Pro Civitate Dei Summer Program 2024

Pro Civitate Dei is an annual program radically reaffirming the restoration of Western culture in an atmosphere of Christian conviviality.

This summer, Pro Civitate Dei brings American and European students and young professionals to the heart of the French Riviera for a weeklong, anglophone program rich in liturgy and intellectual discussion and an environment of Christian conviviality.

PCD is hosted by the fathers of the Fraternity of St. Joseph the Guardian in La Londe-les-Maures, France.

Pro Civitate Dei is open to undergraduates, graduate students, and young professionals. Registration is open on a competitive rolling basis with limited spots. All registrations are conditional upon approval by the directors.

Before registering, submit a brief letter of interest to: pcdfrance@gmail.com. After this a ticket will be released. Registration is currently only open to first-time attendees.

For travel plans, we recommend Rome2rio for plotting your route, Kayak and Skiplagged for finding flights. Regional airports include NCE Nice Côte d'Azur and MRS Marseille, with train connections to nearby Hy`eres or to the larger city of Toulon; or fly to Paris and take the train as well. PCD also is happy to provide expert travel advice for those who need it.

Your registration includes:

• Lodging, food, and drinks June 7–14 in France (departure June 15)
• Aperitifs and lessons on wine and cocktails. Nightly hospitality.
• Day trip by boat to the vacation island of Porquerolles
• A special pilgrimage along an ancient Christian route
• Daily lectures from our faculty
• Free advice on booking your international trip (airfare excluded)

For most students, this means that after arriving in La Londe, you won't incur any expenses unless you wish to buy souvenirs or go for a coffee or drink at the local bar.

There are two tiers of registration. The full fee €1650 is collected from all young professionals and any students who have access to university funds. A scholarship reducing the cost to €650 is available to undergraduates who have exhausted other means. Tickets will be released after your application is approved by means of an access code.

The conference will feature daily solemn liturgy, including Mass as well as the chanted hours of the Church for morning, evening, and night.

Arrival: June 7

Departure: June 15

Hosted by the Fraternity of St. Joseph the Guardian, Pro Civitate Dei brings together a small number of select young men and women from top universities, as well as young professionals, to discuss the renewal of Christian civilization in one of the most beautiful settings of the French Riviera.

The program features lectures by high-level American and European university faculty in the rich intellectual and spiritual environment fostered by the clergy of the Fraternity of St. Joseph the Guardian, a religious order of North and South Americans dedicated to missionary work in the heart of Old World.

Above all, Pro Civitate Dei seeks to incarnate radically the spirit of communion that has uniquely marked the Church. The vigorous discussion of subjects in our talks continues outside the classroom, during breaks for coffee, apéritifs, dinner, supper, pilgrimages and even trips to the beach, in a convivial setting with noted professors and scholarly youth, surrounded by the remains of a Catholic France which is rightfully ours.

Pro Civitate Dei enjoys the blessing of the Most Excellent Lord Dominique Rey, bishop of Fréjus-Toulon. PCD operates under the patronage of Ste. Jeanne d'Arc.

PAST LECTURE TOPICS

The Hierarchy of the Heavens: Cosmos and State in the Medieval World

Economic Libertarianism and Catholic Doctrine

Charity before Jihad

The Twentieth Century is Almost Over

Subject to Lower Powers: The Life and Death of Modern Politics

Liturgical Politics in the Middle Ages

Thomystagogy

The Left Does Not Exist

FRATERNITY OF ST. JOSEPH THE GUARDIAN

For more information on the Fraternity of St. Joseph the Guardian, a religious order of North and South Americans dedicated to missionary work in the heart of Old World, consult http://fsjc.info or the Fraternity's Facebook page. The Fraternity is a registered public charity under U.S. law, 501(c)(3). Pro Civitate Dei is a nonprofit established in France under the loi 1901.