This St. Anselm Institute faculty-led minicourse provides an introduction to the origins and history of the Catholic intellectual tradition. It is no secret that many within secular universities believe that faith and reason are opposed or that authentic faith commitments require a deep partitioning and privatization of these commitments from one's intellectual and professional pursuits. Before sheepishly free-ranging on these conventional narratives, join us to ponder, as St. Pope John Paul II did, that "Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth." Prior experience NOT expected; lunch is on us + an interesting discussion with faculty and other UVA students.