The role of the Catholic humanist is to cultivate a more than or… — “Catholic Humanism and Modern Letters” The McAuley Lectures: Christian Humanism in Letters, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford Connecticut,(1954),p 54, reprinted in The Medium and the Light (1999), p 158

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The role of the Catholic humanist is to cultivate a more than ordinary reverence for the past, for tradition, while exploring every present development for what it reveals about man that the past has not revealed.

“Catholic Humanism and Modern Letters” The McAuley Lectures: Christian Humanism in Letters, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford Connecticut,(1954),p 54, reprinted in The Medium and the Light (1999), p 158

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Year: 1954

Chapter: Catholic Church