For more than a century, the popes have left us a remarkable body of teaching on freedom, law, family, work, society, and the common good. It belongs to all of us — and it rewards being read slowly, and in company.
Beginning this August, parishioners are invited to meet once a month to read one papal document together and discuss it. No background is assumed. Come having read the text if you can, and come anyway if you haven't.
Our first meeting
Saturday, August at 1:00 p.m. — Rectory Basement Meeting Room
Light refreshments will be served.
What we're reading
Pope Leo XIII, Libertas praestantissimum (1888), on the nature of true liberty.
What does it actually mean to be free? Does freedom have limits? What is the relationship between liberty and law? These questions are asked constantly today, and the Church has answered them with unusual clarity.
Read it online:
We recommend printing a copy and bringing it with you.
In the months ahead
The group will read both earlier and more recent documents of the Magisterium, keeping in view the continuity of the Church's teaching across the centuries.
Printed resources
We hope to make copies of the book The Church Speaks to the Modern World: The Social Teachings of Leo XIII available at printing cost. If you would like one, please let us know as early as possible so we can place the order in time.
To join, or to ask a question
Please contact us! Those who join will also receive an invitation to a private online forum where the discussion can continue between meetings.