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Dr. Waldtein
 
DATE:
6/20/2003
 
SERIES:
Communitas, 2003 Eichstatt
 
 TITLE:
Common Good and Gift of Self

 
"Common Good" is a central architectonic notion in St. Thomas's account of the communion of persons in the various forms of community, e.g., the family, the state, the church and the heavenly Jerusalem. "Gift of self" plays a similarly architectonic role in John Paul II. The purpose of the book is t ...[click here for details]
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Ms. Sonya Veck
 
DATE:
6/19/2003
 
SERIES:
Communitas, 2003 Eichstatt
 
 TITLE:
Communitas in the Canterbury Tales

 
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Dr. William Fahey
 
DATE:
6/19/2003
 
SERIES:
Communitas, 2003 Eichstatt
 
 TITLE:
Eucharistic Kingdom: Augustine's Understanding of Community in Civitas Dei

 
The talk draws the audience into the running debate on interpreting St. Augustine's great work. There is an essentially Libertarian and Protestant reading which asserts that Augustine is a political skeptic whose in his mature years saw no definite Christian community on earth that one could associa ...[click here for details]
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Dr. William Fahey
 
DATE:
6/18/2003
 
SERIES:
Communitas, 2003 Eichstatt
 
 TITLE:
The Splendor of Friendship and Authority: Monasticism and Communiteis of Faith

 
This talk presents two great founders of monasticism: St. Basil and St. Benedict. As with many contrast between eastern and western Christianity, the two and their works are complimentary and, in fact, are seen in their full glory when set side by side. St. Basil, in his short and long rules, presen ...[click here for details]
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Dr. Karl G. Ballestrem
 
DATE:
6/17/2003
 
SERIES:
Communitas, 2003 Eichstatt
 
 TITLE:
Friendship in Aristotle: Citizenship in the Ancient Polls

 
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Dr. John M. Haas
 
DATE:
6/16/2003
 
SERIES:
Communitas, 2003 Eichstatt
 
 TITLE:
Communitas in the Catholic Tradition: Seminar Introduction

 
Dr. Haas begins the 2003 Summer Program on Community, Faith, and Culture, by laying the groundwork and necessary framework to understand the importance of studying and reflecting on the importance of community to all of civilization. ...[click here for details]
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Dr. Evelyn Vitz
 
DATE:
4/27/2003
 
SERIES:
Communitas: The Restoration of Christian Community
 
 TITLE:
The Liturgical Year and the Community of the Faithful

 
Dr. Vitz discusses the basic structures and rhythms of the liturgical year and show how it emphasizes both change and eternity. She discusses the construction of the Christian year over the centuries, from the very earliest centuries of the Christian year. She quotes some of the many Fathers of the ...[click here for details]
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Dr. Dermot Quinn
 
DATE:
4/11/2003
 
SERIES:
Studies in Faith and Culture
 
 TITLE:
The Dynamics of Catholic Culture: The Thought of Christopher Dawson

 
The historiography of the 20th Century scholar Christopher Dawson exhibits a vast erudition in history, sociology, religion, and culture rarely achieved in contemporary scholarship. An Oxford-educated Catholic convert and professor of Catholic Studies at Harvard University, his work investigates the ...[click here for details]
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Dr. Timothy T. O'Donnell
 
DATE:
4/6/2003
 
SERIES:
Universal Call to Holiness
 
 TITLE:
The Heart of the Redeemer: A History of Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

 
Beginning with the Scriptural and doctrinal basis for devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Dr. O'Donnell covers its history, including St. Margaret Mary, the teachings of modern popes and Vatican II, and ways to live the devotion in our own lives. ...[click here for details]
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Dr. John M. Haas
 
DATE:
3/30/2003
 
SERIES:
The Universal Call to Holiness
 
 TITLE:
Thought of St. Josemaria Escriva

 
Dr. Haas talks about the life and movement, Opus Dei, that St. Josemaria Escriva had begun. St. Josemaria, the Spanish priest through whom God founded Opus Dei, showed us in his writings and his life that all baptized Christians are called to be saints, not just those with vocations to the priestho ...[click here for details]

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Beauteous Truth: Faith, Reason, Literature and Culture with Joseph Pearce

 
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Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G. K. Chesterton with Joseph Pearce

 
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Chopin Journey

 



 

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