Conference of the St. John Henry Newman Society of America

Theme: Formation of a Philosophical Habit of Mind

July 23-25, 2026 | St. Thomas University, Miami, Florida

Tentative Conference Schedule

Thursday, July 23
11:00-12:30Registration Opens
12:30Lunch
1:30Opening Remarks
Session 1: Education in the "Large Sense": Foundations of Intellectual Formation
2:00Robert Kirkendall: What is "Education" in the "large sense?"
2:30Erik Ellis: Humanism vs. Classics
3:00Break with coffee
3:30Concurrent Richard Bulzacchelli: Theology and the Philosophical Habit of Mind in Idea of a University
3:30Concurrent Fr. Pawel Surowiec: Conscience, Discernment, and Ecclesial Responsibility
4:00Edgar Guzman: A Newman Approach to the Realities of Young People
4:30Mark A. Jubulis: The Enduring Power of the Philosophical Mind
5:00Mass
6:00Social Time with wine
6:30Dinner with wine
8:00-9:30"Lead Kindly Light" an exciting new documentary on Newman's life filmed in various locations with appearances by many familiar friends.
Friday, July 24
8:00Morning Prayer
8:30Breakfast
Session 2: Newmanian Pedagogy and the Young
9:00Patrick Reilly: Cultivating a Catholic Culture of Learning
9:30Concurrent Fr. Joseph Pearce: Work with the Boys at Birmingham Oratory School
9:30Concurrent Fr. Peter Conley: Becoming Dexterous Gleaners
10:00Break with coffee
Session 3: The Teacher, Formation, and Intellectual Habitus
10:30Corey Gunter: The Pastoral Role of the Teacher
11:00Giancarlo Vera Vasquez: Newman's Philosophical Habit of Mind and Bloom's Taxonomy
11:30Nicholas Galiatsatos: Newman on the Recovery of Intellectual Habitus
12:00Mass
1:00Lunch
Session 4: Conscience, Affectivity, and the Knowledge of God
2:00Fr. Eric Mason: The Darkness of the Philosophical Habit of Mind
2:30Fr. Robert Whitney: A Heart to Know Thee... Christian Affectivity
3:00Donald Graham: Who Has Known the Mind of the Lord?
3:30Break
Session 5: Literature, Imagination, and the Cosmos
4:00Peter Scheck: Master of the Twofold Logos
4:30Samuel Adamson: Reason and the Moral Sense in Loss and Gain
5:00Concurrent Nathaniel Birzer: Alexandrian Epistemology in Newman's Angelology
5:00Concurrent Ono Ekeh: Divine Illumination
5:30-6:30Social Time with wine
6:30Banquet with wine and Keynote Address Paul Shrimpton
9:30-10:00Compline
Saturday, July 25
8:00Morning Prayer
8:30Breakfast
Session 6: Reason, Assent, and Illumination
9:00Michael DiMassa: Right Use of Reason in Scriptural Exegesis
9:30Peter A. Huff: Philosophical Habit of Mind in an Age of Unbelief
10:00Angela Brown: Assent and Address: Linguistic Formation
10:30Break with coffee
Session 7: Philosophical Habit and Public / Civic Life
11:00Concurrent Charles Cacciatore: Philosophical Habit of Mind and the Declaration of Independence
11:00Concurrent Angela Cuba: Pilgrims to Beatitude
11:30Bernadette Waterman Ward: Sacraments against Chatbots
AlternateAlternate paper: The Intellectual Symphony: Barbara H Wyman
12:00Mass
1:00Lunch/Farewell
Close

Journal

Cor ad Cor: Academical and Devotional Essays is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal of the Saint John Henry Newman Association of America, published twice yearly in Winter and Summer.  This journal sprouted from the seedbed of an earlier, privately published prototype appearing in one issue: Word in Season, which appeared in 2024, legacy copies of which may be purchased here[insert hyperlink?] while stock remains.
 
Cor ad Cor invites English-language academic essays, and book reviews, as well as works of a devotional or appreciative nature, which may include, but are not limited to, reflections, meditations, or homilies, concerning the life, work, and milieu of St. John Henry Newman and his interlocutors.  Because the journal is interdisciplinary, submissions, including formal academic articles, should be written with a broad audience in mind.  For example, an article treating a theological question with which Newman had been engaged might be read by a non-theologian, or an article treating the historical situation of Catholics in England in the mid-nineteenth century might be read by a non-historian.  Thus, authors writing academic articles for Cor ad Cor should endeavor to offer a genuine contribution to knowledge while manifesting the heart of a teacher aware of an audience in which there are students and not only direct peers, seeking to learn: Cor ad cor loquitur.
 
Cor ad Cor accepts only original works.  The phrase, “original works,” is defined as, “works that have not appeared in print or online elsewhere in English, in whole or in substantial part.”  Revised conference papers, course papers, or public lectures or addresses, provided they have not been previously published, are considered “original works” under our editorial policy.
 
Submissions to Cor ad Cor should generally adhere to the following table for word-count:
  • Formal academic articles: 3,000 – 13,000 words
  • Book reviews: 900 – 2,500 words
  • All other pieces: < 6,000 words

For further information on preparing a submission to Cor ad Cor, see our Submission Guidelines[insert hyperlink].

For inquiries, please contact our editor, Dr. Richard H. Bulzacchelli, at: