Institute of Catholic Culture

“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”- John 3:3

"Natural law is, definitively, the only valid bulwark against the arbitrary power or the deception of ideological manipulation."- Pope Benedict XVI

“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”- John 3:3

"On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wine on the lees well refined."- Isaiah 25:6

“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”- John 3:3

"Then Mathathias answered, and said with a loud voice: Although all nations obey King Antiochus, so as to depart every man from the service of the law of his fathers, and consent to his commandments: I and my sons, and my brethren will obey the law of our fathers. God be merciful unto us: it is not profitable for us to forsake the law, and the justices of God: We will not hearken to the words of King Antiochus, neither will we sacrifice and transgress the commandments of our law, to go another way. Now as he left off speaking these words, there came a certain Jew in the sight of all to sacrifice to the idols upon the altar in the city of Modin, according to the king’s commandment. And Mathathias saw, and was grieved, and his reins trembled, and his wrath was kindled according to the judgment of the law, and running upon him he slew him upon the altar: Moreover the man whom King Antiochus had sent, who compelled them to sacrifice, he slew at the same time, and pulled down the altar, and showed zeal for the law, as Phinees did by Zamri, the son of Salomi. And Mathathias cried out in the city with a loud voice, saying: Every one that has zeal for the law, and maintains the testament, let him follow me. So he and his sons fled into the mountains, and left all that they had in the city."- Maccabees 2:19 - 26

"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he."- Zechariah 9:9

"Men had turned from the contemplation of God above, and were looking for Him in the opposite direction, down among created things and things of sense. The Savior of us all, the Word of God, in His great love took to Himself a body and moved as Man among men, meeting their senses, so to speak, half way. He became Himself an object for the senses, so that those who were seeking God in sensible things might apprehend the Father through the works which He, the Word of God, did in the body."- St. Athanasius, On the Incarnation

"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he."- Zechariah 9:9

The Institute of Catholic Culture is an adult educational organization, faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, and dedicated to the Church’s call for a new evangelization.

The Institute of Catholic Culture is an adult educational organization, faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, and dedicated to the Church’s call for a new evangelization.

The Institute of Catholic Culture is an adult educational organization, faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, and dedicated to the Church’s call for a new evangelization.

"If anyone examines the state of affairs outside the Christian fold, he will easily discover the principle trends that not a few learned men are following. Some imprudently and indiscreetly hold that evolution, which has not been fully proved even in the domain of natural sciences, explains the origin of all things, and audaciously support the monistic and pantheistic opinion that the world is in continual evolution … so that, when the souls of men have been deprived of every idea of a personal God, they may the more efficaciously defend and propagate their dialectical materialism."- Pope Pius XII, Humani Generis

"Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul; on which they mightily fasten, imparting grace, and making the soul of him who is rightly educated graceful, or of him who is ill-educated ungraceful; and also because he who has received this education of the inner being will most shrewdly perceive omissions or faults in art and nature, and with a true taste, while he praises and rejoices over and receives into his soul the good, and becomes noble and good, he will justly blame and hate the bad, now in the days of his youth, even before he is able to know the reason why; and when reason comes he will recognize and salute the friend with whom his education has made him long familiar."- Plato, Republic

"The Second Vatican Council strongly desired to preserve with care the authentic Liturgy, which flows forth from the Church’s living and most ancient spiritual tradition, and to adapt it with pastoral wisdom to the genius of the various peoples so that the faithful might find in their full, conscious, and active participation in the sacred actions–especially the celebration of the Sacraments–an abundant source of graces and a means for their own continual formation in the Christian mystery."- Liturgiam Authenticam 1

"The Second Vatican Council strongly desired to preserve with care the authentic Liturgy, which flows forth from the Church’s living and most ancient spiritual tradition, and to adapt it with pastoral wisdom to the genius of the various peoples so that the faithful might find in their full, conscious, and active participation in the sacred actions–especially the celebration of the Sacraments–an abundant source of graces and a means for their own continual formation in the Christian mystery."- Liturgiam Authenticam 1

Since the revolution of Martin Luther and his attacks upon the Holy Mass, the Roman Catholic Church has witnessed a period of liturgical development, change, decline, and restoration, such as has never been known in all of Christendom. Learn about the recent history of the Mass from Solesmes to the reforms to Vatican II, the liturgical unrest of the post-Vatican II period, and the project of liturgical restoration inaugurated by Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI.

