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GLASGOW: Stuart is recording his new stand-up special "Horse" at Blackfriars on Sunday 27th April. Tickets here: https://wegottickets.com/SomeLaughPodcastThis week the boays are joined by star of Only an Excuse and Two Doors Down Jonathan Watson. They discuss the origins of OAE?, whether Jonathan ever received any backlash (or Sir Alex's Ferguson's famous hairdryer treatment) due to any of his impressions, and recount some of classic Only an Excuse sketches. Plus, Jonathan discusses his starring role in BBC sitcom Two Doors Down, working with Steve Coogan on This Time with Alan Partridge, and how after starring alongside Brian Cox he could have appeared in an episode of Succession.You can listen to Jonathan's new podcast Forget the Ball (alongside OAE? creator Phil Differ and the real Chick Young) here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5JpTJBuenEyFvhKdctmneX?si=443c4dfb547f4c6bSign up to our Patreon for extra episodes and bonus content including access to all our live shows here:www.patreon.com/somelaughMarc is going on his first UK & Ireland tour in the summer of 2025 (now with added shows in Glasgow & Bristol) Tickets are on sale here now: You can watch Stu, Marc & Steve's stand-up specials on the Some Laugh YouTube channel here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM6lKn8dnMK5bOtlX-3XlCpZSf-B_qweQ&si=JjKknRTZvvza5l55Stand-Up Tickets:Marc: https://linktr.ee/MarcJenkoStu: https://linktr.ee/StuartMcPSteve: https://linktr.ee/stephenbuchananYou can follow Some Laugh on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok - and please remember to leave a 5 star review!
GLASGOW: Stuart is recording his new stand-up special "Horse" at Blackfriars on Sunday 27th April. Tickets here: https://wegottickets.com/SomeLaughPodcastThis week the boays catch up after being on their respective travels. Stuart recounts being the victim of an attempted mugging in Paris, Steve's non-romantic trip to London leads him to believe he could write a musical like Hamilton, whilst Marc finds out that booking an early check-in doesn't always guarantee you'll get one. Plus, a classic Steve faux-pas involving a menu rounds off this week's episode.Sign up to our Patreon for extra episodes and bonus content including access to all our live shows here:www.patreon.com/somelaughMarc is going on his first UK & Ireland tour in the summer of 2025 (now with added shows in Glasgow & Bristol) Tickets are on sale here now: https://tour.marcjenningscomedy.com/You can watch Stu, Marc & Steve's stand-up specials on the Some Laugh YouTube channel here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM6lKn8dnMK5bOtlX-3XlCpZSf-B_qweQ&si=JjKknRTZvvza5l55Stand-Up Tickets:Marc: https://linktr.ee/MarcJenkoStu: https://linktr.ee/StuartMcPSteve: https://linktr.ee/stephenbuchananYou can follow Some Laugh on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok - and please remember to leave a 5 star review!
GLASGOW: Stuart is recording his new stand-up special "Horse" at Blackfriars on Sunday 27th April. Tickets here: https://wegottickets.com/SomeLaughPodcastThis week the boays discuss feeling uncomfortable in certain environments, Stu invents a functional website for events, and there's A LOT of chat about food - including Paesano, Spam, UHT milk & Steve reveals why as a kid he was banned from eating Babybel. Plus, there's chat of Monty Python, the McDonald's “I'm Lovin' It” Jingle and Robbie Williams' questionable lyrics. Sign up to our Patreon for extra episodes and bonus content including access to all our live shows here:www.patreon.com/somelaughMarc is going on his first UK & Ireland tour in the summer of 2025 (now with added shows in Glasgow & Bristol) Tickets are on sale here now: https://tour.marcjenningscomedy.com/You can watch Stu, Marc & Steve's stand-up specials on the Some Laugh YouTube channel here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM6lKn8dnMK5bOtlX-3XlCpZSf-B_qweQ&si=JjKknRTZvvza5l55Stand-Up Tickets:Marc: https://linktr.ee/MarcJenkoStu: https://linktr.ee/StuartMcPSteve: https://linktr.ee/stephenbuchananYou can follow Some Laugh on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok - and please remember to leave a 5 star review!
GLASGOW: Stuart is recording his new stand-up special "Horse" at Blackfriars on Sunday 27th April. Tickets here: https://wegottickets.com/SomeLaughPodcastThis week Marc and Stuart are joined by comedian Diona Doherty. Diona discusses meeting her now husband at the Edinburgh Festival, how her acting background (including an appearance in Derry Girls) impacts her comedy, and shares an incredible life-hack about breastfeeding. Plus, Marc recounts the story of his gran's street being bombed during World War II, and chat about boomers social media habits leads Diona to reveal how she learned about her gran's death via Facebook status.Diona is on tour with her new show "Get Your Pink Back" including dates in Glasgow & Edinburgh on 26th & 27th May. Tickets here: https://dionadoherty.co.uk/category/get-your-pink-back/Sign up to our Patreon for extra episodes and bonus content including access to all our live shows here:www.patreon.com/somelaughMarc is going on his first UK & Ireland tour in the summer of 2025 (now with added shows in Glasgow & Bristol) Tickets are on sale here now: https://tour.marcjenningscomedy.com/You can watch Stu, Marc & Steve's stand-up specials on the Some Laugh YouTube channel here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM6lKn8dnMK5bOtlX-3XlCpZSf-B_qweQ&si=JjKknRTZvvza5l55Stand-Up Tickets:Marc: https://linktr.ee/MarcJenkoStu: https://linktr.ee/StuartMcPSteve: https://linktr.ee/stephenbuchananYou can follow Some Laugh on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok - and please remember to leave a 5 star review!
A hunner and a hawf, still a stunner and a hawf! This week Steve's lizard sighting prompts the boays to discuss the morality of killing and eating animals, Marc links the demise of the paper round to the rise in misogyny amongst teenage boays (something Stephen Graham's Adolescence was too scared to address) and Stuart recounts how his recent Edinburgh tour show was tarnished by a miserable old Scottish man. Plus, a partial return of the "philosophical question", as the boays ponder a "Would-You-Rather" based around the music of Mr Worldwide himself, Pitbull.GLASGOW: Stuart is recording his recent stand-up show "Horse" at Blackfriars on Sunday 27th April. Tickets here: https://wegottickets.com/SomeLaughPodcastSign up to our Patreon for extra episodes and bonus content including access to all our live shows here:www.patreon.com/somelaughMarc is going on his first UK & Ireland tour in the summer of 2025 (now with added shows in Glasgow & Bristol) Tickets are on sale here now: https://tour.marcjenningscomedy.com/You can watch Stu, Marc & Steve's stand-up specials on the Some Laugh YouTube channel here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM6lKn8dnMK5bOtlX-3XlCpZSf-B_qweQ&si=JjKknRTZvvza5l55Stand-Up Tickets:Marc: https://linktr.ee/MarcJenkoStu: https://linktr.ee/StuartMcPSteve: https://linktr.ee/stephenbuchananYou can follow Some Laugh on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok - and please remember to leave a 5 star review!
In this special episode we cover the last two days of the Peasants Revolt of June 1381- the destruction and carnage of the previous few days is dwarfed by the mayhem that is to follow; the Archbishop of Canterbury is hacked apart before a baying crown; scores of foreigners are massacred in the streets and the young king forced to hide out in a house in Blackfriars, as the city descends into utter chaos. But quietly, and behind the scenes, the Aldermen of London began flexing their muscles. From saving large numbers of Germans, to orchestrating the plan to kill the rebel leader, this is a story of how the Mayor and his allies were to emerge triumphant in the face of absolute horror.
