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The Challenge of Community
14th Annual Summer SeminarJuly 15-19, 2024Franciscan University of Steubenville The human person only finds the fulfillment of his nature in spiritual contact with other persons, in union with them—in short: in community. Dietrich von Hildebrand, The Metaphysics of Community Important Updates Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of our donors, we have been able to substantially […]
Gratitude
13th Annual Summer SeminarJune 26-30, 2023Franciscan University of Steubenville The person who is filled with gratitude toward God is also the only person who is truly awake. Dietrich von Hildebrand, Gratitude Seminar Description In this seminar we will explore gratitude as a fundamental moral disposition without which no one can really be happy. We are […]
Readiness to Change: Conversion & the Christian Life
Dietrich von Hildebrand understood our readiness to change not only as the beginning of the Christian life, but also as the source of its continuance and completion. It is, one could say, the fundamental answer to the call, the vocation, to Christ. This was not a mere readiness to change a little here or a little there, but to be changed radically, at all levels of one's being, to be made "a new creature in Christ."