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Benedictine Life and the Search for God
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It’s less interesting to appear smart than to become wise; it’s less exhilarating to learn how to pick apart an argument than it is to learn how to understand and live it.
Foundations
Attitudes and Practices of the Catholic Professor
The Catholic university professor has received a high calling, requiring an attitude of service to truth, service to others, and an apostolic impulse.
Enrichment
Giotto's "Miracle of the Crucifix" captures the intimate moment of St. Francis of Assisi's vocational call before the crucifix of San Damiano Chapel.
Encounter the perennial truths of the faith as they are applied to particular questions of life, education, and professional disciplines.
Jesus is not weak. Jesus is the one who assailed the strong man, as he puts it in the Gospels, and he has taken on the enemy and won. He’s the one who is calling you to follow him.
Q&A
Sport: A Metaphor for Life with Andrew Swafford and Fr. Craig Vasek
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Investigate the first and foundational principles of the Catholic imaginative vision.
Current Theme
Understanding the Papacy
Why Did God Give Us a Pope?
The more we understand the nature of this choice gift of God, the better we will be able to respond to the Spirit’s action in the world, and to receive the graces it brings according to God’s often hidden purposes.
Understanding the Role of the Pope
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The Papacy Throughout History
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The Conclave: Apostolic Succession at Work
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