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SUMMARY:Carl Trueman & Mary Eberstadt Discuss "The Desecration of Man"
DESCRIPTION:Join us as the CIC’s Panula Chair in Christian Culture Mary Eberstadt welcomes and interviews Carl R. Trueman for the launch of his new book\, The Desecration of Man: How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity. Mr. Trueman will begin the evening by outlining his book’s concepts followed by an interview with Mrs. Eberstadt. \nThis program will be offered both in-person and virtually through a YouTube livestream. The Desecration of Man will be available for purchase at the CIC’s bookstore. \n4/7 Schedule:  \n\n6:15 PM: CIC doors open for registrant check-in\n6:30 PM: Presentation\, which will be livestreamed (we will also take some time for audience Q&A)\n7:30 PM: Booksigning with our speakers and a light happy hour\n8:30 PM: Evening concludes\n\nAbout the Book:\nAs church attendance falls\, suicide rates climb\, and birth rates plummet\, Christian pundits have suggested disenchantment and the loss of tradition are to blame for our spiritual malaise. But what if the problem is both much simpler and much more serious? \nIn The Desecration of Man\, Carl Trueman argues that modern man’s crisis of meaning stems from a rejection of a simple fact—that he was made in the image of God. Unmoored from the basic moral fact that secures human dignity\, we violently disrespect our own minds and bodies through abortion\, pornography\, casual sex\, gender transitions\, and more—and in this disrespect we blaspheme against God himself\, with devastating practical and spiritual consequences. \nWith gentle pastoral wisdom\, deep insight into church history\, and an impressive command of philosophical genealogies\, The Desecration of Man speaks to those troubled by the spiritual sickness of our time and points toward consecration to a God who is alive and loving as a solution. The Early Church triumphed over Rome because it offered life in place of death. It is time for modern Christians to offer the same kind of vision.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/the-desecration-of-man/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Launches
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T180000
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SUMMARY:The Summa Illuminated with Fr. Cajetan Cuddy\, OP
DESCRIPTION:The CIC and the Thomistic Institute invite you to join Fr. Cajetan Cuddy\, OP\, a premier expert on both the Summa Theologica and the philosophy and theology of St. Thomas Aquinas\, for a presentation on his new book\, The Summa Illuminated: A Guide to St. Thomas Aquinas’s Masterpiece. This program takes place on Monday\, April 13\, 2026 at the Catholic Information Center at 6:00 PM EDT. \nRegister to attend either in-person or virtually through a YouTube livestream. The Summa Illuminated is available for sale at the CIC’s bookstore. \nApril 13th Schedule:\n\n5:45 pm: Doors open for registrant check-in\n6:00 pm: “The Summa Illuminated” presentation (this portion of the evening will be offered both in-person and virtually via a livestream)\n7:00 pm: Booksigning with Fr. Cuddy and a light happy hour social\n8:00 pm: Evening Concludes\n\nAbout the Book:\n“This book is the ordinary reader’s clearest introduction to the Summa Theologica. It illuminates the obscure and enlivens the dispassionate arguments of St. Thomas Aquinas. Everyone should be reading St. Thomas\, and I can’t imagine a better guide than Fr. Cajetan Cuddy.”\n—Scott Hahn \nThe Summa Illuminated offers a clear and concise introduction to one of the most influential theological masterpieces in history: the Summa Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274). As interest in Aquinas’s teachings continues to grow\, many are especially drawn to his Summa Theologica—yet navigating its profound depth and intricate complexity can feel overwhelming without proper guidance. \nIn his book Fr. Cuddy provides readers with a concise and approachable overview. This book serves as a guided tour of the Summa\, carefully laying out its structure\, explaining its key concepts\, and clarifying Aquinas’s overarching purpose. Following the structure of the Summa itself\, this book captures the significance of each part and illustrates how they form a unified whole while explaining the terminology and principles that Aquinas presupposed his audience to possess. \nFr. Cuddy guides the reader through the significant themes of the Summa’s three parts: \n\nPart I: God and Creation\nPart II: The Human Person’s Movement to God—Law\, Grace\, and Virtues\nPart III: Jesus Christ and the Sacraments\n\nThe Summa Illuminated equips readers with the essential knowledge to confidently engage with Aquinas’s great work. By the end\, readers will have a firm grasp of the most important ideas in the greatest theological text of the Catholic intellectual tradition. \nThe CIC thanks the Thomistic Institute for co-sponsoring this event. \nRSVP today!
