kenneth simon center's 2023 russell kirk lecture featuring. bishop robert barron of the diocese of winona, rochester, minnesota. i have the task of introducing bishop bear in the night a task made difficult by the asked me difficult by the fact his publication, media presence, teaching and leadership exemplify faith and reason, courage and humility along with tremendous insights into our cultural situation and how we might best engage it. what is true for me at endo for many of you and attendance tonight isst that his writings d lectures and videos and podcasts and interviews have become a regularg companions, instructing us in the gospels, the old testament prophets, catholic social thought, the meaning of great literature and philosophy, contemporary culture and, of course, the finer points of catholic doctrine. so tonight bishop barron will address the topic of the breakdown of that talk brilliant equilibrium here prior to his 2022 appointment of the bishop of when winona-rochester ar seven years as auxiliary bishop for the archdiocese of l

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i really consider it one of the blessings of my life to have had a friend like, russell kirk. and this early essay that i was given i think was 13 or 14 years old, was kirk writing about the danger of ideology. in fact using quirky and language he said let ideology be anathema. i've never forgotten that anathema. wow. you know, let it be enemy that anybody left right. who gives their to ideology over against what is the. right. that's the best of dogmatic. right but when we're talking about in dr. thenation, we're not talking about healthy, dogmatic. right. we're not talking theology between the 40 yard lines. what we're talking about is a view or narrative of of life that is imposed unwillingly in opposition to the free mind. and i think it's very dangerous. and i think that is precisely what we have seen. russell kirk was right. ideology is not increasingly viewed as anathema. it has been history so often. great history, great literature. the finest parts of western civilization and culture, which i write about in book, have been replaced by ideology. and i think it's the sor

i'm not sure that russell kirk was either. and part of which constitute modernity, we can describe it in many ways, is to describe the ancient resolution of the divide between the many and the few, and to replace it with what we might describe as a politics of progress, a politics of change, often rapid change, transformation. that rather than seeking order and stability and constancy and consideration, the modern solution of the problem between the many and the few, maybe constantly increasing change and transformation. the liberal tradition itself, beginning with the liberal tradition, overturns this ideal of classical mixed regime, mixed constitution, in favor of a modern philosophy that argues in favor of those who will bear the responsibility of generating a society of rapid and even increasingly rapid change. and the earliest of the liberal thinkers who prepare this was especially those who argued for this, the presence of this kind of change, especially in the economic realm. and that the elites of such society, especia

i'm second-generation conservative, first-generation bill buckley, russell kirk, barry goldwater, etc. . 100% of second-generation conservatives, jerry falwell, myself, et cetera. before we were conservatives we were anti-communists. that was the glue that held the conservative movement together in those days in the 60s, 70s and 80s. >> host: when was the burning bush moment to you that it came to direct mail and mailing lists, visiting the "national review" office? >> i was fortunate in that i had two week summer camp, national guard, military base out of chicago and the first and only saturday we were there for two weeks everybody goes into chicago with the "national review," so a small ad, and inch or two for four field directors, americans for constitutional action, it no longer exists but i had a friend, a buddy who worked for "national review," journalist, a writer so i could hear the cannons and the guns going off from new york to washington, the war was starting and i was desperate to get into the battle. so i called my friend, david franky and said i've got to get one of thos

fighting them, opposing the i'm second generation conservative, first generation bill buckley, russell kirk, barry goldwater, etc. , 100% of second generation conservatives. phyllis schlafly, jerry falwell, etc.. before we were conservatives, first we were anti-communist. that was the glue that held the conservative movement together in those days. back in the sixties, 1780s. what was that moment that burning moment for you when it came to direct mail and, mailing lists? you were visiting the national review office in new york city. well, the i was fortunate in i had two weeks summer camp, national guard at a military base outside of chicago. and the first and only saturday we were there for the two weeks. everybody goes into chicago, richard stays in the barracks and reads national review. and so a small ad about an inch or two for four field directors for americans for constitutional action and didn't no longer exist. but i had a friend a buddy who worked for national review, a journalist, a writer there. and so i could hear the cannons and the guns going off new york in washington. the w

to contemporary policies, there is a way in which the modern world, modern age, i don't think russell kirkher, part of what constitutes described in many ways, to reject this ancient ideal of what might be the resolution of divide between the many and the few. two replace it with what we describe as politics progress, politics of change, often rapid change, transformation that rather than seeking order and continuation, the modern solution to this problem of divide between million the future was to promote a society that would engage in constant and maybe constantly increase change transformation. liberals will return the signed new regime favor to see who bear responsibility of rapid is increasingly rapid change is the earliest especially those who argue that in the language even protected from posed by the many with change in transformation of the room and resentment from the inequality. and it's naturally found in marxism and who wants to promote the revolution suspect populism when it becomes prosperous and the rise of the classical we shouldn't be surprised in the contemporary world i

share about the history of modern agents cases some of you are not familiar it was founded by russell kirk in 1959 but he had the idea for modern age in 1951. and in 1951 he began to circulate a perspective to various investors in the midwest, and his target readership was, quote, professors, clergymen, leaders of business, men in government and, this is important, those reflective people in obscure walks of life who preserve the equilibrium of any society. i will leave it to you whether you are the titans of industry and powerful men of government or whether you are those obscure people preserving the balance. while i'm saying it is amusing it's a sort of fundamentally statement about the dignity of ordinary people because who is preserving the equilibrium in society? it's not that you leads.eo it's the populace, people in the places that care about the most important things. one of the principles he said they would animate the modern age it's amazing how well they've held up. he says the journals that have a prejudice in favor of religion, prescriptive justice, liberty under law, wisdom

modern the modern age, i'm not so sure i'm as fond of it as kirk seem to have, but i don't think russell kirk really was constitutes modernity and we could we could describe it in many ways is to reject this ancient ideal of what might be the resolution of the div polity mix of progress, a politics of change, often rapid change, transformation that rather than seeking order and stability and constancy and continuation, the modern solution to this problem, the divide between the many and the was to promote a society that would engage in constant and even maybe constantly increasing change and transformation the liberal itself, beginning with overturnl of classical mixed regime, mixed constitution in favor of a modern philosophy that argues in favor of those who will bear the responsible of generating a society of rapid and even increasingly rapid change. and the of the liberal thinkers who this was, especially those who for this the presence of this kind of change, especially in economic realm and, that the elites of such a society, especially now, the oligarchs of such society, to use the ari

[applause] >> a welcome to the seven centers russell kirk lecture featuring bishop robert barrett of the diocese of winona rochester, minnesota by the task of introducing bishop barron tonight. castmate difficult by the publications, media presence, teaching and leadership exemplified faith and reason, courage and humility. along with tremendous insights into our cultural situation and how we might best engage it. what is true for me and i know for many of you in attendance tonight is his writings, lecturesws instructing us in the gospels, the old testament prophets, catholic social thought. the meaning of great literature and philosophy alter and of course the finer ports of catholic doctrine. so tonight will address the topic of the breakdown of the tilt pavilion equilibrium. prior to the 2022 appointment as bishop hits her for seven years of the auxiliary bishop for the archdiocese of los angeles. bishop barron was a director of mundelein seminary in chicago where he taught for several years.os most known as a for most of the angelo catholicism in america. globally he's a founder