BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Hildebrand Project - ECPv6.17.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Hildebrand Project X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hildebrandproject.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Hildebrand Project REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T210000 DTSTAMP:20230222T195255Z CREATED:20230222T195254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230222T195255Z UID:2082-1677787200-1677790800@hildebrandproject.org SUMMARY:The Nature of Love DESCRIPTION:Reading Group\n\n\n\nMarch 2\, 9\, 16\, and 23 \n\n\n\n\nA four-week reading group through The Nature of Love with Derek Jeffreys.\n\n\n\nThe group will meet over Zoom on Thursday evenings (March 2\, 9\, 16\, and 23) from 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Text\n\n\n\nIn this study on love a new side of Dietrich von Hildebrand’s thought emerges. Hildebrand is here led into areas of personal subjectivity that he did not have the occasion to explore in his ethical writings. In a most original way he shows that the desire to be loved by the person whom one loves has nothing to do with selfishness; he shows that this desire to be loved and so to be united with the other person is itself a kind of self-donation to the other. Thus Hildebrand resists the altruism that claims that one is selfless toward the beloved person only by willing the good of the other in such a way as to be indifferent to being loved in return. On the other hand\, he equally resists the claim that the happiness of the one who loves is the primary motive of love. Hildebrand indicates the radically other-centered direction of love\, while avoiding the pitfall of a depersonalized altruism. Thus he does justice both to the extraordinary self-transcendence of love as well as to subjectivity of love. This work constitutes a major contribution to the Christian personalism that Hildebrand represents. \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\nDerek S. Jeffreys is a professor of Humanities\, Religion and Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin\, Green Bay. He did both his B.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. He has written books on St. John Paul II\, ethics and torture\, and ethics and solitary confinement. His most recent book is America’s Jails: The Search for Human Dignity in An Age of Mass Incarceration. Jeffreys teaches courses on love\, Thomas Aquinas\, ethics\, ethics and punishment\, evil\, Dante\, Buddhism\, and other topics. For more than a decade he has been involved in jail and prison education\, giving volunteer religion and philosophy lectures to inmates in Wisconsin’s jails and prisons. He is married and proud father of twin boys. \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 advanced students of philosophy. \n\n\n\n\n\nReadings:\n\n\n\nWeek 1: Introduction Week 2: Chapter 1Week 3: Chapter 3Week 4: Chapter 6 \n\n\n\n\n\nTime:\n\n\n\n8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now URL:https://hildebrandproject.org/event/the-nature-of-love-reading-group/ CATEGORIES:Reading Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hildebrandproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/The-Nature-of-Love-Draft-Cover-e1629397636823.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T210000 DTSTAMP:20230222T195259Z CREATED:20230222T195258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230222T195259Z UID:2078-1677700800-1677704400@hildebrandproject.org SUMMARY:Jaws of Death: Gate of Heaven DESCRIPTION:Reading Group\n\n\n\nMarch 1\, 8\, 15\, and 22 \n\n\n\n\nA four-week reading group through Jaws of Death: Gate of Heaven with Catherine Yanko.\n\n\n\nThe group will meet over Zoom on Wednesday evenings (March 1\, 8\, 15\, and 22) from 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Text\n\n\n\nAlthough death never loses its character as a punishment for sin\, its fearful darkness can be pierced by the radiant light of faith—faith in God\, in eternal life\, in the resurrection of the body\, and in the certainty of reunion with our beloved dead—a reunion that will know no sunset. Because the jaws of death can be our gate to Heaven\, the radiant aspect of death finally triumphs as the light of Christ dissipates the fearful dark clouds spread by death. \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\nCatherine Yanko is a Graduate Fellow of the Hildebrand Project. Currently she is PhD Student at the Catholic University of America where she studies Moral Theology/Ethics. Her main interests are in theological/philosophical anthropology\, action and virtue theory\, and meta-ethics. She was first introduced to Dietrich von Hildebrand as an undergraduate Student Fellow of the Hildebrand Project; she has continued to study his work\, notably in the development of his concept of reverence in her recently presented paper: “Hildebrandian Reverence for the Defects of Christ: A Thomistic Inquiry of the Reception of Christ’s Salvific Act” at the Thomistic Institute’s conference\, “Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology”. \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: Pages 3-24 Week 2: Pages 25-51Week 3: Pages 55-68Week 4: Pages 69-110 \n\n\n\n\n\nTime:\n\n\n\n8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now URL:https://hildebrandproject.org/event/jaws-of-death-reading-group/ CATEGORIES:Reading Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hildebrandproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/last_judgment_cover-e1677089864248.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T203000 DTSTAMP:20230119T193907Z CREATED:20230119T190509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T193907Z UID:2028-1674761400-1674765000@hildebrandproject.org SUMMARY:Benedict XVI Online Event DESCRIPTION:Image License: Shutterstock/Marco Iacobucci Epp. \n\n\n\nJoin the Hildebrand Project on Thursday\, January 26\, at 7:30 p.m. EST for this special commemorative conversation on the thought of Pope Benedict XVI focusing on faith and reason\, joy\, and personhood. The event will feature short presentations by three scholars followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with the online audience. \n\n\n\n\nRegister for this event\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree scholars\, each from different intellectual traditions\, will reflect on the life of Pope Benedict XVI and share how their tradition was enriched by his writings and witness.  \n\n\n\nFr. James Brent\, O.P.\, will reflect on Joseph Ratzinger’s essay “Concerning the Notion of Person in Theology” and bring it into dialogue with the Thomistic tradition. \n\n\n\nRabbi Mark Gottlieb will reflect on Benedict XVI’s critical defense of Western culture and the powerful public witness of a well-reasoned faith for engaging with the modern world. \n\n\n\nDr. John F. Crosby will discuss why Pope Benedict says that it is so difficult to rejoice in my own existence and the profound reasons Benedict offers for Christian joy. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarFr. James Dominic Brent\, O.P \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n John F. Crosby \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n TrusteeRabbi Mark Gottlieb \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n President & FounderJohn Henry Crosby \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarFr. James Dominic Brent\, O.P\nPontifical Faculty of the Immaculate ConceptionAssistant Professor of Philosophy \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFr. James Dominic Brent\, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”\, and an article forthcoming on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception\, and was ordained a priest in the same year. He taught in the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America from 2010- 2014 and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full-time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. He now teaches full-time at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nResearch Areas: \n\n\n\nEpistemology; Aquinas\, Knowledge\, \n\n\n\n\nMore about Fr. James Dominic Brent\, O.P\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n John F. Crosby\n\n \n\n\n\nFranciscan University of Steubenville \n\n\n\nProfessor Emeritus of Philosophy \n\n\n\nResearch Areas: \n\n\n\nPersonalism\, John Henry Newman\, John Paul II\, Dietrich von Hildebrand \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nProf. Crosby was himself a student of Dietrich Hildebrand. Besides writing major studies on the thought of John Henry Newman\, Max Scheler\, and Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II\, and making his own contributions to personalist philosophy\, Prof. Crosby has devoted his long and distinguished academic career—first at the University of Dallas\, then at the International Academy of Philosophy\, and currently at Franciscan University of Steubenville—to introducing his students to the intellectual legacy of Hildebrand\, and also to making Hildebrand better known in scholarly circles. Prof. Crosby was the translator of the English edition of  Hildebrand’s philosophical masterpiece\, The Nature of Love\, and he also serves as the General Editor of all our present and future translations of Hildebrand’s works. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n TrusteeRabbi Mark Gottlieb\n\n\nRabbi Mark Gottlieb is Senior Director of the Tikvah Fund and founding Dean of the Tikvah Institute for High School Students at Yale University. Prior to joining Tikvah\, Rabbi Gottlieb served as Head of School at Yeshiva University High School for Boys and Principal of the Maimonides School in Brookline\, MA and has taught at The Frisch School\, Ida Crown Jewish Academy\, Hebrew Theological College\, Loyola University in Chicago\, and the University of Chicago. He received his B.A. from Yeshiva College\, rabbinical ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary\, and an M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Chicago\, where his doctoral studies focused on the moral and political thought of Alasdair MacIntyre. Rabbi Gottlieb is a member of the Orthodox Forum Steering Committee and serves on the Editorial Committee of Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought. In addition to his contributions to Jewish theology\, Rabbi Gottlieb has written on the thought of C.S. Lewis\, G.K. Chesterton\, and John Paul II\, and is especially interested in the relationship between Jewish and Christian forms of personalism. He lives in Teaneck\, NJ with his wife and five children. \n\n\n\n\n\nTikvah Fund \n\n\n\nSenior Director \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n President & FounderJohn Henry Crosby\nJohn Henry Crosby is a translator\, writer\, critic\, and cultural entrepreneur.  \n\n\n\nLate in 2003\, searching for a life’s work that could integrate the quest for truth\, the existential need for beauty\, and the service of a great good\, and beginning to despair of ever finding such a mission\, he called Alice von Hildebrand to propose that he spend one year translating her late husband’s Aesthetics. Would she help\, he asked. \n\n\n\nShe did\, and her blessing transformed his one-year plan into lifelong mission that soon attracted the collaboration of others. Thus\, the life’s work he had sought found him. Established in February 2004\, the Hildebrand Project’s mission to renew culture has grown to encompass publications\, events\, fellowships\, and online resources that draw on the continuing vitality of Dietrich von Hildebrand’s thought and witness. \n\n\n\nUnder his leadership\, the Hildebrand Project has become the world’s leading organization dedicated to Dietrich von Hildebrand’s legacy. The Project has been supported by many leading foundations and donors\, including the Bradley Foundation\, Chiaroscuro Foundation\, Earhart Foundation\, Fieldstead & Company\, Henry Luce Foundation\, Luddy Charitable Foundation\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, Our Sunday Visitor Institute\, Papal Foundation\, and the Raskob Foundation.  \n\n\n\nHe was the editor of a new edition of Dietrich von Hildebrand’s The Heart (St. Augustine’s Press\, 2007). He joined John F. Crosby as co-translator of Hildebrand’s major philosophical work\, The Nature of Love (St. Augustine’s Press\, 2009). He edited Selected Papers in the Philosophy of Dietrich von Hildebrand (2012)\, the first major volume of essays on von Hildebrand in two decades. Most recently he is the primary compiler\, editor\, and translator of Hildebrand’s anti-Nazi papers\, My Battle Against Hitler (Random House\, 2014).  \n\n\n\nHis work has been featured in both popular (e.g.\, The Daily Beast) and scholarly publications (Logos Journal). His numerous radio appearances have taken him from PRI’s The Takeaway to the Hugh Hewitt Show. He was host of He Dared Speak the Truth\, a 14-part television series on the life of Dietrich von Hildebrand\, which aired on EWTN (2014). \n\n\n\nSon of an Austrian mother and an American father\, his mother tongue was German. Both his undergraduate studies in philosophy\, history\, and literature (2000) as well as his graduate studies in philosophy (2001) were pursued at Franciscan University of Steubenville\, Ohio.  \n\n\n\nHe was for many years a violinist. As a student of Daniel Heifetz\, he was formed in the great violinistic traditions of Henryk Szeryng\, David Oistrakh\, and Ivan Galamian.  \n\n\n\nHe serves as a trustee of The Personalist Project.  \n\n\n\nIn 2010 he married Robin-Marie Bobak. Through their marriage—and all the more with the birth of their children Magdalene (2011)\, Robin (2013)\, John Henry\, Jr. (2015)\, and Peter—he has found (or\, again\, been found by) an integration of the good\, true\, and beautiful far greater than any he has ever known. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nThe event is open to anyone. Please feel free to invite your friends and colleagues. URL:https://hildebrandproject.org/event/benedict-xvi-online-event/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hildebrandproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/benedict-xvi-4-e1674156667712.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230124T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230124T210000 DTSTAMP:20230111T195448Z CREATED:20230110T183500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230111T195448Z UID:1861-1674590400-1674594000@hildebrandproject.org SUMMARY:Liturgy & Personality DESCRIPTION:Reading Group\n \nJanuary 24\, 31\, and February 7 \n \n\n\n\nA three-week reading group through Liturgy & Personality with Catherine Yanko.\n \nThe group will meet over Zoom on Tuesday evenings (January 24\, 31\, and February 7) from 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n\nRegister Now\n\n \nAbout the Text\n \nA precursor to the “Liturgical Movement” of the twentieth century\, Dietrich von Hildebrand’s Liturgy and Personality is an awe-filled appreciation of Mass and its role in personal formation. Written by a philosopher who had recently converted to Catholicism\, the book awakens us to see with fresh eyes the true beauty of the liturgy. \n \nFormat\n \nThe meeting will be conducted live in Zoom. Links for the session will be sent out ahead of time. \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 \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 \nModerator\n \n\n\n\nCatherine Yanko is a Graduate Fellow of the Hildebrand Project. Currently she is PhD Student at the Catholic University of America where she studies Moral Theology/Ethics. Her main interests are in theological/philosophical anthropology\, action and virtue theory\, and meta-ethics. She was first introduced to Dietrich von Hildebrand as an undergraduate Student Fellow of the Hildebrand Project; she has continued to study his work\, notably in the development of his concept of reverence in her recently presented paper: “Hildebrandian Reverence for the Defects of Christ: A Thomistic Inquiry of the Reception of Christ’s Salvific Act” at the Thomistic Institute’s conference\, “Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology”. \n\n\n \nCosts\n \nReading groups are free to attend. \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 \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 \nSuitable for beginner to intermediate: primarily discussion. \n\n \n\nReadings:\n \nWeek 1: Intro & Ch. 1-3 Week 2: Ch. 4-7 Week 3: Ch. 8-11 \n\n \n\nTime:\n \n8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nRegister Now URL:https://hildebrandproject.org/event/liturgy-and-personality/ CATEGORIES:Reading Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hildebrandproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Beato_angelico_predella_della_pala_di_fiesole_02.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T130000 DTSTAMP:20221010T191544Z CREATED:20220929T221157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221010T191544Z UID:1738-1665576000-1665579600@hildebrandproject.org SUMMARY:The Irreducibility of the Human Person: A Catholic Synthesis DESCRIPTION:The Hildebrand Project is happy to present the new book by Mark K. Spencer\, The Irreducibility of the Human Person: A Catholic Synthesis\, published by CUA Press. \nMark is professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas\, MN and the Hildebrand Project Fellow for Aesthetics & Metaphysics. \nMark K. Spencer will be joined in conversation with: \nJohn F. Crosby | Franciscan University of Steubenville \nLawrence Feingold | Kennrick-Glennon Seminary \nMirela Oliva | University of St. Thomas\, Houston \nEach speaker will highlight an aspect of the book\, followed by Q&A amongst the panelists and with the online audience. \nPlease register below to attend and for a 20% OFF discount code from the publisher\, Catholic University of American Press. \n\n\nRegister Here URL:https://hildebrandproject.org/event/the-irreducibility-of-the-human-person-a-catholic-synthesis/ CATEGORIES:Book Release LOCATION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220719T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220809T150000 DTSTAMP:20221018T195113Z CREATED:20220506T151906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221018T195113Z UID:1537-1658239200-1660057200@hildebrandproject.org SUMMARY:Art of Living DESCRIPTION:Reading Group\nJuly 19\, July 26\, Aug 2\, & Aug 9\, 2022 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA four week reading group through The Art of Living with Catherine Yanko.\nThe group will meet over Zoom on Tuesday afternoons (July 19\, July 26\, Aug 2\, & Aug 9\, 2022 )from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\nAbout the Text\nA book of everyday ethics by a man whom Pope St. John Paul II called “one of the great ethicists of the twentieth century\,” The Art of Living is Dietrich von Hildebrand’s essential guide to the moral life. \nIn just over one hundred pages\, Dietrich von Hildebrand\, with his wife Alice\, presents a distinctive view of the virtuous life that begins with reverence\, “the mother of all virtues\,” and includes chapters on “Faithfulness\,” “Goodness\,” “Hope\,” “The Human Heart\,” and many others. \nThe essays that make up this book began as a popular series of radio lectures in 1930s Germany\, and their conversational tone comes through in this new edition\, which maintains Alice von Hildebrand’s original translation\, and updates this beloved work for a new generation of readers. \nThe Art of Living promises to provide clarity\, hope\, and fresh insights for those seeking to live life more fully\, faithfully\, and beautifully. \nFormat\nThe meeting will be conducted live in Zoom. Links for the session will be sent out ahead of time. \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. \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 is available below. \nModerator\n\n\n\nCatherine Yanko is a Graduate Fellow of the Hildebrand Project. Currently she is PhD Student at the Catholic University of America where she studies Moral Theology/Ethics. Her main interests are in theological/philosophical anthropology\, action and virtue theory\, and meta-ethics. She was first introduced to Dietrich von Hildebrand as an undergraduate Student Fellow of the Hildebrand Project; she has continued to study his work\, notably in the development of his concept of reverence in her recently presented paper: “Hildebrandian Reverence for the Defects of Christ: A Thomistic Inquiry of the Reception of Christ’s Salvific Act” at the Thomistic Institute’s conference\, “Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology”. \n\n\nCosts\nReading groups are free to attend. \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. \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\nReading\nWeek 1: Chap. 1Week 2: Chap. 2 – 4Week 3: Chap. 5 – 7Week 4: Chap. 8 – 9*All from The Art of Living \n\n\nLevel: \nSuitable for beginner to intermediate: primarily discussion. \n\n\nTime:\n2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now URL:https://hildebrandproject.org/event/art-of-living-2/ CATEGORIES:Reading Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hildebrandproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2560px-Winslow_Homer_-_The_Ranger_Adirondacks.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220717T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220723T163000 DTSTAMP:20220930T183447Z CREATED:20220414T203738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220930T183447Z UID:1492-1658071800-1658593800@hildebrandproject.org SUMMARY:Summer Reading Course & Graduate Residency DESCRIPTION:July 17-23\, 2022 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Hildebrand Project is pleased to announce a new graduate-level reading course as well as our 4th annual graduate residency.  \n\nReading Course (July 17-20). This course will be led by our master faculty (each a student of either Dietrich von Hildebrand or Karol Wojytla)\, will be devoted to the close reading of some of the central texts in the philosophy of Dietrich von Hildebrand\, notably his value-philosophy as articulated in his Ethics. The course does not require close familiarity with Hildebrand’s work; in fact\, it is meant to provide an entry point for those interested in his work and to allow those already familiar with it to gain a deeper understanding of its key claims and contours. Participation is limited to MA students and above\, though exceptions may be made for advanced undergraduates. There will be multiple sessions each day; each session will consist of a summary presentation followed by discussion.\nThe Residency (July 20-23). The residency will follow immediately upon the reading course. Its aim is to support MA and PhD students\, postdocs\, and scholars working on Dietrich von Hildebrand or in conversation with some aspect of his thought by giving them the chance to present drafts of an MA thesis\, dissertation chapter\, or scholarly article. The daily schedule will be a blend of group discussions of work-in-progress\, private consultations with faculty\, and time for reading and writing.\nApplicants may apply to attend the reading course or the residency; however\, we highly encourage residency participants to also attend the course.  \nWhile a focus on Hildebrand is the key condition for eligibility to attend the residency\, the Hildebrand Project invites work that brings his thought into conversation with:\n\n\nPhilosophical traditions like analytic philosophy or phenomenology \nSpecific contemporary issues in emotion theory\, virtue ethics\, aesthetics\, etc. \nThe intersection of faith and reason and the rehabilitation of reason in the sense of Wojtyla and Ratzinger \nThe broader Catholic intellectual tradition\, especially efforts to locate Hildebrand within this tradition \nJewish\, Protestant\, and Orthodox philosophical and theological thought \nWe also welcome applicants working on other philosophers\, such as Plato\, Aristotle\, Aquinas\, Kant\, John Henry Newman\, Edmund Husserl\, Adolf Reinach\, Max Scheler\, Edith Stein\, Karol Wojtyla\, Romano Guardini\, Hans Urs von Balthasar\, Jacques Maritain\, Joseph Ratzinger\, Norris Clarke SJ\, Emmanuel Levinas\, Joseph Soloveitchik\, Dallas Willard\, et alia\, provided their work is in substantive dialogue with Hildebrand. \nExceptions may be made for work in which Hildebrand’s thought is not central provided it is focused on close kindred spirits (e.g. Karol Wojtyla or Max Scheler) or on the intellectual tradition he represents. Please contact us before applying to find out if your work would fit our guidelines.  \nDetailed schedule to come. Check back soon.\n\nFaculty\nThe Reading Course and Graduate Residency will both be led by our Senior Scholars: Rocco Buttiglione\, John F. Crosby\, and Josef Seifert\, each of whom was a student either of Dietrich von Hildebrand or Karol Wojtyla/St. John Paul II. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rocco Buttiglione \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n John F. Crosby \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Josef Seifert \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rocco ButtiglioneA trusted collaborator of Pope St. John Paul II\, and is an authority on his philosophical anthropology. His book Karol Wojtyla: The Thought of the Man who became Pope John Paul II is a fundamental work on the pope’s early philosophy. A member of the Italian Parliament for over two decades\, he serves on the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and holds the John Paul II Chair for Philosophy and History of European Institutions at the Lateran University in Rome. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Hildebrand Project. \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n John F. Crosby\n\n\n\nFranciscan University of Steubenville \nProfessor Emeritus of Philosophy \nResearch Areas: \nPersonalism\, John Henry Newman\, John Paul II\, Dietrich von Hildebrand \n\n\nProf. Crosby was himself a student of Dietrich Hildebrand. Besides writing major studies on the thought of John Henry Newman\, Max Scheler\, and Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II\, and making his own contributions to personalist philosophy\, Prof. Crosby has devoted his long and distinguished academic career—first at the University of Dallas\, then at the International Academy of Philosophy\, and currently at Franciscan University of Steubenville—to introducing his students to the intellectual legacy of Hildebrand\, and also to making Hildebrand better known in scholarly circles. Prof. Crosby was the translator of the English edition of  Hildebrand’s philosophical masterpiece\, The Nature of Love\, and he also serves as the General Editor of all our present and future translations of Hildebrand’s works. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Josef SeifertProfessor Seifert received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Salzburg in 1969 and\, under Professor Robert Spaemann\, his habilitation from the University of Munich (Privatdozent) in 1975. He studied chiefly under Balduin Schwarz\, the most distinguished German former student of Dietrich von Hildebrand\, at the University of Salzburg\, and under Gabriel Marcel in Paris. Already as a child (from age 3 on) he knew Hildebrand personally\, because Seifert’s mother had been a student of Hildebrand in Munich and both of his parents were Hildebrand’s friends. He is the author of many books\, and Europe’s leading student and teacher of Hildebrand’s philosophy. \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n\nThe Application Process\nThe application process for both events is based on interest but subject to space limitations. \nThe application window ends June 5\, 2022. The application is available online \nYou will be able to select one\, two\, or both events during the application process. \n\nSubmit an Application with the Form Below\n\n\n\n\n\nRoom\, Board\, and Travel\n\nThe Reading Course and Graduate Residency will be held on the campus of Franciscan University of Steubenville\, where participants will be lodged in university housing. Participants also have the option of staying at the Franciscan Square Inn at their own expense. Participants will have access to the university library\, internet\, and other basic amenities. \nTravel to and from Pittsburgh International Airport will be provided. Parking will be available on campus for those who drive. \n\n\n\n\n\nSponsor the Summer Seminar\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nReady to Apply? \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n Sorry\, this form is not available. URL:https://hildebrandproject.org/event/summer-reading-course-graduate-residency/ CATEGORIES:Residency ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hildebrandproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/DvH_04.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261102T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261102T133000 DTSTAMP:20260908T190631Z CREATED:20260908T182902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T190631Z UID:11399-1793622600-1793626200@hildebrandproject.org SUMMARY:The Personalism of John Paul II DESCRIPTION:Reading Group\nNovember 2\, 9\, and 16\, 2026 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA four week reading group through The Personalism of John Paul II with Robert McNamara.\nThe group will meet over Zoom on Monday afternoons (November 2\, 9\, and 16\, 2026) from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EDT. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\nAbout the Text\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 \nFormat\nThe meeting will be conducted live in Zoom. Links for the session will be sent out ahead of time. \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. \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 is available below. \nModerator\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\nCosts\nReading groups are free to attend. \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. \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\nReading\nComing Soon \n\n\nLevel: \nSuitable for beginner to intermediate: primarily discussion. \n\n\nTime:\n12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now URL:https://hildebrandproject.org/event/personalism-of-john-paul-ii-2/ CATEGORIES:Reading Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hildebrandproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/personalismjpii-scaled-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220713T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220803T210000 DTSTAMP:20220601T185107Z CREATED:20220601T185107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220601T185107Z UID:1599-1657742400-1659560400@hildebrandproject.org SUMMARY:Personalism of John Paul II DESCRIPTION:Reading Group\nJuly 13\, July 20\, July 27\, & Aug 3\, 2022 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA four week reading group through The Personalism of John Paul II with Catherine Yanko.\nThe group will meet over Zoom on Wednesday evenings (July 13\, July 20\, July 27\, & Aug 3\, 2022) from 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\nAbout the Text\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 \nFormat\nThe meeting will be conducted live in Zoom. Links for the session will be sent out ahead of time. \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. \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 is available below. \nModerator\n\n\n\nCatherine Yanko is a Graduate Fellow of the Hildebrand Project. Currently she is PhD Student at the Catholic University of America where she studies Moral Theology/Ethics. Her main interests are in theological/philosophical anthropology\, action and virtue theory\, and meta-ethics. She was first introduced to Dietrich von Hildebrand as an undergraduate Student Fellow of the Hildebrand Project; she has continued to study his work\, notably in the development of his concept of reverence in her recently presented paper: “Hildebrandian Reverence for the Defects of Christ: A Thomistic Inquiry of the Reception of Christ’s Salvific Act” at the Thomistic Institute’s conference\, “Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology”. \n\n\nCosts\nReading groups are free to attend. \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. \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\nReading\nWeek 1: Chap. 1 & “What is Personalism?”Week 2: Chap. 2 – 4Week 3: Chap. 5 – 7Week 4: Chap. 8 – 10*All from The Personalism of John Paul II \n\n\nLevel: \nSuitable for beginner to intermediate: primarily discussion. \n\n\nTime:\n8:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now URL:https://hildebrandproject.org/event/personalism-of-john-paul-ii/ CATEGORIES:Reading Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hildebrandproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2560px-Winslow_Homer_-_The_Ranger_Adirondacks.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220627T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220702T080000 DTSTAMP:20221004T160848Z CREATED:20220214T185916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221004T160848Z UID:875-1656343800-1656748800@hildebrandproject.org SUMMARY:Readiness to Change: Conversion & the Christian Life DESCRIPTION:12th Annual Summer Seminar\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Panel #1: Readiness to Change\, featuring Dr. Mark Spencer\, Dr. Maria Wolter\, and Dr. Jim Beauregard. Readiness to Change: Conversion & the Christian Life (2022 Summer Seminar) \n \n \n \n 6\n \n \n 1\n \n \n \n \n\n YouTube Video UExMbXltUk5ubTZIbm1nV2ZpMzFiVks0WVhJQmdHd2NhUS41NkI0NEY2RDEwNTU3Q0M2\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n Readiness to Change (Hildebrand Project Summer Seminar 2022: Readiness to Change)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Panel #1: Readiness to Change\, featuring Dr. Mark Spencer\, Dr. Maria Wolter\, and Dr. Jim Beauregard. Readiness to Change: Conversion & the Christian Life (2022 Summer Seminar) ...\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Panel #2: Reverence and Humility\, featuring Dr. John F. Crosby\, Dr. Beth Rath\, and Dr. Elisa Grimi. Readiness to Change: Conversion & the Christian Life (2022 Summer Seminar) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n YouTube Video UExMbXltUk5ubTZIbm1nV2ZpMzFiVks0WVhJQmdHd2NhUS4yODlGNEE0NkRGMEEzMEQy\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n Reverence and Humility (Hildebrand Project Summer Seminar 2022: Readiness to Change)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Panel #2: Reverence and Humility\, featuring Dr. John F. Crosby\, Dr. Beth Rath\, and Dr. Elisa Grimi. Readiness to Change: Conversion & the Christian Life (2022 Summer Seminar) ...\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Panel #3: Faithfulness\, featuring Dr. Elizabeth Shaw\, Dr. Martin Cajthaml\, and Hrvoje Vargic. 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Readiness to Change: Conversion & the Christian Life (2022 Summer Seminar) \n \n \n \n 7\n \n \n 1\n \n \n \n \n\n YouTube Video UExMbXltUk5ubTZIbm1nV2ZpMzFiVks0WVhJQmdHd2NhUS41MjE1MkI0OTQ2QzJGNzNG\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n Recollection and Contemplation (Hildebrand Project Summer Seminar 2022: Readiness to Change)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Panel #4: Recollection and Contemplation\, featuring Dr. Mark Spencer\, Dr. Dan Sheffler\, and Dr. Jim Beauregard. Readiness to Change: Conversion & the Christian Life (2022 Summer Seminar) ...\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Panel #5: Confidence in God\, featuring Dr. Robert McNamara\, Dr. Beth Rath\, and Dr. Elisa Grimi. Readiness to Change: Conversion & the Christian Life (2022 Summer Seminar) \n \n \n \n 7\n \n \n 1\n \n \n \n \n\n YouTube Video UExMbXltUk5ubTZIbm1nV2ZpMzFiVks0WVhJQmdHd2NhUS4wOTA3OTZBNzVEMTUzOTMy\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n Confidence in God (Hildebrand Project Summer Seminar 2022: Readiness to Change)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Panel #5: Confidence in God\, featuring Dr. Robert McNamara\, Dr. Beth Rath\, and Dr. Elisa Grimi. Readiness to Change: Conversion & the Christian Life (2022 Summer Seminar) ...