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Professor Robert Reilly, a speaker for the Institute of Catholic Culture, recently gave a hard-hitting interview for the European Conservative, comparing Islam & the West. A portion of the interview with Professor Reilly speaking about Islamist philosophy: “…it’s a denial of natural law and because of this almost perverse concentration on God’s omnipotence. The theological […]

Dr. John Cuddeback, a professor of Christendom College and a frequent lecturer for the Institute of Catholic Culture, just published a piece on challenges to families in the home. His latest work is all about home and family.  A brief excerpt: Human life is all about presence. Real, personal, presence. And the fundamental place of

The Washington Post had an interesting story recently what it calls a Church “campaign” for the New Evangelization, and highlights a couple local Catholics reaching out to others. Read the article here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-catholic-campaign-the-new-evangelization/2013/06/07/8d222aa2-ccc8-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html

Where have all the religious vocations gone?The last few decades have shown that watering down the faith doesn’t inspireMay 01, 2013Anna Krestyn It can’t be denied that the Church in the West is suffering a pronounced shortage of persons committed to the religious life as priests or nuns. According to a 2012 CARA study, the

We repost this article for those who are attending the “Islam: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” series with Robert Reilly.  In January, Mr. Reilly wrote a fictional dialogue with Christ answering the questions of a recently-deceased Muslim. Enjoy! http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2013/dialogue-between-christ-and-a-muslim.html

Pope Francis, in his homily a few days ago, gave a lovely homily on the role of the Church in evangelization and our role as missionaries: I thank His Eminence, the Cardinal Dean, for his words: thank you very much, Your Eminence, thank you. I also thank all of you who wanted to come today:

A friend of the ICC wrote in with a link to an article about a new book about building a successful Catholic identity in the U.S.A., saying it reminded him of what the Institute of Catholic Culture is doing. An excerpt of the article: …the Church has no significant influence on the broader secular culture

O Death, Where is Your Sting? O Hades, Where is Your Victory? CHRIST IS RISEN! Let all pious men and all lovers of God rejoice in the splendor of this feast; let the wise servants blissfully enter into the joy of their Lord; let those who have borne the burden of Lent now receive their

Today He who hung the earth upon the waters is hung upon the Tree.  He who is King of the angels is arrayed in a crown of thorns.  He who wraps the heaven in clouds is wrapped in the purple of mockery.  He who in the Jordan set Adam free receives blows upon His face. 

As with any great event in our lives, there are some preparations which may be done at a more remote time, and some which can only be done more proximately.  Our preparations for the Passover of the Lamb of God are no different.  Before Lent, we began to pack our bags for our forty day