Since the revolution of Martin Luther and his attacks upon the Holy Mass, the Roman Catholic Church has witnessed a period of liturgical development, change, decline, and restoration, such as has never been known in all of Christendom. Learn about the recent history of the Mass from Solesmes to the reforms to Vatican II, the liturgical unrest of the post-Vatican II period, and the project of liturgical restoration inaugurated by Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI.

The Institute of Catholic Culture is an adult educational organization, faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, and dedicated to the Church’s call for a new evangelization.

The Institute of Catholic Culture is an adult educational organization, faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, and dedicated to the Church’s call for a new evangelization.

The Institute of Catholic Culture is an adult educational organization, faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, and dedicated to the Church’s call for a new evangelization.

"The development of culture imposes on those who carry out the ministry of the Word, at various levels, to be well prepared. Hence I exhort all, pastors and laity, to cultivate this 'cultural dimension' of faith, so that the beauty of the Christian truth can be better understood and faith can be truly nourished, reinforced and also defended."- Pope Benedict XVI

In the year 1930 the Archbishop of Canterbury convened the decennial conference of the Anglican Communion in the city of Lambeth. What followed would lead to the moral collapse of the Church of England and the eventual splintering of the Anglican Communion.

In the year 1930 the Archbishop of Canterbury convened the decennial conference of the Anglican Communion in the city of Lambeth. What followed would lead to the moral collapse of the Church of England and the eventual splintering of the Anglican Communion.

"The conciliar definitions on the Bishop of Rome’s mission must be understood and explained in the light of … Christian tradition. It should be kept in mind that the traditional language used by the councils, especially the First Vatican Council, in regard to the powers of both the Pope and the bishops, uses terms proper to the world of civil law, which in this case must be given their correct ecclesial meaning."- Pope John Paul II, General Audience, Feb. 24, 1993

“It must be confessed that the number of the enemies of the cross of Christ has in these last days increased exceedingly, who are striving, by arts, entirely new and full of subtlety, to destroy the vital energy of the Church, and, if they can, to overthrow utterly Christ’s kingdom itself.”- Pope St. Pius X

"The conciliar definitions on the Bishop of Rome’s mission must be understood and explained in the light of … Christian tradition. It should be kept in mind that the traditional language used by the councils, especially the First Vatican Council, in regard to the powers of both the Pope and the bishops, uses terms proper to the world of civil law, which in this case must be given their correct ecclesial meaning."- Pope John Paul II, General Audience, Feb. 24, 1993

"Indeed the safest road to hell is the gradual one–the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts."- C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

"Indeed the safest road to hell is the gradual one–the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts."- C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

“The Mass is the greatest blasphemy of God, and the highest idolatry upon earth, an abomination the like of which has never been in Christendom since the time of the Apostles.” - Martin LutherIn the year 1517, a young Augustinian monk by the name of Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the castle church at Wittenburg, protesting certain teachings and practices of the Catholic Church and sparking a revolution within the heart of Christendom. At the center of Luther’s heresy was his rejection of the Catholic Mass.

“The Mass is the greatest blasphemy of God, and the highest idolatry upon earth, an abomination the like of which has never been in Christendom since the time of the Apostles.” - Martin LutherIn the year 1517, a young Augustinian monk by the name of Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the castle church at Wittenburg, protesting certain teachings and practices of the Catholic Church and sparking a revolution within the heart of Christendom. At the center of Luther’s heresy was his rejection of the Catholic Mass.

