The Society for the Renewal of the Catholic Mind

"Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in heaven." ~ St. Jerome

The work of Catholic education, of taking every thought captive in obedience to Christ (2 Cor. 10:5), extends far beyond the walls of the classroom to the whole of one’s life and to every facet of reality. This is a daunting challenge in any era, but perhaps most especially in our secular age.

The Society for the Renewal of the Catholic Mind was created not only to support the St. Jerome Institute in its mission to help renew Catholic education, but to foster intellectual community and the renewal of a truly Catholic imagination beyond the classroom and the high school years. The events of the Society bring the Catholic imagination to bear on every facet of life, from philosophy, theology and the arts, to science, politics, and culture.

Events

Open House
November 12th, 2-4pm
Meet St. Jerome Institute teachers,
learn about our curriculum, tour the
school, and rsvp for a demo class
with SJI faculty!
RSVP via the website

Save the Date:

Spring Gala
April 13th, 6-8:30pm
Old Ebbitt Grill, Washington DC

Also of interest to members

Study and the Spiritual Life:
Crucifixion of the Desk?
Sister Anna Wray, O.P. November 15th, 7-9pm
Catholic Information Center
A playful and broadly Thomistic
consideration of these questions:
what’s studying for? how does studying
work? how do I know that my attempts
at studying are working well? why does
God want me to study?
Co-Sponsored with the Thomistic
Institute. To register: cicdc.org

For more information about these events
Please contact Monica Evans (Guza)
mevans@stjeromeinstitute.org

Please consider joining the Society for the Renewal of the Catholic Mind to support the St. Jerome Institute, to advance the renewal of Catholic education, and to deepen your own knowledge and love of the Catholic intellectual tradition.

Society membership includes:

A copy of Stratford Caldecott’s book, Beauty for Truth’s Sake.

Lectures by the founders of SJI and other prominent guests, Great Books seminars, and roundtable discussions with SJI teachers exploring questions of culture and education.

The Rising Wind monthly newsletter featuring a letter from the School President, photos of student life, and contributions from the Board, parents, and advocates of SJI.

We are pleased to offer two levels of elevated memberships:

Premium Members ($1,000 gift) Works of literature or philosophy representative of SJI’s educational vision (two per year).

Honored Members ($5,000 gift)
Works of literature or philosophy representative of SJI’s educational vision (two per year).

Full-page acknowledgement in the SJI Spring Gala program.

What Our New Members Are Saying

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Many thanks for the important work of the Society for the Renewal of the Catholic Mind. SJI is a model for everyone involved in classical and Catholic liberal education around the country. It is also a joy and a blessing to our daughter.

Dr. Benjamin Storey

Jane Gage Hipp Professor of Politics and International Affairs; Director, the Tocqueville Program

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Grateful for the hope you are bringing to those of us who care deeply about Catholic education. Thank you for taking the risk; it really is for all of us! I look forward to learning more from your experience in order to share with our community down here in Alabama. Praying for your work.

Dr. Amanda Reimer

Neurology Specialist in Opelika, AL

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Happy to support the ground-breaking, faith-filled efforts of SJI! I look forward to enriching my mind and enjoying the community that comes together for the Society’s offerings.

Elisabeth Sullivan

Executive Director of the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education

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Proud to support the great work St. Jerome Institute is doing to mold the hearts and minds of the leaders of tomorrow!

Katie Garvey

Senior Director of Advancement · The Catholic University of America at the Busch School of Business

Previous Events:

Dr. Peter Ulrickson

Speaking Mathematically, Yesterday and Today

October 30th, 2023

What does it mean to talk mathematically?
How might students better learn to express themselves in scientific disciplines? We will explore these questions by considering geometry and algebra from the ancient world to the contemporary classroom.

The Spring Gala

“Catholic Culture Reborn”

May 20th, 2023

SJI Community Seminar

A conversation led by Dr. Michael Higgins on Wendell Berry’s “Faustian Economics”

January 12th

Michael Ortner and Peter Crawford gave a talk on:

A 21st Century Education in Wonder: How We Can Give Our Children the Formation We Wish We’d Had

Watch: youtu.be/Tdh6MBHVYD4

November 18th

SJI Community Seminar

A conversation led by Peter Crawford on Robert Spaemann and Holger Zaborowski’s

“An Animal That Can Promise and Forgive”

October 25th

A conversation responding to the recent Vatican instruction,

The Identity of the Catholic School for a Culture of Dialogue

Physicist Dr. Merrill Roberts joins SJI founding board members Dr. Daniel Gibbons and Edward Trudeau for an interdisciplinary conversation on the questions:

What is ‘integral education’?

How can Catholic schools build a ‘culture of dialogue’?

How does the St. Jerome model of integrated studies embody the ideals of Catholic education emphasized in this recent teaching?

October 14th, 2022.

Watch