Institute of Catholic Culture

Why are Americans being forced to consider homosexual acts as morally acceptable? Why has the U.S. Supreme Court accepted the validity of same-sex “marriage,” which, until a decade ago, was unheard of in the history of Western or any other civilization? Where has the “gay rights” movement come from, and how has it so easily conquered America?

"Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.'"- John 6:53-55

In his magnum opus, The City of God, St. Augustine of Hippo articulates how well-ordered societies originate in and proceed from well-ordered families. By referencing modern examples of social dysfunction that are the corporeal manifestations of the ideology of androgyny, while at the same time pointing to the lives of the saints, Fr. Bergman explains how the unapologetic restoration of the paterfamilias within Catholic households will rebuild Western civilization by enabling the contemplation and living out of God’s eternal truth.

The Rule of St. Benedict is a foundation of Western civilization and spirituality. This text influenced the lives of so many with its fundamental principles of the spiritual life, especially regarding prayer, humility, and work.

"Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.'"- John 6:53-55

Many today have reduced receiving Holy Communion to a mere sign of hospitality such that, if the Church does not extend the Eucharist to one and all, we are unkind and inhospitable. Others think of receiving Holy Communion as an encounter with Christ but do not embrace full communion with His Body, the Church. In this presentation, Msgr. Pope explores the deeper meaning behind receiving Holy Communion, and explains the admonition that we receive the Eucharist worthily lest we bring condemnation upon ourselves. Learn why limiting the Sacrament to practicing Catholics in a state of grace is both wise and charitable.

This is the amazing story of a young man, scandalized by the moral decay of the world, who sought to live as a hermit in a cave. Yet God called him—not to run away from the world—but to convert it through a renewal of faith, holiness, learning, and liturgy. Join the ICC and Fr. Andrew Fisher to learn timeless wisdom from one of the greatest saints of the Church.

Many today have reduced receiving Holy Communion to a mere sign of hospitality such that, if the Church does not extend the Eucharist to one and all, we are unkind and inhospitable. Others think of receiving Holy Communion as an encounter with Christ but do not embrace full communion with His Body, the Church. In this presentation, Msgr. Pope explores the deeper meaning behind receiving Holy Communion, and explains the admonition that we receive the Eucharist worthily lest we bring condemnation upon ourselves. Learn why limiting the Sacrament to practicing Catholics in a state of grace is both wise and charitable.

The establishment of the Solemnity of Corpus Christi was the culmination of great growth in Eucharistic theology and devotion. Join us to consider the origins of this feast and what it means for what we believe and how we worship.

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