Institute of Catholic Culture

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Plato's Republic - Part Two Nov 06, 2018

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Plato’s Republic stands as the cornerstone of Western philosophical thought. The questions it raises and the principles it offers are incomparable for the formation of a philosophical habit of mind, and for understanding how philosophy can serve revealed theology. In this two-part book study, Dr. Cuddeback leads you through a crash course on this masterpiece.

Plato's Republic - Part One Oct 30, 2018

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Unmasking Oscar Wilde Oct 07, 2018

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Vilified by fellow Victorians for his sexuality and dandyism, Oscar Wilde is hailed today, in some circles, as a "progressive" sexual liberator. But this is not how Wilde saw himself. This study of Wilde's brilliant and tragic life goes beyond the mistakes that brought him notoriety in order to explore this emotional and spiritual search.

Philosophical Therapy - Part Three Oct 02, 2018

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As a methodology, the modern scientific project has been an enormous benefit to humanity, but as a metaphysics, it has restricted our abilities to apply human reason to the most important questions. Likewise, our consumer economy excels at meeting our material desires, but the materialistic culture it supports cannot satisfy or even make sense of our deepest desires. Molly Oshatz, a program director at the Zephyr Institute, speaks about rediscovering solid first principles that we can use to reorient ourselves, our families, and our neighbors toward the pursuit of truth and goodness that is essential to our humanity.

Philosophical Therapy - Part Two Sep 25, 2018

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Philosophical Therapy - Part One Sep 18, 2018

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Deus Caritas Est Jun 08, 2018

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"Being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction." - Pope Benedict XVI

Poetry in Medieval Prayer May 29, 2018

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For millennia, mankind has been nurtured and comforted by the beautiful poetic prayers of the Liturgy and the Sacred Scriptures. Join us as we prayerfully study the great tradition of Medieval prayer and receive the gift of inspiration from the holy men and women who have come before us.

Answering Atheism - Part Two May 22, 2018

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“Our holy mother, the Church, holds and teaches that God, the first principle and last end of all things, can be known with certainty from the created world by the natural light of human reason.” — Vatican Council I, Dei Filius

Christocentric May 20, 2018

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Though man has been crowned with unimaginable dignity by his creator, spiritual danger arises when this endowed glory takes center stage. In this talk, Tim Staples explores the slippery and sometimes subtle slope of false humanism and explains what happens in man's soul when God ceases to be his focal point.