New Catholic Trade School Launches in Illinois, by Julian Kwasniewski

By Julian Kwasniewski, Catholic World Report, Aug. 19, 2024

Julian Kwasniewski is a musician specializing in renaissance Lute and vocal music, an artist and graphic designer, as well as marketing consultant for several Catholic companies. His writings have appeared in National Catholic Register, Latin Mass Magazine, OnePeterFive, and New Liturgical Movement. You can find some of his artwork on Etsy.

San Damiano College for the Trades is a former Franciscan friary that is being converted into a Catholic college, emphasizing the great books alongside training in the trades.

Kent Lasnoski, PhD, the founding president, took time recently to speak with Catholic World Report about the project.

CWR: You are starting a new trades college: what is its primary mission?

Kent Lasnoski: The Primary mission is to answer Christ’s call to St. Francis of Assisi, “rebuild my church.” We mean to do that by helping students recover the dignity of work, especially the work of the hands, but also the public work of liturgy, the intellectual work of learning, and the work of heading a domestic church as a holy husband and father. …

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