With approximately 7% of the Irish population affected by Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)' according to the HSE, Irish start-up Huggnote aims to make hearts sing across the globe this January by adding a 'January Joy' theme to the app which turns songs into virtual hugs. And the start-up, which is founded by Limerick sisters Jacqui and Perry Meskell has been announced as a finalist at the Hotbed Expand Accelerator to pitch live on stage at its finale showcase event at the end of January. Award-winning Huggnote, created by Limerick sisters Jacqui and Perry Meskell aims to make it easier to be there for loved ones the instant it's needed. And with people across Ireland experiencing 'January Blues' feelings of low mood and decreased energy - the app sees a surge in users at this time of year. With users in 204 countries, Huggnote has another reason to be joyful this January having been selected as one of just five finalists from 45 startups spanning SAAS, Healthtech and AI at the London Accelerator 'Hotbed Expand' showcase to be held at Blackfriars on January 30th. Chosen for Huggnote's 'rapid execution and market traction' during the programme, the event is open to self-certified investors, founders and ecosystem contributors. Huggnote, which has won numerous awards, including for its social and sustainable impact, transforms heartfelt messages into unique, personalised experiences by pairing them with the perfect song. To send a 'January Joy' Huggnote, go to www.huggnote.com- click 'send huggs' and after signing up simply select your theme, song, add a message and send via WhatsApp, Text or any other channel you choose. To attend the Hotbed Expand Showcase at Lewis Silkin in Blackfriars in London on January 30th visit www.hotbed.co for more info. See more stories here.
Wandering Works for Us PodcastDate: 21 December 2024Title: Christmas in London (our first trip!)Summary of EpisodeWe went to London to catch the Christmas Markets and hang with our niece Katey. London was definitely “Giving Christmas.”The Christmas decorations and markets were great but we also got to see the London Tower, Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, the changing of the guard and King Charles!!We also enjoyed the pubs and afternoon tea at the Dalloway Terrace. Find out what else we did on our first trip to London (together).Key Topics[02:30] Christmas Markets in London and everywhere [7:45] Christmas lights tour[11:00] Fortnam and Mason (Yikes)[13:00] Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace[16:00] Tower of London and Tower Bridge[10:00] The British Museum[21:50] Big Ben, St. James Park, pelicans, Royal Opera House, and other fun stuff[24:00] Evensong in Westminster[27:00] Pubs–George Inn and Blackfriars (we've listed more on the blog)[31:15] Cahoots bar[33:00] Afternoon Tea [35:00] Things we will do next time Important Links To follow all our antics and adventures, please visit our social media pages and website at wwforus.com! You can send us a message at any of these places and feel free to email us at wandering@wwforus.comLike what we are doing? Buy us a gin and tonic and help us keep going!InstagramFacebookTiktokYouTubeLooking for a tour guide in Portugal? I have a whole list!Blog post for this episode: Christmas in London--will link as soon as it is finished!Thanks to Everyone who has been so supportive!Special thanks to all of you who have listened, subscribed, followed us on social media and just took the time to say hello and tell us how much you enjoy our podcast and blog. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wandering-works-for-us/donations
Episode 146:The banning of printed satire.‘Every Man Out of His Humour' is produced by The Lord Chamberlin's Men.‘Cynthia's Revels' is performed at court but is not well received.‘Poetester' is performed at the Blackfriars and sparks ‘the war of the poets' with Dekker and Marston.‘Sejanus: His Fall' fails to impress.Jonson cultivates friendships with nobility close to the Stuart dynasty.The death of Elizabeth.Entertainments for the arrival of Queen Anne in England.Jonson's contribution to the official entry of King James into London.Jonson is ejected from court on Twelfth Night 1604.The Court Masque.‘The Masque of Blackness'.‘Eastward Ho' causes Jonson another spell in prison.Support the podcast at:www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comwww.patreon.com/thoetpwww.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Echtgenote. Moeder. Detective. Kit is van alle markten thuis. Maar lukt het haar ook om het hoofd boven water te houden? Uitgegeven door KokBoekencentrum Fictie Spreker: Miryanna van Reeden
In this episode, the 5th in Danny Hurst´s Unusual Histories Bridge Series, he reaches Blackfriars. Today, you get the history of 3 bridges for the price of one. Danny tells you about the connection the bridge has with monks, theatre, the River Fleet, David Bowie, solar power, the Mafia, and the voice of Queen Victoria. KEY TAKEAWAYS You can still see the columns that supported the old Blackfriars Bridge. They played an important role in constructing the present-day one. The bridge is named after an order of Dominican monks who lived in the area. The decoration on the piers is particularly interesting and clever. It was the London, Chatham and Dover railway that first took trains across the river at this point. A 2nd railway bridge had to be built to ease congestion. Blackfriars is the only station to span the River Thames. Originally users had to pay a toll. BEST MOMENTS ‘This monastic influence is reflected in the piers of the road bridge. ´ ‘The old Blackfriars Bridge was once known as the Alexandra Bridge.' ‘Both the station and the bridge were renamed in 1937 to avoid confusion with St. Paul's underground station.' EPISODE RESOURCES https://www.citybridgefoundation.org.uk/ HOST BIO Historian, performer, and mentor Danny Hurst has been engaging audiences for many years, whether as a lecturer, stand-up comic or intervention teacher with young offenders and excluded secondary students. Having worked with some of the most difficult people in the UK, he is a natural storyteller and entertainer, whilst purveying the most fascinating information that you didn't know you didn't know. A writer and host of pub quizzes across London, he has travelled extensively and speaks several languages. He has been a consultant for exhibitions at the Imperial War Museum and Natural History Museum in London as well as presenting accelerated learning seminars across the UK. With a wide range of knowledge ranging from motor mechanics to opera to breeding carnivorous plants, he believes learning is the most effective when it's fun. Uniquely delivered, this is history without the boring bits, told the way only Danny Hurst can. CONTACT AND SOCIALS https://instagram.com/dannyjhurstfacebook.com/danny.hurst.9638 https://twitter.com/dannyhurst https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-hurst-19574720 Podcast Description "History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake." James Joyce. That was me at school as well. Ironically, I ended up becoming a historian. The Unusual Histories podcast is all about the history you don't learn at school, nor indeed anywhere else. Discover things that you didn't know that you didn't know, fascinating historical luminaries and their vices and addictions, and the other numerous sides of every story. Danny continues his Unusual Histories podcast with the Bridge Series, remaining in London travelling east to west to look at the bridges which span the Thames. He looks at their design, construction and history, along with the history of the areas in which they're located on both sides of the river. This series kicks off with an exclusive interview with Dirk Bennett of the City Bridge Foundation, the organisation which looks after London's bridges. Tower Bridge is marking its 130th anniversary this month and Dirk talks to Danny about the history of the bridge as well as the new exhibition that is opening for it. If you love history; or indeed if you hate history, this is the podcast for you…
You told us how much you enjoyed the last podcast... our London walk and talk. So we are doing something similar today. Join us as we walk from London Blackfriars Station via Unilever, Fleet Street, Hodge the Cat, and ending up at the Inns of Court. Plus the usual chatty twaddle along the way!Please get in touch via the "Contact Us" button our website: twovoices.co.uk We really love hearing from you.
