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Who Are We?
We are fellow sojourners in this life with you.
Fides quaerens intellectum, that is, “Faith seeking understanding,” in the words of St. Anselm, is the essential driving force of our endeavor here at The Broken Binnacle. We are not here simply to give lip-service to truth, but to seek the truth along with you as we strive to live out our Christian principles of faith and tradition in the mixed and mired scenarios of life, whether this be through philosophy, history, literature, art, or the practice of virtue. As St. John Henry Newman believes, ideas truly exist not on the printed page but in “the play of lively minds,” where they develop and grow through cultivating dialogue and the shared pursuit of truth in humility and love.
As students of the liberal arts, which we continue to be beyond four years of undergraduate studies, we, in the words of Pope St. John Paul II, are “called” to,
“explore courageously the riches of Revelation and of nature so that the united endeavor of intelligence and faith will enable people to come to the full measure of their humanity, created in the image and likeness of God, renewed even more marvelously, after sin, in Christ, and called to shine forth in the light of the Spirit” (Ex Corde Ecclesiae).
This blog is not a ceiling but the floor to a cathedral, the first pebble of a landslide, the soil of a growing forest, and the humble spring of a great river on its way to the sea. We would love for you to join us in this adventure!
All of us writers are young professionals in our mid twenties with educational backgrounds in the liberal arts from Christendom College. Inspired by our Christendom education and community, we are eager to learn and to share the great truths and beauties found and discovered in history, life, and our Catholic faith. Additionally, we just want to improve our writing capabilities as well!
Yes, we are fellow sojourners in this life with you. Yet, while our understanding of the truth is limited and always seeking deeper understanding, we are fully convicted of this: Jesus Christ is “the Son of the living God,” the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, and He is our Teacher, our Lord, and our Savior.
Why the name?
The word “binnacle” is generally defined as, “a case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night.” As such, the compass for us at The Broken Binnacle is our Catholic faith, yet we who hold this faith within us are broken, limited people. Despite this, we have boldly set our course, guided by our faith and the grace of God, as we seek to navigate the typhoons and doldrums of this life in our journey to our heavenly homeland (don’t worry, we’re very much invested in the present world too). Our Catholic faith is not a dogmatic formulism but should instead be an adventure in faith. Come join the adventure with us!
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