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This blog is a supplement to Saint Agnes School's Senior Capstone Seminar, a course in which senior students have elected to read some of the greatest books of the Catholic intellectual tradition and discuss them in a Socratic seminar format. This blog will attempt to track our conversations throughout the year as well as post articles and news of related interest to the content of the course.

Monday, April 23, 2012

Fr. Walter J. Ciszek, S.J.

Man was created to praise, reverence and serve God in this world and to be happy with Him forever in the next. That is the fact of the matter; you believe it or you don't--and that is the end of it.---Fr. Walter J. Ciszek, S.J.


I can think of no other priest of the 20th century who is a better intercessor for us during the very difficult time in which we live. Indeed, that is one of the reasons why we chose to read He Leadeth Me as part of our reading list this year. Fr. Walter Ciszek, S.J. was a tough Jesuit who survived many hardships and suffered tremendously but kept his faith amidst seemingly insurmountable difficulties. I will likely offer some more reflections on Fr. Ciszek as our class proceeds, but by way of introduction, I offer for your edification this short 4-part video interview of Fr. Ciszek. It was filmed in 1984, several months before his death.

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