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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.”

2024 Charlemagne Ball

Third Wednesday Reading Group: A Christmas Carol

St. John’s Day | Wine Blessing

Dr. Joey Spencer | Angels and the Christian Moral Life

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| | St. Philip Neri (TU)

Third Wednesday Reading Group: A Christmas Carol

| | Diocesan Chancery

Past Events

Tulsa North (@ Church of the Madalene)

9/30/2020 7:44 | 6–7:30 pm | The Church of the Madalene
Join the Alcuin Institute for one of our signature Socratic Convivia—our fancy way of saying food, friendship, and good conversation centered around a particular set of primary sources! In keeping with the Diocesan formation theme Revelation: Natural & Divine, we will take a look at various subjects such as the nature of truth, the harmony of faith and reason, the relationship between Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, and the tensions that seem to exist between faith and the findings of modern science. In this session, we will read from two great Fathers of the Church, Sts. Cyril of Jerusalem and Irenaeus of Lyon (as well as Pope St. Paul VI) to try to reconcile an apparent contradiction between Scripture & Tradition! As always, our conversation will be augmented with an abundance of fine food and drink, so invite a friend and “come, let us reason together!”

Northern Vicariate Convivium

4/30/2020 8:12 | 9am–2pm | St. John of the Latin Gate (Bartlesville)
  Join the Alcuin Institute for one of our signature Socratic Convivia—our fancy way of saying food, friendship, and good conversation centered around a particular set of primary sources! In keeping with the Diocesan formation theme Revelation: Natural & Divine, we will take a look at various subjects such as the nature of truth, the harmony of faith and reason, the relationship between Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, and the tensions that seem to exist between faith and the findings of modern science. Our hope is that, as we read these texts and engage in discussion, we'll be able to learn more about four central elements of God's revelation to man:
  1. “Quid est Veritas?”—“What is Truth?”
  2. What is the relationship between Faith & Reason?
  3. How do Scripture & Tradition fit together?
  4. How can we reconcile apparent contradictions between Faith & Science?
As always, our conversation will be augmented with an abundance of fine food and drink, so invite a friend and “come, let us reason together!”

“Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth—in a word, to know Himself—so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves.”

—Pope St. John Paul II, Fides et Ratio, Preface

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