“The Mass is the greatest blasphemy of God, and the highest idolatry upon earth, an abomination the like of which has never been in Christendom since the time of the Apostles.” - Martin LutherIn the year 1517, a young Augustinian monk by the name of Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the castle church at Wittenburg, protesting certain teachings and practices of the Catholic Church and sparking a revolution within the heart of Christendom. At the center of Luther’s heresy was his rejection of the Catholic Mass.

People are shocked and frightened by the behavior coming out of the Islamic world—not only because it is violent, but also because it is seemingly inexplicable. While there are many answers to the question of “what went wrong” in the Muslim world, no one has decisively answered why it went wrong. Until now.

People are shocked and frightened by the behavior coming out of the Islamic world—not only because it is violent, but also because it is seemingly inexplicable. While there are many answers to the question of “what went wrong” in the Muslim world, no one has decisively answered why it went wrong. Until now.

The Divine Comedy is an epic poem penned in the 14th century by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. In what is regarded as one of the greatest works of Catholic literature, Dante invites his reader on a journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven patterned on the Paschal Mystery of Christ, through which the suffering of the Cross becomes the passageway to eternal life.

The Divine Comedy is an epic poem penned in the 14th century by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. In what is regarded as one of the greatest works of Catholic literature, Dante invites his reader on a journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven patterned on the Paschal Mystery of Christ, through which the suffering of the Cross becomes the passageway to eternal life.

What controversy so vexed the apostles that Paul rebuked Peter “to his face” before Peter’s own congregation at Antioch (Galatians 2:15)? It was the doctrine of justification by faith—the same controversy which led Martin Luther to oppose the Pope and break from the Catholic Church 1500 years later. Catholics can affirm with Protestants that we are justified by faith—but not by faith alone, as Luther taught. Paul’s succinct phrase, “faith working through love” (Galatians 5:6), still has the power to heal divisions among Christians today.

What controversy so vexed the apostles that Paul rebuked Peter “to his face” before Peter’s own congregation at Antioch (Galatians 2:15)? It was the doctrine of justification by faith—the same controversy which led Martin Luther to oppose the Pope and break from the Catholic Church 1500 years later. Catholics can affirm with Protestants that we are justified by faith—but not by faith alone, as Luther taught. Paul’s succinct phrase, “faith working through love” (Galatians 5:6), still has the power to heal divisions among Christians today.

The Institute of Catholic Culture is an adult educational organization, faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, and dedicated to the Church’s call for a new evangelization.

The Institute of Catholic Culture is an adult educational organization, faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, and dedicated to the Church’s call for a new evangelization.

The Institute of Catholic Culture is an adult educational organization, faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, and dedicated to the Church’s call for a new evangelization.

"What is man that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man that thou visitest him? Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou hast set him over the works of thy hands."- Psalm 8

"What is man that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man that thou visitest him? Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou hast set him over the works of thy hands."- Psalm 8

"What is man that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man that thou visitest him? Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou hast set him over the works of thy hands."- Psalm 8

“Great art Thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Thy power, and of Thy wisdom there is no end.”- St. Augustine, Confessions

“Great art Thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Thy power, and of Thy wisdom there is no end.”- St. Augustine, Confessions

In the year 312, after three centuries of Christian persecution, the newly proclaimed emperor prepared himself to conquer the ancient city of Rome. What happened next would alter the course of history forever.

In the year 312, after three centuries of Christian persecution, the newly proclaimed emperor prepared himself to conquer the ancient city of Rome. What happened next would alter the course of history forever.

The Institute of Catholic Culture is an adult educational organization, faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, and dedicated to the Church’s call for a new evangelization.

In the earliest days of Christianity, many important letters and instructions were penned by the first followers of Christ and were held in great honor by the early Church, while not included in the Canon of Sacred Scripture. The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, often called the Didache, was the earliest catechetical instruction of its kind, written late in the first century. It instructs the early Christians on all aspects of the Christian life. Lost to modern scholarship until its rediscovery in 1873, the Didache is considered one of the most important early Christian writings known today.