About Charles Klamut

Fr. Charles Klamut was ordained in 1999 for the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois. He has served in parish and high school ministry. He also worked in campus ministry at St. John’s Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois.

Beauty: A Necessity, Not a Luxury

By |2023-08-04T09:27:45-05:00November 27th, 2022|Categories: Architecture, Art, Beauty, Books, Catholicism, Christianity, Communio, Essential, Featured, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Language, Pope Benedict XVI, St. John Paul II, Timeless Essays|

“Beauty will save the world.” That remains to be seen. But beauty has saved me, and continues to do so. My experience is that I need saving; it is not a luxury. Just when I am about to succumb to the sadness and living death of nihilism, some piercing ray of beauty breaks open my [...]

“Vital Tension” as the Creative Spiritual Energy of History

By |2023-08-30T18:35:33-05:00November 20th, 2022|Categories: Catholicism, Christendom, Christian Humanism, Christianity, Christopher Dawson, Culture, Featured, Timeless Essays|

In spite of modern man’s spiritual failure, historian Christopher Dawson believed it possible to return to that vitality which for many centuries built Western culture: Christianity. Jesus Christ came to reveal to men that they have no enemies but themselves. –Pascal It is this vital tension between two worlds and two planes of reality which [...]

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