CST Lectures SP 2019 All lectures to be held in the Loyola/Notre Dame Library Auditorium. 5 pm Monday February 11: Dr. David Dusenbury (Loyola), “Data and Detection. From Sherlock Holmes to Observant Machines.” 5 pm Thursday February 21: Dr. Paul Scherz (CUA), “Well Directed? The Technocratic Paradigm, Entrepreneurial Science, and the Reproducibility Crisis.”…
Committee on Catholic Social Thought Spring 2019 Pope Francis, the Technocratic Paradigm, and the Planetary Emergency: Readings and Reflections on His Holiness’ encyclical Laudato Si’ *If I may begin by thanking Fr. John Conley, S. J. for his many years of service on the Committee. Fr. John has decided to step down but…
Half way into this article is a very good video revealing the craft work at Ralph & Russo. It is the first British fashion house to be invited to showcase its haute couture in Paris in a hundred years. Beautiful stuff, no question: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/couture-in-2019-who-is-buying-it/index.html
Heirs to the Enlightenment, we pride ourselves on our rationality. Jung and Tolkien have alerted us to the place of myth in our lives — and this reaction video shows clearly how potently (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVp__EspD_k) — yet we nonetheless hold to a self-image as rational, technological, scientific, and skeptical. Over at Law and Liberty…
Thanks to all who stopped by the site this year. I hope you enjoyed the moral reflections on the business and meaning of fashion. Plenty more to come in 2019! My best wishes to all for a charming 2019, Graham
Trust all have a wonderful Christmas. Thanks for reading the book and blog. Cheers, Graham
Holiday Reading Picks
A lovely new website dedicated to educating us about the craft of analog watches: https://www.thenakedwatchmaker.com/decon-jlc
My delphiniums are looking super at the moment. Tolkien would approve: https://voegelinview.com/gardening-and-nobility-in-tolkien/
Well, this is good news. A new Trappist beer on the market, and it is getting rave reviews. Here is a short BBC video but the monastery’s own website is lovely, with plenty of detail: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-leicestershire-44615615/leicestershire-monks-brew-uk-s-first-trappist-beer http://www.mountsaintbernard.org/tynt-meadow-ale My favourite Trappist beer is Orval and its beautiful glass was designed by Belgian architect, Henry…