OUR MISSION

To cultivate an emerging generation of virtuous leaders and empower them to form fully-integrated lives of faith in order to apply the Social Teachings of the Church within their professional and civic lives.

How? We provide high achieving people with serious intellectual and spiritual formation from the heart of the Church, and the practical tools, resources and network to act upon that formation to transform the culture.

Why do we exist? Leonine exists because the future of the Church in America and our country depend on engaging a vibrant core of emerging lay Catholic leaders committed to living out the Gospel within their families, communities and professions.

OUR MISSION

To cultivate an emerging generation of virtuous leaders and empower them to form fully-integrated lives of faith in order to apply the Social Teachings of the Church within their professional and civic lives.

OUR PROCESS

Leonine Fellows have the opportunity to develop a fully-integrated professional persona, and enter into a community of like-minded professionals equally committed to the cause of reintroducing the tenets of the Social Teachings of the Church into the political, policy, legal, business, and cultural activities of society.

SELECT

Fellows through a competitive process. Leonine Fellows are chosen from the emerging generation of promising leaders and potential decision-makers in the public and private sectors.

EDUCATE

Fellows in the foundational principles of the Social Teachings of the Church and its practical application within their professional and civic lives.

INTRODUCE

Fellows  to important thinkers, institutions, and information resources.

GUIDE

Fellows in the development of a professional persona fully consistent with a sound interior life.

CONNECT

Fellows to a community of other faithful, promising leaders around the country.

ENGAGE

Fellows with the broader culture as informed and articulate advocates through civic engagement, service work, and employment and networking opportunities.

PROGRAM DETAILS

INTELLECTUAL FORMATION

During the first semester of the program, Fellows engage with a curriculum that emphasizes primary Church documents, practical secondary analyses, and gain an intellectual foundation on topics including: Faith and Reason, Christian Anthropology, the Principles of Catholic Social Teaching, Charity and Truth, Justice and Mercy, and Catholicism and the American Experiment.

PRACTICAL APPLICATION

During the second semester, Fellows explore how core Social Teachings of the Church relate to their professional and civic lives, including topics such as entrepreneurship, business, finance, culture and the arts, poverty, economics, immigration, ecology, public policy and civic engagement, bioethics, health care, religious liberty, and more.

Spiritual Development

Fellows have the chance to supplement intellectual endeavors with regular opportunities for Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, confession, spiritual direction and Days of Recollection.

Community Service

Leonine Fellows serve the Leonine Forum network with their time, talent and treasure following their First Year Fellowship.

Alumni Events

Fellows join a national community of over 1000 Fellows, and have regular opportunities to participate in local Leonine alumni events – including happy hours, retreats, lectures, picnics, roundtable discussions and exclusive access to premier seminars, dinners, pilgrimages, national conferences and more.

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