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SUMMARY:In Defense of Purity
DESCRIPTION:Reading Group\n\n\n\nSeptember 1\, 8\, 15\, and 22\, 2026 \n\n\n\n\nA four-week reading group through In Defense of Purity with Maria Fedoryka.\n\n\n\nThe group will meet over Zoom on Tuesday evenings (September 1\, 8\, 15\, and 22) from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister TOday\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Text\n\n\n\nIn Defense of Purity offers a fundamental view of the very essence and meaning of purity. Hildebrand’s insights on love\, marriage\, virginity\, and sexuality offer fresh wisdom to people in any stage of life\, from first dates\, to religious vows\, to golden anniversaries. \n\n\n\nFormat\n\n\n\nThe meeting will be conducted live in Zoom. Links for the session will be sent out ahead of time. \n\n\n\nTo allow for rich discussion\, the group is limited in size to a maximum of 20 participants. Once the group is full\, additional registrations will be placed on a waitlist. \n\n\n\nAll participants are expected to have a copy of the text and to come prepared to each session having done the weekly reading (15-45 pages per week). The weekly reading schedule will be e-mailed to you. \n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Maria Fedoryka lectures and publishes in both academic and popular fora in the field of the philosophy of love\, examining issues spanning from the centrality of love in the being of God\, to its role at the center of creation\, to its meaning for marriage\, family\, and sexuality. Having been captivated by the writings of Dietrich von Hildebrand as a teenager and deeply drawn to his phenomenological and personalist philosophy\, she pursued her studies under Josef Seifert and John Crosby at the International Academy of Philosophy. Among her scholarly writings are an analysis of Dietrich von Hildebrand’s philosophy of marital intimacy and procreation titled Finis superabundant Operis: Refining an Ancient Cause for Understanding the Spousal Act in the ACPQ\, and “‘God is Love’”: Personal Plurality as the Completion of Aristotle’s Notion of Substance and Love as the Absolute Ground of the Divine Being” in the Proceedings of the ACPA. Among her popular publications are the booklet The Special Gift of Women for God\, the Family and the World published by the Catholic Truth Society in England. She is currently working on an article comparing Hildebrand’s and Aquinas’s philosophy of affectivity\, as well as an article on Hildebrand’s theory of motivation as the key to understanding deliberate moral wrongdoing. \n\n\n\n\n\nCosts\n\n\n\nReading groups are free to attend. \n\n\n\nIf you are able\, we invite you to make a donation to help defray the costs of organizing (reading groups cost the Hildebrand Project ~$900 for a four-week group). We are committed to making reading groups accessible to all; therefore\, participation is not contingent on a donation. \n\n\n\nYour gift support this reading group\, our publications\, web resources\, and other events\, all of which contribute to bringing the vital\, life-giving witness of personalist philosophy into new and uncertain times. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLevel: \n\n\n\nSuitable for those with some philosophical background. \n\n\n\n\n\nReadings:\n\n\n\nForthcoming \n\n\n\n\n\nTime:\n\n\n\n7:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Today
URL:https://hildebrandproject.org/event/in-defense-of-purity/
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SUMMARY:Transformation in Christ
DESCRIPTION:Reading Group\n\n\n\nOctober 1\, 8\, 15\, 22 \n\n\n\n\nA four-week reading group through selections from Transformation in Christ with Dan Sheffler.\n\n\n\nThe group will meet over Zoom on Thursdays in October (October 1\, 8\, 15\, 22) from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Text\n\n\n\nRecognized as a modern spiritual classic and perhaps Dietrich von Hildebrand’s greatest work\, Transformation in Christ is a sublime and practical study\, giving a penetrating analysis of the true path to holiness for those who love Christ. The first requisite is the person’s desire for change\, and with that fundamental attitude in mind\, Hildebrand devotes a chapter to each of the successive spiritual attitudes necessary for those who strive for Christian perfection. The Beatitudes are treated with beauty and depth in an uncompromising challenge to every serious Christian to put into practice these teachings of Christ. \n\n\n\nFormat\n\n\n\nThe meeting will be conducted live in Zoom. Links for the session will be sent out ahead of time. \n\n\n\nTo allow for rich discussion\, the group is limited in size to a maximum of 20 participants. Once the group is full\, additional registrations will be placed on a waitlist. \n\n\n\nAll participants are expected to have a copy of the text and to come prepared to each session having done the weekly reading (15-45 pages per week). The weekly reading schedule will be e-mailed to you. \n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDT Sheffler is a philosopher who specializes in the history of the concept of the person. He was profoundly touched by reading Martin Buber’s I and Thou as a teenager and\, a few years later\, Christian personalists\, especially Dietrich von Hildebrand and Karol Wojtyła. This combined with a passionate interest in Ancient philosophy and patristic thought