Building Catholic Culture
Dr. R. Jared Staudt
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Unpacking the Last Supper
On Palm Sunday, I gave a talk for the Institute of Catholic Culture: Mystical Supper: A Biblical Study of Holy Thursday. In it, I explored questions like: You can watch it for free at: https://instituteofcatholicculture.org/events/mystical-supper/video/1178553905. You just have…
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Catholic Fiction at Its Height: The Case for Contemplative Realism
Catholic fiction is an elusive thing. It evades all easy attempts at definition. It’s not fiction about Catholicism. It’s not fiction that promotes Catholicism. And, to make matters worse, Flannery O’Connor, perhaps the foremost American Catholic fiction writer, said that “the…
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The Baptism of Jesus as His Coronation
Kings in the ancient world viewed themselves as sons of particular gods, patron deities of their realm, and, therefore, divine in their own right. Sometimes conceived through ritual acts, rulers, regardless, viewed their coronation as a moment of adoption, when they began to…
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Why Fiction? Six Reasons to Read Stories
A good story is like Belgian chocolate. Everybody likes it. And, further, most everyone can agree it’s worthwhile. True, there are nay-sayers out there whose dads never read The Lord of the Rings to them, but enjoyment (and endorsement) of stories is a fairly universal thing.…
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Upcoming Sacred Art Class and Wine Pilgrimage
I approach Catholic culture by integrating a variety of disciplines: theology, history, culture, and art. Following the proposal of Christopher Dawson for The Study of Christian Culture as the anchor of Catholic education for our time, my goal is to help people experience the…
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Signs and Strict Allegories in The Way of Lucherium
There are two kinds of allegories. There are loose allegories and strict allegories. That’s a bold statement. What, exactly, is an allegory? It’s a work of art (visual, literary, or plastic) that points to something beyond itself. Take, for example, the encounter with the dragon…
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Do Right and Left Labels Belong in the Church?
One of the most common statements in relation to the recent papal election concerned the inappropriateness of political labels in the Church. While it may be true that they shouldn’t belong in the Church, it doesn’t follow that they do not apply to factions and ways of thinking.…
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Habemus Extraneum: A Brief History of Non-Italian Popes
From the beginning, the Bishop of Rome exercised influence beyond the Eternal City, becoming a rock of doctrinal orthodoxy that would help the universal Church weather many storms. Rome was never an ordinary city in the history of the Petrine ministry, attracting clergy and…
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St. Yared: Ethiopian Composer and My Unknown Patron Saint
I just discovered that I have an unexpected Name Day on May 19th. Catholics celebrate their Name Day as another birthday in honor of the patron saints on feast days of the one after whom they are named. There are a few St. Roberts, with Bellarmine being the most famous, […]
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Ten Ways Pope Francis Built Up Catholic Culture
On this day of Pope Francis’s funeral, first of all we pray for the repose of his soul. Everyone would acknowledge, no matter the side on which they would land, that Francis’s Pontificate was controversial and divisive, particularly in matters of doctrine and liturgy. I don’t…