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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading with James Matthew Wilson and Michael Yost
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us for an evening with James Matthew Wilson\, one of America’s foremost living Catholic poets\, as he reads from his latest collection\, Saint Thomas and the Forbidden Birds (Word on Fire\, 2024). Dana Gioia calls Wilson “the most conspicuously talented young poet-critic in American Catholic letters.” \nJoining James Matthew Wilson will be emerging poet Michael Yost\, a Thomas More College alumnus who serves as Admissions Director for the College. Michael recently completed his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing under Professor Wilson’s guidance. He will be reading from his Master’s Thesis collection\, “The Death of Odysseus & Other Poems.” \nCome listen and learn from two men at the vanguard of a renewal of Catholic poetry in America. \n \n\n  \n James Matthew Wilson is the Cullen Foundation Chair in English Literature and the founding director of the MFA program in Creative Writing at the University of Saint Thomas. The author of fourteen books\, his most recent collection of poems is Saint Thomas and the Forbidden Birds (Word on Fire\, 2024). The Strangeness of the Good (2020)\, won the poetry book of the year award from the Catholic Media Awards. The Dallas Institute of Humanities awarded him the Hiett Prize in 2017; Memoria College gave him the Parnassus Prize in 2022; and the Conference on Christianity and Literature twice gave him the Lionel Basney Award. In addition to his role at the University of Saint Thomas\, he serves as poet-in-residence of the Benedict XVI Institute\, scholar-in-residence of Aquinas College\, editor of Colosseum Books\, and poetry editor of Modern Age magazine. \n  \nA native of New England\, Michael Yost graduated from Thomas More College in the class of 2018. He received his degree as a Master of Fine Arts from the University of St. Thomas in Houston Texas\, where he studied under James Matthew Wilson\, and wrote his thesis under the guidance of the poet and critic Timothy Steele. Mr. Yost’s poems and essays have appeared online in various places\, including First Things\, Dappled Things\, and The University Bookman. You can also find Mr. Yost’s work on his Substack\, The Weight of Form. He lives in New Hampshire with his wife and four children.
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LOCATION:Mercy Hall\, 90 Concord St.\, Nashua\, NH\, 03060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Live Local or Die: Coming Home to Catholic Social Teaching
DESCRIPTION:Are you becoming a slave to next-day shipping and cell phone screens? Have you ever wanted to learn how to slaughter a pig or make sourdough? Have you ever walked the trails and byways of your hometown—or even the full extent of your own property? \nJoin us for a lively discussion of what it truly means to live local with four contributors to the recently-released Localism: Coming Home to Catholic Social Teaching (Sophia Institute Press\, 2024). \nWilliam Fahey (Thomas More College)\, Max Becher (First Steps Farm)\, Michael Dominic Taylor (Thomas More College)\, and Jason Craig (St. Joseph’s Farm) will inform\, challenge\, and provoke us before opening up the floor to questions and conversation. \nAttendees will walk away with a renewed appreciation for their local communities\, fresh ideas both philosophical and practical\, and the inspiration to implement true Catholic Social Teaching in their lives\, homes\, and communities. Copies of Localism will also be available\, as will local provender. \n \n\n  \nWilliam Fahey is the third president of Thomas More College. On the natural level\, he attributes his successes to the excellent counsel of family and friends\, and to the guiding principle that a Catholic liberal arts education is truly an excellent foundation for all human action. His scholarly interests extend from the Classical World through the Fathers of the Church to the importance of Agrarian thought and traditional craftsmanship on past and contemporary culture. Dr. Fahey is a Benedictine Oblate with the Monastery of Our Lady of the Annunciation\, and he enjoys the natural beauties of the region through gardening\, hunting\, hiking\, and sailing. \n  \nMax Becher is a homesteader and writer living in Central Maine. He holds a Masters in Theology from the International Theological Institute\, writing his thesis on principles of agriculture in Catholic Social Teaching. Mr. Becher ran a small farm in California from 2014–2018 before moving to Maine in pursuit of a more rural homesteading life with his wife and three children. He has served on the board of directors of Catholic Rural Life in St. Paul MN\, and authored articles on rural life for their publications. \n  \nMichael Dominic Taylor grew up in rural Connecticut\, where he was an active outdoorsman. He spent his summers sailing and lobster fishing on the coast of Maine. He is the author of The Foundations of Nature: Metaphysics of Gift for an Integral Ecological Ethic (Cascade\, 2020)\, which\, in 2021\, was a recipient of the Expanded Reason Award given by the Joseph Ratzinger Foundation (the Vatican) and the Francisco de Vitoria University (Madrid). Dr. Taylor writes on bioethics\, environmental ethics\, transhumanism\, solidarity\, economics\, and integral ecology. He also loves sailing\, hiking\, camping\, farmers’ markets\, and good conversation. \n  \nJason Craig\, married and father of 8\, writes and works from a small dairy operation in Western NC. He is a first generation\, part-time farmer with extensive experience with pigs\, cows\, and gardening. With degrees in horticulture and theology\, Mr. Craig brings together a coherent philosophical foundation for living on the land and the need to consider the cultural shift required to make the move. \n 
URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/live-local-or-die-coming-home-to-catholic-social-teaching/
LOCATION:Mercy Hall\, 90 Concord St.\, Nashua\, NH\, 03060\, United States
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