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The Wheel

by Collegium Student Fellows and Staff

Social Sciences Philosophy Religion

Season 1

Illuminating the Catholic Imagination with Katy Carl

Collegium Institute student fellows Rachel Fischer and Sophia Silva talk with Katy Carl, the former editor of Dappled Things Magazine (a Collegium imprint). She is now spearheading Luminor, a new literary series with Bishop Barron’s Word on Fire project. Join us as we discuss Katy’s career, evolution, and vision for contemporary Catholic media and discourse. Check out Word on Fire's new publishing imprint, Luminor, here.

Sr. Blandine Lagrut — The Anscombean Daemon

Collegium Institute student fellow talks with Blandine Lagrut, a consecrated sister of the Chemin Neuf Community, who teaches philosophy at the Facultés Loyola Paris and is completing her Ph.D. at the University of Lorraine. Join us as we discuss Sr. Lagrut's research on the ethical thought of G.E.M Anscombe and how it connects with her scholarly and religious vocation.

Recovering the Lost Art of Dying with Lydia Dugdale

Student fellow talks with Dr. Lydia Dugdale about her new book, The Lost Art of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom. Dr. Dugdale, M.D., speaking from her own experience caring for dying patients, invites us to recover our sense of our own finitude and reconsider what it means to die well.

Seeking God with St. John Henry Newman

Collegium Institute student fellow talks with Dr. Ryan J. (Bud) Marr, Associate Provost of Mercy College in Iowa and director of the National Institute for Newman Studies and associate editor of the Newman Studies Journal, about his new book, Seeking God with St. John Henry Newman.

Kate Soper - Post-Growth Living: On the Good Life

Collegium Institute student fellow talks with Kate Soper, philosopher, author, and professor emerita at London Metropolitan university, about her 2022 book, Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism, which proposes a new understanding of the good life that delinks prosperity from endless growth.

Joshua Stuchlik — On the Principle of Double Effect

Collegium Institute undergraduate fellow talks with Dr. Joshua Stuchlik, Professor of Philosophy at University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, and assistant editor of the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, about his new book, Intention and Wrongdoing: In Defense of Double Effect.

David Deavel and Jessica Hooten Wilson —Solzhenitsyn and the American Culture

Collegium Institute student fellow talks with Dr. David Deavel, associate professor of Theology at University of St. Thomas, and Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson, inaugural Seaver College Scholar of Liberal Arts at Pepperdine university. Join us as we discuss Dr. Deavel and Dr. Wilson’s collection, Solzhenitsyn and the American Culture: The Russian Soul in the West.

Nate Anderson — Learning from Nietzsche in the Digital Age

Collegium Institute staff and students talk with Nate Anderson, deputy editor at Ars Technica and author of In Emergency, Break Glass: What Nietzsche Can Teach Us About Joyful Living in a Tech-Saturated World, about what we can learn from Nietzsche in the 21st century.

2025 Annual Gold Mass for Catholic Scientists - Homily by Fr. Christopher Daniel, O.P.

On Saturday, November 15, 2025, Collegium Institute hosted a Gold Mass for Catholic Scientists at St. Agatha-St. James Church. Gold Masses are celebrated for Catholics who are or have been involved with the sciences. The patron of this mass is St. Albert the Great, a 13th century Dominican friar and teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas—and the patron saint of scientists. The celebrant for the Gold Mass was Fr. Christopher Daniel, O.P., who serves as the Parochial Vicar at St. Patrick's Church in Philadelphia. Please listen to his homily here.

Penn Newman, Collegium Institute, and the Future of the Catholic Literary Imagination

At our 2025 Alumni Brunch, co-presented by Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture and the Penn Newman Center, we heard remarks from distinguished Penn alum Bernardo Aparicio Garcia C’05, the co-founder and publisher of Dappled Things, the premier Catholic literary magazine in America. Bernardo reflected on his experience co-founding with other Penn alumni and considered how the intellectual ferment in the Penn Newman community 20 years ago relates to the new challenges and opportunities in the present moment. Listen to Bernardo's thoughtful remarks here!

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