BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Center for the Restoration of Christian Culture - ECPv6.6.4.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Center for the Restoration of Christian Culture X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Center for the Restoration of Christian Culture REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220912T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220912T210000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20220906T164940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220915T150838Z UID:3636-1663011000-1663016400@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:A Matter of Life and Death: The Battle for a True Education with Joseph Pearce DESCRIPTION:In an age of radical relativism and secular fundamentalism\, the very future of education is threatened. Joseph Pearce unmasks the poison of modern education and its anti-Christian agenda. He reveals the marks of a true education\, one which counters the culture of death with eternal life-giving verities. URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/a-matter-of-life-and-death-the-battle-for-a-true-education-with-joseph-pearce/ LOCATION:Mercy Hall\, 90 Concord St.\, Nashua\, NH\, 03060\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/homercountryschool.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220421T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220421T213000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20220411T154948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220428T095410Z UID:3613-1650571200-1650576600@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:Why the World Needs More Ghost Stories: The Dialogues of Gregory the Great DESCRIPTION:The influence of Pope Saint Gregory the Great on the liturgy\, organization\, and dogma of the Church cannot be overstated. His Dialogues\, however\, are a stumbling block for his present-day admirers. A man of such profound intellect and extraordinary talents could not possibly have written\, in the words of one skeptic\, “a bizarre and astonishing grab bag of stories about the next world in which ghosts abound.” Even Butler’s Lives of Saints wonders how “the Dialogues could have been written by anyone so well balanced as Saint Gregory.” \nThis lecture argues that the Dialogues—Gregory’s deliberate and highly popular effort to create a new martyrology for a Christian Italy in which there were few martyrs\, strictly speaking—are altogether worthy of their author. Further\, Christians today would derive much benefit from meditating on them. As narrative alone\, they are a wonderful work. As spiritual direction\, they are a masterful work\, stressing humility as central to holiness\, and exposing the consequences of seeking human respect. \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nChristopher Check is president of Catholic Answers. A graduate of Rice University\, for nearly two decades he served as vice president of The Rockford Institute. Before that he served for seven years as a field artillery officer in the Marine Corps\, attaining the grade of captain. He lectures on Church and military history. He and his wife\, Jacqueline\, have four sons. The Checks show and breed Cavalier King Charles Spaniels\, famed companions of the Stuart kings\, under the kennel name Top Meadow Cavaliers\, named for G.K. Chesterton’s Beaconsfield estate. URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/why-the-world-needs-more-ghost-stories-the-dialogues-of-gregory-the-great/ LOCATION:Mercy Hall\, 90 Concord St.\, Nashua\, NH\, 03060\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/Saint-Gregory-the-Great-public-domain-flickr-lawrence-op-cc-2-0-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220309T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220309T210000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20220221T184335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220311T123059Z UID:3593-1646856000-1646859600@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:Theologies of Despair and Indifference: Theological Themes in the Paintings of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel the Elder DESCRIPTION:Watch the Lecture Here\n  \nThe paintings of the Flemish masters Hieronymus Bosch (c.1450-1516) and Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c.1526-1569) bridge both the Late Middle Ages and the Northern Renaissance and the confessional fault lines of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation. If Bosch can be seen as the last great painter of the Middle Ages\, then Bruegel is the first truly modern and secular artist. None of his works were painted for the Church. While Bruegel was clearly influenced by Bosch\, his art is informed by the ideals of humanism and the Renaissance. Both are incomparable artists of mimetic contagion and desire\, of showing what happens when human desire is not focused on God. In what can be termed their “theologies of despair\,” both artists’ pessimistic view of humankind reveals the seismic cultural and theological rifts of their time. There is little that is redemptive about the work of both artists. Bosch is essentially an infernal artist\, while Brueghel is the artist of indifference. Both were artist moralists. While Bosch’s religious art is explicit\, Bruegel’s