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The Lord gives us what we cannot make or do for ourselves. Our first task in life is to receive. And from what we receive, we are to be changed. The mystery of the Eucharist abides in that exchange: receiving, becoming.In a new book titled Eucharist: The Real Presence of Christ, my longtime friend Tania Geist presents twelve substantive Eucharistic reflections that help small groups discover, discuss, prepare for, and respond to the gift and mission of the Eucharist. Our conversation today will touch on the meaning of the Eucharist, the gift of peace, God sustaining us with simplicity and joy, and the movement from possessiveness to gratitude.About today's guest: Tania M. Geist has worked as an editor and writer of Catholic books, newspapers, journals, and other media. Her reflections in these pages have been especially shaped by her time studying theology and philosophy at Blackfriars of Oxford University; her years translating and editing Pope Benedict XVI's preaching for L'Osservatore Romano newspaper inside Vatican City, and the decade during which her young family was part of the community at the University of Notre Dame. There, she received a master's degree in systematic theology and served as an editor for Church Life Journal.Geist currently resides in Providence, Rhode Island, with her scripture-scholar husband and their four spunky young children. As a small business owner, she runs Book Pocket, LLC, which provides editorial and audio event services.Follow-up Resources:“The Folly of Mine” by Tania Geist, article in the Church Life Journal“Matter Matters: One the Need for a Pastoral Theology of Radical Particularity” by Tania Geist, article in the Church Life Journal“Motherhood and the Paschal Mystery” by Tania Geist, article in the Church Life Journal“Eucharist Beliefs Among Adult Catholics, with Tim O'Malley,” podcast episode on Church Life Today“Augustine on the Eucharist, with Elizabeth Klein,” podcast episode on Church Life TodayChurch Life Today is a partnership between the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame and OSV Podcasts from Our Sunday Visitor. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.
In Shakespeare's plays, he uses the word “glass” over 80 times, including to talk about specific kinds of glass like a pilot's glass in Alls Well That Ends Well, and “the glasses of my sight” in Coriolanus. We can see from the surviving building of Shakespeare's Birthplace in Stratford Upon Avon, that window glass existed, and there was even an old glass house in the Blackfriars where the Blackfriars theater was located, but how was all this glass made? What materials were used? What other products might have been made from glass, and what colors of glass were available or even most popular? To find out the answers to these questions and explore the history of glass for Shakespeare's lifetime, we are delighted to welcome Allen Loomis to the show today. Get bonus episodes on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Colin and Jack discuss a list of conspiracy theories promoted by Donald Trump.Send us a DM or email hello@wrongtermmemory.com if you want a chance to win a couple of tickets to see Darren Connell's live stand-up night, Just One More Laugh, at Club 45 @Blackfriars in Glasgow on Wednesday 29 May.Support Wrong Term Memory on PatreonProduced by Jack Shaw and Colin McMillan
This is a public lecture by Christopher Highley of the Ohio State University on his book, 'Blackfriars in Early Modern London' (Oxford UP, 2022). Highley specializes in Early Modern literature, culture, and history. Along with his many publications, honors, grants, and awards, he is the author of Shakespeare, Spenser, and the Crisis in Ireland (Cambridge UP, 1997), Catholics Writing the Nation in Early Modern Britain and Ireland (Oxford UP, 2008). His well-received and most recent book is entitled Blackfriars in Early Modern London: Theater, Church, and Neighborhood. He is currently continuing his work on early modern London during the English Reformation period, as well as on the posthumous image of Henry VIII.
Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. Daniel De Haan about Alasdair MacIntyre and virtue. You can watch this interview on YouTube here: https://tinyurl.com/29pba85r About the speaker: Daniel D. De Haan is the Frederick Copleston Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer in Philosophy and Theology in the Catholic Tradition at Campion Hall and Blackfriars at the University of Oxford. Before to coming to Oxford, De Haan was a postdoctoral fellow on the neuroscience strand of the Theology, Philosophy of Religion, and the Sciences project at the University of Cambridge. He has a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University of Leuven and University of St Thomas in Texas. His research focuses on philosophical anthropology, hylomorphism and the sciences, moral psychology, philosophical theology, and the thought of Thomas Aquinas.
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Cheltenham days Park Fever Baked in South London Farringdon shithousery Cycling in the Dordogne Pub and Beer News Crisp News Drug News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Deserter Island Crisps with Emma Stump Reader's Letters Bum(per) Dosser Social Media Scene
This lecture was given on June 16th, 2023, at Holy Family Mission, Glencomeragh House Kilsheelan, TA Ireland. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: Fr. Alan O'Sullivan, O.P. (Trinity College) is currently the chaplain of Trinity College, Dublin. He is a member of the Irish province of the Order of Preachers who studied at Blackfriars, Oxford.
Fr. Alan O'Sullivan, O.P. (Trinity College) is currently the chaplain of Trinity College, Dublin. He is a member of the Irish province of the Order of Preachers who studied at Blackfriars, Oxford.
In this discussion, Mark Hillary talks to Christine Heynes, Head of Customer Transformation, and Yvonne Quinn, Head of Customer Relations, at Southeastern Railway in the UK. Southeastern is the public-facing name of SE Trains Ltd - a train operating company that serves the south east area of England. Southeastern serves the main London stations of Charing Cross, Waterloo East, Cannon Street, London Bridge, St Pancras, Victoria and Blackfriars. The network has route mileage of 540 miles (870 km), with 180 stations. Christine and Yvonne explore the complexities of managing customer expectations on a major rail network and how to manage daily complaints and refund demands alongside building a CX strategy for the future. They also explore the importance of finding the right CX partner. They are happy to talk about their relationship with Teleperformance, a contract that has been extended. It's interesting to note how they see Teleperformance as a CX expert that can guide the rail company, rather just just a supplier of customer service solutions. This collaboration recently won an award (best cross functional collaboration) at the ECCCSAs 2023. In the interview, Yvonne answers the first question - Christine joins from the second question. https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-heynes-40233a104/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/yvonne-quinn-18366a297/ https://www.ecccsa.com/2023-finalists/
This lecture was given on September 16, 2023, at the Thomistic Circles Conference at the Dominican House of Studies For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Russell Hittinger is a leading scholar of Catholic political and social thought. From 1996-2019, Dr. Hittinger was the incumbent of the William K. Warren Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he was also a Research Professor in the School of Law. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Fordham University, Princeton University, New York University, Providence College, and Charles University in Prague. In January 2020, Dr. Hittinger gave the Aquinas Lecture at Blackfriars, Oxford. Since 2001, he has been a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, to which he was elected a full member (ordinarius) in 2004 and appointed to the consilium or governing board from 2006-2018. On 8 September 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Dr. Hittinger as an ordinarius in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in which he finished his ten-year term in 2019. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America, where he also serves as the inaugural co-director of the Program in Catholic Political Thought.
