The Two Cities Podcast

Catholic Communities and Localism | Jason Craig

The Two Cities Podcast

Show Notes

"Living without a community is like living without a soul." - Charles Rumore

Mr Jason Craig of Fraternus and Sword and Spade Magazine returns to the Two Cities Podcast to discuss Catholic community-building. We explore modern family diaspora versus stability in rootedness; the genius loci; the lay vocation of hospitality; the monastic model, the question of American rugged individualism and communitarianism; corporate personhood and the industrialisation and denaturing of human needs.

Mr Craig concludes by asking: should we flee to the city?

Jason M. Craig is the editor of Those Catholic Men and Sword&Spade magazine, the author of Leaving Boyhood Behind (OSV 2019), The Liturgy of the Land. and co-founder of Fraternus. He has a Masters in Theology from the Augustine Institute. Craig runs a small Grade A dairy with his family and hosts retreats and workshops for men through St. Joseph’s Farm.

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