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.

Society membership includes:

- A copy of Stratford Caldecotts’s Beauty for Truth’s Sake.

- Lectures by the founders of SJI and other prominent guests.

- Great Books seminars.

- Roundtable discussions with SJI teachers exploring questions of culture and education.

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

Events for Society Members

Spring Gala
“Catholic Culture Reborn”
May 20th, Cocktails 6pm, Dinner 7pm
Heritage Hall, Catholic University
Speaker: Mary Pat Donoghue,
Executive Director of the Secretariat of
Catholic Education at the USCCB
Black tie optional
Please visit the SJI website for
more information, tickets, advertising
packages, and how to become an
SJI Spring Gala sponsor!

Also of interest to members

“The Human Figure in Art”
Lecture by art historian and
independent scholar Sarah Bond
April 14th, 6:30pm
St. John Paul II National Shrine
Sponsored by Humanum Review
Cocktail reception to follow
For more information:
https://www.johnpaulii.edu/even

For more information about these events
Please contact Monica Guza
mguza@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 Caldecotts’s Beauty for Truth’s Sake.

- Lectures by the founders of SJI and other prominent guests.

- Great Books seminars.

- Roundtable discussions with SJI teachers exploring questions of culture and education.

- The Rising Wind monthly newsletter featuring a letter from the Headmaster, 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) Two tickets to the annual Society dinner.

Honored Members ($5,000 gift) Two tickets to the annual Society dinner. Work of literature or philosophy representative of SJI’s educational vision (two per year).

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

Events for Society Members

Also of interest to members

For more information about these events
Please contact Monica Guza
mguza@stjeromeinstitute.org

Previous Events:

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