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SUMMARY:Presentation and Discussion of Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey"
DESCRIPTION:Join Catholic University of America’s “The Ancient World in Cinema” professor\, Dr. William McCarthy\, for a presentation and discussion of Hollywood Director Christopher Nolan’s highest-grossing film of all time\, “The Odyssey\,” on Thursday\, September 3\, 2026 at 6:00 PM EDT. \nDr. McCarthy will consider Nolan’s skill and artistry as a filmmaker\, with particular attention to the talents evident in earlier films such as “Interstellar.” The presentation will also offer a measured critique of Nolan’s approach to “The Odyssey\,” including his decision to omit a key element of Homer’s epic. The CIC’s Director of Development Ryan O’Connell\, who earned a bachelor’s degree in Classics with a concentration in Ancient Greek from the University of Virginia\, will moderate the discussion. \nPlease note the CIC will not screen the film as part of the program. \nRegister to attend either in person or virtually through a livestream. Copies of Homer’s Odyssey\, translated by Robert Fagles\, will be available for purchase at the CIC bookstore. \n9/3/26 Schedule:\n\n5:45 pm: Doors open for registrant check-in\n6:00 pm: Presentation by Dr. McCarthy on Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” (this portion of the evening will be offered in-person and virtually)\n6:40 pm: Q&A session moderated by Ryan O’Connell\n7:00 pm: Happy (Half) Hour\n7:30 pm: Evening Concludes\n\nRSVP today!
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/odyssey/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
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SUMMARY:On the CIC's Rooftop: Luke Burgis' The One and the Ninety-Nine (IN-PERSON ONLY)
DESCRIPTION:THIS ROOFTOP EVENT IS OFFERED IN-PERSON ONLY (No Livestream)\nOn Wednesday\, September 9\, 2026 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT\,  join the CIC as we host Luke Burgis on our building’s rooftop for a presentation on his new book\, The One and the Ninety-Nine.  \nAdvance registration is required and you must RSVP in advance as there is limited space available on the rooftop. There will be no day-of\, walk-in registrations allowed. On the day-of starting at 6:00 PM\, you may check-in at the CIC building’s main foyer with the Security team. Once checked in\, you will be escorted to the elevator. \n\nThe One and the Ninety-Nine and Luke’s previous books will be available for purchase on the CIC’s rooftop—from the CIC’s bookstore. \n\nFAQS:\n9/9/26 SCHEDULE? \n\n6:00 PM: Check-in begins in the main foyer of the 1501 K Street Building (The Investment Building); the Rooftop Happy Hour(s) bar opens; the book is available to purchase of the rooftop.\n6:30 PM: Luke Burgis’ presentation of The One and the Ninety-Nine with time for Q&A\n7:30 PM: Booksigning with Luke Burgis; the Happy Hour(s) continues.\n8:00 PM: Evening concludes; please exit down the elevators.\n\nBAD WEATHER?\nIn the event of a very rainy weather forecast\, a decision will be made a couple days before the program to move into the CIC’s space on the first floor of the 1501 K Street building or change the date. If registered\, check your email for updates. \nVIDEO OF THIS TALK?\nThis program is offered in-person only\, and will not be livestreamed. However\, we will record this interview to be placed later on our YouTube Channel. If you would like to be emailed the recording\, make your request through this online form: https://forms.gle/NLiQEqDHcEv9bD8A8. \nPARKING OPTIONS?\nThe CIC building’s garage at 1501 K Street NW (Atlantic Parking) will offer you a discounted rate of $6 to park. When arriving\, tell the garage attendant you are attending the CIC’s program. Please note that the garage closes at 7:00 PM on Wednesdays. Those who park will be able to access the garage from inside the CIC’s building. \nNEED TO CANCEL YOUR REGISTRATION?\nEmail the CIC Event Team at events@cicdc.org. \n\nAbout Luke Burgis’ New Book\, The One and the Ninety-Nine:\nIt’s not hard to find your tribe. The real challenge today is not losing yourself within one.