“I am the way.” Click here for the Sunday readings, and here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
Solloquia Tempestiva
2015 High School Essay Contest
We recently completed the 2015 Garaventa Center Essay Contest, on the topic “Humor as a Holy Energy.” The contest drew 40 essays from Catholic high schools all over the West and Pacific Northwest. The top three are read below by UP Theater alum Amy Billroth -McClurg. Click on any of the titles below to hear […]
2014 Zahm Lecture: Memory, Desire and Searching For God
Fr. Kevin Grove CSC delivered the annual Zahm Lecture, the University of Portland’s signature academic talk ushering in the new year. It was a tremendous evening, a full auditorium and a riveting talk we are pleased to make available in this format. Click the Play button below to listen to the podcast now, or the […]
Dialectical Teaching in a Righteous Age
F. Scott Fitzgerald posited that “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” Venturing to their mobile studios, the Garaventa Center shines the spotlight on English professor Dr. Lars Erik Larson, most recent winner of UP’s […]
“The Incident” and “Don’t Take Pooping for Granted”
The Garaventa Center hosts an annual essay contest for students in Catholic high schools throughout the Pacific Northwest and Utah. 2014’s directive was to “write a humorous story about how you got over yourself.” In this special edition of Solloquia Tempestiva, the top two essays–by St.Mary’s High School (Medford, Oregon) student Kylie Winger and Paul […]
Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer (C.S. Lewis)
As we enter more deeply into the season of Lent, with its emphasis on praying well, Fr. Charlie offers highlights from this lesser-known work of C.S. Lewis: some of the “whos,” “whats” and “hows” of approaching God sincerely in prayer. This talk is 29 minutes long. %PODCAST%
The Joy of the Gospel
Fr. Charlie provides a framework for approaching Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel), the first apostolic exhortation published by Pope Francis in this initial installment of our new occasional podcast series Solloquia Tempestiva. Click the Play button below to listen to this 35-minute talk. %PODCAST%
“Grace and Cinema”
Fr. David Guffey, CSC,Director of the Film, Television and Video Department at Family Theater Productions in Hollywood, California, discusses his perception of the state of “family-friendly” mass media today. Along the way, he also posits that we may be on the verge of a new “Golden Age” for Catholic cinema. This podcast is 45 minutes […]