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Ahead Leadership Program
High School Boys
Leadership for America
High School Boys
Summer Camp
Middle School Boys
College Activities
University Men
Cooperators
Professional Men
Plato and Aristotle
St. Thomas Aquinas
Alexis de Tocqueville
Previous
Seminars and Faculty
2001 -
Thomas More: A
Case Study in Leadership.
Included a study of
Shakespeare's Henry V. --- Faculty: Dr.
Gerard B. Wegemer - University of
Dallas/Director of the Center for Thomas
More Studies and author of
Thomas More: A
Portrait of Courage. ---Dr.
Stephen Smith - Hillsdale College (Michigan)
2002 -
The American Founding:
Leadership for a Modern Democracy.
Included a study of Thomas More, Socrates,
Abraham Lincoln, Julius Caesar.---Faculty:
Dr. Gerard B. Wegemer - University of
Dallas. ---Mr. Travis Curtwright -
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Dallas
2003 -
Democracy in America:
Political Philosophy and Statesmanship
Focusing on the Writings of Alexis de
Tocqueville.
---Faculty: Dr. Dwight Duncan -
Southern New England School of Law. --- Dr.
Phillip Muñoz - North Carolina State
University
2004
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Science and
Faith: The Harmony of Nature and Spirit.
---Faculty: Dr. Richard Ferrier - Thomas
Aquinas College. --- Dr. Michael Kelleher -
University of Ibadan (Nigeria).
2005 -
Politics and Religion
in America: The Philosophical Roots of
Freedom. ---Faculty: Dr. Richard
Ferrier - Thomas Aquinas College. --- Dr.
Jeffrey Langan - University of Notre Dame.
2006 -
The Tyranny of
Relativism and the Freedom of Reality.
---Faculty: Dr. Sean Kelsey - UCLA. --- Dr.
David Thunder - University of Notre Dame.
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Leadership
For America
"The way for a young man to rise
is to improve himself in every way he
can..." -Abraham
Lincoln
Thomas More,
Abraham Lincoln,
Aristotle,
Socrates,
Plato,
King Henry V,
and
Julius Caesar
all made a difference in their world.
Leadership for America is looking for high
school students who want to make a
difference in ours. To understand more
clearly the complexities and challenges of
great leadership, we will investigate the
life, times, and writings of those who made
a positive contribution and achieved
historical prominence. The underlying
principles of leadership based on the
natural law, moral convictions, freedom of
conscience, and democratic ideology will be
studied in light of Catholic values and
revealed Truths.
"You are ambitious for knowledge, for
leadership, for great ventures. Good. Very
good. But let it be for Christ, for Love..."
-Saint Josemaria
Escriva, The Way #24
Leadership for America is an annual college-level seminar
series for qualified high school boys from
the Western United States. Each year, the
Seminar focuses on particular leaders and
concepts. Because of their inherent value,
some of them will be repeated in subsequent
years. The Seminar is also designed with the
purpose of strengthening the Catholic faith
of the participants through formative talks,
daily Mass, and the rosary. The formation
given is in keeping with the spirit of the
Prelature of Opus Dei - finding God in
everyday life.
The Leadership for
America Seminar Series is sponsored by the
Ahead
Leadership Seminars
of the Tilden Study Center (Los Angeles,
California) in cooperation with other
centers of Opus Dei in California.
"Associate yourself
with people of good quality, for it is
better to be alone than in bad company..."
-Booker T. Washington
2012 SEMINAR
Monday, June 18 - Saturday, June 23
THE ROAD TO
VIRTUE - from Socrates to the 21st Century
How does one become a "good
person"? As early as 450 B.C. the ancients
wondered about the same concerns we have today.
In 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. longed for the
day when his children and grandchildren would be
judged not by "the color of their skins but by
the content of their character." The
dignity of the human person rests on the truth
that man is a being endowed with reason and free
will.
Virtue is moral excellence
connected to the Natural Law
where there are no distinctions with respect to
religion, ethnicity, social standing, gender,
age, or even where one appears in the
chronological line of human history. This year's
seminar will look closely at the relationship
between Natural Law and the qualities of
character that make a person "good" from the
times of the Greek philosophers to tomorrow...
FACULTY: Thomas Cavanaugh, Department of
Philosophy; University of San Francisco.
Steven Smith, Professor of Sacred Scripture;
Mount St. Mary's University, Maryland.
In this year’s seminar we are going to probe the following
philosophical questions:
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Are there qualities of
good and evil that apply to all people?
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What values make up a
person with good character?
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What obligation does a
citizen have to follow the laws of society
when they conflict with his conscience?
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How can I tell if my
conscience is right or wrong?
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Are virtues learned,
inherited, or both?
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Why are stories so
important in learning virtue?
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If it’s true for you,
does it have to be true for me?
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Why popular
sovereignty cannot legislate evil but should
support the good of all.
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How all virtues depend
on the four "Cardinals" of temperance,
prudence, courage, and justice.
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Can the government
tell me what to do? Can religion tell me
what to do? Who is right and when?
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How the U.S. Supreme
Court damages the common good with serious
moral errors in the past (slavery) and now
(abortion).
- Why is it that
the point of greatest virtue lies not in the
exact middle but at a golden mean
between virtue and vice?
- What is the
connection between acquiring the habit of
virtue and finding happiness?
- How can I
strengthen my character by becoming
virtuous?
Eligibility
Motivated and academically
successful high school boys entering their
junior or senior year as well as those who are
entering their freshman year of college.
Cost
$420 Payable to: TILDEN STUDY CENTER
(Partial scholarships are available).
Admission
Procedure
Applicants will be admitted by a
selection committee from completed
applications. An interview may be required
at a sponsoring center. For more
information, call Hank Lopez-Oña at the
Tilden Study Center in Los Angeles: (310)
208-0941. You can download information
and the application:
HERE Seminar
Dates and Schedule
This year's
Leadership for America Seminar will begin on the
afternoon of Monday, June 18 and end on Saturday
morning, June 23 at Trumbull Manor in Novato,
California. The daily schedule will include the
following:
- Mornings: Prayer, Holy Mass, seminar classes, free
time and study time.
- Afternoons: Holy Rosary, sports/swimming, classes.
- Evenings: Talent Show, free time, Debate Night,
reading time.
- Special Events: Guest speakers, Angel Island hike,
movie.
Trumbull Manor
Angel Island
2007 -
Natural Law : Common
Truths Written in Your Heart.
---Faculty: Dr. Jeffrey Langan - University
of Notre Dame. --- Mr. Jason Joseph, M.A. -
Cistercian Preparatory School, Dallas Texas.
2008 -
God and Caesar : Religion
in the Public Square. ---Faculty:
Dwight Duncan, J.D., Southern New England School
of Law. ---Dr. Richard Ferrier, Thomas Aquinas
College.
2009 -
Liberty and Unity:
Philosophy from Lincoln's Speeches.
---Faculty: Dr. Phillip Muñoz (Tufts / Princeton
/ Notre Dame) ---Peter Campbell, Ph.D.
candidate, Notre Dame.
2010
- The Philosophical
Equation: Human Dignity + Moral Absolutes =
Human Rights -
Faculty: Dr. Jeff Langan (Holy Cross College at
Notre Dame) --- Brendan Palla (Fordham
University).
2011
- The Philosophy of
Law. ---Faculty:
Ashton Ellis,
School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University.
Dr. Jeffrey Lehman, Thomas Aquinas College.
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