Institute of Catholic Culture

“Behold, this child is set for the fall and rise of many in Israel.”- Luke 2:34

“Behold, a Virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel.”- Isaiah 7:14

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.

Everything that defines us as Westerners can in some way be attributed to the ancient Greeks and Romans. Our notions of art and poetry, science and technology, war and peace, virtue and vice, freedom and tyranny, all had their origins–in one way or another–in the ancient Mediterranean world. The wisdom and culture of the Greeks, and the might and political genius of the Romans, were formational by the will of God to prepare for the coming of the Lord.Dr. Brendan McGuire and Prof. Mark Wunsch collaborate to provide a historical and philosophical context for understanding the ancient and Biblical world, and how it laid the groundwork for Christianity.

Everything that defines us as Westerners can in some way be attributed to the ancient Greeks and Romans. Our notions of art and poetry, science and technology, war and peace, virtue and vice, freedom and tyranny, all had their origins–in one way or another–in the ancient Mediterranean world. The wisdom and culture of the Greeks, and the might and political genius of the Romans, were formational by the will of God to prepare for the coming of the Lord.Dr. Brendan McGuire and Prof. Mark Wunsch collaborate to provide a historical and philosophical context for understanding the ancient and Biblical world, and how it laid the groundwork for Christianity.

Everything that defines us as Westerners can in some way be attributed to the ancient Greeks and Romans. Our notions of art and poetry, science and technology, war and peace, virtue and vice, freedom and tyranny, all had their origins–in one way or another–in the ancient Mediterranean world. The wisdom and culture of the Greeks, and the might and political genius of the Romans, were formational by the will of God to prepare for the coming of the Lord.Dr. Brendan McGuire and Prof. Mark Wunsch collaborate to provide a historical and philosophical context for understanding the ancient and Biblical world, and how it laid the groundwork for Christianity.

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.

"There are two ways of getting home; and one of them is to stay there."- G.K. Chesteron, The Everlasting Man

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.

Few men had a more direct hand in the creation of the modern world than the infamous Emperor of Revolutionary France. Napoleon’s spectacular conquests transformed Europe in the early nineteenth century, exporting the ideals (and the turmoil) of the French Revolution to an entire continent. In this series, learn how Napoleon’s dramatic rise and fall set the stage for the subsequent development of the modern world as we know it.

Few men had a more direct hand in the creation of the modern world than the infamous Emperor of Revolutionary France. Napoleon’s spectacular conquests transformed Europe in the early nineteenth century, exporting the ideals (and the turmoil) of the French Revolution to an entire continent. In this series, learn how Napoleon’s dramatic rise and fall set the stage for the subsequent development of the modern world as we know it.

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 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 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.

“It is certain that a single monk must err if he stands against the opinion of all Christendom. Otherwise, Christendom itself would have erred for more than a thousand years. Therefore I am determined to set my kingdoms and dominion, my friends, my blood, my life, my soul upon it.”- Holy Roman Emperor Charles VDr. Brendan McGuire and Prof. Mark Wunsch collaborate to provide a historical and philosophical context for understanding the Protestant Revolution.

“It is certain that a single monk must err if he stands against the opinion of all Christendom. Otherwise, Christendom itself would have erred for more than a thousand years. Therefore I am determined to set my kingdoms and dominion, my friends, my blood, my life, my soul upon it.”- Holy Roman Emperor Charles VDr. Brendan McGuire and Prof. Mark Wunsch collaborate to provide a historical and philosophical context for understanding the Protestant Revolution.

“It is certain that a single monk must err if he stands against the opinion of all Christendom. Otherwise, Christendom itself would have erred for more than a thousand years. Therefore I am determined to set my kingdoms and dominion, my friends, my blood, my life, my soul upon it.”- Holy Roman Emperor Charles VDr. Brendan McGuire and Prof. Mark Wunsch collaborate to provide a historical and philosophical context for understanding the Protestant Revolution.

“Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride.”- Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1866

“On the twenty-ninth of June, in the year 67, whilst Peter, having crossed the Tiber by the triumphal bridge, was drawing nigh to the cross prepared for him on the Vatican plain, another martyrdom was being consummated on the left bank of the same river … Paul fell on his knees, addressing his last prayer to God; then having bandaged his eyes, he awaited the death-stroke.”- Dom Prosper Guéranger, The Liturgical Year

“Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride.”- Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1866

“Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride.”- Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1866

“Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride.”- Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1866

Americans know the defeat of the Spanish Armada as the victory of the heroic Francis Drake and the sailors of a nascent navy standing up to and defeating the superior forces of the great sea power of Spain, determined to arrest religious and economic freedom, with vessels laden with the torture devices of the Spanish Inquisition. The reality is that Drake, the son of a heretic preacher, was a pirate whose resume included looting and burning Catholic convents on the Spanish Main and putting before a firing squad priests who admonished him for his behavior. Worse, the queen for whom he worked was more conniving and sinister than her father. Learn the truth of the Armada story—why Philip II was justified in launching the invasion, what really brought down the Spanish force, and the remarkable heroism of the Spanish seamen.

In every age, the Church has insisted upon the need for the faithful to study the Sacred Word. Unfortunately, for various reasons many Catholics struggle to gain spiritual enrichment from this endeavor. Sadly, for many, the Bible is little more than a dusty book on the coffee table, rarely opened and almost never studied. Learn how to read the Bible the right way!

In every age, the Church has insisted upon the need for the faithful to study the Sacred Word. Unfortunately, for various reasons many Catholics struggle to gain spiritual enrichment from this endeavor. Sadly, for many, the Bible is little more than a dusty book on the coffee table, rarely opened and almost never studied. Learn how to read the Bible the right way!

Learn the art of living in a culture consumed by death. Dr. Cuddeback examines the root causes, the major manifestations, and the antidote to what Pope John Paul II called the culture of death. Then we will turn to the Pauline notion of spiritual warfare to examine the spiritual armament that all Christians must take up in order to transform their own lives and society around them.

In 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. Today, some five hundred years later, there are over thirty thousand Protestant denominations; there remains but one Holy Catholic Church.

Learn the art of living in a culture consumed by death. Dr. Cuddeback examines the root causes, the major manifestations, and the antidote to what Pope John Paul II called the culture of death. Then we will turn to the Pauline notion of spiritual warfare to examine the spiritual armament that all Christians must take up in order to transform their own lives and society around them.

In 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. Today, some five hundred years later, there are over thirty thousand Protestant denominations; there remains but one Holy Catholic Church.

In 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. Today, some five hundred years later, there are over thirty thousand Protestant denominations; there remains but one Holy Catholic Church.

In the year 711, the Islamic horde crossed the straits of Gibraltar and conquered the Iberian Peninsula in the name of Mohammed, subjecting Catholic Spain to over seven hundred years of Mohammedan rule. Learn the story of the “Reconquista," the story of the great Catholic men who took up the Cross to reclaim their homeland.

In the year 711, the Islamic horde crossed the straits of Gibraltar and conquered the Iberian Peninsula in the name of Mohammed, subjecting Catholic Spain to over seven hundred years of Mohammedan rule. Learn the story of the “Reconquista," the story of the great Catholic men who took up the Cross to reclaim their homeland.

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.

“So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs, and closed up its place with flesh; and the rib which the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, 'This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.' Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed.”- Genesis 2:21-25

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.

Ever wish you knew more about your Catholic faith? Do you wish that the Church had catechism for adults? Ever wonder, "Why do we believe that?" This is your chance to learn more about the Faith! This is your opportunity to get some answers to those difficult questions!

Ever wish you knew more about your Catholic faith? Do you wish that the Church had catechism for adults? Ever wonder, "Why do we believe that?" This is your chance to learn more about the Faith! This is your opportunity to get some answers to those difficult questions!

Ever wish you knew more about your Catholic faith? Do you wish that the Church had catechism for adults? Ever wonder, "Why do we believe that?" This is your chance to learn more about the Faith! This is your opportunity to get some answers to those difficult questions!

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.