\n\nWe are surrounded by tribes: political\, professional\, online\, ideological. Each offer belonging at a price. Join\, and you risk dissolving into a ready-made identity. Refuse\, and you risk drifting into isolation. Either way\, the modern person is pulled toward the same end: forming a fragmented self that is easier to manage\, easier to sell to\, and easier to recruit. \nIn The One and the Ninety-Nine\, bestselling author Luke Burgis argues that the great crisis of our time is not simply polarization or loneliness\, but a crisis of formation: it’s difficult to form an identity that is solid enough to withstand the pressure of the crowd\, and modern institutions don’t reward the effort. Drawing from psychology\, philosophy\, and personal experience\, Burgis shows how groups shape our desires\, how “social contagion” spreads through families and institutions\, and why the hunger to belong can turn ordinary people into instruments of movements they barely understand. \nThis book is about the missing skill that makes real community possible: learning how to remain oneself while staying connected to others. Burgis offers a practical map for recognizing false belonging\, escaping coercive dynamics\, and passing through the rites of passage that produce people with integrity and courage.\n\nThe One and the Ninety-Nine is a timely and inspiring wake-up call\, an invitation to reject counterfeit community and develop depth of personality—to become someone who can stand alone—so that we can finally stand together. \nThis book is available to purchase at the CIC bookstore. \n\n“Luke Burgis shares a story of tragedy and loss\, and how it led to a life of compassion and hope. The One and the Ninety-Nine is a guide to living with virtue in the hardest circumstances\, and finding deep joy.”\n—Arthur C. Brooks\, Harvard professor and #1 New York Times bestselling author\n\n“Luke Burgis takes his title from the Lord’s parable of the shepherd who leaves the ninety-nine to seek the one lost sheep—and builds from this an urgent case for why\, in an age that dissolves us into the crowd or subsumes us into the cruelty of the mob\, an individual\, unrepeatable person matters infinitely. This is a humane\, learned and courageous retrieval of an essential personalism that is necessary reading for our technological age.”\n—Bishop Robert Barron\n\n“Me or we? Both. I’ve learned so much from Luke Burgis and his new book The One and the Ninety-Nine. The solid self\, he says\, is knowing who you are as an individual while also being connected to and shaped by your community. Amen\, amen!\n—Angela Duckworth\, author of Grit\n\n“Fascinating. A very well written and conceived book.”\n—Sebastian Junger\, author of Tribe\n\n“Burgis shows us how to resist the siren call of false identification\, which targets us every moment of every day from all our devices. Joining his own experience to the testimony of the ages\, he reveals how we discover our true selves in a personal response to the call of the good and the beautiful.”\n—Michael Clune\, author of Pan\n\n“Social contagion is the most important phenomenon of our time. The One and the Ninety-Nine is the place to go to learn about it.”\n—Tyler Cowen\, author of The Complacent Class\n\n“A book about the problem beneath all our other problems: how to become a person capable of truth\, courage\, and belonging in a culture that dissolves all three. Burgis manages to be both humane and unflinchingly honest\, which is not only rare\, but invaluable.”\n—Katherine Dee\, internet culture reporter\n\n“One of this year’s most important books. [Burgis is] training people to shun conformity and resist totalitarianism. Absolute must-read!”\n—Rod Dreher\, author of Living in Wonder\n\n“The One and the Ninety-Nine is nothing short of courageous. Luke Burgis has risked much in his boldness of form and content\, in making it personal. In a time when the stakes could hardly be higher\, this book could lead you to great rewards. Take it personally.”\n—Andrew McLuhan\, founder of the McLuhan Institute\n\n“The strength of the team is the self. The strength of the self is the team. Burgis shows you how to be authentically yourself and consider the impact you’re having on others so you can do your best work and build your strongest relationships.”\n—Kim Scott\, author Radical Candor and Radical Respect\n\n“The One and the Ninety-Nine is an ambitious\, illuminating book\, wherein its insights about perception\, rites of passage\, and the personal character of life\, are mirrored in its form—through ‘probes\,’ interconnected ‘thresholds\,’ and more. Most books in this genre remain at the level of head-knowledge\, but Burgis achieves something more ambitious—a book of ideas that operates at the level of perception\, and the heart.”\n—Jordan Castro\, novelist\n\n“Developing a healthy truth-seeking identity in an age of both isolation and digital saturation based on tribal identities is rapidly becoming a core issue for young people. The One and the Ninety-Nine is a guide for both individuals and parents on how to foster one through healthy relationships.”