Back to just us this week troops and we had a real laugh in the studio this week!Funny Bunch returns to Blackfriars this week, you can get tickets here:https://tickets-scotland.com/dar44This Podcast is brought to you by a returning Sponsor:ARGUE & CO LEGALThe areas of law that we practice are described below. Although we may not be able to assist you with all of your legal requirements, we are happy to take the time to have a chat with you, and if we can point you in the right direction to another solicitor we will.We offer a FREE initial consultation; if you have questions or queries give us a call. We will give you expert advice on the prospects of success of your case, and we can advise you on what you need to do next to progress your case.We Specialise in:Personal InjuryEmployment LawRegulatory HearingsCriminal Injuries ApplicationsContact us today:https://argueandco.co.uk/0141 378 4145aar@argueandco.co.ukThank you Alan for you support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This lecture was given on June 15, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the 2023 Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "Friendship, Happiness, and the Search for God: Aristotle, Augustine, & Aquinas." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Russell Hittinger is a leading scholar of Catholic political and social thought. From 1996-2019, Dr. Hittinger was the incumbent of the William K. Warren Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he was also a Research Professor in the School of Law. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Fordham University, Princeton University, New York University, Providence College, and Charles University in Prague. In January 2020, Dr. Hittinger gave the Aquinas Lecture at Blackfriars, Oxford. Since 2001, he has been a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, to which he was elected a full member (ordinarius) in 2004 and appointed to the consilium or governing board from 2006-2018. On 8 September 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Dr. Hittinger as an ordinarius in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in which he finished his ten-year term in 2019. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America, where he also serves as the inaugural co-Director of the Program in Catholic Political Thought.
This lecture was given on June 14, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the 2023 Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "Friendship, Happiness, and the Search for God: Aristotle, Augustine, & Aquinas." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Russell Hittinger is a leading scholar of Catholic political and social thought. From 1996-2019, Dr. Hittinger was the incumbent of the William K. Warren Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he was also a Research Professor in the School of Law. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Fordham University, Princeton University, New York University, Providence College, and Charles University in Prague. In January 2020, Dr. Hittinger gave the Aquinas Lecture at Blackfriars, Oxford. Since 2001, he has been a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, to which he was elected a full member (ordinarius) in 2004 and appointed to the consilium or governing board from 2006-2018. On 8 September 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Dr. Hittinger as an ordinarius in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in which he finished his ten-year term in 2019. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America, where he also serves as the inaugural co-Director of the Program in Catholic Political Thought.
Episode 103:The story of the next phase of theatre building in Elizabethan London featuring the indoor and outdoor playhouses.The First Blackfriars TheatreThe CurtainPhilip HensloweThe Rose Francis LangleyThe SwanThe Second Blackfriars TheatreSupport the podcast at:www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comwww.ko-fi.com/thoetpwww.patreon.com/thoetpThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
This lecture was given on June 13, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the 2023 Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "Friendship, Happiness, and the Search for God: Aristotle, Augustine, & Aquinas." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Russell Hittinger is a leading scholar of Catholic political and social thought. From 1996-2019, Dr. Hittinger was the incumbent of the William K. Warren Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he was also a Research Professor in the School of Law. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Fordham University, Princeton University, New York University, Providence College, and Charles University in Prague. In January 2020, Dr. Hittinger gave the Aquinas Lecture at Blackfriars, Oxford. Since 2001, he has been a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, to which he was elected a full member (ordinarius) in 2004 and appointed to the consilium or governing board from 2006-2018. On 8 September 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Dr. Hittinger as an ordinarius in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in which he finished his ten-year term in 2019. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America, where he also serves as the inaugural co-Director of the Program in Catholic Political Thought.
This lecture was given on June 12, 2023 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of the 2023 Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "Friendship, Happiness, and the Search for God: Aristotle, Augustine, & Aquinas" For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: https://thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Russell Hittinger is a leading scholar of Catholic political and social thought. From 1996-2019, Dr. Hittinger was the incumbent of the William K. Warren Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he was also a Research Professor in the School of Law. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Fordham University, Princeton University, New York University, Providence College, and Charles University in Prague. In January 2020, Dr. Hittinger gave the Aquinas Lecture at Blackfriars, Oxford. Since 2001, he is a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, to which he was elected a full member (ordinarius) in 2004, and appointed to the consilium or governing board from 2006-2018. On 8 September 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Dr. Hittinger as an ordinarius in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in which he finished his ten-year term in 2019. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America, where he also serves as the inaugural co-Director of the Program in Catholic Political Thought.
Send us a Text Message.Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. Henry VIII went down in history, not so much for what he accomplished as king of England but for one tantalizing fact - he had six wives. Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Katherine Parr - these six women are often defined by their association with Henry VIII, she was wife number 2, she was number 5, she was number 6, their very humanity reduced to a number. Not Catherine, not Anne, not Jane, just “Henry VIII's wife.” But these women were more than just wives, they were individuals, each with their own story, all of them overshadowed by the desperation of a man determined to continue his legacy. But did you know, in his absurd quest for a male heir, Henry VIII ripped his country apart, changing the religion of the entire nation, executing his closest advisors, tormenting his wives, and ultimately failing miserably? Let's fix that. Historic UK "Henry VII"National Library of Medicine "The English Sweating Sickness"Historic Royal Palaces "Life at the Tudor Court"The Tudor Society "The Pregnancies of Katherine of Aragon"The Freelance History Writer "Catherine of Aragon's Speech at Blackfriars"Short History of podcast episode "Henry VIII"History Extra podcast series "Six Wives"Support the show! Buy Me a CoffeeVenmo @Shea-LaFountaine
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In Early Modern England, there was a rash of abductions of boys, who were being forced to work as actors. Then a child was taken whose father was in a position to actually do something about it. Research: Soth, Amelia. “Her Majesty's Kidnappers.” JSTOR Daily. 12/17/2020. https://daily.jstor.org/kidnapping-for-the-queens-choir/ Early Modern London Theaters. “Viewing Event Record: Star Chamber, Clifton v Robinson et al: Clifton States His Case.” https://emlot.library.utoronto.ca/db/record/event/93/ Reynolds, Patricia. “Kidnapped to order: child actors in Shakespeare's day.” The National Archives. 5/12/2016. https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/kidnapped-order-child-actors-shakespeares-day/ Map of Early London. “Blackfriars Theatre.” https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/BLAC6.htm Shapiro, Michael. “Children of the Revels: The Boy Companies of Shakespeare's Time and Their Plays.” New York: Columbia University Press. 1977. Fleay, Frederick Gard. “A Chronicle History of the London Stage 1559-1642.” New York. G.E. Stechert & Co. 1909. Benet, William Rose. "Blackfriars." Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., Harper & Row, 1987, p. 103. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A18034327/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=fefb4932. Accessed 21 June 2023. Munro, Lucy. "Living by Others' Pleasure: Marston, The Dutch Courtesan, and Theatrical Profit." Early Theatre, vol. 23, no. 1, June 2020, pp. 109+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A638900245/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=ce5c9645. Accessed 21 June 2023. Dutton, Richard. “The Revels Office and the Boy Companies, 1600-1613: New Perspectives.” English Literary Renaissance , SPRING 2002, Vol. 32, No. 2. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43447637 Wridgway, Neville. "Giles, Nathaniel (c. 1558–1634), choirmaster and composer." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Date of access 22 Jun. 2023, https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-10724 Barrie, Robert. “Elizabethan Play-Boys in the Adult London Companies.” Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 , Spring, 2008, Vol. 48, No. 2. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40071333 Mamujee, Shehzana. “'To serve us in that behalf when our pleasure is to call for them': performing boys in Renaissance England.” Renaissance Studies , NOVEMBER 2014, Vol. 28, No. 5. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24423452 Jones, Roger T. “The Role of the Junior English Schools in the Development of the Drama.” A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Loyola University September, 1944. Bradbrook, M.C. “'Silk? Satin? Kersey? Rags?' The Choristers' Theater under Elizabeth and James.” Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 , Spring, 1961. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/449339 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode, Russell Hittinger and I finish our conversation on St. Augustine's Confessions and discuss the last three books. This is part three in a three part series on this book. As always, I hope you enjoy our conversation! Dr. Russell Hittinger is a leading scholar of Catholic political and social thought. From 1996-2019, Dr. Hittinger was the incumbent of the William K. Warren Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he was also a Research Professor in the School of Law. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Fordham University, Princeton University, New York University, Providence College, and Charles University in Prague. In January 2020, Dr. Hittinger gave the Aquinas Lecture at Blackfriars, Oxford. Since 2001, he is a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, to which he was elected a full member (ordinarius) in 2004, and appointed to the consilium or governing board from 2006-2018. On 8 September 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Dr. Hittinger as an ordinarius in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in which he finished his ten-year term in 2019. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America, where he also serves as the inaugural co-Director of the Program in Catholic Political Thought. Jennifer Frey is an associate professor of philosophy and Peter and Bonnie McCausland Faculty Fellow at the University of South Carolina. She is also a fellow of the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and the Word on Fire Institute. Prior to joining the philosophy faculty at USC, she was a Collegiate Assistant Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago, where she was a member of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts and an affiliated faculty in the philosophy department. She earned her Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, and her B.A. in Philosophy and Medieval Studies (with a Classics minor) at Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana. She has published widely on action, virtue, practical reason, and meta-ethics, and has recently co-edited an interdisciplinary volume, Self-Transcendence and Virtue: Perspectives from Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology. Her writing has also been featured in Breaking Ground, First Things, Fare Forward, Image, Law and Liberty, The Point, and USA Today. She lives in Columbia, SC, with her husband, six children, and chickens. You can follow her on Twitter @ jennfrey. Sacred and Profane Love is a podcast in which philosophers, theologians, and literary critics discuss some of their favorite works of literature, and how these works have shaped their own ideas about love, happiness, and meaning in human life. Host Jennifer A. Frey is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina. The podcast is generously supported by The Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and produced by Catholics for Hire.
