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The Need for Parish Intellectual Life, by Thomas Griffin – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Raphael's masterpiece, "The School of Athens," a fresco painted between 1509 and 1511 in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace.

By Thomas Griffin, Crisis Magazine, July 22, 2025

Thomas Griffin is the chair of the religion department at a Catholic high school on Long Island where he lives with his wife and two sons. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine.

The intellectual life, if shaped by the faith, will be the food of mental prayer.

Aristotle once wrote that “all men by nature desire to know.” This is how he began the introduction to his Metaphysics. This is the pursuit of philosophy, but it is lived out inside the heart and mind of every human being. We all crave answers because our mind is created to receive the truth. That is why the truth captivates us.

These principles have been validated in my experience over the last two years at my parish.

We began something called “Sunday Conversations” several years ago. These occur once a month after one of the Masses. We offer coffee and light refreshments for the few dozen people attending a 30-minute talk on a variety of topics. …

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