\n—Michael Strong\, founder of the Socratic Experience\, author of The Habit of Thought and Be the Solution\n\n“A warm\, wonderful account of how to develop a healthy self—based in community—for the age of digital distraction. It combines personal reflections from key transitions with longer-term principles on how to live a satisfying life.”\n—Magatte Wade\, entrepreneur and author of The Heart of the Cheetah\n\n“The One and the Ninety-Nine offers a compelling exploration of how to develop a healthier sense of self in an age of social contagion and fragmented identities. A timely and much-needed book.”\n—Anne-Laure Le Cunff\, neuroscientist and author of Tiny Experiments\n\n“I never hesitate to recommend a Luke Burgis book! His wisdom is hard won\, and The One and the Ninety-Nine immerses readers in the task of unpacking the complex and nuanced truths that require that we live better than we did before we read it. Because of Burgis’ book\, communal interdependence may return to public discourse\, and the high calling of a life of virtue once again appears reachable.”\n—Jessica Hooten Wilson\, Fletcher Jones Chair of Great Books at Pepperdine University\, and author of The Scandal of Holiness\n\n“Highly readable and entertaining… This book should be read by anyone interested in understanding one of the most fundamental dilemmas of the human predicament: how to balance individualism against sociability in our increasingly fragmented and anonymous mass societies.”\n—Joseph P. Forgas\, DPhil\, DSc. (Oxford)\, Scientia Professor\, University of New south Wales\n\n“The One and the Ninety-Nine pushes us to think past the idea of belonging as an end in itself.”\n—Mere Orthodoxy\n\n“Luke Burgis’ first book made big waves. This one will create a tsunami.”\n—Cynthia L. Haven\, author of Evolution of Desire\n\n“Burgis has a knack for making complicated concepts accessible to a general audience and for proposing solutions that can be applied daily to one’s life. But above all\, the book speaks to real problems plaguing our times.”\n—First Things\n\n“An absorbing book.”\n—The Wall Street Journal
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/one-and-the-ninety-nine/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Launches,CIC Events
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SUMMARY:The Beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen featuring Bishop Tylka\, D.D.
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited for a presentation by His Excellency Bishop Louis Tylka on the life\, legacy\, and upcoming beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen on Monday\, September 14. This program will be offered both in-person and virtually through a livestream. \nArchbishop Sheen was ordained a priest in Peoria\, and today Bishop Tylka leads the Diocese of Peoria as it advances the archbishop’s cause for beatification. Drawing on this unique connection\, Bishop Tylka will offer a personal and informed perspective on Archbishop Sheen’s holiness\, extraordinary legacy as an evangelist\, the significance of his becoming an American saint\, and his enduring relevance to the Church today. \n\n5:00 PM: Doors open for registrant check-in\n5:15 PM: Mass celebrated by Bishop Tylka\n6:00 PM: Talk on Ven. Fulton Sheen by Bishop Louis Tylka (this portion of the evening will also be offered via livestream)\n7:00 PM: Light Happy Hour\n8:00 PM: Event Concludes
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/beatification-of-fulton-sheen/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260916T180000
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SUMMARY:On the CIC's Rooftop: Noelle Mering's No Contact (IN-PERSON ONLY)
DESCRIPTION:9/16 Update: Registration is closed. \nTHIS ROOFTOP EVENT IS OFFERED IN-PERSON ONLY (No Livestream)\nJoin the CIC on our building’s downtown DC rooftop on Wednesday\, September 16 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT\, as we host best-selling author Noelle Mering for the launch of her new book\, No Contact: How a Seductive Ideology Broke Families and Friendships and How We Can Repair Them.  \nThis program is co-sponsored with the Ethics & Public Policy Center (EPPC). \n\nYou must RSVP in advance as there is limited space available on the rooftop. There will be no day-of\, walk-in registrations allowed. On the day-of starting at 6:00 PM\, you may check-in at the CIC building’s main foyer with the Security team. Once checked in\, you will be escorted to the elevator. \nNo Contact and Noelle’s previous books will be available for purchase on the CIC’s rooftop—from the CIC’s bookstore. \n\nFAQS:\n9/16/26 SCHEDULE? \n\n6:00 PM: Check-in begins in the main foyer of the 1501 K Street Building (The Investment Building); the Rooftop Happy Hour(s) bar opens; the book is available to purchase of the rooftop.