13th Annual Summer Seminar takes place June 26-30, 2023
Readiness to Change
Now in its twelfth year, the annual seminar will return as an in-person gathering at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Application deadline: May 8.
Josef Seifert: Lectures on Hildebrand
Josef Seifert will teach a lecture course on Adolf Reinach and Dietrich von Hildebrand from November 30 to December 12, 2026, followed by a research seminar, Person as Pure Perfection, from December 15 to 23. Both courses will be held at Mariastern Cistercian Abbey in Gwiggen, Austria, with participation also available via Zoom.
2026 Summer Residency
We are pleased to announce our 2026 Summer Residency in Austria — and this year, the Residency is more ambitious than ever.
For fourteen days this May 22 – June 5, participants will gather at the Kartause Maria Tron in Gaming, Austria to immerse themselves in graduate-level study of two of the greatest minds of 20th-century philosophy, explore the history and landscape that formed the personalist tradition, and enter into the kind of intellectual community that only sustained time together can produce.
2025 Annual Report
The Hildebrand Project began with a simple conviction: that Dietrich von Hildebrand’s profound insights on truth, beauty, and the human person deserve a wider audience.
This year, we took major steps toward fulfilling that vision by beginning a concerted, multi-year effort to elevate Hildebrand’s profile among two key constituencies…
Una Caro: In Praise of Monogamy
On November 25, 2025, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) released Una caro, a major document reaffirming the Church’s perennial teaching on monogamy, with particular attention to the essential role of unity in the love between a man and a woman in marriage, and drawing frequently on the works of Deitrich and Alice von Hildebrand.
Plato & Christian Personalism
New Release: Plato & Christian Personalism by D.T. Sheffler, a refreshing reappraisal that makes the case for an intellectual affinity between Plato and Christian personalist philosophy.
Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert
New Release: Hildebrand’s Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, a celebration of the power and beauty of music, is now available in the first complete English edition.