In this episode, Russell Hittinger and I finish our conversation on St. Augustine's Confessions and discuss the last three books. This is part three in a three part series on this book. As always, I hope you enjoy our conversation! Dr. Russell Hittinger is a leading scholar of Catholic political and social thought. From 1996-2019, Dr. Hittinger was the incumbent of the William K. Warren Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he was also a Research Professor in the School of Law. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Fordham University, Princeton University, New York University, Providence College, and Charles University in Prague. In January 2020, Dr. Hittinger gave the Aquinas Lecture at Blackfriars, Oxford. Since 2001, he is a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, to which he was elected a full member(ordinarius) in 2004, and appointed to the consilium or governing board from 2006-2018. On 8 September 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Dr. Hittinger as an ordinarius in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in which he finished his ten-year term in 2019. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America, where he also serves as the inaugural co-Director of the Program in Catholic Political Thought. Jennifer Frey is an associate professor of philosophy and Peter and Bonnie McCausland Faculty Fellow at the University of South Carolina. She is also a fellow of the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and the Word on Fire Institute. Prior to joining the philosophy faculty at USC, she was a Collegiate Assistant Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago, where she was a member of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts and an affiliated faculty in the philosophy department. She earned her Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, and her B.A. in Philosophy and Medieval Studies (with a Classics minor) at Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana. She has published widely on action, virtue, practical reason, and meta-ethics, and has recently co-edited an interdisciplinary volume, Self-Transcendence and Virtue: Perspectives from Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology. Her writing has also been featured in Breaking Ground, First Things, Fare Forward, Image, Law and Liberty, The Point, and USA Today. She lives in Columbia, SC, with her husband, six children, and chickens. You can follow her on Twitter @jennfrey. Sacred and Profane Love is a podcast in which philosophers, theologians, and literary critics discuss some of their favorite works of literature, and how these works have shaped their own ideas about love, happiness, and meaning in human life. Host Jennifer A. Frey is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina. The podcast is generously supported by The Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and produced by Catholics for Hire.
London Underground trains come and go in and out of Blackfriars station, along with platform announcements. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
"Most of the percussive sounds here are samples from the original field recording. To me, train journeys feel like slightly strange spaces filled with endless possibilities, where time stands still whilst also moving forward incessantly." Blackfriars tube trains reimagined by Kitty Turner.
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Prior to Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries in 1538, the section of London known as Blackfriars was as major religious institution extending along the bank of the Thames River. In its' entirety, Blackfriars was second in size only to St. Paul's Churchyard. After the Reformation, Blackfriars was located in what's known as a Liberty, which meant it was just outside the reach of the mayoral law. Being outside the mayor's jurisdiction made Blackfriars especially attractive to entrepreneurs like The Burbages and their star writer, William Shakespeare, who wanted to open a theater that wasn't subject to the tighter restrictions of London proper. Blackfriars wasn't only attractive to innovative theater professionals, however, it was also attractive to immigrants and the highly religious who were seeking freedom from the regulation of guilds. At the time that Shakespeare and the Burbages were looking at Blackfriars as a home for their theater, the parish of St Anne, Blackfriars, was dominated by godly clergy and parishioners, the people we usually think of as the enemies of theater. Here today to explain to us how Blackfriars theater was able to survive and thrive in this section of London is our guest, Chris Highley. Get bonus episodes on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, I continue my conversation with Russell Hittinger about one of the great masterworks of the Western literary tradition: St. Augustine's Confessions. In our discussion on books VI-IX, we track St. Augustine's conversion to Christianity and his mother's death. This is part two in a three part series on this book. As always, I hope you enjoy our conversation! Dr. Russell Hittinger is a leading scholar of Catholic political and social thought. From 1996-2019, Dr. Hittinger was the incumbent of the William K. Warren Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he was also a Research Professor in the School of Law. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Fordham University, Princeton University, New York University, Providence College, and Charles University in Prague. In January 2020, Dr. Hittinger gave the Aquinas Lecture at Blackfriars, Oxford. Since 2001, he is a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, to which he was elected a full member (ordinarius) in 2004, and appointed to the consilium or governing board from 2006-2018. On 8 September 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Dr. Hittinger as an ordinarius in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in which he finished his ten-year term in 2019. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America, where he also serves as the inaugural co-Director of the Program in Catholic Political Thought. Jennifer Frey is an associate professor of philosophy and Peter and Bonnie McCausland Faculty Fellow at the University of South Carolina. She is also a fellow of the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and the Word on Fire Institute. Prior to joining the philosophy faculty at USC, she was a Collegiate Assistant Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago, where she was a member of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts and an affiliated faculty in the philosophy department. She earned her Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, and her B.A. in Philosophy and Medieval Studies (with a Classics minor) at Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana. She has published widely on action, virtue, practical reason, and meta-ethics, and has recently co-edited an interdisciplinary volume, Self-Transcendence and Virtue: Perspectives from Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology. Her writing has also been featured in Breaking Ground, First Things, Fare Forward, Image, Law and Liberty, The Point, and USA Today. She lives in Columbia, SC, with her husband, six children, and chickens. You can follow her on Twitter @ jennfrey. Sacred and Profane Love is a podcast in which philosophers, theologians, and literary critics discuss some of their favorite works of literature, and how these works have shaped their own ideas about love, happiness, and meaning in human life. Host Jennifer A. Frey is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina. The podcast is generously supported by The Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and produced by Catholics for Hire.
