In
response to the call of Pope John Paul II for “a
clearly conceived, serious and well-organized effort to evangelize culture”1
parishioners
of Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church developed and implemented specific
educational and cultural enrichment programs.
This effort has resulted in the establishment of the “Our Lady of
Walsingham Institutes of Catholic Culture Studies”.
The goal
of our lay-initiated organization is to rediscover and to communicate the
cultural traditions and intellectual heritage of the Roman Catholic Church. To
accomplish this, we will sponsor a variety of educational and literary
programs, lectures, forums, and conferences.
Through
the dissemination of these long-neglected, half-forgotten treasures of the
Catholic Church, we seek to kindle a spiritual and intellectual renewal of the
American culture. “The whole history
of culture shows that man has a natural tendency to seek a religious
foundation for his social way of life and that when culture loses its
spiritual basis it becomes unstable.”2
1 From
John Paul II’s Apostolic Exhortation, Ecclesia
in America
2
Christopher Dawson, Religion and Culture, Gifford
Lectures, p. 217, Meridian Books, The
World Publishing Company, 1958
Speakers Bureau
Through the Voces Veritatis Speakers
Bureau, our enthusiastic and highly talented speakers lead us on a discovery
of the multi-faceted beauty of Catholicism.
The outstanding topics they present on history, theology, tradition and
other stimulating subjects enable us to appreciate the cultural, spiritual, and
intellectual heritage that we possess as sons and daughters of
Thursday evenings. They
are held at St. Jude’s Parish Hall of Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic
Church 7809
Shadyvilla Lane
-
MARK BAKER
COMPLETED TWO VERY SUCCESSFUL SERIES:
THE REVOLT OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
THE STUDY OF THE GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW
Previous Lectures were presented by Ron Lee who received his Ph.D. in Modern
European History from the University of Notre Dame.
His particular field of interest was Cardinal Newman and the Oxford
Movement. Dr. Lee’s lecture topics: The Greatest Untold Story of the Glories
of the Catholic Church..”
Enlightenment
and Revolution (1700-1800): Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne
St Therese of Lisieux in the Midst of Atheism (1800-1900)
John Henry Newman and the Dechristianization of Europe
in the 19th Century (1800-1900)
John Henry Newman and the Dechristianization of Europe
in the 19th Century (1800-1900)
The Church in the 20th Century (1900-1960) St. Teresa
Benedicta of the Cross
Catholicism in the United States: Flannery
O'Connor
Pre-Vatican II Period: Hans Urs von Balthasar and the
Meaning of Renewal (1905-1958)
Surviving Aggiornamento: Hans Urs
Von Balthasar & the Post-Conciliar Crisis (1958-1988)
Our Lady of Walsingham Institutes of Catholic Culture
Studies is tax-exempt, publicly supported
and recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation.
For more information go directly to the ICCS website: