Restore Christ to Human Endeavor

September 26, 2025

A template for emerging from this modern Dark Ages

Goal

Reinfuse Christ into human endeavor, as it was, however imperfectly, from the 12th into the early 16th centuries. Shepherding, education, healthcare, storytelling, technology, science, agriculture, governance, among others.

Method

Cultivate ongoing conversation among Catholics, particularly shepherds and those in a given area of human endeavor that addresses the question: what would (insert human endeavor here) look like if we were boldly, humbly obedient to Christ's full revealed Truth (Love, Justice, and Mercy)?

Authority

Christ gave His Church authority, humbly obedient to God, over the soul when He gave Saint Peter the power of the keys, to bind on earth and in heaven. This sole earthly authority includes the authority of the Sacrament of Confession and thus authority over souls, granted her by our Lord Jesus Christ. In this capacity, the Church as authority over every soul, and thus over every human endeavor.

Premises in Common (History and Current)

In the 12th, 13th, 14th, and into the 15th centuries humanity ascended in broader Europe, the Holy Roman Empire, because, despite many flaws in people and emerging systems of human endeavor, Christ was central and foundational and thus bold, humble obedience to Christ (Love, Truth, Justice, and Mercy) was commonly rewarded. This ascension of human endeavor to the benefit of humanity would begin to visibly crumble in 1517, and continue crumbling until, with few exceptions, the very institutions founded by the Catholic faithful are unrecognizable as Catholic.
In discerning Christ's presence, we need Ignatian holy equipoise—indifference to specific result of our labor in the result of how we achieve consolation in striving to reinfuse Christ into human endeavor.
1517: Martin Luther's 95 Theses, which became the Sola Heresies, attacked God's authority on earth: first in the Church, then Catholic monarchies, then disciplines of human endeavor, personal free will, and finally devolving into the self-refuting anarchic claim that “the only/highest truth is personal truth.” Over the centuries, this gravely harmed the presence of Love, Truth, Justice, and Mercy (Christ) in all human endeavor, including the Church, state, science, technology, medicine, education, pastoral care, manufacturing, food production, storage, and distribution, news and story telling, and many others. This has diminished and even poisoned the fruit of subsequent human endeavors. We need to restore bold, humble obedience to Christ in all human endeavor.
We do not know what (insert human endeavor here) would look like had we kept Christ central; thus, per St. Ignatius, we in desolation must back track to the last time of consolation and sort out how to proceed forward in consolation.

Tools and Resources
Understanding Human Dignity (LINK)
Shepherding Quick Guide

Initial Observations
What is the current state of this human endeavor? What does it do well, poorly, and sinfully from a Catholic perspective?

Queries
What questions need answers?

Proposals
What are the possible answers, or path toward discovering and discerning those answers, having humility to know that answers will rise through faithful conversation and dialogue?

Note: Saint John Paul II's encyclical Redemptor Hominis no. 15-18 gives the context for understanding the decline of human endeavor since the Sola Heresies and Christ as the remedy.

Where and How is this CSF Symposium?

Excellent question. Ideally, it becomes a global conversation among faithful Catholics. Thus, to start, the default “where” is the internet, with folks emailing me their posts, possibly including the Fediverse by the tags used here. Open to ideas beyond that.

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