to produce an investigation into the origins of personalism and the foundations for the insights achieved in the twentieth century. This led to doctoral work on Plato’s conception of the self and the soul as a way to understand the pre-Christian background of early Christian thought. He has also continued his research of personalism\, especially the thought of Dietrich von Hildebrand and has participated in the Hildebrand Project in various ways since 2015. Dan lives in Louisville with his wife and three children where he teaches philosophy at Memoria College. \n\n\n\n\n\nCosts\n\n\n\nReading groups are free to attend. \n\n\n\nIf you are able\, we invite you to make a donation to help defray the costs of organizing (reading groups cost the Hildebrand Project ~$900 for a four-week group). We are committed to making reading groups accessible to all; therefore\, participation is not contingent on a donation. \n\n\n\nYour gift support this reading group\, our publications\, web resources\, and other events\, all of which contribute to bringing the vital\, life-giving witness of personalist philosophy into new and uncertain times. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLevel: \n\n\n\nSuitable for beginner to intermediate: primarily discussion. \n\n\n\n\n\nReadings:\n\n\n\nWeek 1: Chapters 3 and 4Week 2: Chapter 6Week 3: Chapter 9Week 4: Chapter 10 \n\n\n\n\n\nTime:\n\n\n\n5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now
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SUMMARY:The Personalism of John Paul II
DESCRIPTION:Reading Group\n\n\n\nNovember 2\, 9\, and 16 \n\n\n\n\nA three-week reading group through Crosby’s Personalism of John Paul II with Robert McNamara.\n\n\n\nThe group will meet over Zoom on Monday afternoons in November (November 2\, 9\, and 16\, 2026) from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EDT. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Text\n\n\n\n\nI wrote this little book twenty years ago as an introduction to the main themes in St. John Paul II’s personalism. I reissue it today in the conviction that his personalism is needed now no less than it was then. Many are the depersonalizing forces that beset us today. We continue to see in our time what St. John Paul called the “pulverization of the person.” And yet\, at the same time\, we continue to see signs of a growing personalist sensibility. Deep down most of us know that persons merit respect and should not be manipulated and commodified and demonized. Even when we are complicit in some such abuse of persons\, we know better. Our better self revives when we are rebuked. And so we need to fan the flames of a certain sense for the person that has not been extinguished in the men and women of our time. We need to hear a prophetic voice that calls us back to the “truth about man” that is still felt in our conscience. John Paul II is just the voice we need to hear. \nJohn F. Crosby\n\n\n\nFormat\n\n\n\nThe meeting will be conducted live in Zoom. Links for the session will be sent out ahead of time. \n\n\n\nTo allow for rich discussion\, the group is limited in size to a maximum of 20 participants. Once the group is full\, additional registrations will be placed on a waitlist. \n\n\n\nAll participants are expected to have a copy of the text and to come prepared to each session having done the weekly reading (15-45 pages per week). The weekly reading schedule will be e-mailed to you. \n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Robert McNamara is lecturer in philosophy and head of philosophy department at St. Patrick’s Pontifical University\, Ireland\, adjunct professor of philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville\, USA\, while also tutoring periodically at the ITI Catholic University\, Austria\, and the Maryvale Institute\, England. Robert is also an associate series editor of Edith Stein Studies\, an associate scholar of the Hildebrand Project\, a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Man and Woman\, and a founding member of the Aquinas Institute of Ireland (currently suspended). Having studied physics\, computing\, philosophy\, and theology\, Robert brings a multidisciplinary perspective to his work while exploring anthropological and metaphysical themes in ancient\, medieval\, and phenomenological thinkers\, with a defined focus on philosophical personalism in the Christian tradition. He currently resides in Maynooth\, Ireland\, with his wife\, Caroline\, and their five children. \n\n\n\n\n\nCosts\n\n\n\nReading groups are free to attend. \n\n\n\nIf you are able\, we invite you to make a donation to help defray the costs of organizing (reading groups cost the Hildebrand Project ~$900 for a four-week group). We are committed to making reading groups accessible to all; therefore\, participation is not contingent on a donation. \n\n\n\nYour gift support this reading group\, our publications\, web resources\, and other events\, all of which contribute to bringing the vital\, life-giving witness of personalist philosophy into new and uncertain times. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLevel: \n\n\n\nSuitable for beginner to intermediate: primarily discussion. \n\n\n\n\n\nReadings:\n\n\n\nForthcoming \n\n\n\n\n\nTime:\n\n\n\n12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EDT \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now
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