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/the-summa-illuminated/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T180000
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SUMMARY:No Priests Left
DESCRIPTION:The Catholic faithful in Ukraine are facing religious persecution in the occupied zones. Awareness is the first step toward advocacy—so that the suffering of our Catholic brothers and sisters behind the front lines is not forgotten. \nThe CIC and our co-sponsors\, the Saint Gabriel Institute and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation\, invite you to view a powerful short film\, No Priests Left\, which explores the persecution of Catholic priests under Russian occupation in Ukraine on Thursday\, April 16\, 2026 at 6:00 PM EDT. This short film is part of the documentary\, A Faith Under Siege\, that explores Russia’s crackdown on Ukrainian Christians in occupied Ukraine. \nThe film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with producers of the film: Steven E. Moore\, Anna Shvetsova\, and Sarah Makin. \nRSVP to join us in-person or virtually through the livestream. \n\nApril 16th Schedule: \n\n5:45 PM: Doors open for check-in\n6:00 PM: Film screening of “No Priests Left” and panel discussion (this portion of the night will be offered through the livestream)\n7:30 PM: Happy (half) hour\n8:00 PM: Evening concludes\n\n\nThank you to the Saint Gabriel Institute and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation for co-sponsoring this program.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/no-priests-left/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
CATEGORIES:CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T153000
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SUMMARY:Ida Friederike Görres’ Bread Grows in Winter
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Jennifer Bryson at the CIC on Thursday\, April 23\, 2026 at 3:30 PM EDT for a discussion of the latest book of Austrian author Ida Friederike Görres she has translated from German to English\, Bread Grows in Winter. \nRSVP to join us in-person or virtually through the livestream. \nIda Friederike Görres was one of the brightest\, most penetrating Catholic writers in 20th-century Europe. Bishop Erik Varden has called her “a treasure we should again make our own\,” while Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)\, at her funeral\, labeled her a “brave and faithful woman”\, with “an insightful certainty . . . about the pressing questions and tasks of the Church today.” Yet her work is almost entirely unknown in the English-speaking world today. \nThe time has come to discover Ida Görres. This collection of vibrant\, piercing\, often hilarious essays were written in the tumultuous years surrounding Vatican II\, when “demolition troops” bent on destruction mingled with saints like Karol Wojtyła. Rising out of this confusion\, Görres\, with her colorful style\, reveals the raw\, majestic splendor of the Catholic Church\, which is more craggy\, complex\, and solid than any Alpine mountain. \nIf you think you have fallen out of love with Catholicism\, read Bread Grows in Winter: a brutally honest yet poetically inspired meditation on the heart of the faith. Originally published in 1970\, it is perhaps more important today than ever. Can we still trust the “leaky ship” of the Church? Yes\, we can\, and yes\, we must. \nApril 23rd Schedule: \n\n3:15 PM: Doors Open\n3:30 PM: Presentation begins – this portion of the afternoon will be offered both in-person and virtually via a livestream\n4:30 PM: Coffee social and booksigning with Dr. Bryson\n5:00 PM: Afternoon concludes
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/bread-grows-in-winter/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260424T150000
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SUMMARY:The Shroud of Turin in the Third Millennium?