\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Panel #6: Striving for Perfection\, featuring Dr. Maria Wolter\, Dr. Matt Breuninger\, and Fr. James Brent. Readiness to Change: Conversion & the Christian Life (2022 Summer Seminar) \n \n \n \n 11\n \n \n 0\n \n \n \n \n\n YouTube Video UExMbXltUk5ubTZIbm1nV2ZpMzFiVks0WVhJQmdHd2NhUS4xMkVGQjNCMUM1N0RFNEUx\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n Striving for Perfection (Hildebrand Project Summer Seminar 2022: Readiness to Change)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Panel #6: Striving for Perfection\, featuring Dr. Maria Wolter\, Dr. Matt Breuninger\, and Fr. James Brent. Readiness to Change: Conversion & the Christian Life (2022 Summer Seminar) ...\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Load More...\n \n \n\n \n \n \n Subscribe \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n \nJune 27 – July 2\, 2022 \n\nThe aspiring man of natural morality is intent on eradicating this defect\, on acquiring that virtue; the Christian\, however\, is intent on becoming another man in all things\, in regard to both what is bad and what is naturally good in him. \n\nDietrich 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.” \nThis theme of readiness to change was a constant in Hildebrand’s life. Indeed\, the first time young Alice Jourdain met Dietrich von Hildebrand in November 1942\, it was to attend one of his “liturgical evenings” at his flat in New York City. His theme that evening was “the readiness to change\,” the first chapter of his major religious book\, Transformation in Christ. “From the first moment he began to speak\,” Alice later wrote\, “I felt that he was feeding my soul with a food that I had always longed for. He spoke out of a deep recollection\, and I drank in every word…” \nHer experience changed the course of her life\, but she was not alone in her response to Hildebrand’s religious wisdom. Many who heard him speak on religious themes had similar experiences. They were moved by the depth of his understanding of the inner life. They felt in him not just a professor but a true confessor of the Christian faith. \nIn our 2022 seminar\, we take Dietrich von Hildebrand as a master of the spiritual life. In particular\, we will explore the image that Hildebrand gives of the person “transformed by Christ.” For this\, we will begin with his account of the “fundamental attitudes\,” especially of reverence\, in his book The Art Living. We will then explore his account of the supernatural virtues and attitudes — from metanoia (which Joseph Ratzinger says has “seldom been so accurately diagnosed”) and contrition to recollection and contemplation to humility and mercy.  \nWe will\, as always\, read Hildebrand in conversation with great kindred spirits like Romano Guardini and Edith Stein and figures in the tradition\, notably Plato and Augustine. We will connect Hildebrand with some of the great spiritual masters\, including St. Benedict and St. Ignatius\, and show him as a herald of the Second Vatican Council’s teaching on the universal call to holiness. \nFaculty\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Academic AdvisorMark K. Spencer \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarMartin Cajthaml \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarBeth A. Rath \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarDT Sheffler \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n John F. Crosby \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarFr. James Dominic Brent\, O.P \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarJames Beauregard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarJason Bell \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarElizabeth C. Shaw \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Matthew Breuninger \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Maria Wolter \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarRobert McNamara \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Director\, Hildebrand Chair for Christian Personalism Elisa Grimi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Aaron Preston \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Hopp \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarHrvoje Vargić \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Alex Plato \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Academic AdvisorMark K. SpencerUniversity of St Thomas\, MN Professor of Philosophy \nResearch Areas: Philosophical Anthropology\, Aesthetics\, Metaphysics\, Philosophical Theology \nDr. Mark K. Spencer\, Ph.D. is a Professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. Spencer fell in love with philosophy in high school when he first encountered the writings of Albert Camus and St. Thomas Aquinas. He earned his Ph.D. from the University at Buffalo\, and his M.A. and B.A. from Franciscan University of Steubenville\, where he first encountered the work of Dietrich von Hildebrand. He is the author of 2 books and over 60 papers and reviews\, mostly focusing on the nature of the human person\, beauty\, and God’s relations to us. In his research\, he above all tries to synthesize many traditions’ approaches to these topics\, drawing on the scholastic\, phenomenological\, analytic\, and Greek Patristic traditions. Among the things he takes greatest delight in is introducing students to the insights of these traditions\, so as to help them better perceive and contemplate reality\, for which he finds the work of von Hildebrand an indispensable guide. He lives in St. Paul\, Minnesota\, with his wife\, Susanna\, and their four children. Together\, they especially enjoy hiking\, camping\, reading novels\, watching films\, gardening\, and homeschooling. \n\nMore about Dr. Mark Spencer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSelect Bibliography\n\n“Created Persons are Subsistent Relations: A Scholastic-Phenomenological Synthesis.” Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 89\, Analyzing Catholic Philosophy (2015): 225-243. \n“Aristotelian Substance and Personalistic Subjectivity.” International Philosophical Quarterly 55:2 (June 2015): 145-164. \n“Divine Causality and Created Freedom: A Thomistic Personalist View.” Nova et Vetera 14:3 (Summer 2016): 375-419. \n“The Many Powers of the Human Soul: Von Hildebrand’s Contribution to Scholastic Philosophical Anthropology\,” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 91:4\, Special Issue on Dietrich Von Hildebrand (Fall 2017): 719-735. \n“Perceiving the Image of God in the Whole Human Person\,” The Saint Anselm Journal 13:2 (Spring 2018): 1-18. \n“Sense Perception and the Flourishing of the Human Person in von Hildebrand and the Aristotelian Traditions\,” Tópicos\, Revista de Filosofía 56 (2019): 95-118. \n“Beauty and Being in von Hildebrand and the Aristotelian Tradition\,” The Review of Metaphysics 73:2 (December 2019): 311-334. \n“Covenantal Metaphysics and Cosmological Metaphysics: An Aesthetic Critique and an Aesthetic Synthesis”\, The Saint Anselm Journal 15:2 (Spring 2020): forthcoming. \n“Beauty and the Intellectual Virtues in Aristotle\,” in Beauty and the Good: Past Interpretations and Their Contemporary Relevance ed. Alice Ramos\, (Washington: The Catholic University of America Press\, 2020). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarMartin Cajthaml\n\n\n\nCajthaml studied philosophy at the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Prague from 1991-1993. He went on to study philosophy and psychology at the International Academy of Philosophy in the Principality of Lichtenstein (IAP). In 2000\, he earned his PhD in philosophy at the IAP with the dissertation Kritik des Relativismus. In 2000-2007 he worked as assistant-professor at the IAP. He is a full professor and the Head of the Department of Philosophy and Patrology at the Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology of Palacky University Olomouc\, Czech Republic. \n\n\n\n\nPalacký University Olomouc \nAssociate Professor of Philosophy \nResearch Areas: \nPhilosophical Ethics; Intellectual and Spiritual Roots of European Culture; Value Theory \n\nMore about Martin Cajthaml\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSelect Bibliography\n\nCajthaml\, M.\, Vohánka V. The Moral Philosophy of Dietrich von Hildebrand . Washington: Catholic University of America Press\, 2019. \nCajthaml\, M. “Dietrich von Hildebrand’s Moral Epistemology.” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 92\, no. 4 (2018): 615-640 \nCajthaml\, M. “Von Hildebrand on Acting against One’s Better Knowledge: A Comparison with Plato.” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 91\, no. 4 (2017): 637–653. \nCajthaml\, M. “Von Hildebrand’s Concept of Value.” Studia Neoaristotelica 15\, no. 1 (2018): 95-130. \nCajthaml\, M. “Love as a Value Response. Von Hildebrand´s Philosophy of Love.” Reflexe 39 (2010): 19-33. \nCajthaml\, M. “Moral Virtue according to von Hildebrand with Respect to Aristotle.” Reflexe 43 (2012)\, 59-78. \nCajthaml\, M. “The Moral Value of Emotions in Respect to Aristotle\, Kant\, and von Hildebrand.” Studia Neoaristotelica 12\, no. 3 (2015): 5-25. \nCajthaml\, M. “Value Blindness according to von Hildebrand.” Studia Neoaristotelica 2 (Series bohemoslovaca)\, no. 5/3 (2017): 39-67. \nCajthaml\, M. “Love as Desire of the Good or Love as Value-Response? Plato and von Hildebrand on the Essence of Love.“ AITHÉR\, no. 4 (2016): 54-65. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarBeth A. Rath\n\n\n\nBeth. A. Rath is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Borromeo Seminary in Cleveland\, OH. Her first formal experience with philosophy was as a teenager. She heard a lecture on Descartes\, and from there she was intrigued by the sorts of questions philosophers ask. Beth went on to study philosophy and theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville\, where she first encountered the work of St. Thomas Aquinas and personalism. There she heard a lecture by Alice von Hildebrand that changed the trajectory of her life and inspired her to pursue graduate studies in philosophy. She completed her doctorate in philosophy at Saint Louis University\, with an emphasis on the nature of the human person\, moral philosophy\, and themes at the intersection of philosophy and theology. At Borromeo\, Beth teaches a wide variety of philosophy courses to both seminarians and lay students\, and she co-teaches Tolle Lege\, a Catholic ‘nerd camp’ for high school seniors in the Diocese of Cleveland. \n\n\n\n\nBorromeo Seminary \nAssociate Professor of Philosophy \nResearch Areas: \nPhilosophical Anthropology\, Philosophy of Religion\, Ethics\,and the work of Thomas Aquinas (Thomism) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSelect Bibliography\n\nManuscript in Progress: Philosophy in Seminary Formation. Institute for Priestly Formation. Forthcoming in 2021 or 2022. \n“Are There Any True Moral Enhancements: Aristotelian and Thomistic Perspectives.” European Journal for Philosophy of Religion (accepted\, should be forthcoming in 2021). \n“Emotions and the Moral Life in Aquinas and Hildebrand.” Paper delivered at the Hildebrand Project Summer Seminar. July 2020. \n“On the Impossibility of Engineering Moral Virtue.” Oxford University\, Ian Ramsey Centre. Transhumanism\, Posthumanism\, and Supernaturalism Conference. July 2018. \n“Christ’s Faith\, Doubt\, and the Cry of Dereliction.” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 81 (2017): 161-169. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarDT Sheffler\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\nMemoria College \nProfessor of Philosophy \nResearch Areas: \nAncient Philosophy\, Platonism\, Early Christianity\, Christian Personalism\, Philosophy of Religion \n\nMore about DT Sheffler\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSelect Bibliography\n\n“Introduction” to a special issue of Quaestiones Disputataeon the philosophy of Dietrich von Hildebrand (forthcoming). \n“Hildebrand\, Hypostasis\, and the Irreducibility of Personal Existence\,” Quaestiones Disputatae (forthcoming). \n“Hildebrand’s Free Personal Center\,” Hildebrand Project Summer Residency (2019). \n“Bite-Sized Philosophy\,” review of The Art of Living\, by Dietrich von Hildebrand\, Touchstone\, (June/July 2018). \n“Platonic versus Christian Conceptions of the Self\,” Athens and Jerusalem Conference\, Lawrenceburg KY\, April 2018. \n“Worship Becomes Us\,” review of Liturgy and Personality\, by Dietrich von Hildebrand\, Touchstone\, (May/June 2017). \n“The Metaphysics of Personhood in Plato’s Dialogues” (doctoral dissertation\, University of Kentucky\, 2017)\, doi: 10.13023/ETD.2017.142. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n John F. Crosby\n\n\n\nFranciscan University of Steubenville \nProfessor Emeritus of Philosophy \nResearch Areas: \nPersonalism\, John Henry Newman\, John Paul II\, Dietrich von Hildebrand \n\n\nProf. Crosby was himself a student of Dietrich Hildebrand. Besides writing major studies on the thought of John Henry Newman\, Max Scheler\, and Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II\, and making his own contributions to personalist philosophy\, Prof. Crosby has devoted his long and distinguished academic career—first at the University of Dallas\, then at the International Academy of Philosophy\, and currently at Franciscan University of Steubenville—to introducing his students to the intellectual legacy of Hildebrand\, and also to making Hildebrand better known in scholarly circles. Prof. Crosby was the translator of the English edition of  Hildebrand’s philosophical masterpiece\, The Nature of Love\, and he also serves as the General Editor of all our present and future translations of Hildebrand’s works. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarFr. James Dominic Brent\, O.PPontifical Faculty of the Immaculate ConceptionAssistant Professor of Philosophy \n\nFr. James Dominic Brent\, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”\, and an article forthcoming on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception\, and was ordained a priest in the same year. He taught in the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America from 2010- 2014 and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full-time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. He now teaches full-time at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. \n\nResearch Areas: \nEpistemology; Aquinas\, Knowledge\, \n\nMore about Fr. James Dominic Brent\, O.P\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarJames Beauregard\n\n\n\nJames Beauregard PhD is a Lecturer in the Psy.D. and Ed.D. programs at Rivier University\, Nashua\, New Hampshire\, USA where he teachers Biological Bases of Behavior\, Neuropsychology\, Educational Neuroscience and Aging. His research interests are in the fields of neuroethics and personalist philosophy\, including the intersection of these two areas as they impact our understandings of personhood. He is a member of the International Neuroethics Society\, where he serves as a neuroethics expert\, the Spanish Personalist Association and the International Conference on Persons (where he serves on the board of directors). His recent publications include Philosophical Neuroethics: A Personalist Approach\, Vol. 1\, Foundations and the forthcoming Philosophical Neuroethics\, Vol. 2: Practical Neuroethics. He is currently working on an educational project in conjunction with a Catholic high school to bring the ethical thought of Dietrich von Hildebrand\, as well as other personalist philosophers\, into the high school curriculum through writing of a high school Catholic Ethics text and instructional materials. He is also editor of the forthcoming Internet Encyclopedia of Personalism\, an online\, open access peer-reviewed resource on personalist thought to be launched in 2021. His interest in personalist thought was sparked early in his college days when he first read Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II’s The Acting Person and Redemptor Hominis. \n\n\n\n\nRivier University \nLecturer\, Psy.D. and Ed.D. Programs \nResearch Areas: \nContemporary European personalist thought\, neuroethics\, bioethics\, personalist psychology\, and the ethical vision of Dietrich von Hildebrand \n\nMore about Jim Beauregard\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSelect Bibliography\n\nBeauregard\, James (in press). Philosophical Neuroethics: A Personalist Approach. Vol. 2: Practical Neuroethics. Wilmington DE: Vernon Press. \nBeauregard\, James. “Integral Personalism and Neuroethics: Informing the Foundation.” Quién\, 12 (2020): 79-97. \nBeauregard\, James. “Forgetting and Remembering Ourselves: Techne\, Metaphor and the Unity of Persons\,” in J. Beauregard\, G. Gallo and C. Stancati\, eds.\, The Person at the Crossroads: A Philosophical Approach. Wilmington\, DE: Vernon Press\, 2020. \nBeauregard\, James. Philosophical Neuroethics: A Personalist Approach. Vol. 1: Foundations. Wilmington DE: Vernon Press\, 2019. \nBeauregard\, James (2018). Advancing a Personalist Neuroethics. National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 18.2 (Summer 2018): 269-290. \nBeauregard\, James (2018). The Modern Ontological Personalism of Juan Manuel Burgos in the Public Square: Toward a Personalist Neuroethics. Quien 6: 7-31. \nBeauregard\, James. “Institutions Supported\, Institutions Subverted: Thomas O. Buford on the Parables of Jesus” in James M. McLachlan\, James Beauregard and Richard Prust\, eds.\, Persons\, Institutions and Trust: Essays in Honor of Thomas O. Buford. Wilmington\, DE: Vernon Press\, 2018. \nBeauregard\, James. “The Need for a Catholic Neuroethics” Ethics and Medics (National Catholics Bioethics Center)\, 42 (2017): 12-13. \nBeauregard\, James and Simon Smith eds. In the Sphere of the Personal: New Perspectives in the Philosophy of Persons. Wilmington\, DE: Vernon Press\, 2016. \nBeauregard\, James\, M. Aftab\, and A. Sajid. “Consciousness\, Neuroimaging and Personhood: Current and Future Neuroethical Challenges.” Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 4\, no. 1 (2016): 1–11. \nBeauregard\, James. Sexuality\, Dementia and Catholic Long-term Healthcare. National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly\, 15\, no. 3 (Autumn 2015): 493-513. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarJason Bell\n\n\n\nJason Bell is associate professor of philosophy at the University of New Brunswick. He has taught in the graduate program at the Higher Institute of Philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium and at Mount Allison University in Canada\, and has served at the University of Göttingen as Fulbright Professor\, as scholar-in-residence at Boston University\, as Onderzoeksfonds Research Fellow at the Husserl Archives\, and as d’Alzon Fellow at Assumption University. He was awarded the doctorate in philosophy at Vanderbilt University. His research focuses on ethics and the relation of American and European philosophy. \n\n\n\n\nUniversity of New Brunswick \nAssistant Professor of Philosophy \nResearch Areas: \n19th and 20th Century Philosophy: Continental Philosophy\, North American Philosophy; Ethics and Applied Ethics; Personalism; Phenomenology; Pragmatism \n\nMore about Jason Bell\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSelect Bibliography\n\nBell\, Jason and Vongehr\, Thomas\, eds. (2018). Eine kritische Untersuchung der Erkenntnistheorie Josiah Royces (A Critical Investigation of Josiah Royce’s Epistemology)\, Husserliana (Springer Press). \nBell\, Jason and Bogaard\, Paul\, eds. (2017). The Harvard Lectures of Alfred North Whitehead\, 1924-1937: Philosophical Presuppositions of Science. Volume I of the Whitehead Critical Edition\, Edinburgh University Press. \nBell\, Jason and Parker\, Kelly\, eds. (2014). The Relevance of Royce\, Fordham University Press. \nBell\, Jason (2020). “Lotze’s System Σ: An Inspiration for Pragmatic ‘Internal and External Meaning of Ideas’ and Phenomenological ‘Intentionality’?” Phänomenologische Forschungen. \nBell\, Jason (2020). “Loyalty to Philosophy” The Pluralist\, 15.2. \nBell\, Jason and Iyengar\, Seshu (2020). “Pure and Applied Trope Theory\,” ‘Keynote Author\,’ Discipline Filosofiche\, XXX\, 1\, 2020\, in the special edition: “Realism\, Pragmatism\, Naturalism. The Metamorphosis of Phenomenology in North America\,” ed. Danilo Manca and Antonio Nunziante. \nBell\, Jason (2019). “Phenomenology’s Inauguration in the American Curriculum in Winthrop Bell’s 1927 Harvard Course” in The Reception of Husserlian Phenomenology in North America\, Springer Press. \nBell\, Jason (2016). “Intellectual and Ethical Inhibition: A Meeting of Pragmatism and Phenomenology\,” in Phenomenology for the Twenty-First Century\, Palgrave Macmillan. \nBell\, Jason (2014). “On Four Originators of Transatlantic Phenomenology: Josiah Royce\, Edmund Husserl\, William Hocking\, Winthrop Bell\,” in The Relevance of Royce\, Fordham University Press. \nBell\, Jason (2012). “Thomas Aquinas and the Origins of Phenomenology” (“Thomas von Aquin und die Anfänge der Phänomenologie\,”) in the Edith Stein Jahrbuch\, Internationale Edith Stein Institut Würzburg\, Germany. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarElizabeth C. Shaw\n\n\n\nElizabeth Shaw is assistant director for special academic programs at the Arthur & Carlyse Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship and a lecturer in the School of Philosophy and the Busch School of Business at The Catholic University of America. For several years she has assisted in the preparation of new releases from the Hildebrand Press. Dr. Shaw teaches online for the Catholic Distance University and is also associate editor of The Review of Metaphysics and the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly. For eight years she was research assistant to Catholic intellectual Michael Novak. She has a B.S. in mathematics from Georgetown University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in philosophy from Catholic University. \n\n\n\n\nCatholic University of America \nAssistant Director\, Special Academic Programs\, Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship; Lecturer\, School of Philosophy \nResearch Areas: \nAmerican Philosophy\, Ethics\, Personalism\, Catholic Social Thought \n\nMore about Elizabeth Shaw\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSelect Bibliography\n\n“Hildebrand on the Heart of Personality\,” Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly 43 (2020): forthcoming. \n“The Will to Believe\,” in Gale Researcher Philosophy Series 1 and 2 Detroit: Gale/Cengage\, 2017). \n“Intuition and Evolution in the Thought of Henri Bergson\,” Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly 38\, no. 1/2 (Spring/Summer 2015): 12–21. \n“Caritas and Human Flourishing\,” in An American and Catholic Life: Essays Dedicated to Michael Novak (Ave Maria\, Fla.: Sapientia Press\, 2015)\, 70–82. \n“Intelligent Subjectivity: Into the Presence of God\,” in Theologian and Philosopher of Liberty: Essays of Evaluation and Criticism in Honor of Michael Novak(Grand Rapids\, Mich.: Acton Institute\, 2014)\, 1–9. \nCourse: \n“On the Human Person: Business and Entrepreneurial Perspectives” (drawing on the thought of Karol Wojtyla and others)\, to be offered in the Busch School of Business at Catholic University. Forthcoming. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Matthew Breuninger\n\n\n\nDr. Matthew Breuninger is an assistant professor of psychology at Franciscan University of Steubenville. He earned an MA in Theology from Ave Maria University and a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Baylor University. Dr. Breuninger is a licensed clinical psychologist. His clinical interests include anxiety\, depression\, trauma\, and substance abuse. His academic interests comprise the intersection of faith and psychology\, psychology of religion\, and virtue formation. When not teaching Dr. Breuninger can be found spending time hiking with his family or fishing in the local lakes. \n\n\n\n\nFranciscan University of Steubenville \nAssistant Professor of Psychology \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Maria WolterFranciscan University of Steubenville\, Austria ProgramProfessor of Philosophy \nDr. Wolter graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy\, Theology\, and History from Franciscan University of Steubenville. She pursued her M.A. in Philosophy\, as well as her STB\, M.A.