is subtler: his is a hidden theology. Both share common themes. In this paper\, Dr. O’Hara will focus on select works of both artists to illustrate and further explore their theological themes using the mimetic theory of René Girard. \nDr. Alexander O’Hara\, Harvard University\nDr. Alexander O’Hara is a Fulbright Fellow in the Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University and Honorary Fellow in the Faculty of Theology at St Patrick’s Pontifical University\, Maynooth. A graduate in Medieval History of the University of St Andrews and Oxford University\, he has held Research Fellowships at Trinity College Dublin\, the Institute of Medieval Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences\, and the Institute for Advanced Study\, Princeton. He is the author of Jonas of Bobbio and the Legacy of Columbanus (Oxford University Press\, 2018)\, editor of Columbanus and the Peoples of Post-Roman Europe (Oxford University Press\, 2018)\, and translator of Jonas of Bobbio: Life of Columbanus\, Life of John\, and Life of Vedast (Liverpool University Press\, 2017). He is co-editor of St Sunniva: Irish Queen\, Norwegian Patron Saint (Bergen\, 2021)\, and his current book project concerns the cultural perception of Ireland and the Irish from Antiquity to the Anglo-Norman Conquest of Ireland. \n  URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/theologies-of-despair-and-indifference-theological-themes-in-the-paintings-of-hieronymus-bosch-and-pieter-bruegel-the-elder/ LOCATION:Mercy Hall\, 90 Concord St.\, Nashua\, NH\, 03060\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/1280px-The_Garden_of_earthly_delights.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211214T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211214T210000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20211117T161504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211231T174346Z UID:3582-1639512000-1639515600@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:The Teaching Power of the Parable: Understanding the Enigmatic DESCRIPTION:In John 18:37\, Christ tells us that He came into the world to reveal the Truth. If this is so\, why does scripture so often use confusing and difficult language? Was this a way of keeping some people out? Or\, is enigma actually an important pedagogical tool? In this presentation\, we will take steps to understand exactly why it is that Scripture uses parables and even seems to “hide” certain truths from the unready. \n\n  URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/the-teaching-power-of-the-parable-understanding-the-enigmatic/ LOCATION:Mercy Hall\, 90 Concord St.\, Nashua\, NH\, 03060\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/DVC-thumbnail.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211209T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211209T210000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20211117T155827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211129T202931Z UID:3580-1639080000-1639083600@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:Can Democratic Ideals Survive in the Administrative State? DESCRIPTION:During the Covid crisis\, the assertion of sweeping new government powers should force Americans to confront a disturbing trend: With increasing frequency\, the political decisions that affect our lives most dramatically are made not by the people\, nor by their elected representatives\, but by unelected bureaucrats. How can the rise of the administrative state be reconciled with the Founders’ vision of a government of the people? How can sweeping executive orders be justified in “a government of laws\, not of men?” And if the trend toward bureaucratic control undermines our form of government\, how can it be reversed? URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/can-democratic-ideals-survive-in-the-administrative-state/ LOCATION:Mercy Hall\, 90 Concord St.\, Nashua\, NH\, 03060\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/phil-lawler-thumbnail.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211130T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211130T210000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20211117T160526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211117T160526Z UID:3581-1638302400-1638306000@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:Rediscovering the Gift of Creation: the Truth about Environmentalism DESCRIPTION:What is Creation and how is it different from “the environment”? What does this difference say about the environmentalism and climate alarmism of our time? Renewing our contemplation and comprehension of Creation is of the utmost importance\, “for from the greatness and beauty of created things comes a corresponding perception of their Creator” (Ws 13:5). In the end\, environmentalism founded on a faulty understanding of creation will always fall short\, for only Love can sustain sustainability. URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/rediscovering-the-gift-of-creation-the-truth-about-environmentalism/ LOCATION:Mercy Hall\, 90 Concord St.\, Nashua\, NH\, 03060\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/MDT-Thumbnail.