7th Annual Catholic Literature Conference
by Dr. Amy Fahey /Joseph Pearce /Fr. Michael Kerper /Prof. Janet Benestad
Join us on Saturday, April 25 at Montminy Hall of Ste. Marie’s Parish in Manchester, New Hampshire for an opportunity…
Chesterton Reading Group:
The Flying Inn
by G.K. Chesterton /Dr. William Fahey
Join us this February 28th, 7:00 PM, at Mercy Hall for the second meeting of the Chesterton Society of the…
Plato’s Republic Reading Group
by Phil Lawler
Join Phil Lawler every Thursday for a discussion about Plato’s Republic. For more information contact: center@thomasmorecollege.edu
Coincidentally: The Savage Breast Soothed
As music is by a universal consent of philosophy the highest of arts, it can be counted on to have…
GKC’s The Napoleon of Notting Hill: How to Be a Catholic Lunatic
America stands in need of a new revolution to free itself from the tyranny of bureaucracy and the ensuing slavery of…
Plato’s Republic Reading Group
by Phil Lawler
Join Phil Lawler every Thursday for a discussion about Plato’s Republic. For more information contact: center@thomasmorecollege.edu
What Is Civic about Virtue?
Geoffrey M. Vaughan, D.Phil.
The virtues are necessary for our flourishing, and so is civic life. But what makes a virtue “civic”, as opposed…
What Is Civic about Virtue?
A Lecture by Geoffrey M. Vaughan, Ph.D. Professor of Political Science at Assumption College The virtues are necessary for our…
Orwell’s 1984: Are We There Yet?
The second most terrifying thing about George Orwell’s 1984 is the supposition that it is possible to destroy humanity without destroying humankind….
Coincidentally: The Rosewell Incident
Proponents of the theory that aliens from outer space crashed in Roswell, New Mexico, in June of 1947 were encouraged…
Coincidentally: Arma Virumque
By an instinct common to all youth who have not had pacifism violently hammered into them, the inventive child will…
Dostoevsky and the Glory of Guilt
There are only a very few authors whose works bear the power of changing the way the whole world is perceived…
Christianity and the Rise of American Progressivism
A Lecture by Ronald J. Pestritto, Ph.D. Graduate Dean & Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College The talk will address…
Nightfall: Péguy’s La Nuit and the Hope of Discontinuity
The French poet and philosopher Charles Péguy died in September, 1914 with a bullet through his head. He had anticipated the…
Confessions…Of a Computer Hater
Make no mistake: I do not merely hate computers. I loathe, fear, despise, curse, and have constant torture and dismemberment fantasies…
St. Thomas More (1478-1535)
February 7 (the anniversary of his birth) It was the stubble. That, more than anything, drew me to Saint Thomas…
Adam’s Curse: William Butler Yeats on Original Sin
We made a good run in Genesis… all of two and a half chapters before finding ourselves on the business end…
The Merchant of Venice: Shakespearean Insincerity
Insincerity in people is recognized as a problem, which is why Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice is recognized as the “problem play.” The Merchant…
The Liberal Arts and Sexual Morality
Are the liberal arts and sexual morality connected? There is strong evidence that they are, for if we graph their…
Coincidentally: A Bridge to the Future
The promise to “build a bridge to the future” has become a mantra in recent politics. It is less cogent…
