Flannery is the lyrical, intimate exploration of the life and work of author Flannery O’Connor, whose distinctive Southern Gothic style influenced a generation of artists and activists.
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance. THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS Today too, ... Read more
PLEASE JOIN in a VIRTUAL CONVERSATION from 6 – 7:30 pm ET with DAVID BROOKS ANNE SNYDER PAUL ELIE “If I have achieved anything in my life, it is because I have not been embarrassed to talk about God.” Together we will reflect on how, in a time of pandemic and strife, 40 years ... Read more
2020 has been a year few will soon forget. It calls to mind the trials of Job in a 21st century context. Just weeks into the new year, we were met with a global health crisis wrought with physical suffering, death, and mourning on a scale seldom seen. The repercussions of the crisis transformed every ... Read more
Need Some Hope, Humor, and Help for the Soul? Bishop William Byrne of Springfield, Massachusetts, will join Kathryn Jean Lopez to discuss his new book Five Things with Fr. Bill: Hope, Humor, and Help for the Soul. “God is never far away from you. He is in our hearts, and he is showing his love in our lives ... Read more
While Sheen’s Loreto Theater remains closed due to the global pandemic, the Spirit of the Season lives on in this year’s concert series titled the Twelve Days of Light featuring twelve international musical performances beginning December 14 at 12 Noon. Refer below for the complete schedule. These artists will score the final weeks of 2020 ... Read more
This Christmas, The Sheen Center brings to the virtual stage encore performances of the critically-acclaimed play, THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, conceived and performed by award-winning Broadway actor Ken Jennings in an incomparable production that weds prayer and theater in a profoundly intimate retelling of the life of Christ. This masterful one-man performance of THE GOSPEL OF ... Read more
Christmas at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture is quickly becoming a New York institution. This year, the tradition continues online with a SHEEN CENTER CHRISTMAS: A SEASON OF LIGHT featuring inspired virtual programming, including two signature Sheen talks, a Christmas music series titled TWELVE DAYS OF LIGHT with performances by celebrated musicians from around the ... Read more
Theater Latté Da's production of ALL IS CALM: THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914 was filmed a year after the successful stage production at the Sheen for broadcast on PBS. A link to the play is now available for streaming. Please enjoy this timely play about an unforgettable Christmas wartime story. https://www.thirteen.org/programs/all-is-calm-the-christmas-truce-of-1914
In honor of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - more relevant today than ever before - the National Review is hosting a talk with Louis Brown. Click here to sign up to join the webinar with Kathryn Jean Lopez and Louis Brown on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 18 at ... Read more
Believe it or not, this question is at the heart of so much that ails us. Our law and public policy can be hostile to the human person. O. Carter Snead wants to fix that. In What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics, Snead rallies us to a ... Read more
Born a free woman of African-Haitian and Native-American parents in 1844 and orphaned at an early age, Edmonia Lewis overcame the prejudices and racism of her day to become the first American sculptor of color to achieve international fame. Finding creative harbor in the Rome of Pope Pius IX, where she converted to Catholicism, Edmonia was ... Read more
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