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Great Books | Medieval Classics
Join the faculty of the Alcuin Institute as we read, ponder, and discuss the great works of the Catholic literary tradition! From St. Benedict to Dante, immerse yourself in the transfixing and transforming prose of the greatest writers of the Middle Ages. These texts shaped Christendom—now you can allow them to shape you!
Through an accelerated/intensive two (2) week course, students will read, study, and discuss the primary literary texts that shaped much of the Western thought and practice. Taught by expert tutors of the Alcuin Institute and accredited through Newman University, students can earn university credit hours while encountering the beauty and transformative power of the Catholic literary tradition. This course will cover such texts as:
- The Rule of St. Benedict
- Dante's Inferno
- Sir Gawain & the Green Knight
- The Pearl
- Joseph Pieper's Leisure: The Basis of Culture
Great Books | Greco-Roman Classics
Join the faculty of the Alcuin Institute as we read, ponder, and discuss the great works of the Catholic literary tradition! From Homer to Augustine, immerse yourself in the transfixing and transforming prose of the greatest writers of antiquity. These texts shaped Christendom—now you can allow them to shape you!
Through an accelerated/intensive two (2) week course, students will read, study, and discuss the primary literary texts that shaped much of the Western thought and practice. Taught by expert tutors of the Alcuin Institute and accredited through Newman University, students can earn university credit hours while encountering the beauty and transformative power of the Catholic literary tradition. This course will cover such texts as:
- Homer's Odyssey
- Plato's Euthyphro and Apology
- Aristotle's Ethics
- Cicero's On Friendship
- St. Augustine's Confessions
Alcuin @ St. Therese
Join the Alcuin Institute for our signature Convivia! These informal roundtable discussions allow us to dive deeply into a particular aspect of our faith, while coming together in friendship and fellowship with our co-laborers in the Kingdom! Each session includes:
- Readings from the great philosophers, saints, & Magisterium
- Group reflection, discussion, and application of Church teaching
- “Illumination” of eternal truths with sacred art
- And plenty of good food & drink!
- Man, the Naturally-Religious Animal
- Sacraments: Signs of Sacred Things
- Sacraments Old & New
- The Eucharist: Source & Summit
Alcuin @ St. John the Evangelist
Join the Alcuin Institute for our signature Convivia! These informal roundtable discussions allow us to dive deeply into a particular aspect of our faith, while coming together in friendship and fellowship with our co-laborers in the Kingdom! Each session includes:
- Readings from the great philosophers, saints, & Magisterium
- Group reflection, discussion, and application of Church teaching
- “Illumination” of eternal truths with sacred art
- And plenty of good food & drink!
- Man, the Naturally-Religious Animal
- Sacraments: Signs of Sacred Things
- Sacraments Old & New
- The Eucharist: Source & Summit
Alcuin @ Christ the King
Join the Alcuin Institute for our signature Convivia! These informal roundtable discussions allow us to dive deeply into a particular aspect of our faith, while coming together in friendship and fellowship with our co-laborers in the Kingdom! Each session includes:
- Readings from the great philosophers, saints, & Magisterium
- Group reflection, discussion, and application of Church teaching
- “Illumination” of eternal truths with sacred art
- And plenty of good food & drink!
- Man, the Naturally-Religious Animal
- Sacraments: Signs of Sacred Things
- Sacraments Old & New
- The Eucharist: Source & Summit