I’m Starting a New High School…
Brandon Vogt
by Brandon Vogt
1y ago
Soooo…..I’m founding a new high school! In two weeks. Yes, a real brick-and-mortar school! I’ve been developing it over the past couple years, along with a handful of ambitious parents and community leaders. It’s called Chesterton Academy of Orlando, a new classical high school, grounded in the Catholic faith, teaching the greatest books and the deepest spiritual truths from our tradition. Our aim is not just to produce smart students, ready for college, but graduates who are wise, virtuous, and, most of all, holy. We want them to graduate in love with Christ and his Church. Each stu ..read more
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Why G.K. Chesterton Believed in Santa Claus
Brandon Vogt
by Brandon Vogt
3y ago
G.K. Chesterton, that wondrous lover of paradox, explains how as he grew into adulthood, his belief in Santa Claus increased: “What has happened to me has been the very reverse of what appears to be the experience of most of my friends. Instead of dwindling to a point, Santa Claus has grown larger and larger in my life until he fills almost the whole of it. It happened in this way. As a child I was faced with a phenomenon requiring explanation. I hung up at the end of my bed an empty stocking, which in the morning became a full stocking. I had done nothing to produce the things that filled it ..read more
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My New Podcast! – “The Burrowshire Podcast”
Brandon Vogt
by Brandon Vogt
4y ago
With all of us locked down and quarantined, I wanted to share with you a new podcast I just launched with my best friend, Fr. Blake Britton. It’s called “The Burrowshire Podcast” and you can watch the first couple episodes here: https://BurrowshirePodcast.com Fr. Blake is one of the most gifted priests I know. He’s young, smart, affable, and holy. You’re going to love him. The first night Fr. Blake and I got together, we stayed up talking for nearly six straight hours (!!) about God, theology, and matters of the soul. This podcast is an extension of that friendship. It’s like you’re sitting w ..read more
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How to Easily Read the Whole Bible in 2020
Brandon Vogt
by Brandon Vogt
4y ago
Each year, I publish a version of this post, and it's one of my great delights to receive messages 12 months later from people excitedly telling me that over the past year, they finally accomplished a lifelong goal: they read the whole Bible. It’s so encouraging! So, as you prepare for the new year, why not do it yourself? Why not commit to reading the entire Bible in 2020? It’s not as hard as you might think. There’s really only one secret to accomplishing the goal: Ha! But, seriously: The Bible contains around 775,000 words, and the average adult reads 250 words per minute ..read more
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New Webinar: “G.K. Chesterton as Husband and Father”
Brandon Vogt
by Brandon Vogt
4y ago
You’ve likely heard me talk about G.K. Chesterton before. He’s one of my great heroes. The English Catholic writer was a bubbling mix of joy, wit, wonder, and paradox. He was the premier English journalist of the early-twentieth century, as well as a gifted novelist, poet, and essayist. He’s also the most famous Catholic convert of the past 100 years, and his writings have led countless others to faith (his book Everlasting Man was instrumental in C.S. Lewis’ conversion; his book Orthodoxy was pivotal to mine.) Yet even among Chesterton fans, few know that in addition to his extraordinary b ..read more
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How to Be a Saint: An Interview with Bert Ghezzi
Brandon Vogt
by Brandon Vogt
4y ago
For Christians, the goal of life is simple: to become a saint. That's it. Everything else is window dressing. To become a saint means falling in love with God and enjoying his friendship in this life and the next.  But how do we achieve that? One helpful way is to study the lives of men and woman who have already done it. In other words, look to those the Church has already recognized as fulfilling that goal. Just as aspiring basketball players study LeBron James and Steph Curry, both NBA champions and superstars, so Catholics should study St. Augustine, Mother Teresa, and St. Katherine Drexe ..read more
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The Best Translation of St. Augustine’s “Confessions”
Brandon Vogt
by Brandon Vogt
4y ago
In his book Three Philosophies of Life, Dr. Peter Kreeft explains how he rediscovered St. Augustine’s Confessions: “Only once have I ever encountered a translation that made such a difference, that so opened up for me a previously closed book. That was Frank Sheed’s translation of Augustine’s Confessions, which I found to be as living as molten lava. The most widely used translation of the Confessions is the one by a Mr. Pine-Coffin, and it is worthy of his name. It is a dead translation. Sheed’s is living.” Poor Mr. Pine-Coffin. Witty jabs aside, I completely agree with Kreeft. Sheed’s transl ..read more
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Visiting G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and John Henry Newman: An England Pilgrimage (Photos)
Brandon Vogt
by Brandon Vogt
5y ago
In June 2019, my wife and I flew to England on a pilgrimage to celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary. We spent five days in London and three in Oxford. Our goal was to see and pray at all the sites associated with G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and John Henry Newman, who have each massively impacted our faith and family. Of course, we also wanted to visit beautiful churches and bookstores. The trip was extraordinary. Though I researched and planned for months, we were still surprised by many unexpected graces and encounters, making an already great trip spectacular. Much of th ..read more
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Will G.K. Chesterton Become a Saint?
Brandon Vogt
by Brandon Vogt
5y ago
I just returned home from the 38th Annual G.K. Chesterton Conference, held this past weekend (August 1-3) in Kansas City, KS. It was the largest Chesterton gathering ever, with over 500 attendees from around the world, some as far as Kenya, India, and Chile. With Gilbert and Frances Chesterton at the 38th Annual G.K. Chesterton ConferenceRod Dreher offered the keynote, speaking on his much-discussed “Benedict Option” and its connection to Chesterton. Dale Ahlquist, president of the Society of G.K. Chesterton, followed with a talk on “The Chesterton Option”. We also welcomed Cardinal Thomas Col ..read more
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Why I’m Still Catholic Despite the Sex Abuse Crisis
Brandon Vogt
by Brandon Vogt
5y ago
As the Vatican kicks off a four-day summit addressing the Church’s sexual abuse crisis, I’ve been asked by many non-Catholic friends, “Why are you still Catholic? How could you remain tied to such a dirty institution?” Those questions are especially pointed given that my latest book was bluntly titled Why I am Catholic (And You Should Be Too). Since I wrote the book over a year ago, before revelations of then-Cardinal McCarrick and the horrific “summer of shame,” I barely addressed the abuse crisis. It just wasn’t a burning issue at the time. In fact, up until 2018, in surveys asking former Ca ..read more
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