Catherine Project

We offer courses on great books, open to readers 16+ from all walks of life, at no cost. 501(c)(3) nonprofit funded by donations & grants.

[A.M. Juster (with Amazon's #1 #Canzoniere!) @amjuster]

Consider also Zena's important work @CatherineProj:

[Nat Tabris @natt941]

@suzania @CatherineProj @DavenantInst Yes and… good college programs (like @TorreyHonors) make it clear that they’re just meant as a start (or middle) of your education, the degree isn’t a conclusion.

[Susannah Black Roberts @suzania]

This is correct and it’s why orgs like Lyceum (and @CatherineProj and @DavenantInst etc) are designed for this moment

[Eugenia Ivanova @eugeniusloci]

Yesterday the @CatherineProj gatherings were launched in Leiden with an insightful discussion of Antigone at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden. Grateful to @NZaidka for making it possible.

[Sach Holden @sachholden]

the book that launched a thousand friendships

@CatherineProj

[Zena Hitz @zenahitz]

Matthew, Aristotle's On The Soul is part four of @CatherineProj 's Core Program! Please join us.

[Sean Hannan @seanmhannan]

We've published the latest issue of the journal I edit, @RelStAndTheol, feat. Reid Locklin, Anne Carpenter, Mara Brecht, & Mary Beth Yount on Lonergan, plus @erin_zoutendam, @chezaristote, & others on the @CatherineProj. It's a good one! https://t.co/WmHVfFhXul

[Jessica Hooten Wilson @HootenWilson]

📚Give me your SUMMER READING LIST! 📚

[AKTR @AKTR33]

It always feels like tempting fate to do things like this but:
Moby-Dick for @WB_Baskerville’s @CatherineProj group
Total Commitment (commentary on Blondel’s L’Action w/long excerpts) for @SimonSimplicio’s reading group
Houlgate, Opening of Hegel’s Logic w/@agostino_harry (1/2)

[Catherine Project @CatherineProj]

🇳🇱 LEIDEN: Sophocles's Antigone! 🎭

Readers in Leiden - join us for an in-person seminar on a timeless Greek tragedy.

🗓️ When: Sunday, May 30th, 2-4pm CET
📍 Where: location shared upon registration

Free & open to all readers!

Register: https://t.co/eQJShv2GsG

[Zena Hitz @zenahitz]

“Being with people from all walks of life, all parts of the world, some retired, some young—it’s just like, they bring so much to the table and different ways of connecting to the text.” That's @CatherineProj !

[Zena Hitz @zenahitz]

@CatherineProj in @insidehighered !
https://t.co/TCbGIMaZHR

[Gary Hartenburg @har10burg]

@zenahitz @CatherineProj Do you think we could get @pizzahut to sponsor the summer groups?

[Zena Hitz @zenahitz]

We have one @CatherineProj and not just for summer

[Zena Hitz @zenahitz]

DADS who want to read more can join other dads (along with every other kind of person) at @CatherineProj ! Do it for yourself -- and for your kids!

[EJ Preston @ejpreston]

@zenahitz @stjohnscollege @CatherineProj To say I truly value my first CP group this spring would be an understatement - and can’t imagine not participating for years to come!

Thank you ❤️

[Jaycel Adkins 鍾書 @JaycelAdkins]

Closing out Tale of Genji this week.

I think the main reason it is my favorite novel is that it made me into a much better reader.

I hated it in my first reading. I was the most annoying reader of it at St. John’s College. I would sit quietly for an hour listening to people and then start to unload. But recognizing the beauty in the things I didn’t hate about it and seeing its place in the Canon, I decided to re-read an 1100 plus page book I didn’t like. (While leading a reading group on it with Catherine Project, which I end up doing twice). That simple act and repeating it made me into the reader I am today.

It’s the gate to everything else.

I don’t think I read Montaigne’s Complete Essays, The Divine Comedy or Anatomy of Melancholy from cold starts without having made that decision a few years ago. I don’t think I lead a reading group on Story of the Stone for 60 straight weeks without it. Nor send out an email today for the logistics of an 80 week reading group The Bible, when I am not a believer.

Everything hard about that book made me into the reader I am now and that’s why it’s my favorite.

Plus it’s filled with pathos and beauty.

So, I’ll always find myself re-reading it, to uncover more of its myriad meanings and to touch base with the reader that I was/am/will be.

[Catherine Project @CatherineProj]

NYC readers: join us to discuss Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus! ⚔️🎭

Saturday, May 23rd 5-7 PM at @pier57_nyc

Drinks and discussion continue at a nearby bar afterward 🍻

Digital text provided. Free and open to all!

Register: https://t.co/Qbjj8k4BDA

[Chris Arnade 🐢🐱🚌 @Chris_arnade]

In which I argue @CatherineProj is the internet the promised us -- an erudite online community.

[Melangell @MommaMelangell]

@Chris_arnade @CatherineProj I led a reading group on Kierkegaard last fall and five years ago I couldn't even imagine doing that. I couldn't *spell* Kierkegaard five years ago.