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210913T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210913T200000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20210902T184232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210915T140007Z UID:3561-1631556000-1631563200@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:Dante\, Alive After 700 Years DESCRIPTION:A Lecture by Robert Royal\, Ph.D.\nPresident of the Faith & Reason Institute\n\n\nRobert Royal is the founder and President of the Faith & Reason Institute in Washington\, D.C. and Editor-in-Chief of The Catholic Thing (www.thecatholicthing.org)  His books include: 1492 And All That: Political Manipulations of History\, Reinventing the American People: Unity and Diversity Today\, The Virgin and the Dynamo: The Use and Abuse of Religion in the Environment Debate\, Dante Alighieri in the Spiritual Legacy Series\, The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century: A Comprehensive Global History\, The Pope’s Army\, and The God That Did Not Fail. His most recent book is A Deeper Vision: The Catholic Intellectual Tradition in the Twentieth Century. \nDr. Royal holds a B.A. and M.A. from Brown University and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the Catholic University of America. He has taught at Brown University\, Rhode Island College\, and The Catholic University of America. He received fellowships to study in Italy from the Renaissance Society of America (1977) and as a Fulbright scholar (1978). From 1980 to 1982\, he served as editor-in-chief of Prospect magazine in Princeton\, New Jersey. \nAmong the other books he has published are: Jacques Maritain and the Jews\, Building a Free Society (with George Weigel)\, Crisis and Opportunity: U.S. Policy in Central America and the Caribbean (with Mark Falcoff)\, and\, with Virgil Nemoianu\, The Hospitable Canon and Play\, Literature\, Religion: Essays in Cultural Intertextuality. His articles have appeared in numerous scholarly journals and other publications\, including First Things\, Communio\, the Wilson Quarterly\, the Catholic Historical Review\, Academic Questions\, Image: A Journal of Religion and the Arts\, The Wall Street Journal\, the Washington Post\, the Washington Times\, National Review\, and The American Spectator. He writes and speaks frequently on questions of ethics\, culture\, religion\, and politics\, has appeared on various television and radio stations around the United States\, and has lectured in twelve foreign countries. Dr. Royal has also translated books and articles from French\, Spanish\, and Italian; most recently J.-P. Torrell’s Initiation à saint Thomas d’Aquin (Catholic University of America Press\, 1996) Roberto Papini’s The Christian Democrat International (Rowman & Littlefield\, 1997)\, and Yves Simon’s The Ethiopian Campaign and French Political Thought (University of Notre Dame Press 2009). \nFor in-person and online registration\, please submit your name and email below: URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/dante-alive-after-700-years/ LOCATION:Mercy Hall\, 90 Concord St.\, Nashua\, NH\, 03060\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/Dante_Domenico_di_Michelino_Duomo_Florence.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210702T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210702T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20210603T134319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T142900Z UID:3546-1625254200-1625257800@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:Living a Life of Catholic Integrity in a Hostile World DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/guillermo-aviles-lecture-series-2021-07-02/ LOCATION:NH CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/05-Severino.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210701T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210701T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20210603T134319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T142844Z UID:3545-1625167800-1625171400@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:The World Is Not Flat: The task of Poetry in a Secular Age DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/guillermo-aviles-lecture-series-2021-07-01/ LOCATION:NH CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/04-Wilson.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210630T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210630T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20210603T134319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T142808Z UID:3544-1625081400-1625085000@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:The Seton Option: Schools\, Religion\, and The New Science DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/guillermo-aviles-lecture-series-2021-06-30/ LOCATION:NH CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/03-Pakaluk.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210629T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210629T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20210603T134319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T142749Z UID:3543-1624995000-1624998600@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:Catholics\, Politics\, and the Economy: Principles and Problems DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/guillermo-aviles-lecture-series-2021-06-29/ LOCATION:NH CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/02-Gregg.