The Counter-Reformation

What do you know about the Counter-Reformation? As one of the most important and yet most vaguely grasped periods in Catholic history, most of us might be able to squeak out, “Trent, tracts, and the Jesuits!” Happily, the riches of the period won’t be reined in by three words. Join StAR as we investigate the cultural, artistic, religious, and musical wealth of a truly Spirit-driven epoch.

Meet figures from the Counter-Reformation, like Gasparo Contarini and Peter Canisius, SJ. Gwen Adams introduces us to Contarini, a now-obscure giant of the Counter-Reformation who insisted that the key to reforming and reunifying the Church as a whole was the internal conversion of the Curia. Daniel Kearney tells us of the more well known Canisius, the “second apostle of Germany after Boniface”, whose work in a shattered Germany made his name synonymous with ‘catechism’.

Also, don’t miss: the Hidden Catholics of Japan, the history and poetry of Walsingham, the cursed and blessed world of Catholic publishing in England, and more.

Sample Articles from this Issue

Gasparo Contarini

Counter-Reformation and the Spirit of the Baroque

by Gwen Adams

Movie Star Video Vero

Patricia Neal: “Tennessee Hillbilly” to Hollywood Star

by Patrick Keats