The Center for the Restoration of Christian Culture
Episodes
49 episodes
Ask Auntie Leila: Should My Child Have a Phone?
Should children be allowed to have phones? How do digital devices impact children's development, play, social habits, and imagination? Auntie Leila tackles these pressing questions.
The Catholic Church on Slavery with Paul Kengor
In his new book, The Worst of Indignities: The Catholic Church on Slavery, Dr. Paul Kengor explores the Catholic Church's longstand...
The Chosen and the Fallacy of the Appeal to Worldliness, with Leila Miller
Leila Marie Lawler and Leila Miller discuss their critique of the popular TV show The Chosen and the danger of using it in religious education.Like Mother, Like Daughter...
How Do I Teach My Child about Beauty?
Leila Lawler, The Summa Domestica: Order and Wonder in Family Life (affiliate link)C. S. Lewis, The...
The Surprising History of Irish Catholicism before St. Patrick with Connaught Marshner
Contrary to popular belief, the great St. Patrick was not the first missionary to bring the faith to Ireland. Connaught Marshner probed into the earliest roots of Irish Catholicism and found that, long before Irish monks sent missionaries aroun...
Real Marriage Preparation that Works
God Has No Grandchildren: A Guided Reading of Pope Pius XI's Encyclical Casti Connubii (On Chaste Marriage) – 2nd Edition (affiliate link)
Wars of Irreligion: 20th Century with Joseph Pearce
Join us as renowned Catholic author Joseph Pearce, this year’s St. John Henry Newman Visiting Chair in Catholic Studies, lectures on the history of Christendom based on his forthcoming book, The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful: History in T...
Revolution, Revelation and Revival: 19th Century with Joseph Pearce
Join us as renowned Catholic author Joseph Pearce, this year’s St. John Henry Newman Visiting Chair in Catholic Studies, lectures on the history of Christendom based on his forthcoming book, The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful: History in T...
Religion and Superstition: 17th–18th Century with Joseph Pearce
Join us as renowned Catholic author Joseph Pearce, this year’s St. John Henry Newman Visiting Chair in Catholic Studies, lectures on the history of Christendom based on his forthcoming book, The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful: History in T...
Why Parish Marriage Prep Fails, with Leila Miller
Links:Like Mother, Like DaughterHappy Despite ThemLeila Lawler, The Summa...
Rupture and Reformation: 14th–16th Century with Joseph Pearce
Join us as renowned Catholic author Joseph Pearce, this year’s St. John Henry Newman Visiting Chair in Catholic Studies, lectures on the history of Christendom based on his forthcoming book, The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful: History in T...
The Weaponization of Loneliness with Stella Morabito
Stella Morabito spent more than a decade studying Soviet propaganda as a CIA analyst, sharpening her ability to recognize how powerful people and institutions seek to influence popular thoughts—and sometimes create popular fears. In this episod...
The Best and Worst of Times: 11th–13th Century with Joseph Pearce
The History of Christendom: An Eight-part Lecture SeriesJoin us as renowned Catholic author Joseph Pearce, this year’s St. John Henry Newman Visiting Chair in Catholic Studies, lectures on the history of Christendom based on his fort...
Looking Back on the Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
The death of Pope Benedict XVI has drawn new attention to an old question: What was the real reason for his resignation? Join us for this fireside chat with Phil Lawler, Senior Fellow and Program Director of the Center for ...
The Death and Resurrection of Rome: 5th–10th Century with Joseph Pearce
The History of Christendom: An Eight-part Lecture SeriesJoin us as renowned Catholic author Joseph Pearce, this year’s St. John Henry Newman Visiting Chair in Catholic Studies, lectures on the history of Christendom based on his fort...
Was America’s Founding Fatally Flawed by the Provenance of Its Ideas? with Robert Reilly
Troubled by the ample evidence of a moral decline in the United States, some Catholic thinkers trace the problem to what they see as a fatal flaw in the American Founding: a reliance on the philosophical principles of the Enlightenment. Robert ...
From Christ to Constantine: The Early Church with Joseph Pearce
The History of Christendom: An Eight-part Lecture SeriesJoin us as renowned Catholic author Joseph Pearce, this year’s St. John Henry Newman Visiting Chair in Catholic Studies, lectures on the history of Christendom based on his fort...
Don't Let the World Raise Your Teenager: How to Have Good Culture with Young People
Links:Like Mother, Like Daughter blog Leila Lawler, The Summa Domestica <...
The Next American Economy with Samuel Gregg
Phil talks with Samuel Gregg about his book The Next American Economy: Nation, State, and Markets in an Uncertain World, wherein he makes the case for t...
Is Chastity a Ministry?
Links:Leila Lawler, The Summa Domestica Leila Lawler and David Clayton,
Revisit Lepanto with Phil Lawler
Phil Lawler presents an exploration of G.K. Chesterton’s magnificent poem, Lepanto. The poem is is a dramatic recounting of the decisive battle that preserved European Christendom and inspired Pope St. Pius V to establish the feast day...
The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful: History in Three Dimensions with Joseph Pearce
The History of Christendom: An Eight-part Lecture SeriesJoin us as renowned Catholic author Joseph Pearce, this year’s St. John Henry Newman Visiting Chair in Catholic Studies, lectures on the history of Christendom based on his fort...
The Statesman as Thinker with Daniel Mahoney
Phil Lawler talks with political theorist Daniel Mahoney about his new book, The Statesman as Thinker— a book that portrays some of the most thoughtful politi...
The Summa Domestica: A Homeschool Retreat for Mothers and Fathers
How to use Volume Two of Leila Marie Lawler's Summa Domestica as a little homeschool retreat before the start of the new academic year.Links:The Summa Domestica: Order and Wo...
A Just-War Perspective on the War in Ukraine
Description: Should Americans give unlimited support to Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression? Is US involvement in the war justified? The rich Catholic tradition of teaching on justice in warfare provides a way to focus attention o...
