ABOUT LEONINE

What We Do

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 We Exist

We exist because the future of the Church in America depends on engaging a vibrant core of emerging lay Catholic leaders committed to living out the Gospel within their professions, families, and communities.

The Leonine Network

Leonine Fellows enter into a network of like-minded professionals committed to the cause of reintroducing the tenets of the Social Teachings of the Church into the political, economic, legal, professional, and cultural realms of society.

First-Year Fellowship

Leonine Fellows are selected through a competitive application process from the emerging generation of promising leaders working throughout the industries and institutions that shape society. When they join Leonine, new Fellows commit to a one-year program of intellectual and spiritual rigor. This formation is rooted in authentic human flourishing as it relates to their professions and civic life.

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BEYOND THE FIRST-YEAR

In addition to the First-Year Fellowship, Fellows join a robust network of Leonine Alumni around the country who are committed to virtuous leadership and service to their professions, communities, and relationships. Through regional and national summits, industry-specific events, pilgrimages, retreats, social gatherings, and service opportunities, Fellows are invited to benefit from and contribute to the Leonine network as active members throughout their professional journeys.

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PAST LEONINE SPEAKERS

Carl Trueman

Ethics & Public Policy Center
JJ Sanford

University of Dallas
Tim Reichert

Staple Investments
Leah Libresco Sargent

Author
Andrew Abela

Catholic University of America
William Mattison

University of Notre Dame
Fr. Gregory Pine, OP

Dominican House of Studies
Maria Montserrat Alvarado

EWTN News
RJ Snell

Witherspoon Institute
Thomas Farr

Religious Freedom Institute
Bill Mumma

Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
Nora Urrea

Dan Murphy Foundation
Joseph E. Capizzi

Catholic University of America
Alfonso Aguilar

Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles
Arthur Brooks

Author
Bernie Neal

RBN Foundation
Ryan T. Anderson

Ethics & Public Policy Center
Robert George

Princeton University
Caroline Carralero

Daily Nouri
Peter Kreeft

Boston College
Fr. Dominic
Legge, OP

Dominican House of Studies
Margarita Mooney Clayton

Scala Foundation
Theresa Farnan

Person & Identity Project
Rev. Thomas Joseph White, OP

Pontifical University of St. Thomas (Angelicum)
Jane Peters

College of Mount Saint Vincent
Scott Turicchi

Consensus
Francis X. Maier

Ethics & Public Policy Center
Elyssa Koren

ADF International
Matt Paprocki

Illinois Policy
David DeWolf

Knownwell
Joe Lane

Napier Park Global Capital

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OUR FOUNDERS

Mitch Boersma

Fr. Arne Panula

1946 – 2017

“I believe the educational awakening and the spiritual awakening will reinforce one another. The lack of transcendence in secularism is its great weakness. It fails to satisfy what’s deepest in us. I share the sense that there’s jujitsu afoot — the possibility of revival arising precisely out of these vulnerabilities. Hope is very much in the offing. We shouldn’t fall prey to historicist traps and superstitious beliefs in inevitability. We write history as we go.”

FR.ARNE PANULA