Conference Archive, Program, and Media
Highlights of the Third Biennial Catholic Imagination Conference
Poets, novelists, filmmakers, and more gathered at 黑料门in September 2019 to reflect on the future of the Catholic literary tradition. Join us in a look back.
Catholic Imagination Conference Program
Media on the Catholic Imagination in the days and weeks leading up to the conference
From Church Life Journal: by Jessica Hooten Wilson
From Church Life Journal: ? by Michael P. Murphy
From U.S. Catholic: by Steven P. Millies
Articles, Blogs, and Retrospectives on the Catholic Imagination Conference
From Chicago Catholic:
From Church Life Journal: A reflection by Angela Alaimo O'Donnell
From National Catholic Reporter:
From National Catholic Reporter: , by Melinda Henneberger
From Crux:
From the Hawaii Catholic Herald: and
From Catholic Artists Connection:
From Judith Valente:
From Brent Little, Sacred Heart University:
Patheos blogs from and Eve Tushnet (, , )
黑料门University Chicago CIC student reflections on the conference
Media emerging from the Catholic Imagination Conference
Benedict XVI Institute's
The Image Podcast:
Commonweal:, an essay inspired by Richard Rodriguez's conference plenary
Many live-tweeted and reflected on the conference using our hashtag
And a new poem from Ed Block:
Winthrop Garden
On a city corner, between brown stone,
and ringed by wrought-iron fences,
chicken wire, and weeds,
an eclectic garden thrives; throws
its greenery toward sky and sun.
The vines on lines, tomatoes and eggplant
hanging pendant; kale and cucumbers
below. Rows of young lettuce, onion
sets and peppers red in ripeness,
squash beneath their yellowing leaves;
neat rows and fallow patches, quiet
in September. Who tilled the soil; breaking
up the clods, showering it with water?
Who pruned and weeded here? Who holds
the keys? It lights the heart to see the care
and diligence displayed; the hopes for harvest,
like things of spirit, before the Midwest
rains and winter white return to cover all.
©2019, Ed Block
Catholic Imagination Conference Program
Media on the Catholic Imagination in the days and weeks leading up to the conference
From Church Life Journal: by Jessica Hooten Wilson
From Church Life Journal: ? by Michael P. Murphy
From U.S. Catholic: by Steven P. Millies
Articles, Blogs, and Retrospectives on the Catholic Imagination Conference
From Chicago Catholic:
From Church Life Journal: A reflection by Angela Alaimo O'Donnell
From National Catholic Reporter:
From National Catholic Reporter: , by Melinda Henneberger
From Crux:
From the Hawaii Catholic Herald: and
From Catholic Artists Connection:
From Judith Valente:
From Brent Little, Sacred Heart University:
Patheos blogs from and Eve Tushnet (, , )
黑料门University Chicago CIC student reflections on the conference
Media emerging from the Catholic Imagination Conference
Benedict XVI Institute's
The Image Podcast:
Commonweal:, an essay inspired by Richard Rodriguez's conference plenary
Many live-tweeted and reflected on the conference using our hashtag
And a new poem from Ed Block:
Winthrop Garden
On a city corner, between brown stone,
and ringed by wrought-iron fences,
chicken wire, and weeds,
an eclectic garden thrives; throws
its greenery toward sky and sun.
The vines on lines, tomatoes and eggplant
hanging pendant; kale and cucumbers
below. Rows of young lettuce, onion
sets and peppers red in ripeness,
squash beneath their yellowing leaves;
neat rows and fallow patches, quiet
in September. Who tilled the soil; breaking
up the clods, showering it with water?
Who pruned and weeded here? Who holds
the keys? It lights the heart to see the care
and diligence displayed; the hopes for harvest,
like things of spirit, before the Midwest
rains and winter white return to cover all.
©2019, Ed Block