Originally published at The Catholic Thing

I’ve got some surprising news. It was surprising to me, at least, and will probably be a surprise to you as well. This very month, November 2024, marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Faith & Reason Institute, the umbrella non-profit organization under whose auspices The Catholic Thing, our TCT Courses, the Fides et Ratio seminars, the Summer Seminar on the Free Society, and much more take place. (Among the “much mores,” I just sent to the publisher what will be my next book The Martyrs of the New Millennium, which is to say the 21st-century martyrs – a supplement to my earlier book on the 20th century. More about this before long.)

All in all, it’s been a remarkable quarter century. And we will be celebrating those twenty-five years of work at a gala dinner in Washington D.C. on January 23rd where you will be able to meet with many of our TCT writers. And staff such as Brad Miner, Hannah Russo, Dominic Cassella, and Karen Popp, as well. (Click here for information on how to get tickets.) Among other friends, the Papal Posse will put in an appearance – for once I’ll be the host for

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