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210628T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210628T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20210603T134319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T142704Z UID:3532-1624908600-1624912200@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/a-church-in-crisis-pathways-forward/ LOCATION:NH CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/01-Martin.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210225T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210225T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20210219T184203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210225T212658Z UID:3505-1614258000-1614261600@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:A Vision of Hope DESCRIPTION:Although enrollments declined at parochial schools in the US this year\, some schools\, offering an authentically Catholic education\, have enjoyed noteworthy success. \nThis webinar celebrates the publication of A Vision of Hope- Catholic Schooling in Massachusetts\, published by the Pioneer Institute. Our distinguished speakers will summarize the remarkable findings of that book\, and look beyond— both to the past and to the future— to explain how the enormous contribution that Catholic schools can make\, and the support they need to make that vision a reality. \n\nRegister for Your Digital Pass.  — Meet the Speakers. URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/a-vision-of-hope/ LOCATION:NH CATEGORIES:Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/YoutubeBanner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201012T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201012T143000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20200922T170125Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201013T133800Z UID:3465-1602507600-1602513000@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:Rediscovering Columbus DESCRIPTION:Across the nation\, schoolchildren are being taught that Christopher Columbus was a genocidal maniac. Monuments to the explorer are being quietly removed from the public square—if they haven’t already been destroyed by radical activists. But as Robert Royal\, author of Columbus and the Crisis of the West\, pointedly asks\, “If the arrival of our civilization and religion on these shores\, whatever later evils ensued\, cannot be calmly discussed\, let alone defended\, what are we now as a people?” \nJoin us for just such a civil forum\, as we assemble renowned public intellectuals to give us the true and complex story of “a daring explorer\, consummate navigator\, and a man on a mission not only of discovery but of evangelization.” \n\nMeet the Speakers\nRegister Now! URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/rediscovering-columbus/ LOCATION:NH CATEGORIES:Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/ConferenceColumbus.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200622T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200622T210000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20200605T175452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200623T200800Z UID:3422-1592854200-1592859600@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:Rediscovering Fatherhood: An Online Conference To Inspire Fathers and Support Families DESCRIPTION:Rediscovering Fatherhood\nAn Online Conference\nTo Inspire Fathers and Support Families\nPlaylist:\n \nC. R. Wiley\nGravitas and Pietas:\nTwo Under-appreciated Virtues for Fatherhood\n \nBrian Brown\nStrong Marriages\, Strong Fathers\n \nDr. John Cuddeback\nA Father's Presence by Work in the Home\n \nDr. William Fahey\nIn the Household of a Saint:\nWhat Thomas More Can Teach us About Fatherhood URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/rediscovering-fatherhood-an-online-conference-to-inspire-fathers-and-support-families/ LOCATION:NH CATEGORIES:Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/Freedom_from_Fear__-_NARA_-_513538-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200513T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200513T170000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20200501T152536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200506T135108Z UID:3393-1589378400-1589389200@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:Who Owns Your Children?: Home Education in an Authoritarian Age DESCRIPTION:— About —\nIs home education “dangerous”? A Harvard Law School professor—calling parents “authoritarian” and organizing a private “Summit” of educational elites to discuss the threats of homeschooling—certainly thinks so. \nIs it dangerous for government to usurp parental authority? Join us as we assemble several renowned speakers on the frontline of this issue to discuss the threats\, challenges\, and opportunities for Home Education in a climate of suspicion and misinformation. \n“The child is not the mere creature of the State; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right\, coupled with the high duty\, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations.” \n—US Supreme Court\, Pierce v. Society of Sisters\, 1925 \nRegister Now!