Tag Archives: Christopher Dawson Institute

“It Is Now Only Dawn”

Pope John XXIII said, in his opening address to the bishops and cardinals convened in Rome at the start of the second Vatican council, “The council now beginning rises in the Church like daybreak, a forerunner of most splendid light.  … Continue reading

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Where Can You Live, II

Okay, so in my most recent post, I listed what I see as the three alternatives to living in suburbia, namely life in the country, life in a small town, and life in a traditional neighborhood in a city.  Now, … Continue reading

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Where Can You Live?

I’m loving my new book, “Suburban Nation”.  Absolutely loving it.  I read a mind-blowing chapter yesterday in which the authors, with uncanny precision, name the ways in which various populations suffer in and because of suburbia. Those who suffer? The … Continue reading

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