Happenings

Classes, Gatherings,
& miscellaneous Shindigs

Real Learning

returning to the primary sources
of human & divine wisdom

Real Friendship

authentically cultivating
real communities

Real Living

integrating the truths of faith
into everyday life

Upcoming Events

Dale Ahlquist | Bl. Alcuin of York Lecture

St. John’s Day | Wine Blessing

Dr. Joey Spencer | Angels and the Christian Moral Life

Third Wednesday Reading Group: Pinocchio

Third Wednesday Reading Group: Frankenstein

 

Alcuin understood that the movement of the mind from a state of ignorance to a state of knowledge, though at times difficult, ought not be a cold, sterile, and impersonal act that hardens the soul. Education should instead resemble a well-planned meal, advancing from course to course, each plate preparing the next, in the end leaving the guest utterly satisfied, yet somehow desiring more. The pleasure of the feast is a result of the company kept and the food served. Alcuin maintained that the best intellectual diet consisted of ‘ancient’ fare, that is ‘toothsome food’ that has been proven to cause health and vitality.

The Alcuin Institute seeks to return to this kind of education, one that is at once broad and deep, yet light and whimsical, and thoroughly grounded in the primary sources of the Christian West; the deer and pheasant to be found in our very own precincts. Such a feast among friends in Christ is “the best that life can offer.”

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Upcoming Events

Third Wednesday Reading Group: Pinocchio

Do you want to grow in the intellectual life and make new friends along the way? Join the Alcuin Institute faculty on the third Wednesday of each month this academic year as we read beloved and impactful texts and explore their riches together! Our book for September is Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio (ISBN:…

Dale Ahlquist | Bl. Alcuin of York Lecture

Join the Alcuin Institute on October 7th for our annual Bl. Alcuin of York Lecture & Award Ceremony! This year, we are honoring Dale Ahlquist for his work in promoting Catholic learning and culture, especially through the advancement of the work of G.K. Chesterton and the renewal of Catholic schools. Ahlquist will, in turn, honor us with a…

Third Wednesday Reading Group: Frankenstein

Do you want to grow in the intellectual life and make new friends along the way? Join the Alcuin Institute faculty on the third Wednesday of each month this academic year as we read beloved and impactful texts and explore their riches together! Our book for September is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (ISBN: 0143131842). Come ready to…

Third Wednesday Reading Group: Babette’s Feast

Do you want to grow in the intellectual life and make new friends along the way? Join the Alcuin Institute faculty on the third Wednesday of each month this academic year as we read beloved and impactful texts and explore their riches together! Our book for September is Isak Dinesen’s Babette’s Feast (ISBN: 0241597285). Come ready…

Third Wednesday Reading Group: A Christmas Carol

o you want to grow in the intellectual life and make new friends along the way? Join the Alcuin Institute faculty on the third Wednesday of each month this academic year as we read beloved and impactful texts and explore their riches together! Our book for September is Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (ISBN: 9780199536306). Come…

St. John’s Day | Wine Blessing

For ages, Catholics throughout Christendom have had their wine blessed on the feast of St. John the Apostle. The tradition originates from the legend that the Beloved Disciple of Jesus once partook of a glass of poisoned wine, but was miraculously unharmed on account of the special blessing that he gave it with the Sign…

Dr. Joey Spencer | Angels and the Christian Moral Life

Come celebrate the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas (Jan. 28) with the Alcuin Institute and St. Philip Neri University Parish! St. Thomas has much to teach us about the moral life and about angels (he is the “Angelic Doctor,” after all). But rarely perhaps do we consider the role of angels in the moral life….

Past Events

New Orleans Pilgrimage

Join Dr. Richard Meloche and Fr. Alessandro Calderoni for a 4-day mini pilgrimage to one of the most Catholic cities in the nation: New Orleans, LA! Unlike the Protestant towns established along the Eastern seaboard, ‘Nola’ was founded as a distinctive Catholic enclave wherein everything – from architecture to andouille – is infused with the…

Catholic Speaker Series: Fr. Bonaventure Chapman

The Alcuin Institute is pleased to partner with St. Michael Catholic Radio to bring you the Catholic Speaker Series—a joint initiative designed to bring some of the best and most engaging Catholic speakers to the Diocese of Tulsa & Eastern Oklahoma!Join us on Friday, June 30 as we discuss the virtue of Justice, the related…

Richard Meloche | Salve of the Soul: The Sacraments & Healing

The graces made available to the Church through the seven Sacraments are manifold. Each Sacrament offers a unique encounter with Christ in its own special way. But despite the many apparent differences between them, all of the Sacraments have one thing in common: they act as remedial medicines for the soul.Join the Alcuin Institute on…

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…

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…