The Chaucer Seminars
Chaucer’s high school
seminars are geared to provide young men with the vision they need to take a broader
view of their current studies and future professional work, seeing them
in terms of service to God, service to others, and service to society. Hard work well done, inspired with the ideals
of service and sacrifice, can thus become a noble adventure.
Chaucer Center’s twenty
years of experience shows that young men benefit greatly from meeting and
collaborating with older professional men who are willing to pass on advice and
insight gained in the course of their work, studies, and family lives. The seminars are designed with just that in
mind; inspiring young men with the example of dedicated professionals who view
their work as an opportunity to serve.
1) The Western Civilization Seminar
John
Rocha, Director of the Center for the American Idea.
Homer’s Odyssey. “Telemachus’ Journey into Manhood.”
September 15, 22, 29,
2007
Spring
2008
February 2, 9, 16, 2008
(3 Saturday mornings)
J.L.
Marti, Director of Chaucer Center
A
Roadmap for the Future
(Wednesday
evenings, from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. – See link for details.)
Who can attend?
Since the Chaucer Seminars are
supplementary educational programs, and participation is therefore entirely voluntary,
participants should be motivated students who are willing to actively
participate in the seminar sessions.
Where are the Seminars held?
All seminars are held at the
Chaucer Center’s Swift House. Swift
House is located near Rice Village, at the corner of Swift and Greenbriar:
2301 Swift Blvd. Houston, TX 77030. (Chaucer Center is 3 blocks away at
5505 Chaucer Dr.) For directions please
feel free to call, or click
here for a map.
What is the Chaucer Center?
The Chaucer Center is a
not-for-profit supplemental education center dedicated to assisting young men
and their parents through academic and character development programs. For twenty years the center has helped hundreds
of students to approach their current duties and future goals with a greater
sense of responsibility and service to others.
Its spiritual activities are entrusted to the Roman Catholic Prelature Opus
Dei. Its other educational and
cultural activities are carried out by a wide range of supporters from academic
and professional life who share a common view of the importance of earnest
intellectual inquiry, professional integrity, and service to society.
Chaucer Center
Phone: 713-523-4351
5505 Chaucer Dr. Fax: 713-523-4169
Houston, TX 77005 Email: jlm@chaucercenter.net
Activities located at:
Swift House
2301 Swift Blvd.
www.chaucercenter.net