Notable Speakers

Dr. John Rao examines how Christianity has dealt with war and warriors and, to illustrate his point, traces the Church’s conversion of the Medieval warrior to the Christian Knight. A...

Father George Rutler discusses Chesterton. Enter the mind of literature’s great Catholic thinker!

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Mr. Michael Davies begins by looking at the historical culture leading into the Crusades. His discussion of the Crusades opens with an in-depth treatment of the causes of the First...

Dr. Alice von Hildebrand shows us the special role of women in suffering. In every life there is suffering; but Dr. Hildebrand argues that most people attempt to keep it...

Fr. Kenneth Baker begins his study of St. Timothy. The theme of the letter is the pastoral care of the Church. This includes teaching sound doctrine coming from the apostles,...

Mr. Michael Davies concludes his lectures on the French Revolution. He describes the rising of the Vendee during the French Revolution. Under the emblem of the Sacred Heart, Catholic Vendeans...

Dr. John Rao discusses the growth of Frankish power, the Carolingians and St. Boniface. The Kingdom of the Franks expanded eastward underneath the strongest of the Merovingians and the Carolingian...

T.S. Eliot is perhaps the great poet of the traditionalist mentality in the revolutionary Twentieth Century. Here, Dr. David Allen White shows, is a man dedicated to the Truth and...

Dr. John Rao unfolds the separation of the natural and the supernatural and the ultimate consequences of the divorce of science from the Catholic world view.

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Dr. David Allen White deals with one of the greatest Spanish writers of the era, Cervantes, and the genius of his major work, Don Quixote. Once again, the Catholic spirit...

Monsignor William Smith discusses Fr. Curran’s theology of dissent. Does dissent have any legitimacy in Sacred Theology? Part 1

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The internal debate fed on the “vitalist” and “personalist” ideas described by Dr. John Rao in some detail. These claimed that in order to succeed in both the external missionary...

Michael Davies describes the election of Pius VII, the signing of the concordat with France and the crowning of Napoleon. Napoleon, who was both a revolutionary and a man of...

Catholics have often shown themselves incapable of responding to the Black Legends. Why is this the case? Dr. John Rao explores reasons for Catholic apologetic failures and argues that a...

Father Kenneth Baker, S.J. tells us of the Ninth and Tenth Commandments and their role in Christian life as they teach us the need to be wary of our thoughts,...

Father Kenneth Baker, S.J. goes over the distinction between supernatural Love and our earthly love. The inherent differences and the extreme importance of Love in our lives.

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Laura Berquist describes the three pillars of a solid Classical Catholic Education – Reading, Latin and Math. Latin especially is valuable as it helps in mastery of all subject areas....

John Rao speaks of Purification as a popular theme, 1914 onwards. The first of these four talks by Dr. Rao deals with the theme of purification of the social order....

Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world including the development of monasticism. One cannot understand the Fourth Century and the Church’s reaction both to the Constantinian program...

Monsignor William Smith, who was a Professor at St. Joseph Seminary, Yonkers, NY, and President of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, herein elaborates on Papal Encyclicals concerning the work ethic,...