\, and STL in Theology at the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven (KUL)\, Belgium\, where she also received her Ph.D. in Philosophy. An Austrian-American national\, she returned to Austria upon receiving her present appointment at Franciscan University of Steubenville at its Study Abroad Program in Gaming\, Austria\, in 2007. \nResearch Areas: \nPhenomenology\, Modern and Renaissance Philosophy\, Axiology\, Personalism\, and Ethics. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarRobert McNamara\n\n\n\nRobert is an Associate Professor of Franciscan University of Steubenville\, where he teaches philosophy and theology\, an associate member of faculty of the International Theological Institute and the Maryvale Institute\, an Associated Scholar of the Hildebrand Project\, and a founding member of the Aquinas Institute of Ireland\, for which he currently holds the position of secretary. Robert was educated at the National University of Ireland Galway\, where he studied physics and applied science\, Maynooth University and St. Patrick’s College\, where he studied philosophy and theological studies\, the International Theological Institute\, where he received a master’s degree in the theology of marriage and family\, and Liverpool Hope University\, where he completed a doctorate of philosophy detailing Edith Stein’s engagement with the thought of Thomas Aquinas in her mature philosophy of the human person. Robert is originally from Galway\, Ireland. \n\n\n\n\nFranciscan University of Steubenville \nAssistant Professor of Philosophy \nResearch Areas: \nEthics\, Moral Philosophy\, Metaphysics\, Personalism\, Edith Stein\, Thomas Aquinas (Thomism) \n\nMore about Robert McNamara\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSelect Bibliography\n\n‘The Concept of Christian Philosophy in Edith Stein’\, in American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly\, 94.2 (2020)\, pp. 323-46. \n‘The Cognition of the Human Individual in the Mature Thought of Edith Stein’\, in Philosophical News\, a Publication of the European Society for Moral Philosophy\, ed. Elisa Grimi\, 16 (forthcoming). \n‘Human Individuality in Stein’s Mature Works’\, in Edith Steins Herausforderung heutiger Anthropologie\, ed. by Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz and Mette Lebech (Heiligenkreuz: Be&Be\, 2017)\, pp. 124-39 \n‘Essence in Edith Stein’s Festschrift Dialogue’\, in Alles Wesentliche lässt sich nicht schreiben\, ed. by Andreas Speer and Stephen Regh (Freiburg i. Br.: Herder\, 2016)\, pp. 175-94. Paper Presentations: \n‘Edith Stein’s Understanding of Human Flourishing’\, St. Saviour’s Symposium\, Dominican House of Studies\, Dublin\, Ireland (2020). \n‘Edith Stein’s Understanding of Human Unity and Bodily Formation’\, 5th biennial International Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Philosophy of Edith Stein (IASPES)\, University of Cologne\, Cologne\, Germany (2019). \n‘Edith Stein’s Understanding of the Soul as Form of the Body’\, The International Theological Institute\, Trumau\, Austria (2018). \n‘The Cognition of the Human Individual’\, Catholic University of America\, Washington\, DC\, U.S.A. (2018). \n‘Individuality in Stein Reading Aquinas’\, 3rd biennial International Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Philosophy of Edith Stein (IASPES)\, University of Vienna\, Austria (2016). \n‘Essence in Husserl and Aquinas’\, International Conference: ‘What’s essential can’t be written: Edith Stein’s Life and Thought as reflected in her oeuvre’\, University of Cologne\, Cologne\, Germany (2014). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Director\, Hildebrand Chair for Christian Personalism Elisa GrimiElisa Grimi is the Director of the Hildebrand Chair for Christian Personalaism at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum University\, the Executive Director of the European Society for Moral Philosophy\, and the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Philosophical News. \nOn May 30\, 2014\, she received the Paolo Michele Erede Foundation First Prize with a work on “Politics and Network”. She has studied and worked at various universities throughout the world\, in countries including Italy\, Switzerland\, Austria\, Germany\, England\, France\, and the United States. She is the author of numerous publications. \nResearch Areas: \nEthics\, Moral Philosophy\, Philosophy of Religion\, Analytic Philosophy \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSelect Bibliography\n\nD. von Hildebrand. L’arte del vivere. Introduction by E. Grimi. Preface by J.F. Crosby. Morcelliana\, 2022. \nD. von Hildebrand. Mozart\, Schubert\, Beethoven. Afterword by E. Grimi. Abscondita\, 2022. \nE. Grimi. Epistemologia della morale nel pensiero di Dietrich von Hildebrand. Con un saggio di Dietrich von Hildebrand “La detronizzazione della verità.” Mimesis\, 2020. \nE Grimi\, “Ritorno a Dio. Bonaventura e von Hildebrand”. Vivens Homo\, 31/2\, Dehoniane\, Bologna. \nE. Grimi (ed.). Romano Guardini\, modernità e post-modernità. Stamen 2nd ed. 2020. \nE. Grimi (ed.). Virtue Ethics. Retrospect and Prospect. Springer\, 2019. \nE. Grimi – L. Di Donato. Metaphysics of Human Rights 1948–2018: On the Occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the UDHR . Vernon Press\, 2019. \nE. Grimi (ed.). “Dietrich von Hildebrand and Christian Personalism”. Philosophical News\, N. 16\, July 2018\, Mimesis International\, Milan-London. \nE. Grimi. G.E.M. Anscombe. Guida alla lettura di Intention. Carocci\, 2018. \nE. Grimi (ed.). Dossier La philosophie de l’humilité. Recherches Philosophiques\, ICT\, 2017. \nE. Grimi – R. Brague. Contro il cristianismo e l’umanismo. Il perdono dell’Occidente. Cantagalli\, 2016. \nE. Grimi (ed.). Tradition as the Future for Innovation. Cambridge Scholars Publishing\, 2015. \nE. Grimi. G.E.M. Anscombe: The Dragon Lady. Edizioni Cantagalli\, 2014. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Aaron PrestonAaron Preston is a Professor of Philosophy at Valparaiso University in Indiana.  He first encountered philosophy as a sophomore at the University of Southern California\, in a course taught by the late Dallas Willard\, an acclaimed Husserl scholar and writer on Christian spiritual formation.  The experience was so profound that Aaron switched one of his majors to philosophy\, and took as many additional courses with Willard as he possibly could.  After earning a B.A. in Classics and Philosophy\, Aaron studied Systematic Theology at the University of Edinburgh (M.Th.) before returning to USC to take his doctorate in Philosophy under Willard’s supervision.  He has since had a hand in producing three books – one as author\, one as co-author\, and one as editor – and he has written numerous articles and book chapters on a wide range of topics.  He is best known as a historian and critic of analytic philosophy\, but most of his work relates\, in one way or another\, to what Dallas Willard dubbed “the disappearance of moral knowledge”:  a massive cultural shift\, occuring in the 20th century\, in which leading Western institutions ceased to treat morality as a fit subject for knowledge\, and consequently ceased to operate on a basis of presumed moral knowledge – with grave consequences for society.  Around 2015\, Aaron studied the philosophy of Personalism for the first time.  Given its connection to the campaigns for Human Rights in Europe and Civil Rights in the United States\, he immediately saw Personalism as a promising antidote to the disappearance of moral knowledge.  He has since been on a mission to rekindle interest in Personalism\, both among academic philosophers (outside of Catholic circles\, it has been almost completely forgotten)\, and among nonacademics who are concerned about matters of political polarization and matters of social justice. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Hopp\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBoston University \nProfessor of Philosophy \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Associated ScholarHrvoje Vargić\n\n\n\nHrvoje holds a BA in Business and MA in Economics from the University of Zagreb. He also holds a second BA and MA in Philosophy\, also from the same University. Currently he is pursuing the PhD in Philosophy at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin\, where he is preparing a dissertation on Dietrich von Hildebrand’s political philosophy. He is also working as Director of Partnerships for World Youth Alliance Foundation based in New York\, an organization with more than 1 million members worldwide\, committed to promote human dignity\, solidarity and right to life in policy\, education and culture. In the past he worked as a business consultant. He is an author of the book Amoris Laetitia: Faithfulness or Break? From Wojtyła to Pope Francis and co-author of The Textbook of Catholic Religious Education for the 2nd Grade of High School in Croatia. He published articles in peer-reviewed journals on political philosophy\, bioethics and philosophy of the human person. He is happily married and has one child. \n\n\n\n\nJohn Paul II Catholic University in Lublin \nDoctoral Student \nResearch Areas: \nPolitical Philosophy\, Ethics\, Bioethics\, Philosophy of the Human Person\, Phenomenology \n\nMore about Hrvoje Vargic\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSelect Bibliography\n\nDžeba\, Ivo\, Mario Milovac\, Hrvoje Vargić\, and Šime Zupčić. Dođi i vidi 2\, Udžbenik katoličkoga vjeronauka za 2. razred srednjih škola [Come and see 2\, The Textbook of Catholic Religious Education for the 2nd Grade of High School]. Zagreb: Salesiana\, 2019. \nHildebrand\, Dietrich von\, trans. Vargić\, Hrvoje. Metafizika zajedince. Istraživanje o biti i vrijednosti zajednice [Metaphysik der Gemeinschaft\, Untersuchungen über Wesen und Wert der Gemeinschaft. Regensburg: Verlag Josef Habbel\, 1955.] \nPavlović\, Anto\, Vargić\, Hrvoje. “Apsolut uvijek ostaje apsolutni misterij [The Absolute Always Remains an Absolute Mystery].” Obnovljeni Život 71\, no. 1 (2016): 7–21. \nVargić\, Hrvoje. “Affirmation of Different Forms of Individual Subjectivity in Karol Wojtyła and Dietrich von Hildebrand.” Quaestiones Disputatae 10\, no. 2 (Spring 2020). \n———. Amoris laetitia: Vjernost ili lom? Od Wojtyłe do pape Franje [Amoris Laetitia: Faithfulness or Break? From Wojtyła to Pope Francis]. Zagreb: Salesiana\, 2019. \n———. “Etičke dileme na kraju života i zaštita priziva savjesti liječnika [Ethical Dilemmas at the End of Life and Protection of Conscience Clauses of Medical Professionals]” (Bioetički principi u palijativnoj medicini\, Strmec\, Croatia\, 2019). \n———. “Ljudsko dostojanstvo i eutanazija [Human Dignity and Euthanasia]” (Godišnji kongres logoterapije 2019\, Zagreb\, Croatia\, 2019). \n———. “Od iskustva prema stvarima u sebi: Rasprava o metodi u filozofiji [From Experience to Things in Themselves: Discourse on the Method in Philosophy].” Rectorate of the University of Zagreb\, 2017. \n———. “Should Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Be Legal? Addressing Key Arguments and Analysing the Consequences of Legalization.” Disputatio Philosophica\, 20\, no. 1 (2018): 45–76. \nWolfe\, Nadja\, and Hrvoje Vargić. “White Paper on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide.” World Youth Alliance Publications\, 2019. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Alex Plato\n\n\n\nDr. Alex M. Plato is an Assistant Professor at Franciscan University of Steubenville and resides with his wife and children in the city of Steubenville\, Ohio. He was born\, just eleven minutes after his twin brother\, on January 9th\, 1979 in Lakeview\, Oregon\, an idyllic town with more cattle than people. \nDr. Plato received a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies summa cum laude from Corban University (then Western Baptist College) in 2002. His interdisciplinary studies included several areas of concentration: music\, theology\, philosophy\, literature\, and education. \n\n\n\n\nFranciscan University of Steubenville \nAssistant Professor of Philosophy \nQuaestiones Disputatae \nGeneral Editor \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nSchedule\nThe seminar commences with an opening dinner on June 27th and participants depart on the morning of July 2nd.  \nTuesday\, June 28th\n9:00-10:10am: The Readiness to Change & Responsibility \nPanelists: Maria Wolter\, Jim Beauregard\, & Mark Spencer   \n10:20-11:40am: Reverence and Humility \nPanelists: Elisa Grimi\, Beth Rath\, and John F. Crosby \n2:00-3:10pm: Faithfulness \nPanelists: Elizabeth Shaw\, Hrvoje Vargic\, and Martin Cajthaml \nWednesday\, June 29th\n9:00-10:10am: Recollection & Contemplation \nPanelists: Mark Spencer\, Jim Beauregard\, and Dan Sheffler \n10:20-11:40am: Confidence in God \nPanelists: Beth Rath\, Rob McNamara\, and Elisa Grimi \n2:00-3:10pm: Striving for Perfection & the Formative Power of the Liturgy \nPanelists: Maria Wolter\, Matt Breuninger\, and Fr. James Brent\, O.P. \nThursday\, June 30th\n9:00-10:10am: Classical Figures (Plato & Augustine) \nPanelists: Mark Spencer\, Dan Sheffler\, and Martin Cajthaml \n10:20-11:40am: Catholic figures (St. Francis of Assisi\, St. Edith Stein\, Dietrich von  \nHildebrand) \nPanelists: Alex Plato\, Rob McNamara\, and John Henry Crosby \n2:00-3:10pm: Dallas Willard \nPanelists: Aaron Preston and Walter Hopp \nFriday\, July 1st\n9:00-10:10am: Universal Call to Holiness \nPanelists: Christopher Haley\, Hrvoje Vargic\, and John F. Crosby \n10:20-11:40am: Continuing Conversion \nPanelists: Matt Breuninger\, Fr. James Brent\, O.P.\, and Elizabeth Shaw \nThe Application Process\nThe seminar is open to anyone who wishes to explore the nature and significance of character\, virtue\, integrity\, and authenticity\, including especially: \n\nUndergraduate and graduate students\nUniversity and high school professors \nArtists\, writers\, musicians\, and architects \nTeachers\, educators\, and administrators \nSeminarians and clergy \n\nThe application process is based on interest but subject to space limitations. \nThe application window ends on May 8. \nYou may apply online below. The application contains two short essays (300 words max): \n(1) How do you expect the Hildebrand Seminar to effect your life and work when you return home? \n(2) Read this excerpt from Transformation in Christ and comment on the meaning of “Christian readiness to change.” \nWe encourage faculty to nominate students to attend. Nominations will serve in lieu of letters of recommendation.  \n\nSubmit a Nomination\nSubmit an Application\n\n\n\n\n\nRoom\, Board\, and Travel\n\nThe seminar will be held on the campus of Franciscan University of Steubenville\, where participants will be lodged in university housing. Professional participants also have the option of staying at the Franciscan Square Inn at their own expense (there is a discounted seminar rate available). Participants will have access to the university library\, internet\, and other basic amenities. All costs for room and board are included in the seminar fee. \nTravel to and from Pittsburgh International Airport will be provided. Parking will be available on campus for those who drive. \n\n\n\n\n\nCosts & Scholarship Opportunities\n\nThe fee covers room\, board\, and reading materials for the length of the seminar. Attendees are asked to pursue all possible funding sources as fees play a critical role in making the seminars possible. Attendees whose participation is contingent on financial support may request a scholarship when applying. To be considered for a scholarship\, applicants must submit a letter of recommendation or receive a nomination. \nStudent: $550 \nProfessional (dormitory housing): $1\,500 \nProfessional (no dormitory housing; attendee covers hotel accommodations at the special seminar rate of $129/night): $1\,250 \nSpecial rate for Franciscan University of Steubenville students: $199 (with housing) / $99 (without housing). \n\n\n\n\n\nSponsor the Summer Seminar\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nReady to Apply? \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n 2022 Summer Seminar ApplicationReadiness to Change: Conversion & the Christian Life\n\n \n Sorry\, this form is not available. URL:https://hildebrandproject.org/event/12th-annual-summer-seminar/ CATEGORIES:Summer Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hildebrandproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/the_calling_of_the_apostles_peter_and_andrew_1939.1.141-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220603T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220624T110000 DTSTAMP:20220513T212219Z CREATED:20220513T212059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220513T212219Z UID:1555-1654250400-1656068400@hildebrandproject.org SUMMARY:Aesthetics Vol I - Part II DESCRIPTION:Reading Group\nJune 3\, June 10\, June 17\, & June 24\, 2022 \n\nThere is no more important issue in our culture—sacred or secular—than the restoration of beauty. And there is no better place to start this urgent enterprise than Dietrich von Hildebrand’s Aesthetics. \nDana Gioia\, Former Chairman\, National Endowment for the Arts \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA four week reading group through selections of Aesthetics Vol I with Javier Carreño.*\nThe group will meet over Zoom on Friday mornings (June 3\, June 10\, June 17\, & June 24\, 2022) from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST. \n*Participation in Part I is required for registration in Part II \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\nAbout the Text\nWritten in the early 1970s during the last years of his life\, as if harvesting a lifetime of reflection\, Aesthetics is Dietrich von Hildebrand’s comprehensive two-volume study and defense of beauty and art.  \n“Aesthetics [is] best understood as an explosion of insights\,” writes Alice von Hildebrand\, widow of Dietrich\, in a note on the text. “He knew he was running out of time\, and so he tried to capture the Niagara Falls of ideas that flowed out of him.” \nFor those familiar with Hildebrand’s background\, it is no surprise that beauty should be a central theme in his thought. His father\, Adolf von Hildebrand\, was one of the most revered German sculptors of the turn-of-the-century period and Dietrich von Hildebrand grew up in a world filled with many of Europe’s leading artists\, musicians\, and writers.  \nFormat\nThe meeting will be conducted live in Zoom. Links for the session will be sent out ahead of time. \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. \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 is available on the right-hand sidebar. \nModerator\n\n\n\nJavier Carreño studied Philosophy and English at Dallas\, and Philosophy at Leuven (Belgium)\, where he earned a doctoral degree in 2010. He has written mainly on the imagination and aesthetics – taking Edmund Husserl’s phenomenology as point d’appui. He also maintains an interest in the philosophy of religion\, especially the role of affectivity as a preamble to faith. \nSince 2011\, Dr. Carreño has taught for Franciscan University of Steubenville’s study abroad program located in lower Austria\, where he is an associate professor of philosophy\, and also serve as academic chairman. His teaching comprises both “core” courses in the perennial tradition as well as specialized courses\, also in English Literature and in Theology. \n\n\nCosts\nReading groups are free to attend. \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. \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\nReading\nWeek 1: Ch 3 & 4 Week 2: Ch 10 Week 3: Ch 16Week 4: Ch 12*All from Aesthetics Vol I \n\n\nLevel: \nSuitable for intermediate to advanced: primarily discussion. \n\n\nTime:\n10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now URL:https://hildebrandproject.org/event/aesthetics-vol-i-part-ii/ CATEGORIES:Reading Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hildebrandproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Botticelli-primavera-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220525T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220615T150000 DTSTAMP:20220407T181452Z CREATED:20220316T180533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220407T181452Z UID:1460-1653487200-1655305200@hildebrandproject.org SUMMARY:Ethics - Part 1 DESCRIPTION:Reading Group\nMay 25\, June 1\, June 8\, & June 15\, 2022 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA four week reading group through selections of The Ethics with Martin Cajthaml.\nThe group will meet over Zoom on Wednesday afternoons (May 25\, June 1\, June 8\, & June 15\, 2022 )from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\nAbout the Text\nDietrich von Hildebrand offers here the most nuanced version we have of a value-based ethics\, building on the ethics of Max Scheler\, but going far beyond it. On this basis he develops his signature concept of value-response\, wherein a person gives value its due\, along with his signature concept of the transcendence of the person in value-response. He re-thinks virtue theory on the basis of his value philosophy\, and in doing so he places virtue at the center of his ethics long before the revival of virtue theory in Anglo-American thought. \nFormat\nThe meeting will be conducted live in Zoom. Links for the session will be sent out ahead of time. \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. \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 is available on the right-hand sidebar. \nModerator\n\n\n\nMartin Cajthaml studied philosophy at the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Prague from 1991-1993. He went on to study philosophy and psychology at the International Academy of Philosophy in the Principality of Lichtenstein (IAP). In 2000\, he earned his PhD in philosophy at the IAP with the dissertation Kritik des Relativismus. In 2000-2007 he worked as assistant-professor at the IAP. 2007-2011 he worked as assistant-professor at the Department of Philosophy and Patrology of Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology of Palacký University Olomouc. Since his Habilitation at the Faculty of Arts of the Palacký University in 2011\, he is the head of the Department of Philosophy and Patrology and an associate professor. \n\n\nCosts\nReading groups are free to attend. \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. \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\nReading\nWeek 1: Ch 1 pp 13-47Week 2: Ch 1 pp 47-73Week 3: Ch 2Week 4: Ch 6 & 9*All from Ethics \n\n\nLevel: \nSuitable for intermediate to advanced: primarily discussion. \n\n\nTime:\n2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now URL:https://hildebrandproject.org/event/ethics-part-1/ CATEGORIES:Reading Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hildebrandproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/EDII_RSA_2000_016-001.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240124T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240124T210000 DTSTAMP:20240119T200149Z CREATED:20220407T182543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240119T200149Z UID:1459-1706126400-1706130000@hildebrandproject.org SUMMARY:Art of Living DESCRIPTION:Reading Group\nJan 24\, Jan 31\, Feb 7\, Feb 13 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA four week reading group through The Art of Living with Catherine Yanko.