This paper was delivered at the Centre of Theology and Philosophy conference on ‘The Soul’ in 2013, and filmed in Oxford on 30th June 2013 (a little over a year before he passed away). Today, his family are sharing this video in…
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The night you died there was a thunderstorm. I lay in bed and trembled at the release of your laugh, electric against the sky
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Stratford Caldecott, the co-founder of Second Spring, died of cancer 10 years ago on the 17th July. In the run-up to his 10th anniversary, some of his friends and collaborators from all over the world are sharing short “letters” to Strat.
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By Russell Sparkes It seems scarcely possible that we have arrived at the seventh anniversary of Stratford Caldecott’s death. While a deeply personal tragedy for his wife and children, his death was also a great loss for the Catholic Church in the…
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On the Unfairness of Life, Death, and Covid-19 By Edward Hadas It’s Easter, for Christians a season of hope and a reminder of eternity, but in the here and now, it’s just not fair. When we are not mourning, fretting, suffering, volunteering,…
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The build up to Christmas is often such a busy and hectic time that we struggle to make space for the quiet reflection that Advent calls for in our own lives as adults, let alone in the lives of our children. That's…
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A Neo-Romantic Approach to Apologetics By Stratford Caldecott († 17 July 2014) Photograph © Dean Evans 2019 In the work of evangelization we rely to a very great extent on what is called “apologetics”, or the art of explaining and defending the…
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An Interview with Academic Tutor Dr Rebekah Lamb Photograph © EIBN Photography 2019 Dr Lamb, you came on the first Thomas More College/Second Spring Oxford Summer School, back in 2008. Can you describe what it was like? The Second Spring Summer School was…
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Stratford Caldecott's Metaphysical Perspective By Rev. Jacob A. Strand During my first parish assignment in my home Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, much of my priestly ministry transpired in school as well as in church. Teaching the elementary school students and ministering the sacraments…
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Grace and the Liberal Arts By Clare Hornsby and Sebastian Morello The liberal arts belong to the very identity of Christian civilisation. It is true, of course, that they predate the Incarnation, and their genesis took place beyond the Old Covenant; but, like…
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