Reborn in Wonder Lecture Series Archive

Why the Church Educates: Recovering Mission in a Secular Age | R. Jared Staudt, Ph.D. (Sept. 27, 2022)

R. Jared Staudt, Ph.D., serves as Associate Superintendent for Mission and Formation for the Archdiocese of Denver and Visiting Associate Professor for the Augustine Institute. He is author of Restoring Humanity: Essays on the Evangelization of Culture (Divine Providence Press) and The Beer Option (Angelico Press) and the editor of Renewing Catholic Schools: How to Regain a Catholic Vision in a Secular Age (Catholic Education Press). He and his wife Anne have six children and he is a Benedictine oblate.

The Primacy of Jesus & World Religions | Prof. Matthew Ramage (Sept. 20, 2021)

Our guest today is Dr. Matthew Ramage, Professor of Theology at Benedictine College. In addition to his other scholarly and outreach endeavors, he is author, contributing author, or translator of over fifteen books, including Dark Passages of the Bible: Engaging Scripture with Benedict the Sixteenth and Thomas Aquinas as well as Christ’s Church and World Religions. His talk today is titled, “The Primary of Jesus and World Religions”

A Critique of Moral Relativism | Patrick Madrid (Oct. 14, 2020)

PATRICK MADRID hosts the “Patrick Madrid Show” radio program, broadcast nationally on Immaculate Heart/Relevant Radio (M-F, 6-9 am Pacific, ihradio.com/patrick). Patrick has authored or edited 25 books on Catholic themes, including Life Lessons, Why Be Catholic? Search and Rescue, Does the Bible Really Say That? and the acclaimed Surprised by Truth series. Patrick worked at Catholic Answers for eight years, where he served as vice president. Married for 36 years, Patrick and his wife Nancy have been blessed with 11 children and 22 grandchildren (so far). His website is patrickmadrid.com.

Standing on a Knife’s Edge: The Battle Between Hope and Despair in Tolkein | Dr. Helen Freeh (September 9, 2020)

Building a Civilization of Love: The Work of the World Youth Alliance | Anna Halpine. (November, 2019)

Anna Halpine is the founder of the World Youth Alliance and was the WYA president from 1999 to the spring of 2007. She has her Masters in Philosophy of Religion from Yale University Divinity School (2009), and a Bachelor of Music from Mt. Allison University in Canada (1999). She is the current CEO of the FEMM Foundation, a research and evidence based program committed to improving women’s health. She lives and works in New York City.

Towards an Authentic Christian Cinema | Dr. Barbara Nicolosi (October 16, 2019)

Humanae Vitae and the Wisdom of Pope Paul VI | Bishop James Wall (2018)

One Flesh of Purest Gold: St. John Chrysostom and the Mysteries of Marriage | Mike Aquilina (September 5, 2018)

JRR Tolkien's Vision of Wonder in a Time of Terror | Dr. Ralph Wood (November 29, 2017)

Newman’s Lessons for the Church of the Third Millennium | Bishop Michael Barber (October 25, 2017)

The Common Good and its Counterfeits | Dr. Russell Hittinger (September 20, 2017)

Dr. Russell Hittinger is the Warren Chair of Catholic Studies and Research Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa. Hittinger’s scholarship is focused on the intersection of philosophy, religion, and law, with particular emphasis on the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. For the past several years he has worked and published extensively on the history of Catholic social thought since the 18th century.

Out of the Shadows: Newman and the Pursuit of Truth | Dr. Don Briel (August 9, 2017)

Liberal Education and the Future of American Democracy | George Weigel. (November 30, 2016)

George Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, is a Catholic theologian and one of America’s leading public intellectuals. He holds EPPC’s William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies.

Belief and Commitment | Dr. Scott Hahn. (November 9, 2016)

The Idea of a University: What’s Human about the Humanities? | Sr. Kathleen Dietz. (October 19, 2016)

Thriving Cultures and the Vision of the Family | Curtis Martin. (September 21, 2016)

Tradition: the Transmission of the Permanent Things | Dr. John Pepino. (December 2, 2015)

Dr. John Pepino is a professor of Greek, Latin, History, and Patristics at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, Nebraska. His Master’s degree is in Classical Greek and Latin and his Doctorate is in the Fathers of the Church. He has published on the Fathers of Church and on contemporary Church History (particularly Vatican II and the liturgy in the twentieth century).

As the Gentle Rain from Heaven: Shakespeare’s Heart of Mercy | Dr. John Freeh. (November, 2015)

Love, the Foundation of the Intellectual Life | Dr. R.R. Reno. (October 14, 2015)

Reborn in Wonder | Bishop James Conley and Dr. Tom Foster. (September 16, 2015)

Dr. Tom Foster