Archive for Robert A. Sirico CSP
Toward the Renewal of Civilization: Political Order and Culture
To explore the relationship between politics and culture with an eye toward the “renewal of civilization” is a tall order for one volume. And yet the contributors to this collection do an admirable job of examining many facets of the intersection between political-cultural trends and what most of these authors regard as the decline of [...]
1Dec1999 | Robert A. Sirico CSP | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Virtue of Civility: Selected Essays on Liberalism, Tradition, and Civil Society
Father Robert A. Sirico is president of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, Michigan. After decades of interest groups aggressively asserting their “rights,” often gained only at the expense of others, our political culture is starting to take notice of the notion of “civility.” The left identifies the [...]
1Aug1998 | Robert A. Sirico CSP | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Parable of the Talents: The Bible and Entrepreneurs
Paulist Father Robert A. Sirico is president of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The parables of Jesus teach eternal truths, but they also offer surprising practical lessons for worldly affairs. In the Gospel According to St. Matthew (chapter 25, verses 14-30) we find Jesus’ Parable of [...]
1Jul1994 | Robert A. Sirico CSP | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Unseen Costs of Family Leave
Paulist Father Robert A. Sirico is president of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Young women interviewing for jobs in the past year may have noticed potential employers looking carefully at their ring fingers. No, it’s not an example of sexual harassment. Rather, employers are growing more [...]
1Feb1994 | Robert A. Sirico CSP | 1 comment | ContinuedA Tribute to Edmund A. Opitz
Mr. Robert Sirico, President of the Acton Institute, made these remarks on the occasion of the retirement dinner of Mr. Edmund Opitz at the Foundation for Economic Education in Irvington, New York, on December 13, 1992. It is customary on occasions such as this to begin by stating what an honor it is to have [...]
1Oct1993 | Robert A. Sirico CSP | 0 comments | ContinuedCatholicisms Developing Social Teaching
Paulist Father Robert A. Sirico is president of The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Fr. Sirico would like to acknowledge the aid of his research assistant, Jeffrey O. Nelson, in the preparation of this essay. T he latter part of the 19th century saw momentous changes brought [...]
1Dec1991 | Robert A. Sirico CSP | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Morality of Freedom
Robert Sirico, CSP, is a member of the Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle (the Paulist Fathers). He has studied at the University of London and completed his undergraduate degree in English at the University of Southern California and has a Master of Divinity degree from the Catholic University of America. Presently he serves [...]
1Mar1988 | Robert A. Sirico CSP | 0 comments | Continued-
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