\n6:30 PM: Noelle Mering’s presentation of No Contact with time for Q&A.\n7:30 PM: Booksigning with Noelle Mering; the Happy Hour(s) continues.\n8:00 PM: Evening concludes; please exit down the elevators.\n\nBAD WEATHER?\nIn the event of a very rainy weather forecast\, a decision will be made a couple days before the program to move into the CIC’s space on the first floor of the 1501 K Street building or change the date. If registered\, check your email for updates. \nVIDEO OF THIS TALK?\nThis program is offered in-person only\, and will not be livestreamed. However\, we will record this interview to be placed later on our YouTube Channel. If you would like to be emailed the recording\, make your request through this online form: https://forms.gle/T9cCqCtQfXd1Sae47. \nPARKING OPTIONS?\nThe CIC building’s garage at 1501 K Street NW (Atlantic Parking) will offer you a discounted rate of $6 to park. When arriving\, tell the garage attendant you are attending the CIC’s program. Please note that the garage closes at 7:00 PM on Wednesdays. Those who park will be able to access the garage from inside the CIC’s building. \nNEED TO CANCEL YOUR REGISTRATION?\nEmail the CIC Events team at events@cicdc.org. \n\nAbout Noelle Mering’s New Book\, No Contact:\nFrom the acclaimed author of Awake\, Not Woke comes this incisive exposé of the widespread\, politically motivated no-contact movement that deconstructs the ideology behind this trend and equips readers to avert estrangement and repair broken relationships. \n \nA new form of relationship estrangement is afoot. Whereas\, in the past\, relationships tended to rupture over issues like abuse\, today\, people are increasingly estranged because of politics. More than 68 million Americans are currently alienated from close family members. Though going no contact is frequently framed as an act of empowerment and self-care\, behind the numbers are millions of hurting people—and an ideology that threatens not only relationships but the entire fabric of society. \nIn No Contact\, author Noelle Mering weaves together interviews with historical research to identify five major factors that have given rise to the no-contact movement: identity politics\, demythologization of the family\, therapeutic culture\, infallibility of victimhood\, and cultural narcissism alongside spiritual decline. By laying bare the forces behind this destabilizing movement—and how they affect us on personal\, familial\, and social levels—Mering helps readers see clearly what is happening\, confront it\, and work with their families to heal\, repair\, and strengthen relationships. \nMore than just a critique\, this book is a call to action. By bringing light to an experience that is often shrouded in shame or presented far too reductively to a cheering online audience\, No Contact empowers readers with a clear-eyed and compassionate perspective that rejects the pernicious ideology undermining our most intimate and necessary relationships. The stakes are high. If we cannot hold fast to one another in the face of disagreement\, we risk losing not only our most intimate bonds but also the foundation of a free and humane society. \nNo Contact is available to purchase at the CIC bookstore.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/rooftop-mering-no-contact/
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:20260924T180000
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SUMMARY:1571 Spanish Jesuit Martyrs of Virginia
DESCRIPTION:Join Fr. Andrew Fisher and William Newton at the CIC for a discussion of the little known history of the Spanish Jesuit Martyrs of Virginia. This program will be offered on Thursday\, September 24 at 6:00 PM. Register to attend either in-person and virtually through a livestream. \nWho were these Spanish missionaries who arrived in Virginia several decades prior—37 years—to the earliest English Settlement of Jamestown? They arrived in September 1570 to proclaim the Gospel. They built the first Christian chapel in Virginia and celebrated the first recorded Mass and baptism. But within a few months\, all but one was killed. \nFollowing his rescue\, the lone survivor told the story of these heroic martyrs and their attempt to evangelize the indigenous people. Today these eight Jesuits martyrs are now included among a larger group of 58 martyrs known as the Martyrs of La Florida\, whose cause of canonization is under consideration in Rome. \nSeptember 24th Schedule:\n\n5:45 pm: Doors open for registrant check-in\n6:00 pm: “1571 Spanish Jesuit Martyrs of Virginia” presentation (this portion of the evening will be offered both in-person and virtually)\n7:00 pm: Light happy hour social\n8:00 pm: Evening Concludes\n\nRSVP today!
