In a prestigious 1997 British readers’ poll, J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings was voted the greatest book of the 20th century. In the United States, a 1999 poll of Amazon.com customers selected this same novel as the greatest book not merely of last century, but of the millennium. No less celebrated is this novel’s charming prequel The Hobbit, as last year's new blockbuster motion picture adaptation bears witness.
How did J.R.R. Tolkien’s devout Catholic faith influence his story telling and serve as a guide for communicating beauty, goodness and truth in The Hobbit? How can this film serve as a means of evangelization for our culture?
World renowned Catholic author and EWTN television host Joseph Pearce will be exploring these questions and more at our spring St. Therese Lecture on Friday, April 5, 2013 at the Bishop O’Connor Catholic Center in Madison, WI at 7:30 p.m.
Prof. Pearce is Writer-in-Residence and Visiting Fellow at the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, and Visiting Scholar at Mt. Royal Academy, both located in New Hampshire. He is also the co-editor of the St. Austin Review, executive director of Catholic Courses and series editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions. He is a well-known biographer of Catholic literary giants G. K. Chesterton, J.R.R. Tolkien and Hilaire Belloc and has hosted numerous television series on EWTN. Professor Pearce’s talk will help us discover how the beauty of Catholic literature in popular culture can win souls for Christ and His Church. Don’t miss this extraordinary event.
Friday, April 5, 2013, 7:30 PM
Bishop O’Connor Catholic Pastoral Center, 702 S. High Point Rd., Madison
Reception to Follow
Details at Madison Diocese
Planning on going.... but this would be the same time as Knights of Divine Mercy, so many choices!
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