In this episode, I continue my conversation with Russell Hittinger about one of the great masterworks of the Western literary tradition: St. Augustine's Confessions. In our discussion on books VI-IX, we track St. Augustine's conversion to Christianity and his mother's death. This is part two in a three part series on this book. As always, I hope you enjoy our conversation! Dr. Russell Hittinger is a leading scholar of Catholic political and social thought. From 1996-2019, Dr. Hittinger was the incumbent of the William K. Warren Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he was also a Research Professor in the School of Law. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Fordham University, Princeton University, New York University, Providence College, and Charles University in Prague. In January 2020, Dr. Hittinger gave the Aquinas Lecture at Blackfriars, Oxford. Since 2001, he is a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, to which he was elected a full member (ordinarius) in 2004, and appointed to the consilium or governing board from 2006-2018. On 8 September 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Dr. Hittinger as an ordinarius in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in which he finished his ten-year term in 2019. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America, where he also serves as the inaugural co-Director of the Program in Catholic Political Thought. Jennifer Frey is an associate professor of philosophy and Peter and Bonnie McCausland Faculty Fellow at the University of South Carolina. She is also a fellow of the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and the Word on Fire Institute. Prior to joining the philosophy faculty at USC, she was a Collegiate Assistant Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago, where she was a member of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts and an affiliated faculty in the philosophy department. She earned her Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, and her B.A. in Philosophy and Medieval Studies (with a Classics minor) at Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana. She has published widely on action, virtue, practical reason, and meta-ethics, and has recently co-edited an interdisciplinary volume, Self-Transcendence and Virtue: Perspectives from Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology. Her writing has also been featured in Breaking Ground, First Things, Fare Forward, Image, Law and Liberty, The Point, and USA Today. She lives in Columbia, SC, with her husband, six children, and chickens. You can follow her on Twitter @jennfrey. Sacred and Profane Love is a podcast in which philosophers, theologians, and literary critics discuss some of their favorite works of literature, and how these works have shaped their own ideas about love, happiness, and meaning in human life. Host Jennifer A. Frey is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina. The podcast is generously supported by The Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and produced by Catholics for Hire.
In this episode, I speak with professor Russell Hittinger about one of the great masterworks of the Western literary tradition: St. Augustine's Confessions. We discuss the structure of the book as a whole, its intended audience, the reasons Augustine wrote it, and its first five books, detailing Augustine's birth, boyhood, and young adulthood. This is part one in a three part series on this book. As always, I hope you enjoy our conversation! Dr. Russell Hittinger is a leading scholar of Catholic political and social thought. From 1996-2019, Dr. Hittinger was the incumbent of the William K. Warren Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he was also a Research Professor in the School of Law. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Fordham University, Princeton University, New York University, Providence College, and Charles University in Prague. In January 2020, Dr. Hittinger gave the Aquinas Lecture at Blackfriars, Oxford. Since 2001, he is a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, to which he was elected a full member(ordinarius) in 2004, and appointed to the consilium or governing board from 2006-2018. On 8 September 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Dr. Hittinger as an ordinarius in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in which he finished his ten-year term in 2019. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America, where he also serves as the inaugural co-Director of the Program in Catholic Political Thought. Jennifer Frey is an associate professor of philosophy and Peter and Bonnie McCausland Faculty Fellow at the University of South Carolina. She is also a fellow of the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and the Word on Fire Institute. Prior to joining the philosophy faculty at USC, she was a Collegiate Assistant Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago, where she was a member of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts and an affiliated faculty in the philosophy department. She earned her Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, and her B.A. in Philosophy and Medieval Studies (with a Classics minor) at Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana. She has published widely on action, virtue, practical reason, and meta-ethics, and has recently co-edited an interdisciplinary volume, Self-Transcendence and Virtue: Perspectives from Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology. Her writing has also been featured in Breaking Ground, First Things, Fare Forward, Image, Law and Liberty, The Point, and USA Today. She lives in Columbia, SC, with her husband, six children, and chickens. You can follow her on Twitter @ jennfrey. Sacred and Profane Love is a podcast in which philosophers, theologians, and literary critics discuss some of their favorite works of literature, and how these works have shaped their own ideas about love, happiness, and meaning in human life. Host Jennifer A. Frey is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina. The podcast is generously supported by The Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and produced by Catholics for Hire.
In this episode, I speak with professor Russell Hittinger about one of the great masterworks of the Western literary tradition: St. Augustine's Confessions. We discuss the structure of the book as a whole, its intended audience, the reasons Augustine wrote it, and its first five books, detailing Augustine's birth, boyhood, and young adulthood. This is part one in a three part series on this book. As always, I hope you enjoy our conversation! Dr. Russell Hittinger is a leading scholar of Catholic political and social thought. From 1996-2019, Dr. Hittinger was the incumbent of the William K. Warren Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he was also a Research Professor in the School of Law. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Fordham University, Princeton University, New York University, Providence College, and Charles University in Prague. In January 2020, Dr. Hittinger gave the Aquinas Lecture at Blackfriars, Oxford. Since 2001, he is a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, to which he was elected a full member (ordinarius) in 2004, and appointed to the consilium or governing board from 2006-2018. On 8 September 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Dr. Hittinger as an ordinarius in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in which he finished his ten-year term in 2019. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America, where he also serves as the inaugural co-Director of the Program in Catholic Political Thought. Jennifer Frey is an associate professor of philosophy and Peter and Bonnie McCausland Faculty Fellow at the University of South Carolina. She is also a fellow of the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and the Word on Fire Institute. Prior to joining the philosophy faculty at USC, she was a Collegiate Assistant Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago, where she was a member of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts and an affiliated faculty in the philosophy department. She earned her Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, and her B.A. in Philosophy and Medieval Studies (with a Classics minor) at Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana. She has published widely on action, virtue, practical reason, and meta-ethics, and has recently co-edited an interdisciplinary volume, Self-Transcendence and Virtue: Perspectives from Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology. Her writing has also been featured in Breaking Ground, First Things, Fare Forward, Image, Law and Liberty, The Point, and USA Today. She lives in Columbia, SC, with her husband, six children, and chickens. You can follow her on Twitter @jennfrey. Sacred and Profane Love is a podcast in which philosophers, theologians, and literary critics discuss some of their favorite works of literature, and how these works have shaped their own ideas about love, happiness, and meaning in human life. Host Jennifer A. Frey is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina. The podcast is generously supported by The Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and produced by Catholics for Hire.
Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. Russell Hittinger about his latest Thomistic Institute/IHE lecture, "How to Inherit a Kingdom: Reflections on the Situation of Catholic Political Thought." How to Inherit a Kingdom w/ Dr. Russell Hittinger (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm8FGGq7838 Subscribe to our channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheThomisticInstitute?sub_confirmation=1 For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Dr. Russell Hittinger is a leading scholar of Catholic political and social thought. From 1996-2019, Dr. Hittinger was the incumbent of the William K. Warren Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he was also a Research Professor in the School of Law. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Fordham University, Princeton University, New York University, Providence College, and Charles University in Prague. In January 2020, Dr. Hittinger gave the Aquinas Lecture at Blackfriars, Oxford. Since 2001, he is a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, to which he was elected a full member (ordinarius) in 2004, and appointed to the consilium or governing board from 2006-2018. On 8 September 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Dr. Hittinger as an ordinarius in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in which he finished his ten-year term in 2019. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America, where he also serves as the inaugural co-Director of the Program in Catholic Political Thought.
Those birds – and how they are positioned – crystallise the matter for us.
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"A man who governs his passions is master of his world. We must either command them or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil."- Saint DominicSt. Vincent Ferrer, O.P. Sermon on the Feast of St. Dominichttps://www.svfsermons.org/C301_On%20St.%20Dominic.html "You are the salt of the earth, " (Mt 5:13 ) This is the text to be read as today's gospel. Just as the whole office and the solemnity of the present day is about the most glorious father and confessor of our Lord, St. Dominic, so also is our sermon. God willing, we shall have many good teachings etc. But first let the Virgin Mary be hailed etc.The Saint Dominic Missal https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AEPDp85mDRKj4FA6Q5xyGmeSYSZPwuJw/view Liturgical Notes on the Feast of St Dominichttps://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2018/08/liturgical-notes-on-feast-of-st-dominic.htmlO.P. Prayer Apostolate https://www.op-prayer.com/ On the 9th of August, 2021, the O.P. Prayer Apostolate was founded.The intention behind establishing this apostolate is to further the knowledge, amongst both laity and clergy, about the spirituality and liturgy of the Order of Preachers, founded by Saint Dominic in 1216. The Dominican Contemplatives by a Dominican of Carisbrooke (with a preface by The Very Rev. Father Bede Jarrett, O.P) https://digitalcommons.providence.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1018&context=catholic_documents SEQUENCE FOR THE FEAST OF OUR HOLY FATHER S. DOMINIC (4th August)http://liturgialatina.org/dominican/sequence_dominic.htm As the Morning Star: The Life of St. Dominic https://amzn.to/3BJArNmSt. Albert the Great: The First Universal Doctor https://amzn.to/3byweRNSt. Dominic's Successor: The Life of Blessed Jordan of Saxonyhttps://amzn.to/3ztZlhbDominican Lifehttps://amzn.to/3SjXp3g The Dominican Rite: History and Liturgyhttps://amzn.to/3oSOAjl The Dominican Responsorium O Spem Miram which is traditionally sung after Compline https://youtu.be/6u99EcWNMjwO wonderful hope which you gave to those who wept for you at the hour of your death,promising that after your decease you would be helpful to your brethren.Fulfill, Father what you have said, and help us by your prayers.You enlightened the bodies of the sick with so many miracles:bring us the help of Christ, to heal our sick souls.Fulfill, Father what you have said, and help us by your prayers.Glory be.. In caelesti hierarchiahttps://youtu.be/kwtu5u9NdJU Now new canticles ascending,And new strains harmonious blending,'Mid the hierarchies of heaven:With our earthly choirs according,Join this festival in lauding,To our holy father given. O Lumen Ecclesiaehttps://youtu.be/ZDxnZBrItuIA live recording of the Blackfriars community singing the antiphon "O Lumen" in honour of our Holy Father St. Dominic. Traditionally sung following the Salve after Compline. It translates:"Light of the Church, Teacher of truth, Rose of patience, Ivory of chastity, You freely poured forth the waters of wisdom. Preacher of grace, Unite us with the blessed."Contact Me:Email: FonsecaProduction@gmail.comWebsite: http://catholicconversations.buzzsprout.comIG: @ffonzeFacebook: Adrian Fonseca Facebook: Catholic Conversations Twitter: @AdrianFonzeYouTube: Catholic ConversationsYouTube: Adrian Fonseca
The Catholic Herald Podcast: Merely Catholic with Gavin Ashenden
In the 12th episode of the Merely Catholic podcast series for The Catholic Herald, Dr Gavin Ashenden talks to the highly distinguished European political scientist Professor John Loughlin, a Fellow at Blackfriars, Oxford, an Emeritus Fellow and former Tutor at St Edmund's College, former Director of the Von Hügel Institute, and a Senior Fellow and Affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies, both at the University of Cambridge. Professor Loughlin offers an illuminating vision of hope for humanity through the flourishing of Catholic education and of Catholic universities in particular – a powerful antidote to prevailing false anthropologies and to the misguided contemporary utopian beliefs that mankind can somehow be redeemed by information alone.
Este episodio se titula "Domingo" y continúa nuestra mirada a la vida monástica.En nuestro último episodio, examinamos a Francisco de Asís y la orden monástica que le siguió, los Franciscanos. En estos episodios, echamos un vistazo a la otra gran orden que se desarrolló en esa época: los Dominicos.Domingo nació en la región de Castilla, España, en 1170. Destacó como estudiante a una edad temprana. Sacerdote a los 25 años, fue invitado por su obispo a acompañarle en una visita al sur de Francia, donde se encontró con un grupo de supuestos herejes conocidos como los Cátaros. Domingo se lanzó a la supresión de los Cátaros, sancionada por la Iglesia, mediante una gira de predicación por la región.Domingo fue un eficaz polemista de la teología Cátara. Persuadió a muchos que se habían inclinado por su secta para que se alejaran. Estos conversos se convirtieron en celosos de la resistencia en contra de ellos. Por ello, el obispo de Toulouse dio a Domingo una sexta parte de los diezmos de la diócesis para que continuara su labor. Otro adinerado partidario le dio a Domingo una casa en Toulouse para que pudiera vivir y trabajar en el centro de la controversia.Volveremos a hablar de los Cátaros en un próximo episodio.Domingo visitó Roma durante el IV Concilio de Letrán, tema de otro episodio futuro. Fue alentado por el Papa Inocencio III en su labor apologética, pero se le denegó su petición de fundar una nueva orden monástica. El Papa le sugirió que se uniera a una de las órdenes existentes. Como la sugerencia de un Papa es realmente una orden, Domingo eligió a los Agustinos. Se puso su hábito de monje negro y construyó un convento en Toulouse.Volvió a Roma un año más tarde, permaneciendo alrededor de medio año. El nuevo Papa Honorio II le concedió su petición de fundar una nueva orden. Originalmente llamada "Orden de los Hermanos Predicadores", fue la primera comunidad religiosa dedicada a la predicación. La orden creció rápidamente en el siglo XIII, llegando a tener 15.000 miembros en 557 casas a finales del siglo.A su regreso a Francia, Domingo comenzó a enviar monjes para fundar colonias. La orden se arraigó rápidamente en París, Bolonia y Roma. Domingo volvió a España, donde en 1218 estableció comunidades separadas para mujeres y hombres.Desde Francia, los Dominicos se lanzaron a Alemania. Se establecieron rápidamente en Colonia, Worms, Estrasburgo, Basilea y otras ciudades. En 1221, la orden se introdujo en Inglaterra, y enseguida se estableció en Oxford. El puente de Blackfriars, en Londres, lleva en su nombre el recuerdo de su priorato allí.Domingo murió en Bolonia en agosto de 1221. Su tumba está decorada con obras de Nicolás de Pisa y Miguel Ángel. En comparación con el rápido reconocimiento de Francisco como santo sólo dos años después de su muerte, el de Domingo tardó trece años; aún así fue una canonización rápida.Domingo carecía de la cálida y apasionada preocupación por los pobres y los necesitados que caracterizó a su contemporáneo Francisco. Pero si Francisco era devoto de la Señora Pobreza, Domingo estaba comprometido con el Señor Verdad. Si Francisco y Domingo formaran parte de la tripulación de un crucero, Francisco sería el director de actividades y Domingo el abogado.Una vieja historia ilustra el contraste entre ellos. Interrumpido en sus estudios por el gorjeo de un gorrión, Domingo lo cogió y lo desplumó. Francisco, en cambio, es venerado por su tierna compasión