\n— Meet the Speakers —\n\n \n \n \n \n Professor Robert George\, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University\n \n \n \n \n \n Kerry McDonald\, Senior Education Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and author of Unschooled: Raising Curious\, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom\n \n \n \n \n \n Frank Edelblut\, New Hampshire Commissioner of Education\n \n \n \n \n \n Jamie Gass\, Director of the Center for School Reform\, Pioneer Institute\n \n \n \n \n \n Douglas Farrow\, Professor of Theology and Christian Thought at McGill University\n \n \n \n \n \n Andrew Beckwith\, President\, Massachusetts Family Institute\n \n \n\nLearn More About Our Speakers\n\nRegister Now!\n\n\n—FAQs—\nEmail center@thomasmorecollege.edu for help with the Summit.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow can I participate?\nThis summit will take place via Zoom Webinars. You will receive a private link to the meeting via email. If you do not have Zoom installed\, you will be asked to download and install Zoom before you can join the meeting room. \nHow do I submit a question?\nYou may also submit your questions via email. Please send your question to center@thomasmorecollege.edu. \nI won’t be able to watch live. Will there be a recording?\nThe summit will be recorded. If you register for the event\, you will receive a link to the recording the following day. \nIs this online meeting secure?\nWe will have security precautions in place for this Zoom webinar\, including a private link and password requirement. Attendees will not be seen or heard\, consequently\, “hacking” is rendered chiefly ineffectual. \nWho do I call for technical support?\nIf you have not received your private link via email or have any other technical questions\, please email center@thomasmorecollege.edu. URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/who-owns-your-children-home-education-in-an-authoritarian-age/ LOCATION:NH CATEGORIES:Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/Raphael_School_of_Athens-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T210000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20200406T132908Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200430T200915Z UID:3341-1588708800-1588712400@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:The Triumph of the Heart in a Time of Pestilence DESCRIPTION:Each week’s summit will include a short talk\, panel discussion\, and Q&A. Don’t miss this tonic of humor\, conviviality\, and joy!\n\n\n– Weekly @ 8PM Eastern –\nJOIN US FOR A FREE ONLINE SUMMIT SERIES!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSign up now for your digital pass\n\n\n\n\n\nGet FREE access to this FIVE-week series from The Troubadours! \nYou will receive a digital pass via email each Monday to access Tuesday’s live session\, plus recommended background reading. \nEach live meeting will take place on Zoom conference. \nThis series is hosted by the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWeekly Talks to Inspire and Delight\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, April 7 | Featured Speaker: Dale Ahlquist\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Good Things That Are Being Restored in a Time of Crisis \nTuesday\, April 14 | Featured Speaker: Joseph Pearce\nRestoring Freedom After a Time of Crisis \nTuesday\, April 21 | Featured Speaker: Daniel Kerr\nThe Lost Art of Noticing What You See \nTuesday\, April 28 | Featured Speaker: Christopher Check\nBringing Back Storytelling: Why and How \nTuesday\, May 5 | Featured Speaker: Dr. William Fahey\nAfter the Spell has Snapped: Obligations\, Visions\, and Actions—Now What? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Troubadours Summit Series is an outgrowth of an annual symposium in Fort Scott\, Kansas called the Prairie Troubadour.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFaithful to Holy Mother Church\, The Troubadours are a group of friends inspired by the likes of Cardinal Newman\, ChesterBelloc\, John Senior\, and other stalwarts of the Faith\, to live and share the Joy of Christ through stories\, song\, and good red wine. Through our online summit series\,  we aim to create an authentic Catholic experience where the Good\, the True and the Beautiful are glimpsed through lively discourse punctuated by earnest prayer\, strong drink\, and the real mirth found in friendship. \nCatholicism needn’t be stodgy and narrow.  Quite the contrary! As G.K. Chesterton reminds us\, the walls built by the Church through doctrine and discipline are not the walls of a prison\, but the “walls of a playground.” \nAnd as Belloc wrote\, “Wherever the Catholic Sun doth shine\, there’s always laughter and good red wine.  At least I’ve always found it so. Benedicamus Domino.” \nIndeed it is so.  Let us bless the Lord! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow do I participate?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe meeting will take place on Zoom conference. You will receive a private link to the meeting and will be able to submit questions through the chat box. \nI can’t make all of the meetings. Will there be a recording?\nEach session will be recorded. You will receive a link to the recording following each session. \nWho do I call for technical support?