Romance in the Catholic Tradition The Age of Chivalry: A Lecture by Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand

Romance in the Catholic Tradition The Age of Chivalry by Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand

On this St. Valentine's Day, Dr. Von Hildebrand will investigate the nature and beauty of love in the Catholic Tradition and the customs, mores, and dispositions which help preserve it. In the past, traditions of courtship and marriage were predominantly shaped by the Church's understand of the nature of man and women and their relationship to one another. Many contemporary social ills can rightly be blamed on the loss of this understanding. This is an appropriate day to relfect on the the fulfilling beauty of love and marriage - its tasks, its joys - and love's power to lighten its burdens and sorrows.

Lecture Date: February 14th, 2003

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