Oct 2
Conference
Bringing Back Sunday — Renewing Culture Conference
Mt Carmel Spirituality Centre
2nd Annual Renewing Culture Conference. Reflections on Josef Pieper's Leisure: The Basis of Culture.
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Fides ✠ Ratio ✠
Cultura
Forming leaders. Teaching the tradition. Publishing research.
“A faith that does not become culture is not fully accepted, not entirely thought out, not faithfully lived.
What We Do
Formation, Courses, Publications
Through courses, formation programs, and publications, the Gregory the Great Institute helps believers transform contemporary culture in the light of faith and reason.
Formation
Intensive Great Books seminars, music and leadership camps, and reading groups that form the whole person — mind, soul, and community.
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Courses
Short courses in the Philosophy of Aquinas, Virtuous Leadership, Christian Beauty and Art, and Classical Education for Teachers.
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Publications
Magnalia — the journal of Catholic cultural renewal in Canada. 60 pages of letters, essays, and art in every issue.
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Why Catholic Culture Matters
Our Flagship Journal
Magnalia
The journal of Catholic cultural renewal in Canada
Magnalia — meaning great and wonderful things — brings together the best Catholic writing, scholarship, and art in Canada. Each 60-page issue features essays from leading Catholic thinkers, letters from the field, and beautiful visual art. Published twice yearly.
Upcoming
Events & Programs
Jul 12
Camp
St. Gregory's Music & Leadership Camp
Solara Water's Edge, Parkland County, AB
Four nights of fiddle, penny whistle, voice, games, prayer, and leadership for youth ages 12–18.
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Masterclass
Personal Finances 101
Concordia University of Edmonton
Master your money, serve your vocation. Financial literacy as stewardship and Catholic formation.
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I have appreciated Dr. Ryan Topping's work for several years. I support the mission of the Gregory the Great Institute and look forward to seeing the good it will bring to the Church in Canada.
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It is creative minorities who determine the future, and in this regard the Catholic Church must understand that she is a creative minority that has a heritage of values that are not things of the past, but a very living and relevant reality.
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Religion without orthodoxy, without dogma, is as the heat of a corpse, true for a time but sure to fail.
From the Library
The Latest
FINE Gathering in Ottawa and National Prayer Breakfast
Dr. Topping and Victor invited to FINE Gathering and National Prayer Breakfast by MP Shuv Majumbar.
Medicine Forgets Its Vocation: Alberta Places Guardrails
On MAID and hospital chaplains counselling traumatized healthcare professionals.
Master Your Money, Serve Your Vocation
64% of Canadians never learned money management. Financial literacy as stewardship.
Support the Mission
Build Catholic Intellectual Life in Canada
In its first year, the Institute published Magnalia and distributed to every Catholic bishop and seminary rector in Canada, ran formation programs in four provinces, hosted the inaugural Renewing Culture Conference, and built a community of over 1,500 people hungry for cultural renewal. We did this on a lean budget with a small team. With your help, we can do so much more.
Become a FriendFriend of the Institute
$15+/month
- Monthly prayer inclusion
- Magnalia Letter (curated monthly guide)
- Magnalia digital edition (PDF)
- Early event registration
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Patron
$50+/month
- Everything in Friend, plus:
- Magnalia print subscription
- Annual Patron gathering
- Named recognition in Magnalia
- Signed book from Dr. Topping