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/1571-martyrs-va/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
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SUMMARY:"My Days Are in Your Hands" with Cardinal Fernando Filoni
DESCRIPTION:The CIC is pleased to welcome His Eminence Cardinal Fernando Filoni for a discussion of his new book\, My Days Are in Your Hands: Men and Women in the Footsteps of Jesus. This program will take place on Wednesday\, September 30 starting at 6:30 PM EDT. Opening the presentation will be the book’s Italian-to-English translator and Vice President and Editorial Director of EWTN News\, Matthew Bunson. \nThis program will be offered both in-person at the CIC and virtually through a YouTube livestream\, and the Cardinal’s presentation will be followed by a booksigning with His Eminence and a light happy (half) hour. \nAbout the Book:\nWhat story will you write on the remaining pages of your life? \nThat question – simple\, searching\, and profound – is at the heart of this luminous book by Cardinal Fernando Filoni. In My Days Are in Your Hands\, one of the Church’s leading shepherds walks you through the lives of great saints and biblical figures who answered that question by going all-in and giving everything they had. \nYou’ll see in turning these pages that these are not distant heroes in stained glass. They are friends\, witnesses\, people who faced fear\, doubt\, and failure – and who discovered\, in the depths of their surrender to God\, the greatest consolation the human heart can know. \nCardinal Filoni writes not as an armchair theologian but as a pastor who has seen\, and lived\, in the world. With the precision of a scholar and heart of a mystic\, he opens up\, among many others: \n\nThe astonishing faith of Abraham – and what it really means to trust God with the unknown\nMoses\, “caressed by God\,” whose entire life foreshadowed Christ\nJohn the Baptist\, the thunderclap\, whose sacrificial life became an eternal proclamation\nMary’s tenacious presence with her children\, especially in the world’s darkest places\nThe quiet moral greatness of Joseph\, who left nothing undone for those in his care\nMary Magdalene\, whose life demonstrated that “the faith I prefer is hope”\nPeter\, whose faith slowly incubated – becoming the witness of Jesus in Rome\nPaul’s untiring spiritual fatherhood\, and the self-emptying love that drove him to the ends of the earth\n\nSaint after saint\, century after century\, encountered Christ and fell wholeheartedly in love with Him. Their lives are not a museum exhibit — they are an invitation. \nMy Days Are in Your Hands will not just inform you; it will stir something inside you. It will make you want to be the kind of person whose days\, like theirs\, are surrendered to the One who holds them in His hands. \nThe book will be on sale at the CIC bookstore. \n9/30/2026 Schedule:\n\n6:15 pm: Doors open for registrant check-in\n6:30 pm: Cardinal Filoni and Matthew Bunson presentation (this portion of the evening will be offered both in-person and virtually via a livestream)\n7:15 pm: Booksigning and a light happy (half) hour social\n7:45 pm: Evening Concludes\n\nPlease RSVP today!
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/my-days-are-in-your-hands/
LOCATION:Catholic Information Center\, 1501 K Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
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