“Although all must place the firmest hope in God's help, no one must promise himself anything with absolute certainty…those who believe themselves to stand should take care lest they fall and should work out their salvation with fear and trembling…they must fear, knowing that they have been born again unto the hope of glory, but not yet unto glory.”

—Council of Trent 

Join Collegium Institute’s Young Catholic Leaders Initiative for this sixth session of Seven Secrets to Happiness: Living and Learning the Virtues. Guided by the philosophical and theological insights of St. Augustine, Josef Pieper, and Gabriel Marcel, we will look to poetic and artistic depictions of the virtue of hope to help us explore questions such as, what distinguishes the theological virtue of hope from faith and love, on the one hand, and from natural hope, on the other? How can hope help us reconcile the unconditional certitude of faith with the unavoidable uncertainty of the status viatoris? For what may I hope? Why ought I hope? How is Christ the fulfillment of our hope?

Following this brunch seminar we will persevere in hope as we attempt to navigate together through an escape room. 

Date: Saturday, February 17

Time: 10am-3pm

Location: Penn Newman Center (111 S 38th Street)

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The YCLI Student Ambassadors program is made possible through a generous grant from the Ambassador's Fund for Catholic Education.