\nIf you have not received your private link via email or have any other technical questions\, please click here to submit your request (choose technical support from the dropdown menu). URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/the-triumph-of-the-heart-in-a-time-of-pestilence/ LOCATION:NH ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/LxR9buIk-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200331T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200331T213000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20200330T183456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200401T000817Z UID:3335-1585684800-1585690200@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:The Book of Revelation and Global Crisis: Learning to Hope During a Pandemic Apocalypse DESCRIPTION:A Lecture by J. David Franks\, Ph.D.\nThe world is gripped by tribulation now. Apocalyptic prophecy provides guidance on how to live well despite death’s dominion. How might Christian disciples cultivate hope in the world and in our children? The culminating vision of Scripture reveals how the ever-greater Trinitarian love is mediated into the battleground world with our battleground hearts. \nJ. David Franks is chairman of the board of Massachusetts Citizens for Life\, the Commonwealth’s pro-life authority\, directing its Lincoln Forum for Human Dignity\, an attempt to renew civic conversation through liberal arts and high culture. He is also a research fellow at the Abigail Adams Institute in Cambridge\, conducting its flagship program\, The Great Conversation. David received his Ph.D. in systematic theology from Boston College\, and was professor of sacred theology for almost a decade at St. John’s Seminary\, where he co-founded the Theological Institute for the New Evangelization. \nThe Book of Revelation and Global Crisis: Learning to Hope During a Pandemic Apocalypse URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/the-book-of-revelation-and-global-crisis/ LOCATION:NH CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/devil.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200228T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200228T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20200210T152051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T155337Z UID:3317-1582916400-1582921800@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:Chesterton Reading Group: The Flying Inn DESCRIPTION:Join us this February 28th\, 7:00 PM\, at Mercy Hall for the second meeting of the Chesterton Society of the Abenaki Lands. Spend an evening of conviviality\, conversation\, and fellowship as we discuss The Flying Inn by the great G. K. Chesterton and reflect on the mastery of his fiction. Readings are available on the Center website and can be downloaded by following the link below. We hope to see you there! \nReading List:  \n\nThe Flying Inn by G.K. Chesterton\n\nAlso please feel free to download and share the flyer for this event with your friends\, family\, parish\, and community: \nThe Flying Inn Flyer URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/chesterton-reading-group-the-flying-inn/ LOCATION:Mercy Hall\, 90 Concord St.\, Nashua\, NH\, 03060\, United States CATEGORIES:Reading Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/Roof_hafez_tomb-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200227T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200227T173000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20200218T194201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200218T194225Z UID:3325-1582824600-1582824600@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:Plato’s Republic Reading Group DESCRIPTION:Join Phil Lawler every Thursday for a discussion about Plato’s Republic. For more information contact: center@thomasmorecollege.edu URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/platos-republic-reading-group-2/ LOCATION:Mercy Hall\, 90 Concord St.\, Nashua\, NH\, 03060\, United States CATEGORIES:Reading Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/republic.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200220 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200221 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20200214T211659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200214T211744Z UID:3323-1582156800-1582243199@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:Plato's Republic Reading Group DESCRIPTION:Join Phil Lawler every Thursday for a discussion about Plato’s Republic. For more information contact: center@thomasmorecollege.edu URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/platos-republic-reading-group/ LOCATION:NH CATEGORIES:Reading Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/republic.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200218T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200218T213000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20200204T205217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T003007Z UID:3307-1582056000-1582061400@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:What Is Civic about Virtue? DESCRIPTION:A Lecture by Geoffrey M. Vaughan\, Ph.D.\nProfessor of Political Science at Assumption College\nThe virtues are necessary for our flourishing\, and so is civic life. But what makes a virtue “civic”\, as opposed to simply a virtue? The civic virtues guide us through the middle way between a beastly indifference and an ideological conquest of politics. \nGeoffrey M. Vaughan teaches Political Science at Assumption College.