The Creator Spirit and the Soul of Art (conference talk)
Thomas Mirus’s keynote address at the first annual conference of the Thomistic Artists Guild, on May 30 at the parish of St. Vitus in Los
The Catholic Culture Podcast: Episode 46 – Sing With Your Children
Aug 4, 2019 Emma and Cecilia Black grew up in a large family that sang together constantly. Now these two sisters from Grand Rapids, Michigan,
The Catholic Culture Podcast: Episode 47 – Our Lady’s Habit: Wearing and Loving the Brown Scapular
Aug 14, 2019 Many Catholics have worn the Brown Scapular at some point in their lives. Some of those people stopped wearing it for one
The Catholic Culture Podcast: Episode 48 – Authority and Submission as Gift in Christian Marriage
Aug 21, 2019 “Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the
The Catholic Culture Podcast: 20 Years of Catholic Arts Revival
Oct 2, 2025 Dappled Things: The Quarterly of Ideas, Art, and Faith is celebrating its 20th anniversary. In its 20 years it has contributed to
The Catholic Culture Podcast: Episode 49 – A Catholic Composer in Queen Elizabeth’s Court, Pt. I
Sep 4, 2019 One of England’s greatest composers, William Byrd is a fascinating and complicated figure of Catholic musical history. A musician in the Royal
Episode 50—A Catholic Composer in Queen Elizabeth’s Court, Pt. II—Kerry McCarthy
Sep 9, 2019 One of England’s greatest composers, William Byrd is a fascinating and complicated figure of Catholic musical history. A musician in the Royal
The Catholic Culture Podcast: Episode 51 – Bringing Melody Back to Pop Music
Sep 19, 2019 Indie rock trio The Duskwhales formed almost 10 years ago at a small Catholic high school in Virginia. Over that decade, four
The Catholic Culture Podcast: Episode 52—Off-Broadway Play Accurately Portrays Conservative Thought: Zoology or Spiritual Wisdom?
Oct 21, 2019 In the new off-Broadway play Heroes of the Fourth Turning, playwright Will Arbery (son of two Wyoming Catholic College professors) offers a nuanced,
Leo XIII Against Modern Liberties
Sep 18, 2025 One of the most important encyclicals we need to rediscover is Pope Leo XIII’s Libertas (1888), on the true nature of human