Springtime in Trumau
April 9th, 2014 by Web Master
“Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you! You were within me, but I was outside, and it was there that I searched for you. In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created. You were with me, but I was not with you. Created things kept me from you; yet if they had not been in you they would not have been at …Read More
Update on the Byzantine Chapel
March 14th, 2014 by Web Master
A new media apostolate for Catholic Men
March 3rd, 2014 by Web Master
One of our alumni, Mr. Bryan Gonzalez, is involved in a new website called “Those Catholic Men” – go check it out! From the website: Thosecatholicmen.com is designed to embolden, enlighten, and engage Catholic men for the renewal of masculine character and spirituality. Our team of laymen, seminarians, and priests welcomes you to join a movement which will result in the restoration of Catholic men and, consequently, Catholic families and communities.
Witness to Life
November 8th, 2013 by Web Master
Here at the ITI, the sanctity of life is not something that we merely learn about in the classroom: It is something that we try to live and witness to every day. Earlier in the semester, the students of the ITI split in two in order to simultaneously participate in both the Marsch für das Leben in Berlin, and also the March for Life in Košice, Slovakia. 15 people from the ITI, including 2 babies, were present in …Read More
Feast of Bl. Kaiser Karl von Habsburg
October 21st, 2013 by Web Master
“Blessed be the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” (Mt. 5:9) Karl I (1887-1922), Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, said goodbye to his wife, Empress Zita. “I’ll love you forever”, he declared, just as he had eleven years earlier when they were married. Then he called his first born son Otto, to “witness how a Catholic and an Emperor conducts himself when dying.” The Emperor received the Sacrament of the …Read More
Walking Pilgrimage to Stift Heiligenkreuz
September 18th, 2013 by Web Master
(by Nataliya Veresh for the Centre of Eastern Christian Studies) The Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious, Holy and Life-Giving Cross continued for the ITI community on Sunday the 15th of September with a beautiful pilgrimage. More than 60 people of the ITI community including priests, professors, students and children walked from Trumau to the Cistercian Abbey, Stift Heiligenkreuz, which is dedicated to Our Lady of the Holy Cross. After a 7 hour walk, we attended the Mass in honor of the Feast of …Read More
Convocation: The Call to Martyrdom
September 7th, 2013 by Web Master
In Latin, the verb vocare means “to call”, and the prefix con- meaning “with” or “together”; hence, convocation literally means a “calling together”, an appropriate title for the opening festivities of the new year here at the ITI. This year marks the first time that the ITI has had new students inscribe their names in a matriculation book during the formal convocation ceremony to open the beginning of the academic year. The day began with the Divine Liturgy of …Read More
45th Anniversary of Humanae Vitae
July 26th, 2013 by Web Master
ITI Graduate and Norcia Monk, Fr. Basil O.S.B., gave a recent homily on the 45th Anniversary of Humanae Vitae. It is entitled, “The Prophetic Lament of Christ Through the Ages.” Read it here.
ITI at the Theology of the Body Symposium
June 26th, 2013 by Web Master
Four ITI students recently attended the 4th Theology of the Body International Symposium in Fatima, Portugal, from June 13-16th. The symposium is dedicated to unpacking the teachings from the Wednesday audiences of Blessed John Paul II, and in reaching an increasing number of people around the world with its message. This is fitting, as the ITI has strong roots with John Paul II, his Theology of the Body, and the late pope’s desire to strengthen …Read More
Women’s retreat in Gaming
March 20th, 2013 by Web Master
On the weekend of March 8-10th, 25 women from the ITI, single as well as married, attended a silent retreat in Gaming, Austria, in the town’s exquisite 13th-century Carthusian monastery. This town, as well as the Kartause specifically, is special for ITI students as it is the place one of our chaplains, Fr. Juraj Terek, refers to as the ITI’s “nest,” due to the fact that it was the fledgling institute’s first home before moving …Read More