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us on April 24 at 3:00 PM EDT as Dr. Cheryl White presents her latest book\, and explores how the Shroud of Turin blends historical\, scientific\, philosophical\, and theological inquiry to challenge assumptions about what we can truly know regarding the artifact’s origin\, significance\, and meaning. \nRSVP to join us in-person or virtually through the livestream. \nThe Shroud of Turin in the Third Millennium? will be available to purchase at the CIC’s bookstore. \n\n\n“The Shroud of Turin is an artifact unlike any other that presents numerous philosophical challenges to what we can know and how we can know it. This book explores the Shroud in a way unlike any other work – for it invites the inquirer to contemplate not only the image on the Shroud\, but how we can come to certainty of knowledge and what that knowledge might mean. Starting from a simple length of linen\, Cheryl White explores where archaeological enigma\, philosophical inquiry\, and theological mystery meet. Shunning sensationalism\, her book refuses to take sides for or against the Shroud of Turin’s authenticity. White challenges our assumptions: the naïve trust in pre-packaged scientific verdicts—radiocarbon dating among them—as well as the temptation to proclaim an ultimate proof of the Resurrection. With clarity and humility\, she invites us to contemplate the truth the Shroud of Turin reflects—a mirror of the Gospel.”\n\n-Tristan Casabianca\, Shroud of Turin Scholar and Researcher \n\n___________________ \n\n\n“Like an impartial umpire\, Dr. White fairly assesses various indirect references from the past and takes us to school on how the historical method really works. She applies the same objective analysis to the vast amount of scientific investigation and what science reveals or fails to reveal. The reader will be enlightened by learning things not previously known or understood\, humbled by the objective challenge of our own suppositions\, and yet more enthralled than ever with the mystery\, meaning and message of the Shroud and what it portends for the future.” \n\n-Russ Breault\, President of Shroud of Turin Education Project\, Inc. and Author of “Shroud Encounter”\n\n___________________ \n\n“Dr. White\, in a book unlike any other on the Shroud\, masterly provides unique insights into historical\, theological\, scientific and epistemological aspects of the intriguing mystery of the Shroud of Turin\, a cloth with profound implications for faith\, reason\, and science. This book needs to be in the collection of any serious researcher of the Shroud.”\n\n– Joe Marino\, President of Shroud of Turin Education and Research Association\n___________________\nApril 24th Schedule: \n\n2:45 PM Check-in\n3:00 PM Book talk by Dr. Cheryl White\n4:00 PM Booksigning and coffee social\n4:30 PM Event concludes
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/the-shroud-of-turin-in-the-third-millenium/
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:20260427T180000
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SUMMARY:Party of One: Can a Women’s & Gender Studies Program Be Faithful to the Magisterium?
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Monday\, April 27\, 2026 at 6:00 PM EDT for “Party of One: Can a Women’s & Gender Studies Program Be Faithful to the Magisterium?” This presentation will explore the University of St. Thomas’ (Houston) Master’s in Catholic Women’s and Gender Studies through their Nesti Center for Faith and Culture. The University states that this program\, which explore contemporary questions of gender and sexuality is informed by Catholic teaching about the human person and the lone program faithful to the Church. Is this possible? \nOur presenters are: \n\nMary Eberstadt – Panula Chair in Christian Culture at the Catholic Information Center in Washington D.C. and is Senior Research Fellow at the Faith & Reason Institute\nLeah Jacobson – Program Manager at the University of St. Thomas in Houston\nDr. Eileen Reuter – Research Fellow for the Nesti Center for Faith and Culture at the University of St Thomas (Houston)\n\nThis discussion will be offered by in-person and virtually through a livestream. \nAfter the program\, we invite you to stay for a happy (half) hour social. \n___________________\nApril 27th Schedule: \n\n5:45 PM: Doors open for check-in\n6:00 PM: “Party of One” panel discussion (this portion of the evening will be offered in-person and virtually through the livestream)\n7:00 PM Light happy (half) hour\n7:30 PM: Evening concludes
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/party-of-one/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
CATEGORIES:CIC Events
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