purpose of A Catechism for Family Life: Insights from Church Teaching on Love\, Marriage\, Sex\, and Parenting is to present the teachings of the Catholic Church as they relate to specific questions in marriage and family life. Many Catholics are under-catechized and have trouble both understanding and articulating Church teaching on sexuality and marriage to an increasingly challenging culture. Pope Francis\, along with the fathers of the two recent Synods on the Family\, have called for better formation for those who work in the area of marriage and family life (see Amoris Laetitia\, 202). \nTo address this need\, we gathered pertinent questions facing men\, women\, and pastoral workers in marriage and family life. We then found passages relevant to these questions by researching Church documents on marriage and family from the past one hundred years. These include papal encyclicals\, apostolic exhortations\, and addresses\, Vatican II documents\, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. \nMainstream media coverage of Church events and Church teaching leads many to misunderstand Catholic positions on marriage and family life. While the Catholic Church has developed a rich\, detailed\, and positive teaching on marriage\, family\, and sexuality\, many Catholics do not have access to this teaching\, buried as it is in lengthy Church documents which many find intimidating. Finding the relevant teaching to address specific questions is not always a simple task\, either. This book’s main contribution is to present Church teaching relevant to marriage and family in one volume clearly organized by topic and question. \nBook available for purchase at the CIC.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/a-catechism-for-family-life-insights-from-catholic-teaching-on-love-marriage-sex-and-parenting/
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180517T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180517T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T100507
CREATED:20190816T181739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190920T174402Z
UID:402-1526580000-1526583600@cicdc.org
SUMMARY:Find Your Whistle: Simple Gifts Touch Hearts and Change Lives
DESCRIPTION:Four-Time International Whistling Champion Christopher Ullman presents Find Your Whistle\, the heartwarming\, hilarious\, and outrageous journey of a Washington and Wall Street insider who uses his simple gift to touch hearts and change lives. In this sweet and authentic memoir\, world whistling champion Christopher Ullman a managing director at one of the world s most powerful private equity firms tells readers how he found\, developed\, and shares his whistle with big-wig politicians\, special needs children\, Wall Street billionaires\, and more than 400 people on their birthdays every year. \nChris inspires readers to find their simple gift – their whistle – and make the world a better place.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/find-your-whistle-simple-gifts-touch-hearts-and-change-lives/
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180503T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180503T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T100507
CREATED:20190816T181739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190920T181245Z
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SUMMARY:Unrepeatable: Cultivating the Unique Calling of Every Person
DESCRIPTION:“Every person is the way of the Church”-St. John Paul II \nWhat if we were able to gain profound insight into the unique design\,\ncreative drive\, and potential destiny of the people in our lives? The bold\npromise of this book is that we can. This ability carries an awesome\nresponsibility: We must all be mentors and midwives to the personal\nvocations of others. \nUnrepeatable is about the urgent need for each of us\nto cultivate the vocations of others and the steps we should take to do it\nwell. By smartly weaving evocative stories of those who have radically\nlived out their callings with practical tools for discernment and\nmentorship\, Burgis and Miller—who have a combined twenty-five years\nof experience helping people and organizations discover their purpose—\nturn staid perceptions of vocation on their head.\nUnrepeatable will equip you to: \n• Renew your parish\, school\, community\, or company by empowering every member to discover\, embrace\, and fully\nlive out their unique calling\n• Confidently teach and mentor young people in critical skills of discernment and decision-making\n• Know and be known by others in a deeply personal way through a technique that unlocks and awakens the deepest\ndesires of the heart\nAs we enter into the stories of others’ lives\, we enter into the story of God’s love. There is no greater adventure. Unrepeatable\ninvites you to be a part of it.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/unrepeatable-cultivating-the-unique-calling-of-every-person/
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events,Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:Why Liberalism Failed
DESCRIPTION:Has liberalism failed because it has succeeded? \nOf the three dominant ideologies of the twentieth century—fascism\, communism\, and liberalism—only the last remains. This has created a peculiar situation in which liberalism’s proponents tend to forget that it is an ideology and not the natural end-state of human political evolution. As Patrick Deneen argues in this provocative book\, liberalism is built on a foundation of contradictions: it trumpets equal rights while fostering incomparable material inequality; its legitimacy rests on consent\, yet it discourages civic commitments in favor of privatism; and in its pursuit of individual autonomy\, it has given rise to the most far-reaching\, comprehensive state system in human history. Here\, Deneen offers an astringent warning that the centripetal forces now at work on our political culture are not superficial flaws but inherent features of a system whose success is generating its own failure.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/why-liberalism-failed/
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events,Lecture Series,Partnership Series
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