The Custom of Reading Out Loud
Over the summer the Alcuin Institute hosted its first Catholic Imagination Fellowship. As part of this fellowship three college-aged scholars participated in two accredited, two-week intensive Great Books courses covering…
Stop Christian Passer-by…and Pray
I have a lot of books. One of my favorite things in life is to have a comfortable chair, warm coffee, and a good book in my hands. It is…
Caravaggio’s Light
In the Church of San Luigi de Francesi in Rome, there is a side chapel devoted to the life of St. Matthew. Hanging within the Contarelli chapel, there are three…
Giving Thanks for Backseat Drivers
I have never heard anyone say that they love backseat drivers. Most of us have experienced a time or two when we have been distracted by a witty billboard, beautiful…
The Beauty and Ugliness of Christ
That Jesus Christ is beautiful is perhaps obvious if we consider His divinity, for God is supereminently beautiful. Indeed, God is the source and cause of all beautiful things. But…