Evangelizing the “Nones”
Bishop Barron’s talk for the 30th annual “Erasmus Lecture” hosted by First Things at the Union League Club (New York, NY) on October 30, 2017. The post Evangelizing the “Nones” appeared first on Word...
View ArticleFire and Mission (2018 FOCUS Talk)
Bishop Barron’s opening keynote talk at the 2018 FOCUS Student Leadership Summit in Chicago, IL on January 2, 2018. Over 8,000 young Catholic leaders gathered to hear Bishop Barron speak about the Acts...
View ArticleConversation with William Lane Craig
(If you can’t hear the video above, click the “unmute” button at the bottom right of the video) On January 13, 2018, Bishop Barron joined Dr. William Lane Craig, the esteemed Protestant apologist and...
View ArticleCatholicism and Beauty (2018 LA Congress Talk)
Bishop Barron’s talk at the 2018 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, titled “Catholicism and Beauty.” The post Catholicism and Beauty (2018 LA Congress Talk) appeared first on Word on Fire.
View ArticleReligion and the Opening Up of the Mind (Google Talk)
Bishop Barron’s talk at the Google headquarters (Googleplex) in Mountain View, CA on March 20, 2018. He addressed a room full of Google and YouTube employees on how religion doesn’t shut down the...
View ArticleAssumption College Commencement Address
Bishop Barron’s commencement address at Assumption College (Worcester, MA) on May 13, 2018. The post Assumption College Commencement Address appeared first on Word on Fire.
View ArticleOpening Talk for the Word on Fire National Conference for Priests
Bishop Barron’s opening talk, “Apprenticing to Jesus the Preacher,” from the inaugural Word on Fire National Conference for Priests in August 2018. The post Opening Talk for the Word on Fire National...
View ArticleOn the Gospel of the Family (World Meeting of Families 2018)
Bishop Barron’s keynote talk from the World Meeting of Families (Dublin, Ireland) on August 24, 2018. The post On the Gospel of the Family (World Meeting of Families 2018) appeared first on Word on Fire.
View ArticleThe One Who Is; The One Who Gives: Aquinas, Derrida and the Dilemma of the...
Bishop Robert Barron’s lecture at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (The Angelicum) in Rome, given on March 7, 2019 after he received an honorary doctorate from the university. The post...
View ArticleGiving a Reason for the Hope That is Within Us (2019 REC)
Bishop Robert Barron’s lecture at the 2019 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, given on March 22, 2019. The post Giving a Reason for the Hope That is Within Us (2019 REC) appeared first on Word...
View ArticleNewman and the New Evangelization (Oxford University)
On October 16, 2019, Bishop Barron gave a lecture from Oxford University on “Newman and the New Evangelization.” The lecture took place at the University Church of St. Mary the Virgin, where Newman...
View ArticleThe Call of Justice (Library of Congress)
On October 29, 2019, Bishop Barron spoke at the Library of Congress to a bipartisan group of Senators, Representatives, and Capitol Hill staffers about political life as a vocation, the relationship of...
View ArticleThe Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist (2020 REC)
Bishop Robert Barron’s lecture on the Real Presence at the 2020 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, given on February 19, 2020. The post The Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist (2020 REC)...
View ArticleBishop Barron’s Westmont College Chapel Talk
Friends, I was delighted to speak to the students at Westmont College about being kingly leaders in the Church. Our basic human problem comes from listening to our own voices, rather than the higher...
View ArticleBishop Barron’s 2020 Commencement Address for Students
Friends, among the many disheartening effects of the coronavirus, students have had to forego their graduation ceremonies this year. That’s why I was delighted to film this virtual commencement address...
View ArticleThe Heart of God Himself — Bishop Barron’s Sermon at Thomas Aquinas College
Friends, in my homily from the Global Rosary Relay event at Thomas Aquinas College, I make the point that the heart of Jesus is not simply the heart of a great man from the first century, but rather...
View Article“Pope Francis and Vatican II” (2020 Napa Institute Keynote)
Friends, some Catholics in America today are increasingly vocal in their attacks on the Second Vatican Council—an ecumenical council of the Church summoned and presided over by the successor of Peter....
View ArticleIdeas Have Consequences: The Philosophers Who Shaped 2020
Friends, I recently addressed the Knights of Malta about this convulsive time in our national history, demonstrated by the global pandemic, unstable politics, and outbursts of violence. But not many...
View ArticleBishop Barron on Knocking Holes in the Buffered Self: Approaches to the...
Friends, I was honored to present the 2020 Peter Richard Kenrick Lecture at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, delivering an academic paper entitled “Knocking Holes in the Buffered Self: Approaches to the...
View ArticleBishop Barron on Not Dumbing Down the Faith: Answers to Young People’s...
Friends, at the Regional Congress 2.0 Teach event, I presented on the importance of not dumbing down the faith as we engage in religious education. Young people enjoy asking about and discussing the...
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