\nThe group will meet over Zoom on Wednesday evenings (January 24\, 31\, February 7\, except Feb 13\, which is a Tuesday) from 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\nAbout the Text\nA book of everyday ethics by a man whom Pope St. John Paul II called “one of the great ethicists of the twentieth century\,” The Art of Living is Dietrich von Hildebrand’s essential guide to the moral life. \nIn just over one hundred pages\, Dietrich von Hildebrand\, with his wife Alice\, presents a distinctive view of the virtuous life that begins with reverence\, “the mother of all virtues\,” and includes chapters on “Faithfulness\,” “Goodness\,” “Hope\,” “The Human Heart\,” and many others. \nThe essays that make up this book began as a popular series of radio lectures in 1930s Germany\, and their conversational tone comes through in this new edition\, which maintains Alice von Hildebrand’s original translation\, and updates this beloved work for a new generation of readers. \nThe Art of Living promises to provide clarity\, hope\, and fresh insights for those seeking to live life more fully\, faithfully\, and beautifully. \nFormat\nThe meeting will be conducted live in Zoom. Links for the session will be sent out ahead of time. \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. \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 is available below. \nModerator\n\n\n\nCatherine Yanko is a Graduate Fellow of the Hildebrand Project. Currently she is PhD Student at the Catholic University of America where she studies Moral Theology/Ethics. Her main interests are in theological/philosophical anthropology\, action and virtue theory\, and meta-ethics. She was first introduced to Dietrich von Hildebrand as an undergraduate Student Fellow of the Hildebrand Project; she has continued to study his work\, notably in the development of his concept of reverence in her recently presented paper: “Hildebrandian Reverence for the Defects of Christ: A Thomistic Inquiry of the Reception of Christ’s Salvific Act” at the Thomistic Institute’s conference\, “Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology”. \n\n\nCosts\nReading groups are free to attend. \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. \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\nReading\nWeek 1: Chapter 1Week 2: Chapter 2 – 4Week 3: Chapters 5 – 7Week 4: Chapters 8 – 9 \n\n\nLevel: \nSuitable for those at any level of familiarity with Hildebrand. \n\n\nTime:\n8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now URL:https://hildebrandproject.org/event/art-of-living/ CATEGORIES:Reading Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hildebrandproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2560px-Winslow_Homer_-_The_Ranger_Adirondacks.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220401T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220429T110000 DTSTAMP:20220228T213059Z CREATED:20220225T203825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220228T213059Z UID:1235-1648807200-1651230000@hildebrandproject.org SUMMARY:Aesthetics Vol I - Part I DESCRIPTION:Reading Group\nApril 1\, April 8\, April 22\, & April 29\, 2022 \n\nThere is no more important issue in our culture—sacred or secular—than the restoration of beauty. And there is no better place to start this urgent enterprise than Dietrich von Hildebrand’s Aesthetics. \nDana Gioia\, Former Chairman\, National Endowment for the Arts \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA four week reading group through selections of Aesthetics with Javier Carreño.\nThe group will meet over Zoom on Friday mornings (Apr 1 // Apr 8 // Apr 22 // Apr 29\, 2022 )from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\nAbout the Text\nWritten in the early 1970s during the last years of his life\, as if harvesting a lifetime of reflection\, Aesthetics is Dietrich von Hildebrand’s comprehensive two-volume study and defense of beauty and art.  \n“Aesthetics [is] best understood as an explosion of insights\,” writes Alice von Hildebrand\, widow of Dietrich\, in a note on the text. “He knew he was running out of time\, and so he tried to capture the Niagara Falls of ideas that flowed out of him.” \nFor those familiar with Hildebrand’s background\, it is no surprise that beauty should be a central theme in his thought. His father\, Adolf von Hildebrand\, was one of the most revered German sculptors of the turn-of-the-century period and Dietrich von Hildebrand grew up in a world filled with many of Europe’s leading artists\, musicians\, and writers.  \nFormat\nThe meeting will be conducted live in Zoom. Links for the session will be sent out ahead of time. \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. \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 is available on the right-hand sidebar. \nModerator\n\n\n\nJavier Carreño studied Philosophy and English at Dallas\, and Philosophy at Leuven (Belgium)\, where he earned a doctoral degree in 2010. He has written mainly on the imagination and aesthetics – taking Edmund Husserl’s phenomenology as point d’appui. He also maintains an interest in the philosophy of religion\, especially the role of affectivity as a preamble to faith. \nSince 2011\, Dr. Carreño has taught for Franciscan University of Steubenville’s study abroad program located in lower Austria\, where he is an associate professor of philosophy\, and also serve as academic chairman. His teaching comprises both “core” courses in the perennial tradition as well as specialized courses\, also in English Literature and in Theology. \n\n\nCosts\nReading groups are free to attend. \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. \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\nReading\nWeek 1: Ch 1 pp 13-47Week 2: Ch 1 pp 47-73Week 3: Ch 2Week 4: Ch 6 & 9*All from Aesthetics Vol I \n\n\nLevel: \nSuitable for intermediate to advanced: primarily discussion. \n\n\nTime:\n10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now URL:https://hildebrandproject.org/event/aesthetics-vol-i-part-i/ CATEGORIES:Reading Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hildebrandproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Botticelli-primavera-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211228T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211228T143000 DTSTAMP:20211203T200322Z CREATED:20211203T200321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211203T200322Z UID:810-1640698200-1640701800@hildebrandproject.org SUMMARY:Ethics | Virtual Reading Group DESCRIPTION:A four-week reading group through Ethics with Martin Cajthaml. \nMeetings will take place through Zoom over the course of four Tuesdays (Dec 28\, Jan 4\, Jan 11\, & Jan 18) from 1:30 – 2:30 PM ET. \nVirtual Format\nAll meetings will be conducted live in Zoom. Links for each session will be sent out ahead of time. \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. \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 is available on the right-hand sidebar. URL:https://hildebrandproject.org/event/ethics-virtual-reading-group/ CATEGORIES:Ethics,Reading Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hildebrandproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Ethics-Front-Cover.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211227T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211227T143000 DTSTAMP:20211203T183250Z CREATED:20211203T221057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211203T183250Z UID:757-1640611800-1640615400@hildebrandproject.org SUMMARY:Jaws of Death: Gate of Heaven | Virtual Reading Group DESCRIPTION:A four week reading group through Jaws of Death with Maria Wolter. \nMeetings will take place through Zoom over the course of four Mondays (Dec 27\, Jan 3\, Jan 10\, & Jan 17) from 1:30 – 2:30 PM ET. \nVirtual Format\nAll meetings will be conducted live in Zoom. Links for each session will be sent out ahead of time. \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. \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 is available on the right-hand sidebar. \n\n All\n \n \n \n \n Maria Wolter\n \n Franciscan University of Steubenville\, Austria ProgramProfessor of Philosophy \nDr. Wolter graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy\, Theology\, and History from Franciscan University of Steubenville. She pursued her M.A. in Philosophy\, as well as her STB\, M.A.\, and STL in Theology at the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven (KUL)\, Belgium\, where she also received her Ph.D. in Philosophy. An Austrian-American national\, she returned to Austria upon receiving her present appointment at Franciscan University of Steubenville at its Study Abroad Program in Gaming\, Austria\, in 2007. \nResearch Areas: \nPhenomenology\, Modern and Renaissance Philosophy\, Axiology\, Personalism\, and Ethics. URL:https://hildebrandproject.org/event/virtual-reading-group-what-is-philosophy/ CATEGORIES:Reading Group,What is Philosophy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hildebrandproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Jaws_Cover_3D_2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211021T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211111T235959 DTSTAMP:20210820T183900Z CREATED:20210820T002232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210820T183900Z UID:62-1634774400-1636675199@hildebrandproject.org SUMMARY:Nature of Love Pt. II | Reading Group DESCRIPTION:A four week reading group through the Nature of Love with Derek Jefferys. This group is a continuation of Nature of Love I reading group. Participants must have already completed a four-week reading group through the Nature of Love to register. \nThe group will meet via Zoom on Thursdays (Oct 21\, Oct 28\, Nov 4\, Nov 11\, 2021) from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT. \n \nVIRTUAL FORMAT\nThe meeting will be conducted live in Zoom. Links for the sessions will be sent out ahead of time. \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. \nABOUT THE TEXT\nEarly on Dietrich von Hildebrand distinguished himself as a thinker with an unusual understanding of human love. His books in the 1920s on man and woman broke new ground and stirred up fruitful controversy. Toward the end of his life he wrote a foundational book on love\, The Nature of Love. He had in fact been preparing all his life to write this work; he was so drawn to the philosophical analysis of love that his students long ago had dubbed him doctor amoris\, the doctor of love. This great work\, the mature fruit of von Hildebrand’s genius\, is now available for the first time in English\, ably translated and introduced by the philosopher John F. Crosby\, who had been a student of von Hildebrand. \n \nThe Nature of Love is a masterpiece of phenomenological investigation. Not since Max Scheler’s work on love have the resources of phenomenology been so fruitfully employed for the understanding of what love is and what it is not. \n \nPreviously von Hildebrand had distinguished himself mainly in the area of moral philosophy\, but in this study on love a new side of his thought emerges. Von Hildebrand is here led into areas of personal subjectivity that he did not have the occasion to explore in his ethical writings. In a most original way he shows that the desire to be loved by the person whom one loves has nothing to do with selfishness; he shows that this desire to be loved and so to be united with the other person is itself a kind of self-donation to the other. Thus von Hildebrand resists the altruism that claims that one is selfless toward the beloved person only by willing the good of the other in such a way as to be indifferent to being loved in return. On the other hand\, he equally resists the claim that the happiness of the one who loves is the primary motive of love. Von Hildebrand indicates the radically other-centered direction of love\, while avoiding the pitfall of a depersonalized altruism. Thus he does justice both to the extraordinary self-transcendence of love as well as to subjectivity of love. This work constitutes a major contribution to the Christian personalism that von Hildebrand represents. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDerek S. Jeffreys\nFacilitator \n\nDerek S. Jeffreys is a professor of Humanities and Religion at the University of Wisconsin\, Green Bay. He teaches courses in the humanities\, ethics and the philosophy of religion. His research focuses on personalism and violence\, with a particular emphasis on punishment and incarceration. He is author of Defending Human Dignity: John Paul II and Political Realism (Brazos Press\, 2004)\, Spirituality and the Ethics of Torture (Palgrave\, 2009)\, Spirituality in Dark Places: The Ethics of Solitary Confinement (Palgrave\, 2013)\, and America’s Jails: The Search for Human Dignity in an Age of Mass Incarceration (NYU Press\, 2018). He is currently working on issues related to love and mental illness in penal institutions. 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