I posted this on the ITMS Facebook page today, but wanted to share it with you. Since Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical came out, there has been more discussion about the meaning of Catholic Social Teaching (CST), you know, the best-kept secret in the church, especially in the US. Thomas Merton helps Christians understand that social... Continue Reading →

A See–Judge–Act reflection on divine presence, classical metaphysics, and what it means for how we live A note on the method: The See–Judge–Act approach, rooted in Catholic social thought and associated with Cardinal Joseph Cardijn, invites us first to observe reality honestly, then to evaluate it through the lens of scripture, reason, and faith, and... Continue Reading →

Two thoughtful voices from different worlds—a liberal New York Times podcaster and a newly elected pope—arrive at a strikingly similar warning: artificial intelligence poses a profound challenge to human values. Their paths to this conclusion differ, but both detect an unsettling risk at the heart of AI’s rise. The Podcaster Who Can’t Figure Out His... Continue Reading →

A See–Judge–Act Study Module for Ordinary Christians There is a moment in Joseph Cardijn’s life that never ceases to strike me. He was a young Belgian priest at the turn of the twentieth century, watching working-class teenagers — barely more than children, really — swallowed whole by factories, stripped of dignity, left without community or... Continue Reading →

CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING · PATRISTICS · THOMAS MERTON · SEE-JUDGE-ACT What if the most urgent voices for our fractured, violent, consumption-driven world aren’t modern commentators or social media theologians — but men and women who lived between roughly A.D. 100 and 600? The Church Fathers — those early Christian writers, bishops, monks, and martyrs of... Continue Reading →