Notable Speakers

Fr. Baker discusses the lessons contained in Paul’s letters to the Romans. In these chapters Saint Paul explains the meaning of Baptism and sanctifying grace and the contrast between sin...

Mr. Michael Davies presents a tragic history: a divided liturgy in a divided Church. He describes the division which has arisen in the Church.

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Dr. John Rao discusses the iconoclast controversy. Before the popes could bring themselves to make a final break with subjection to the emperor in Constantinople one final blow was needed....

Sophocles’ Philoctetes deals with many questions that unite the ancient and the modern world, all of which are explored by Dr. David Allen White. What role do the gods have...

This incisive address by Father Vincent Miceli, S.J., unfolds the tragic reality of Christ’s Church, living in a crossfire between an enraged atheism and enemies from within and without.

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Dr. David Allen White discusses the Council of Trent and the Sacred Music of Palestrina. The Tridentine Reform had to tackle the question of music and the liturgy along with...

Mr. Michael Davies discusses the Alexandrian and Gallican rites. Two distinct centers of liturgical importance are examined in this lecture by Mr. Michael Davies: those of Alexandria in Egypt, with...

Dr. John Rao deals with the internal Catholic debate over the program of the Roman School in the years 1918-1939. This debate involved theological methodology, missionary activity, political concerns, and...

Mr. Michael Davies’ talks deal with the relationship of Pius VII, Cardinal Consalvi, and Napoleon I. It begins with the tragic death of Pius VI, on the way to exile...

Dr. John Rao explains that in the early Middle Ages, from the 500’s through the 900’s, the Church had a number of battles with Byzantine Emperors and pagan influenced men...

Father Kenneth Baker, S.J. talks of the Second Commandment concerning reverence for God and His Holy Name.

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Father Kenneth Baker, S.J. speaks concerning the Fifth Article of the Apostles’ Creed, telling us of Jesus’ descent into the Underworld, Body and Soul, His Resurrection and return to the...

Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand explains how the loss of a sense of the supernatural in the Church has lead countless souls down dangerous paths. She discusses the causes and effects...

Dr. John Rao discusses the reactions to Chalcedom and Monophysite Movement. This and the following two talks by Dr. John Rao cover the controversial Council of Chalcedon and reactions to...

Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world particularly the Church, the Roman State and Constantine the Great. The Roman State’s relationship with Christianity was a peculiar one,...

Mr. Michael Davies cites the false ecumenical gestures prevalent in the post-Conciliar Church.

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Mr. Christopher Ferrara, Esquire, discusses justice in economic social order in today’s situation in light of the timeless Mr. Christopher Ferrara, Esquire, speaks on Church teachings regarding man’s place in...

Monsignor William Smith addresses the burning issue of so-called Homosexual “Rights.” Building on Aquinas, no one has the “right” to do wrong, and it is those who claim such rights...

Dr. John Rao describes how the first great Christian writers had to explain why their religion was an acceptable one. The Apostolic Fathers and Apologists sought to show that Christianity...

The Papal-Carolingian alliance evoked arguments from Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite to speak of life as a hierarchically-organized Pilgrimage to God led by Emperor and Bishops. Dr. John Rao discusses the character...