SBC Conferences

Besides the complete set of tapes or CDs, you can pick up these individual talks. And here’s the crazy thing: We’ve but them on sale!

Open House:

• Br. André Marie, M.I.C.M.: Crusade Update
• Dr. Maike Hickson: Catholic Responses in Times of Disorder: Three Historical Novels of A. Manzoni, G. von Le Font and E. von Handel-Mazzetti
• Mr. Joseph Topalian: Reflections of an American-Born Armenian-Rite Octogenarian
• Br. John Marie Vianney, M.I.C.M., Tert.: Give Us this Day Our Daily Bread

Annual Conference:

• Mr. Gary Potter: Life in the “Darkest” of Times
• Dr. Robert Hickson: Subtle Channels of Divine Grace: Providential Mercy in the Elegiac Poetry and Prose of Maurice Baring
• Mr. Tim Ehlen: The Revival of the Catholic Land Movement
• Mr. John Sharpe: There is Such a Thing as Catholic Politics (But It’s not What You Might Imagine): Theoretical Notes and Historical Anecdotes
• Mr. R. Cort Kirkwood: Cowards, Bullies and Killers: The Feminization of the Western Man and Christian Church
• Mr. Phil Lawler: The Faithful Departed: The Collapse of Boston’s Catholic Culture
• Mr. C. Joseph Doyle: Saint Patrick’s Purgatory: The English Persecution of Catholic Ireland
• Br. André Marie, M.I.C.M.: The Conversion of America: An Idea with Roots
• Mr. Brian Kelly: Saint James the Just: Exemplar of Humility
• Mr. C. Brad Grinstead: On Parasites and Christian Knights: The Role of Catholic Education in the Church

There was an impressive turnout for both the Thursday Open House and the Conference in Nashua — better than expected, considering the cost of traveling today. Inspiring and very informative presentations by the thirteen speakers made the sacrifice well worth it.

Here at the monastery in Richmond, Dr. Maike Hickson, Joseph Topalian, and Third Order Prefect, Brother John Marie Vianney, M.I.C.M., Tert. gave very inspiring talks on their respective topics. Mrs. Hickson, with her husband and their new born, Isabella Maria, in the audience, whetted the listeners’ appetites for good Catholic literature. Mr. Topalian provided a fascinating tour of his own eventful life, filled with adventure and challenge, in the navy during World War II, in an eastern-rite seminary, and as a Catholic Armenian in America. The Tertiary Prefect spoke about the most holy and most intimate of all “unions,” the holy “Communion” that is achieved by the Son of God and the members of His Mystical Body through the worthy reception of the Blessed Sacrament, which, the speaker stressed, ought to be our “daily Bread.” Guests were served a delicious pork roast dinner afterwards.

The line up of speakers for the three days in Nashua provided an impressive variety of expertise. Host Gary Potter challenged the theme of the Conference that these days are “the darkest of times” by highlighting days not long gone past where horrific crimes were committed against Catholics on account of their Faith. Gary’s point was that the light of Faith shines more brilliantly and the charity of the just radiates more intensely when fueled by persecution.

All of the speakers, from a variety of angles, contributed magnificently to the theme of the Conference by demonstrating, either through examples in the lives of the martyrs or through instructive knowledge concerning the incorporation of Catholic principles in family and social life, that no matter how evil the age, nothing can stop one from being a light in the darkness. The presentations, as you can see from the titles of the Conference recordings that we are offering, cover a wide range of Catholic erudition, all of which can equip us to confront more powerfully the wiles of Satan, the grand architect of today’s pervasive confusion.

Lastly, lest we imagine that evil can ever really triumph, or that suffering accepted in hope is not a means of perfect purification, Saint Paul was inspired to write these assuring words: “[W]e know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints” (Romans 8:28). May the Holy Ghost sear this divine truth into our hearts.

A new press release is now posted:

• Media Advisory: July 15, 2008 (79.4k PDF)
• Media Advisory: July 15, 2008 (78k Word doc)

Below is the final and complete schedule for the conference. Read the rest of this entry »

Shortly after the conference, we will have audio tapes and CDs available at our new web store: Store.Catholicism.org.

Last year’s talks are already available, as are many other fine Catholic books and audios.

Unable to come to the conference? You can join us via the Internet. It’s not quite like being there, but it sure beats missing the event altogether. Plans are now being finalized for our “webcast” of the talks. More information will be posted soon.

To receive timely notice concerning pricing and other webcasting details, please click here. Thank you.

Easy registration instructions. Two steps are required:

1. To register for the conference itself, call us at 877-773-1773 or 603-239-6485.
2. To register for the hotel, contact the Crowne Plaza on the Web or by telephone: 603-886-1200 or toll free 1-800-9-NASHUA. Be sure to give the hotel staff the code SBC to get a room at our group rate.*

*To do this online, select “Corporate, Group & IATA Identification” on the registration page and put the code SBC into the “Group Booking Code” form field.

(The hotel cost is $102 per day, single or double.)

For a copy of our recently-mailed flyer, with all the pertinent conference information on it, please click here. Feel free to copy and distribute.

Below is our completed speakers’ list. For details on each speaker, please see the links on the right of our main page. It promises to be a great lineup!

Dr. Robert Hickson — Retired Professor, Joint Special Operations University, U.S. Special Operations Command; Retired Professor, U.S. Air Force Academy; Former Green Beret.

Mr. Philip F. Lawler — Catholic journalist, editor of Catholic World News, author of The Faithful Departed: The Collapse of Boston’s Catholic Culture.

Mr. R. Cort Kirkwood — Award-winning journalist, author of Real Men, Ten Courageous Americans to Know and Admire, contributor to Chronicles, LewRockwell.com, and The Remnant.

Br. André Marie, M.I.C.M., M.A. — Prior, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Richmond, N.H.

Mr. Gary Potter — Historian, Journalist, Essayist, Author of After the Boston Heresy Case and In Reaction.

Lt. Cmdr. John Sharpe — Publisher, Distributist scholar, Founder and President of IHS Press.

Mr. Brian Kelly — Editor of Mancipia.

Mr. C. Joseph Doyle — Catholic Apologist, Executive Director of the Catholic Action League.

Mr. C. Brad Grinstead, M.S. — Biologist, Catholic Educator, M.I.C.M. Third Order Membership Director.

Mr. Tim Ehlen — Organizer of “Building Catholic Communities” (www.buildingcatholiccommunities.org).

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