y cuidado de todas las cosas. Hasta hoy se le representa en el arte con un pájaro posado en su hombro.Domingo tenía un propósito resuelto, era celoso en la propagación de la ortodoxia y devoto de la Iglesia y su jerarquía. Su influencia continúa a través de la organización que creó.En el momento de la muerte de Domingo, los monjes predicadores, o "frailes" como se les llamaba, tenían sesenta monasterios y conventos repartidos por toda Europa. Unos años más tarde, se habían extendido a Jerusalén y a lo más profundo del Norte. Como los Dominicos eran la autoridad de predicación del Vaticano, recibieron numerosos privilegios para llevar a cabo su misión en cualquier lugar.La mendicidad, es decir, la mendicidad como medio de subsistencia, se convirtió en la regla de la orden en 1220. Se siguió el ejemplo de Francisco, y tanto la orden como los monjes individuales renunciaron a todo derecho de propiedad personal. Sin embargo, esta mendicidad nunca se acentuó entre los Dominicos como entre los Franciscanos. La obligación de pobreza corporativa fue revocada en 1477. La última exhortación de Domingo a sus seguidores fue que debían amar, servir con humildad y vivir en pobreza, pero, para ser sinceros, la mayoría de sus seguidores nunca se tomaron muy a pecho estos preceptos.A diferencia de Francisco, Domingo no exigía trabajo manual a los miembros de la orden. Sustituyó el trabajo por el estudio y la predicación. Los Dominicos fueron los primeros monásticos que adoptaron reglas para el estudio. Cuando Domingo fundó su monasterio en París, y envió a diecisiete de su orden para dotarlo de personal, les dijo que "estudiaran y predicaran". Se exigía un curso teológico de cuatro años de filosofía y teología antes de conceder la licencia para predicar, y le seguían tres años más de estudio teológico.La predicación y la salvación de las almas se definían como el objetivo principal de la orden. A nadie se le permitía predicar fuera del claustro hasta los 25 años. Y no debían recibir dinero ni otros regalos por predicar, excepto comida. Vicente Ferrer y Savonarola fueron los predicadores Dominicos más conocidos de la Edad Media. La misión de los Dominicos se dirigía sobre todo a las clases altas. Eran la orden patricia entre los monjes.Es probable que Domingo hubiera sido un sacerdote anónimo más entre los miles de la Edad Media si no hubiera sido por aquel fatídico viaje al sur de Francia, donde se encontró con los cátaros. Seguramente había oído hablar de ellos en España, pero fue su popularidad en Francia lo que le provocó. No vio ni oyó nada entre los herejes que supiera que una buena y sólida enseñanza y predicación no pudiera corregir. Era el hombre adecuado, en el momento adecuado, haciendo lo correcto; al principio. Pero su éxito a la hora de responder a los errores de los cátaros le granjeó un apoyo que le impulsó a intensificar su oposición al error. Esa oposición se volvería siniestra y se convertiría en lo que es posiblemente uno de los puntos oscuros de la historia de la Iglesia: la Inquisición. Aunque han pasado cientos de años, la palabra todavía hace que muchos se estremezcan de terror.Dante dijo de Domingo que era "bueno con sus amigos, pero terrible con sus enemigos".Analizaremos más detenidamente la Inquisición en un episodio posterior. Por ahoraEn 1232, la dirección de la Inquisición se encomendó a los Dominicos. El norte de Francia, España y Alemania cayeron en sus manos. El severo Torquemada era un dominico, y las atroces medidas que empleó para espiar y castigar la disidencia eclesiástica una mancha indeleble en ellos.El emblema de la orden designado por el Papa era un perro con una antorcha encendida en la boca. El perro representaba la llamada a vigilar, la antorcha a iluminar el mundo. Una pintura en su convento de Florencia representa el lugar que la orden llegó a ocupar como cazadores de herejes. Representa a perros vestidos con los colores de los Dominicos, ahuyentando a los zorros herejes. Todo ello mientras el papa y el emperador, entronizados y rodeados de consejeros, miran con satisfacción.Al terminar este episodio, me pareció oportuno hacer un rápido repaso de las órdenes monásticas mendicantes que hemos estado estudiando.En primer lugar, las órdenes mendicantes se diferenciaban de los monásticos anteriores en que se comprometían, no sólo con la pobreza individual, sino con la corporativa. Las casas mendicantes no obtenían ingresos de rentas o propiedades. Dependían de la caridad.En segundo lugar, los frailes no permanecían secuestrados en comunas monásticas. Su tarea consistía en salir al mundo a predicar el Evangelio. Como toda la sociedad europea se consideraba cristiana, los mendicantes tomaban el mundo entero como su parroquia. Su claustro no eran los salones de un convento; era el mercado público.En tercer lugar, el auge de las universidades en esta época ofreció a los Franciscanos y a los Dominicos nuevas oportunidades para difundir el mensaje del Evangelio educando a las futuras generaciones de Europa.En cuarto lugar, los mendicantes promovieron una renovación de la piedad mediante las órdenes terciarias o de tercer nivel que crearon, que permitían a los laicos la oportunidad de asistir a una especie de campamento de monjes.En quinto lugar, los mendicantes respondían directamente ante el Papa y no ante los obispos locales o los intermediarios, que a menudo utilizaban las órdenes para sus propios fines políticos y económicos.Sexto, los frailes componían una orden y una organización más que una casa específica, como habían hecho las órdenes anteriores. Antes de los mendicantes, los monjes y las monjas se unían a un convento o monasterio. Su identidad estaba envuelta en ese claustro específico. Los mendicantes se unieron a una orden que se extendía por decenas de casas de este tipo. La obediencia de los monjes ya no se dirigía al abad o abadesa local, sino al líder de la orden.Además de los Dominicos y los Franciscanos, otras órdenes mendicantes eran los Carmelitas, que empezaron como ermitaños en Tierra Santa en el siglo XII, los Ermitaños de San Agustín y los Servitas, que empezaron bajo la regla Agustiniana en el siglo XIII, pero se convirtieron en mendicantes en el XV.
This lecture was given on March 26, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of the Thomistic Institute's Annual Spring Thomistic Circles Conference: "Our Father: Prayer and Theology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr Oliver is the Director of the Aquinas Institute and a member of the Theology Faculty at the University of Oxford. As Fellow and Lector, Fr Oliver teaches Systematic Theology at Blackfriars. As Director of the Aquinas Institute, he has responsibility for coordinating its research programme and for organising its annual programme of reading classes, seminars, lectures and colloquia. He completed his doctorate at the University of Oxford (under the supervision of Professor Graham Ward). His doctoral work outlined a semantic ontology for Christian dogmatics, in dialogue with the philosophy of Michael Polanyi. He specialises in theological ontology, theological epistemology, and twentieth-century dogmatics, particularly Catholic receptions of Karl Barth. Together with Dr Daniel De Haan, he is leading a two-year Templeton-funded project on ‘Truth, Aquinas, and the Theological Turn in Continental Philosophy‘. In addition to his work at Blackfriars, he is a Translation Fellow of the Center for Barth Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary; an Associate Lecturer at the Maryvale Institute; Trustee of the Eckhart Society; a member of the Editorial Board of New Blackfriars; and the Master of Students for the English Dominicans.