\nGeoffrey M. Vaughan teaches Political Science at Assumption College. He has published widely on the history of political philosophy as well as writing on literature and\, with his wife\, on Tolkien. He has published with First Things\, National Review\, The Chronicle of Higher Education\, and the Toronto Globe and Mail\, among others. \nAlso please feel free to download and share the flyer for this event with your friends\, family\, parish\, and community: \nWhat Is Civic Virtue URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/what-is-civic-about-virtue/ LOCATION:Mercy Hall\, 90 Concord St.\, Nashua\, NH\, 03060\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/Roman_civilization_and_the_heroic_virtue_of_honor_-_Ceiling-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200212T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200212T213000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20200121T151552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200121T151552Z UID:3299-1581537600-1581543000@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:Christianity and the Rise of American Progressivism DESCRIPTION:A Lecture by Ronald J. Pestritto\, Ph.D.\nGraduate Dean & Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College\nThe talk will address the connection between the rise of American progressivism and the principles of Social Gospel Christianity. While religious fervor is most often associated with the Right in contemporary politics\, the lecture will show that there was a form of Christianity that was integral to the origins of modern liberalism in the American political tradition. \nHillsdale College professors and students for the Van Andel School of Statesmanship on March 25\, 2019.Dr. Ronald J. Pestritto\nDr. Ronald J. Pestritto serves as a Senior Fellow of Hillsdale’s Kirby Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy. \nAlso please feel free to download and share the flyer for this event with your friends\, family\, parish\, and community: \nChristianityAndTheRiseOfAmericanProgressivism URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/christianity-and-the-rise-of-american-progressivism/ LOCATION:Mercy Hall\, 90 Concord St.\, Nashua\, NH\, 03060\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/27926279599_0d1383f131_b.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191218T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191218T213000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20191204T191812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191205T195439Z UID:3234-1576699200-1576704600@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:The Chesterton Society Reading Group DESCRIPTION:Join us this December 18th\, 8:00 PM\, at Mercy Hall for the inaugural meeting of the Chesterton Society of the Abenaki Lands. Spend an evening of conviviality\, conversation\, and fellowship as we discuss the Christmas writings of the great G. K. Chesterton and reflect on the mystery of Christmas. There will be beer\, bread\, and cheese. Readings are available on the Center website\, or can be downloaded below. We hope to see you there! \nReading List:  \n\nA Christmas Carol\nDickens As Santa Claus\nDickens Christmas Carol\nThe Meaning of Mock Turkey\nPeter Pan and Christmas\nThe House Of Christmas\nThe Winter Feast\n\nAlso please feel free to download and share the flyer for this event with your friends\, family\, parish\, and community: \nChesterton Reading Group URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/the-chesterton-society-reading-group/ LOCATION:Mercy Hall\, 90 Concord St.\, Nashua\, NH\, 03060\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/Chesterton_Holding_Book_and_Pen.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191120T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191120T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20191104T162148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191122T161425Z UID:3209-1574276400-1574281800@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:Chesterton and the Romance of the Humdrum DESCRIPTION:G.K. Chesterton was known for his flamboyant personality\, his avant-garde artistic taste\, and his shocking conversion to Catholicism. Yet the key to understanding Chesterton’s thought and appreciating the great gift he gives to the modern age is simplicity itself. Join William Fahey for this introduction to the greatest adventure you may ever be invited to take: living your own life. \nAlso please feel free to download and share the flyer for this event with your friends\, family\, parish\, and community: \nChesterton and the Romance of the Humdrum Flyer URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/chesterton-and-the-romance-of-the-humdrum/ LOCATION:NH CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/G._K._Chesterton_at_work-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191105T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191105T213000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20191023T132550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191029T140828Z UID:3149-1572984000-1572989400@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:Citizens of the Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Join us this November 5th for a talk by Andrew Beckwith\, President of the Massachusetts Family Institute. He will deliver a multi-generational perspective on the future of the culture wars\, discussing what can be done to address the new challenges Christian families face from the halls of Congress to the living rooms in their own homes. Afterward\, some light refreshments will be served. \nAlso please feel free to download and share the flyer for this event with your friends\, family\, parish\, and community: \nCitizens of the Kingdom Flyer URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/citizens-of-the-kingdom/ LOCATION:Mercy Hall\, 90 Concord St.