The Wethersfield Institute promotes a clear understanding of Catholic teaching and practice and explores the cultural and intellectual dimensions of the Catholic faith.
Some of the programs listed in the archive below were offered by the Wethersfield Institute.
Lecture Archives
a talk with Sir Roger Scruton - Oct. 6, 2018
Sir Roger Scruton introduces the audience to some of the mysteries of country life. His talk is a plea for tolerance toward a sport in which the love of animals prevails over the pursuit of them, and in which Nature herself is the center of the drama. Listen >>
a lecture with Sir Roger Scruton - Oct. 4, 2018
Sir Roger Scruton explores this timeless concept, asking what makes an object beautiful. He argues that beauty is a real and universal value, anchored in our rational nature, and that the sense of beauty has an indispensable part to play in shaping the human world. Listen >>
a lecture with Catesby Leigh - August 18, 2018
In the country estate of Wethersfield as well as in the urban setting of Manhattan, we encounter many magnificent vistas that are fruits of a humanist tradition that spans thousands of years. Can the humanist tradition flourish anew under contemporary circumstances? Listen >>
a course with Rev. Joseph W. Koterski, S.J. - Fall 2017
This course examines both the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed. It considers their origins, the meaning of the crucial terms, and the theological questions and controversies to which they respond with a clear statement of the Church's faith. Listen >>
a course with Rev. Joseph W. Koterski, S.J. - Fall 2016
This course provides a general account of ethics, an overview of The Natural Law approach to ethics, a comparison with such other moral theories as utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics, and a program for reading on this topic. Listen >>
Publications
Over the years we have published dozens of collections of essays and writings by prominent thinkers and scholars on topics of Catholic culture, history, and teaching.
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
PETER BUDNIK
Board Chairman
Peter Budnik is the youngest grandchild of Wethersfield's founder, Chauncey Devereux Stillman. He received his undergraduate degree in Religious Studies from the University of Chicago and a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Notre Dame. He is currently a practicing architect in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he lives with his wife and children.
Board of Directors
JOHN HENRY CROSBY
Director
John Henry Crosby is a translator, writer, critic, and cultural entrepreneur. He is president of the Hildebrand Project, which he co-founded in 2004 with his father John F. Crosby and with Alice von Hildebrand, to advance the legacy of Dietrich von Hildebrand and the tradition of Christian personalism. Having pursued a career in violin performance, he has a special interest in the role of beauty for human flourishing. He is a trustee of the Wethersfield Institute and the Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund. He is a graduate of Franciscan University, where he received his BA and MA in philosophy. He and his wife, Robin, live in Steubenville, Ohio with their four children.
Board of Directors
PAUL MONSON
Secretary
Paul Monson is Vice President of Intellectual Formation & Academic Dean at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology (Wisconsin), where he also serves as Associate Professor of Church History. He received his BA in Catholic Studies from the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) and his doctorate in historical theology from Marquette University. He has a passion for the liberal arts in seminary formation, and his research focuses on the intersection of theology, history, and culture in American Catholicism. He has published over a dozen articles and book chapters, with appearances in Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, American Catholic Studies, and US Catholic Historian. With roots in North Dakota, he has called Cologne, Rome, and Los Angeles home. He now resides where his heart is, with his wife and daughters in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
Board of Directors
Todd Inman
Director of Programming and Development
Todd Inman, a native of Milwaukee, has returned to the city to serve as the Director of Development and Programming for the Wethersfield Institute. He is also the Founder of and lead consultant for Aquinas Philanthropy Consulting. Todd has nearly 20 years of experience in non-profit management and development, primarily with Catholic organizations. He has been a Major Gifts Officer for the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, Director of Development at St. Monica Academy (a classical school in Pasadena, California), and Executive Director of the Magis Institute in its early years when it was seeking ways “to heal the culture through Catholic spirituality.” He was also an administrator at the University of Guam, a co-founder of the Great Deep Brewing Company (in Guam), and a partner in Catholic Audio Publishing. He is a Founding Board Member of Stella Maris Chesterton Academy (Orange County, California), and was the Founding Vice President of the Catholic Evidence Guild of Guam. Todd holds a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Dallas, where he wrote his thesis on the natural and ordered unity of man according to St. Thomas Aquinas. He is a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Todd and his wife, Maria, have seven children, including two sons in the seminary at St. Michael’s Abbey in Silverado, California.
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