Institute of Catholic Culture

"But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house which I have built!” — 1 Kings 8:27

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.

In 1625, six priests and two lay brothers set off for the New World with the mission of bringing the salvation of Christ to a pagan people. Their reward in this life was a martyr’s death; in the next, the crown of life.

Pope Pius XII has been accused of inaction or even cooperation regarding Hitler’s genocide. The real story, however, reveals a man who worked tirelessly to save the Jewish people from the grasp of the Third Reich.

Beauty is back in modern classical music. Where has it been all these years, who exiled it, and how has it returned? The answers reveal a great drama over the nature of reality that gives hope for the future.

The Protoevangelium of James is one of the most under-appreciated documents of the primitive Church. Written in the second century, it tells us much about the doctrine, devotion, and apologetic concerns of the Church in the time immediately after the death of the Apostles.

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 truth (John 18:38)? Now more than ever we need clarity and conviction. Join Dr. Steven Smith for a must-have conversation on the inspiration and truth of Scripture.

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.

Tertullian called Penance “the second plank of salvation after the shipwreck which is the loss of grace.” This sacrament of God’s mercy is essential for a fruitful life of prayer.

The Inklings was the most important and influential literary fellowship of the past century whose heart was the dynamic friendship between C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Join Joseph Pearce as he unfolds the deeply Christian philosophy of myth that these two great writers shared.

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 Inklings was the most important and influential literary fellowship of the past century whose heart was the dynamic friendship between C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Join Joseph Pearce as he unfolds the deeply Christian philosophy of myth that these two great writers shared.

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.

A misconception of human nature infests the confusion over which bathroom one has the “right” to use. The controversy is emblematic of how far we have come from the “Laws of Nature,” just as surely as those very same Laws point us to the way back.

In his encyclical Pascendi Dominici Gregis, Pope Pius X exposed the errors of the Modernists. Discover the history of this movement and how disastrous its errors are for our Church and society.

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 our contemporary society, people often approach the Bible with suspicion. In these presentations, Dr. Morrow explores the philosophical, theological, and political roots of the long history that led to the present circumstances, showing that rather than distrusting the Bible, we should instead be suspicious of the skeptics.

The roots of the Eucharist are deep in the tree of Judaism. Fr. Hezekias Carnazzo explores numerous typologies of the Holy Eucharist in the Old Testament. The better we see the “shadows” in Scripture, the more we’ll appreciate the reality in the Gospels – and in the Church.

In our contemporary society, people often approach the Bible with suspicion. In these presentations, Dr. Morrow explores the philosophical, theological, and political roots of the long history that led to the present circumstances, showing that rather than distrusting the Bible, we should instead be suspicious of the skeptics.

In our contemporary society, people often approach the Bible with suspicion. In these presentations, Dr. Morrow explores the philosophical, theological, and political roots of the long history that led to the present circumstances, showing that rather than distrusting the Bible, we should instead be suspicious of the skeptics.

God does not leave us without help in a battle against sin and our summons to be holy. He gives us many gifts. Chief among them are the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. In this lecture, Msgr. Pope examines these seven power-packed effects of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit which assist both our mind and heart.

In the long tradition of theological poetry, St. John of the Cross stands as a spiritual master. In this lecture, Prof. Garland explores the depth of St. John’s Living Flame of Love, with its beautiful description of the soul’s longing for union with the Blessed Trinity.

The Dominican order was founded in a time of economic, political, and cultural upheaval, and soon found itself in the thick of a great social crisis: the controversy over heresy in southern France. In this lecture, Fr. Vidmar teaches us how St. Dominic cut his teeth as a preacher of orthodoxy during the conflict known as the Albigensian crusade.

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.

Louis IX thought more of the place of his baptism than that where he was crowned as king. Join Christopher Check as he tells the exciting story of this saintly king of France who fought in two crusades.

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.

Louis IX thought more of the place of his baptism than that where he was crowned as king. Join Christopher Check as he tells the exciting story of this saintly king of France who fought in two crusades.

The philosophical theory of nominalism, which denies the existence of universal natures, results in a denial of an objectively ordered world. In this lecture, Dr. Cuddeback exposes the errors of nominalism and shows why the classical realist position is so important today.

St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians is his great letter of exhortation to spiritual and moral maturity. Join Fr. Carnazzo as he mines the riches of St. Paul and points us to the glory of Christ.

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.

St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians is his great letter of exhortation to spiritual and moral maturity. Join Fr. Carnazzo as he mines the riches of St. Paul and points us to the glory of Christ.

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.

In Matthew 18, Jesus teaches that unless we become like children, we will never enter the kingdom of heaven. This lecture explores what it means to have a “child-like” faith. Msgr. Pope also examines the modern challenges to living a life of faith and the vices which make such a life difficult.

Using the words of St. Thomas the Apostle in John 11:16 as a starting point, Prof. Garland examines what it means to “die to self” by exploring the history and theology of the season of Lent, providing practical ways in which our penitential practices can prepare us to live for Christ.

This talk gives an exciting overview of the central, although misunderstood or simply ignored, Christian doctrine that God the Father, through the Incarnation of the Son and the sending of the Holy Spirit into our hearts, transforms our humanity so as to allow us to share in divinity. Grave objections that challenge the notion of deification as un-Christian are considered, and answers given from Scripture, holy witnesses to Tradition from both East and West, and the Magisterium.

Millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day every year, but few know the man who is the reason for the feast. Join us as we cut through the legends to meet the real Saint Patrick in his own writings, and see the working of God's grace in the most unlikely of places.

We are all called to be martyrs, that is, witnesses of the faith. Yes, we may face “red martyrdom,” by which we shed our blood for the faith. Most of us, however, are challenged to embrace a “white martyrdom,” which means striving to live a genuinely Christian life in an age of secularism and relativism. Martyrs, however, are the seed of the Church, as the Church Father Tertullian stated. Therefore, our lived life-whether at home, work or school-must be a witness that plants the seeds of faith and builds up the Church.

Hypocrisy is a word and concept that is often misunderstood today. We tend to use the word merely to condemn people who say one thing and do another. But Jesus, when he uses the word has something richer and more subtle in mind as we look to the 6th Chapter of Matthew’s Gospel on prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. It is a rich and powerful instruction from the Lord. Let’s sit as his feet and listen.

Our Lord consistently used imagery of the natural world in order to convey fundamental truths. The Church’s liturgy and calendar is similarly rooted in the realities of the material created order and of human husbandry. This lecture addresses how we can reconnect to those images and realities in order to deepen our lives as Christians.

“That anyone could doubt the right of the holy Virgin to be called the Mother of God fills me with astonishment. Surely she must be the Mother of God if our Lord Jesus Christ is God, and she gave birth to him!” — Saint Cyril of Alexandria