Engaging the Catholic Intellectual Tradition

The St. Kateri Institute offers the opportunity to read and discuss together the great classics of the Christian intellectual tradition under the guidance of scholars. During our semester-long reading groups, open to Williams College students and all students from nearby colleges, we familiarize ourselves with the great ideas that have shaped the Western tradition and we explore the fundamental questions of the meaning of reality and life.

Spring 2025 Dates, Times, and Reading Schedule:

Week 1 – Monday, February 10: Book I
Week 2 – Monday, February 17: Book II
Week 3 – Monday, February 24: Book III
Week 4 – Monday, March 3: Book IV
Week 5 – Monday, March 10: Book V
Week 6 – Monday, March 17: Book VI
Week 7 – Monday, March 24: Spring Break, no meeting
Week 8 – Monday, March 31: Spring Break, no meeting
Week 9 – Monday, April 7: Book VII
Week 10 – Monday, April 14: Book VIII
Week 11 – Monday, April 21: Book IX
Week 12 – Monday, April 28: Book X
Week 13 – Monday, May 5: Book XI
Week 14 – Monday, May 12: Book XII
Week 15 – Sunday, May 18: Book XIII

Reading Groups

Spring 2025 Dates, Times, and Reading Schedule:

Previous Topics

C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

Josef Pieper, Leisure: The Basis of Culture

Josef Pieper, Faith, Hope, Love

C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man

C.S. Lewis, three lectures: "Learning in War-Time," "The Weight of Glory," and "De Descriptione Temporum"

G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

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