A two week program of theology is being offered in Norcia, Italy, not far from ROme and Assisi. The studies are undertaken according to the mind and method of the great scholastics, especially St. Thomas Aquinas. The topic this Summer is sacramental theology.
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Sunday, January 30th, 2011Natural Law and Universal Ethics – Update
Monday, July 27th, 2009I've now translated the footnotes in the International Theological Commission's document The Search for Universal Ethics: A New Look at the Natural Law, including the Latin notes (mostly from the Summa Theologiae) that were left untranslated in the original document. The footnote references have also been hyperlinked to the text of the notes, for easier [...]
Natural Law and Universal Ethics
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009The International Theological Commission recently published a document on the natural law as the foundation for universal ethics. The document is available on the Vatican website in French and Italian. I've made a translation into English (the body of the text is complete, notes will be coming) and posted it here on this website. The [...]
Commentary on the Song of Songs
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009The first half (sermons 1-43) of the Commentary on the Song of Songs by St. Bernard of Clairvaux is now available on this website. Thanks to the Internet Archive and Br. Sean (a monk) for the text–the text of the Song of Songs Commentary here is identical to that on the Internet Archive, except for [...]
New additions to website
Saturday, October 25th, 2008I've added a few pages to the website: Resources for Parents, which has some materials for teaching children, and articles on the role the family plays as a seedbed of vocations. Other additions are a page of prayers for vocations, and a list of Catholic religious communities.
Completed texts
Sunday, September 28th, 2008The page with texts from the saints, doctors, popes, and theologians quoted or mentioned in the book Paths of Love is now complete. Naturally, with some of the saints who are mentioned only as general sources of teaching on the spiritual life, I simply had to make a selection from the vast amount of material [...]
Additional reading posted
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008I've added around a dozen books and articles on vocation in general, on the vocation to religious life or the vocation of marriage, or on these states of life. I wouldn't without qualification approve everything said in them, but they are all good reading, and perhaps thought provoking.
Extended quotations from book
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008I've begun compiling quotations from the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, saints, popes, and spiritual writers quoted or even mentioned in the book Paths of Love, and making them available here, with their greater context. If you'd like to see any of these texts expanded, just leave a comment here. Read Quotes from Paths [...]
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