Coffin Corner

Dear Friends,
 
We are excited to announce our upcoming First Things Intellectual Retreat in New York City.
 
The retreat will take place at New York University from August 5-7, 2016.  Our focus will be Love and Friendship: the nature of desire, the moral qualities of friendship, and the integral connection between wisdom and charity. Combining small-group discussions, dinners, lectures, and music, the retreat will be a special opportunity to meet First Things authors and like-minded individuals and, in community, discuss a topic that affects us all.

The readings—mailed to attendees in advance—will be drawn from classic and contemporary texts by Plato, Augustine, Joseph Soloveitchik, John Henry Newman, and others. Participants will read these texts prior to the retreat and discuss them in small-group seminars led by faculty from Northeast Catholic College, our retreat partner.

Friends of First Things are diverse in background—students and teachers; clergy, parents, lawyers, and businessmen—but they are united by common ideas. Last year, over 100 participants came together to discuss the concept of freedom during our first intellectual retreat in New York City. We hope you can join us this year in New York for an equally enriching experience. There are no academic prerequisites or expertise required to participate. If you enjoy reading First Things or discussing the kind of ideas found in its pages, then this event is right for you.

You can view the retreat schedule, pricing, and full curriculum here. I hope to see you in August.

Sincerely, 

R. R. Reno, Editor
First Things
 

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