Author Topic: Rebuilding Christendom I Conference (Read 2628 times)

John Grace · « **on:** April 04, 2012, 03:00:46 PM »

This is certainly a conference not to be missed.

http://www.rebuildingchristendom.com/

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The IHS Press Group cordially invites you to the first conference in the Rebuilding Christendom™ series. This packed, three-day event is an inaugural gathering of Catholics and others of good will in the United States consecrated exclusively to genuine Catholic Social Doctrine. Intended to be a fearless proclamation of “the politics of Jesus Christ,” Rebuilding Christendom I will feature some of today’s leading independent scholars, veteran writers, and students of social Catholicism, addressing the history, theory, and practical application to contemporary society of Catholic political, economic, financial, and social principle

http://www.rebuildingchristendom.com/conference-aims/

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Conference Aims

GOALS NUMBER…

1 To unite all Catholics and other men of good will around the Church’s teaching in the temporal order regarding politics and economics.

2 To demonstrate that lay Catholics who disagree on purely theological/canonical matters can nevertheless unite productively in terms of presenting a united, Catholic front in pushing the Church’s teaching on politics and economics into the public eye, and in putting it into practice.

3 To show that the false left vs. right alternative we’ve been saddled with over the last two centuries is a charade that simply distracts focus from the doctrinal and practical solutions offered by the Church’s social teaching to contemporary problems in the political and temporal arenas.

4 To expound fearlessly on the Church’s doctrine of property ownership as an alternative to capitalism and socialism.

5 To recall to mind the obligation of the temporal political community to submit to the natural moral law regardless of the a-confessional nature of the modern state.

AND THE QUESTIONS:

WHAT are the genuine principles of civiliazation?

What is Catholic doctrine on politics, economics, and local, national and international society?

HOW does this apply — and how can it be applied — today?

…THEN THE ANSWERS:

Defend the Genuine “Common Good:
Catholic Truth has political and social claims.

Replace the False Dialectic:
It’s about “right vs. wrong” not “right vs. left.”

Build a Coalition:
We differ on “What’s wrong with the Church,” but we agree on what’s wrong with the World.”

Restore Personal Economic Liberty:
Widely diffused, privately owned, productive property is the alternative to the Servile State.

Define and Maintain Limits:
Political authority must serve man’s Last End, not merely tyrannize over him.

John Grace · « **Reply #1 on:** April 25, 2012, 09:05:17 AM »

It's possible to sponsor somebody if unable to attend the conference. I certainly recommend this conference. I might travel over for it.

Graham · « **Reply #2 on:** April 25, 2012, 09:27:20 AM »

Thank you very much for alerting us to this. The schedule looks highly interesting.

In Lodging it says this:

"Discounted rooms are available at $71.00 per night (double occupancy)."

So for two people it would be $35.50 each - quite affordable for me. Is there anyone here who might be interested in sharing a room?

s2srea · « **Reply #3 on:** April 25, 2012, 10:20:12 AM »

Of course everything is handled in the East... bummer!

s2srea · « **Reply #4 on:** April 25, 2012, 10:21:48 AM »

They do have DVDs you can pre order, which is nice. But they're $90, which is not so nice.