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The searing power of marriage
While it may seem implausible, the funniest book of recent memory is a memoir by a man whose wife asks him for a divorce because she’s fallen in love with another man. It is also […]
Articles by Conor Dugan
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Fr. Theodore Hesburgh: American priest and enigmatic figure
In the fall of 2000, during my first semester at Notre Dame Law School, I had the privilege of joining approximately 25 other Notre Dame students for an evening with Father Theodore Hesburgh in his […]
Essay
A Tribute to David L. Schindler: Teacher and Friend
The theologian David L. Schindler once wrote that: [W]e must first recognize that our being originates as a gift: it has always first been given to us by God, and indeed by others in God. […]
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“The book confirms that all roads lead to Rome”
Stephen Schmalhofer observes at the beginning of his wonderful book Delightful People, that we all know a striking person whose presence draws us in and lights up a party. Schmalhofer hopes with his book to […]
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The Two Cities is a remarkable, comprehensive history of the world
A common theme of many postliberal thinkers is that we are too often hemmed in by the boundaries and limits of contemporary thinking. As David Schindler, D.C. Schindler, Michael Hanby, Patrick Deneen, and others have […]
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Returning to Joseph Ratzinger’s timeless What It Means to Be a Christian
It is all here: The understanding of the radical eruption of God in the world through the Incarnation. The necessity of faith to purify reason and that we have a reasoned faith. The recognition of […]
Essay
A Letter to a Priest in Crisis
A number of years ago, my spiritual director, a priest, went on a leave of absence because of various troubles. He was considering leaving the priesthood. I wrote a heartfelt letter to offer my thoughts […]
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Sharing the treasures of the Catholic intellectual tradition: The story of Cluny Media
Founded in 2015, and now based in Rhode Island, Cluny Media has been disseminating both a steady stream of classics, many of which have been out of publication for decades, and new titles, some of […]
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The relevance of the stars and the desires of the heart
Even if the term sui generis wasn’t invented for him, the late-Monsignor Lorenzo Albacete was its Platonic ideal. Albacete, who died in 2014, was a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington, an astrophysicist, a one-time […]
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A Deeper Context: Overlooked book provides insight into Vatican II debates
In the first year of his pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI famously recalled the Second Vatican Council, which had ended 40 years previously. Benedict, with the steely-eyed realism that has marked his whole life, posed hard […]