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Upcoming Events

2025 Stillman Lecture Series at the Basilica

2025 Lecture Two

Working title: Hymning the Icon of the Invisible God: How the Later Christological Councils Show Us the Christ

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​Speaker: Fr, Andrew Summerson

Thursday, June 12, 2025

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Where: Basilica of St. Josaphat - 2333 S 6th. St., Milwaukee, WI 53215

Vespers: 6:00pm (optional)

Talk: 6:30pm

Refreshments and Q&A to follow in the Undercroft​​

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2025 Lecture Three

Working title: Councils for Christendom and Beyond: Governing Perfection in the Central Middle Ages

 

Speaker: Dr. Donald Prudlo​​​​

Thursday, September 11, 2025

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The Councils of the Medieval period (1000-1500)  represent the Church maturing in her self-understanding while refining her relationships to the broader world.  This lecture will be a thematic (rather than a specifically chronological) examination of four key areas: ecclesiastical reform, the constitution of the Church, the healing of the rift between eastern and western Christianity, and the struggle against medieval heresies.  It was the councils of this period that outlined the Church that we know today in her institutions, practices, and offices; to know them is to know who we are as Catholics better.

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Where: Basilica of St. Josaphat - 2333 S 6th. St., Milwaukee, WI 53215

Vespers: 6:00pm (optional)

Talk: 6:30pm

Refreshments and Q&A to follow in the Undercroft​​

2025 Lecture Four

Working title: Rupture or Reform?: From Trent to Vatican II

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Speaker: Dr. Eric DeMeuse

Thursday, November 20, 2025

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Where: Basilica of St. Josaphat - 2333 S 6th. St., Milwaukee, WI 53215

Vespers: 6:00pm (optional)

Talk: 6:30pm

Refreshments and Q&A to follow in the Undercroft​​

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The Catholic Garden and Homestead:
A Practical Symposium

Wethersfield Institute is honored to co-sponsor this event at the Catholic Ecology Center with the St. Irenaeus Institute for Catholic Thought and the CEC. 

 

Join us at the CEC in a family-friendly setting as we consider why caring for the land is a constitutive part of the Church’s Social Doctrine, with special guest Sr. Damien Marie Savino. All ages and experiences are welcome!

Where: Catholic Ecology Center - W1468 County Road NN Neosho, WI 53059

When: Saturday, September 27 - 1:30pm-8pm CDT

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Past Events

Stillman Lecture Series at the Basilica

Speaker: Fr. Brad Krawczyk

Thursday, November 21st

Vespers: 6:00pm (optional)

Talk: 6:30pm

Refreshments and Q&A to follow in the Undercroft

Speaker: Bishop James T. Schuerman

Tuesday, September 17th

Vespers: 6:00pm (optional)

Talk: 6:30pm

Refreshments and Q&A to follow in the Undercroft

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2025 Lecture One

Why Sunday's Creed is More Than Words: Orthodoxy, the Integrity of Christian Identity, and the Earliest Ecumenical Councils

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​Join Dr. Jim Papandrea as he leads us through the drama of the first four Ecumenical Councils (325-451 A.D.) that fought over and answered the fundamental, life-shaping questions: Who — and what — is Jesus Christ? Who — and what — is God, the Trinity? What is Christianity? What is a Christian?

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Thursday, March 20, 2025

Where: Basilica of St. Josaphat - 2333 S 6th. St., Milwaukee, WI 53215

Vespers: 6:00pm (optional)

Talk: 6:30pm

Refreshments and Q&A to follow in the Undercroft​​

2024 Lecture One:

20 Centuries in 20 Objects: The History of the Church through the Art and Architecture of the Basilica of St. Josaphat

Speaker: Dr. Paul Monson

Wednesday, June 5th

Vespers: 6:00pm (optional)

Talk: 6:30pm

Refreshments and Q&A to follow in the Undercroft

The Catholic Garden and Homestead:
A Practical Symposium

Wethersfield Institute is honored to co-sponsor this event at the Catholic Ecology Center with the St. Irenaeus Institute for Catholic Thought and the CEC. 

 

Celebrate the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi at the CEC in a family-friendly setting as we consider how cultivating the earth through gardening and homesteading enriches the life of Catholic faith, with special guests Shawn and Beth Dougherty. All ages and experiences are welcome!

Where: Catholic Ecology Center - W1468 County Road NN Neosho, WI 53059

When: Saturday, October 5th - 1:30pm-8pm CDT

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Rooted: Cultivating a Green Philosophy

The Wethersfield Institute is honored to partner with The Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation in hosting a series of virtual interviews led by Grace Olmstead. Throughout the series, Grace and her guests will cover a wide variety of topics that relate back to Scruton's love of home - what he referred to as Oikophilia.

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"What is a Church? Exploring the typological and historical roots of Church architecture."

 

Architecture Lecture at Sacred Heart Seminary and the School of Theology in Franklin, WI

December 5, 2024

 December 7, 2023 

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