Notable Speakers

Father George Rutler discusses Chesterton. Enter the mind of literature’s great Catholic thinker! (Part 1 of 2)

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Fr. George Rutler analyzes the contemporary crisis of civilization. Since the Protestant Revolution, culture has gradually taken a homo-centric turn. In the 20th century, men became cynical toward faith and...

Fr. O’Connor addresses the Church in the modern world. This a most important address wherein Fr. John O’Connor unfolds the trials of the Church in today’s world – this era...

Fr. Kenneth Baker explains how Paul’s letter to Timothy is still important. This letter is similar in content to the other two Pastoral Letters: it is a powerful exhortation to...

Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand digs into the writings of one of modern England’s greatest Catholics. Dr. Von Hildebrand says that, although he died in 1936, Chesterton perceived the threat of...

Christopher Ferrara,Esq., critiques the notion that Catholic states should remain a thing of the past. He quotes Pope Leo XIII about Church-State relations and speaks on the undeniable benefits the...

Monsignor William Smith, lecturing on human sexuality in the context of virtue, renders an understanding of the dimension of love and life in human sexuality within the covenant of marriage....

Father Kenneth Baker, S.J. analyzes the 1987 Vatican instruction on test-tube babies and surrogate mothers. He analyses the document “Instruction on Respect for Human Life in its Origins and On...

Dr. David Allen White richly analyzes Dante’s Divine Comedy.In Part II, Dr. White richly analyzes the Inferno, the Purgatorio, and the Paradiso in light of Catholic thought. Taken from: Christianity...

Mr. Michael Davies discusses the life and work of Fr. Adrian Fortescue. The brilliant Fr. Adrian Fortescue contributed a great deal to 20th Century Catholic understanding of the liturgy. Mr....

The nineteenth century Catholic revival was very rich and variegated. Aspects of it had combined together by the turn of the century to create a distinct “Roman School” dominating the...

Dietrich Von Hildebrand was a hero in the battle for Catholic Tradition in the wake of the catastrophe following Second Vatican Council. But he was also a political hero in...

EmbedEdit Jansenists were among those who claimed to understand nature as it really was: wicked. Dr. John Rao indicates that they were horrified by the Church’s alliance with Jesuits trying...

Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand presents a critique of Gabriel Marcel’s work. The Twentieth Century has given birth to a variety of philosophical attempts to escape ideology and make contact with...

Father Kenneth Baker, S.J. speaks of the Fourth Article, where we reach the Passion of Jesus and His death upon the cross. The historical significance of Pontius Pilate and his...

Father George Rutler discusses the crisis of saints. We do not simply need good people, or law abiding people, or even moral people in the world today. Father George Rutler...

Dr. John Rao discusses the collapse of the “Union” to the Council of Chalcedon. The highly confusing and divisive history of the Council of Ephesus seemed to reach a happy...

Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world including the School of Alexandria. Christian theology in a sophisticated sense developed along with the foundation and growth of the...

In this excellent talk, Father Vincent Miceli, S.J., acutely demonstrates how our “Enlightened” 20th Century Moloch world is at the root of the Jonestown tragedy. He explains the causes of...

Mr. Christopher A. Ferrera discusses the attack on substance in this talk. Martin Luther and the Protestant Revolution set into motion two of the most harmful strains of thought in...