On November 21st, just in time for Thanksgiving, we will be breaking open the classic Academy Award-winning film, Babette’s Feast.
He Leadeth Me: A Testimony of Divine Providence from the Horrors of the Gulag
On November 14th, we will be considering He Leadeth Me, one of the most vital and powerful Catholic testimonies of the 20th century.
Gregorian Chant: The Summit of Sacred Music
This next Mystagogy session on November 7th will provide an in-depth consideration of the history and nature of this ancient but defining aspect of our tradition as Catholics.
“A Twitch Upon a Thread:” The Movements of Grace in Brideshead Revisited, Part II
On Monday, October 31st, we will continue our tour through Evelyn Waugh’s stunning literary classic, Brideshead Revisited.
“That Catholic Thing” in Brideshead Revisited
On October 24th and 31st, we will be reading and discussing together the classic work that National Review called, “The greatest 20th century work on time and grace.”
The Hound of Heaven (Part II)
We continue our consideration of the wonderful spiritual poem and testimony by Francis Thompson, “The Hound of Heaven.”
God as ‘That Tremendous Lover’ in The Hound of Heaven
We begin our fall series with the work that G.K. Chesterton called, “the greatest poem ever written in modern English,” namely, Francis Thompson’s devastating piece, “The Hound of Heaven.”
SERIES II (October-December 2022) – Catholic Legacy: Art, Story, Music and Poetry
We will begin the second series of our St. Stephen Martyr parish Mystagogy Program on October 10th and continue every Monday thereafter, concluding with an Advent Day of Recollection on December 10th. This second series is titled, “Catholic Legacy: Art, Story, Music and Poetry,” and we will be breaking open together some of the most beautiful works that…
Week XV – The Conversion of St. Augustine: Books 8 & 9 of The Confessions
We examine the conversion of Saint Augustine as he describes it in Books 8 and 9 of his Confessions.
Week XIV – Saint Augustine’s Confessions, III: Books 5-7
We continue exploring the Confessions of Saint Augustine – “the Doctor of Grace” – by discussing Books 5, 6 and 7.
Week XIII – Saint Augustine’s Confessions, II: Books 3-4
We continue exploring the Confessions of Saint Augustine – “the Doctor of Grace” – by discussing Books 3 and 4.
Week XII – Saint Augustine’s Confessions
We conclude our summer spirituality series with the work that has arguably meant more to more people than any other written work in human history, except only the Scriptures.
Week XI – Aquinas on Suffering: A Call and Response
This presentation is a consideration of Saint Thomas Aquinas’s teaching on suffering from his Literal Exposition of the Book of Job. All-but-forgotten today, this monumental text was considered the greatest work of biblical exegesis in its time. For 200 years, it was the definitive interpretation of Job’s story and a template for scholarly commentary on Scripture. We…
Week X – The Spirituality of the Mass (Part 2) and the Blessed Sacrament
We continue our spiritual tour through the Holy Mass and give particular emphasis to Jesus’ gift of Himself in the Blessed Sacrament.
Week IX – The Spirituality of the Eucharist and the Mass (Part 1)
This talk is the first part of a two-part consideration of the spirituality of the Mass and Holy Eucharist.
Week VII – The Stages of the Spiritual Life
This week we consider Catholic spirituality in the contemporary moment by discussing chapters 6, 7 and 8 of the book Spiritual Passages by Father Benedict Groeschel, CFR.
Week VI – The Third to Seventh Mansions in St. Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle
This week we complete our brief introduction to St. Teresa of Avila’s writings on prayer, picking up where we left off this past Monday with the Third Mansion in The Interior Castle and continuing to the Seventh Mansion.
Week V – St. Teresa of Avila and The Interior Castle
Our topic for the evening continues our consideration of the spiritual metaphors of St. Teresa of Avila, the Church’s Doctor of Prayer. We turn to her most famous spiritual work, The Interior Castle, and discuss the levels of prayer.
Week IV – St. Teresa of Avila on Prayer as Watering the Garden
This week we launch a month in the company of the Church’s great Doctor of Prayer, St. Teresa of Avila. We will begin by reading the famous metaphor of the soul as a garden from her autobiography.
Week III – Marian Hour of Adoration
We will be having a Marian Hour of Adoration on May 20th.