\, Nashua\, NH\, 03060\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/Transfiguration_of_Christ_Icon_Sinai_12th_century-e1572025589603.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20190716T133655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190716T133655Z UID:2867-1570732200-1570739400@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:What's Still Wrong with the World DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with G.K. Chesterton (performed by Dr. John “Chuck” Chalberg). The night will discuss What’s Still Wrong with the World\, based of his book What’s Wrong with the World which is still very relevant to our modern times. \nDr. Chalberg delights many audiences throughout the United States with his historical impersonations of American and British characters\, such as President Theodore Roosevelt and G.K. Chesterton. \nHis characterizations of Theodore Roosevelt and H.L. Mencken began as an extension of his teaching of American History at Normandale Community College in Bloomington\, MN. In recent years he has added G.K. Chesterton\, George Orwell\, Branch Rickey\, and most recently Bobby Jones\, while reviving a past character\, Huey Long. Last summer\, he also revived his characterization of Patrick Henry for a chautauqua in AK. \nChuck is attempting to bring to life several significant figures of the past. He has performed for state chautauquas all over the country\, as well as for many colleges and business groups. \n  URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/whats-still-wrong-with-the-world/ LOCATION:Mercy Hall\, 90 Concord St.\, Nashua\, NH\, 03060\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/BM-6909.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190726T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190726T183000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20190405T221835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190409T180434Z UID:2821-1564165800-1564165800@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:The Person and the Common Good DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lecture by Dr. Denis Kitzinger for an introduction to Catholic Social teaching. The lecture will be 45 minutes with a 15 minute period set aside for Q&A. Afterwards\, there will be time for refreshments and further conversation. \nThePersonAndTheCommonGood URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/the-person-and-the-common-good/ LOCATION:Mercy Hall\, 90 Concord St.\, Nashua\, NH\, 03060\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/KarlII_monks-e1554502673206.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190719T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190719T183000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20190405T212454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190416T155731Z UID:2813-1563561000-1563561000@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:Libraries and the Culture Wars DESCRIPTION:Are City and School Libraries still part of a common trust\, or are they beachheads for political forces which use books to advance social agendas?  Join us for a lecture by Dr. William Fahey on why and how to read and build a home library. The lecture will be 45 minutes with a 15 minute period set aside for Q&A. Afterwards\, there will be time for refreshments and further conversation. \nLibraries And The Culture Wars Flyer URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/withstanding-the-cultural-siege/ LOCATION:Mercy Hall\, 90 Concord St.\, Nashua\, NH\, 03060\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/HollandHouseLibraryBlitz1940.jpg-e1554729600839.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190712T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190712T193000 DTSTAMP:20260407T155255 CREATED:20190405T212244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190712T203516Z UID:2789-1562956200-1562959800@restorationchristianculture.org SUMMARY:The Solution to Ancient Paradoxes DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lecture by Dr. John McCarthy on how the beatific vision is the solution to ancient philosophical paradoxes. The lecture will be 45 minutes with a 15 minute period set aside for Q&A. Afterwards\, there will be time for refreshments and further conversation. \nSolvingAncientParadoxFlyer URL:https://restorationchristianculture.org/event/the-solution-to-ancient-paradoxes/ LOCATION:Mercy Hall\, 90 Concord St.\, Nashua\, NH\, 03060\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://restorationchristianculture.org/wp-content/uploads/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Death_of_Socrates_-_Google_Art_Project-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR