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Renewing Culture Through Faith & Learning
What started as a group of friends toasting to their heroes over beer and pipes, has turned into one of the most unique Christian non-profits in the country. We are a Christian organization who promotes the cultivation of friendships through conversations about how the faith of our fathers can help us navigate the new dark ages. If you long to bring life to the decaying culture in our cities, and if you desire to uncover timeless ways to foster virtue in your soul, we're here for you.
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Upcoming Events
The Hall of Men will gather Thursday evening on the commemoration of St Symeon the New Theologian (one of the saints we've toasted at the Hall!), Anno Domini 2023, Oct. 12. Derek Hale will present on Walter Hooper. Walter Hooper (March 27, 1931 – December 7, 2020) was an American writer and literary advisor of the estate of C. S. Lewis. He was also a literary trustee for Owen Barfield from December 1997 to October 2006. This will be a great segue into our Inklings Festival next weekend. Get all the details and schedule here and be sure to register! If you haven’t seen a Catholic listen to the life story of John Wesley; if you haven’t watched a Protestant learn about Evagrius of Pontus; and if you haven’t seen Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant men sit around a table together and talk theology until midnight . . . then you need to come to the Hall of Men. When The commemoration of St Symeon the New Theologian, Anno Domini 2023, October 12. Where The Ladder at 2836 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS 67214 Schedule Doors Open at 7 pm Food is served at 7:30pm Eighth Day Convocation at 8:30pm Presentation and toast by Derek Hale immediately following Convocation. Membership Required? No, but do consider joining the community! Learn more and join today here .
The Hall of Men will gather Thursday evening on the commemoration of Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata, Anno Domini 2023, June 22. Kevin Mortimer will present on St. Kyrillos VI. Saint Kyrillos VI (1902-1971) is considered to be the type of person who comes along only once a century. This would make him the 21st type of person since the advent of our Lord. Kyrillos VI's path was one of personal kenosis (Philippians 2) resulting in theosis (II Peter 1:4). This talk will reflect his singular path of solitude as a hermit monk until he arrived, by the providence of God, to the position of patriarch while retaining his life with God and remaining a stranger to all humanity. The result was sweeping changes in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and miracles on a personal level for those seeking his prayers. If you haven’t seen a Catholic listen to the life story of John Wesley; if you haven’t watched a Protestant learn about Evagrius of Pontus; and if you haven’t seen Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant men sit around a table together and talk theology until midnight . . . then you need to come to the Hall of Men. When The commemoration of Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata, Anno Domini 2023, June 22. Where The Ladder at 2836 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS 67214 Schedule Doors Open at 7 pm Food is served at 7:30pm Eighth Day Convocation at 8:30pm Presentation and toast by Kevin Mortimer immediately following Convocation. Membership Required? No, but do consider joining the community! Learn more and join today here .
That city shall have no greater joy than the celebration of the grace of Christ, who redeemed us by His blood. The Lord’s Day is an eighth and eternal day, consecrated by the resurrection of Christ, prefiguring the eternal repose of soul and body. There we shall rest and see, see and love, love and praise.
~St. Augustine, The City of God
~St. Augustine, The City of God
by Jaraslov Pelikan Commemoration of the Circumcision of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Anno Domini 2024, January 1
by Pseudo-Dionysios Commemoration of St Malachi the Prophet Anno Domini 2024, January 3
by Erin Doom Commemoration of St Anysia the Virgin-Martyr of Thessaloniki Anno Domini 2023, December 30
It is communities that can be dedicated to discourse and to the renovation of judgment. And a dedicated community is an institutionalized one: it is institutions like universities and colleges that might undertake to reinvent the West's intellectual enterprise. It is the enterprise as such that needs to be reinvented, the total discourse of the university that we are called to renew.
by Eric Peterson Commemoration of St Cosmas, Archbishop of Constantinople Anno Domini 2024, January 2
There fared a mother driven forth // Out of an inn to roam; // In the place where she was homeless // All men are at home. // The crazy stable close at hand, // With shaking timber and shifting sand, // Grew a stronger thing to abide and stand // Than the square stones of Rome.
by Jason M. Baxter Commemoration of St Lucian the Martyr of Antioch Anno Domini 2024, October 15
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by Jesse Penna Feast of St George, Bishop of Mytilene Anno Domini 2023, April 7
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