“When the spire fell, the world wept. But in the ashes, Notre Dame began to speak.” In April 2019, the fire that engulfed Notre Dame Cathedral stunned millions around the world. Yet, as the smoke cleared, a new chapter began—one of revelation and rediscovery. Renowned art historian Caroline Bruzelius, a leading voice in Gothic architecture […]
Across nearly a thousand years, the Romanesque church of Sainte-Foy of Conques in France calls us to a bygone era of faith and sound. Martyred at thirteen for refusing to renounce her beliefs, Sainte-Foy defied Roman authority and died for her faith, becoming one of medieval Europe’s most powerful saints. In the eleventh century, monks […]
What does it mean to long for a distant world so intensely that you petition, in writing, to leave everything behind? How do people learn to narrate themselves? This lecture explores the 25,000 handwritten letters composed between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries by Jesuit novices and priests to their Superior General in Rome, seeking assignment […]
