Great Books Summer Program

July 12-14, 2023

Colorado Springs, Colorado

We are excited to announce our biennial 2023 Great Books Summer Program. Our 2019 and 2021 Summer Programs sold out quickly. We anticipate the 2023 Summer Program to sell out as well. Registration fee is $295 per student plus the cost of any additional group activity fees the student would like to join. Please register early to reserve your spot!

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Daily Schedule

Day One: Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Day One Activity: Flying W Ranch

Day One: Wednesday - July 12, 2023

Great Books Discussion – War and Peace

Selections from the Iliad by Homer
Peloponnesian War (431-434 BC) by Thucydides
War and Peace by Count Leo Tolstoy
Henry V by William Shakespeare

Discussion will be held at the St. John Henry Newman Center in Colorado Springs, CO

Group activity for Day One: Flying W Ranch Chuckwagon Dinner and Western Stage Show

Day Two: Thursday, July 13, 2023

SORRY - THIS ACTIVITY HAS SOLD OUT!

Day Two: Thursday - July 13, 2023

Great Books Discussion – What is a Man?

Selections from The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare
The Emancipation Proclamation – Abraham Lincoln
Dobbs v. Jackson opinion, Supreme Court Case overturning Roe v. Wade

Discussion will be held at the St. John Henry Newman Center in Colorado Springs, CO

Group Activity for Day Two: Cave of the Winds Tour (update for June 16, 2023: This activity has sold out! We have two full tours going through the caves on July 13, 2023 at 4pm. Please join our other activities!)

Day Three: Friday, July 14, 2023

Day Three Activity: Pikes Peak Cog Railway

Day Three: Friday - July 14, 2023

Great Books Discussion – The Holy Shroud of Turin

The mission of the Shroud Ministry is to help build the faith of the Church in Christ in accord with the teachings of the Magisterium using the intellectually and scientifically credible illuminating power of the Shroud of Turin in a way that is accessible to all members of the Body of Christ.

Group Activity for Day Three: Cog Railway to Pikes Peak

Discussion, dinner and Shakespeare play will be held at Saint Gabriel’s Catholic Church in Colorado Springs, CO

Transportation and Housing

Because the Angelicum Academy has mostly high-school-age students, many of whom cannot drive and are too young to come here alone, we are not providing any transportation or housing for this Summer Program. It is the sole responsibility of their parents or guardians to bring them or arrange to bring them here and to arrange suitable housing and supervision for them while here, except while actually present at the specific events, times and locations on the program schedule. This is how we operated last time as well, without mishap.

Parents and Siblings

What this typically means is that their parents or people authorized by their parents (such as trusted family friends) accompany them to Colorado Springs, and arrange stays at hotels, with friends, relatives or airbnbs, and stay with them, and drive them to the various events on time, and pick them up immediately afterwards. Most parents last time took the time when the students are at the events, to do some private vacation touring of the Pikes Peak region. If there is room, parents and siblings may make their own private arrangements to attend the same events, even at the same times, as the students. We can provide the details for them to do so, but we do not make arrangements for any but the students and faculty. There is some extra room at the Socratic seminars for a limited number of parents or siblings to observe, available on a first-come-first-served basis, but it is very limited and should not be expected or planned upon.

Meals

Everyone with the students will be welcome to the concluding the Dinner and Shakespeare production on Friday evening. However, the two lunches provided (Wednesday and Thursday) are for students only. No other meals are included. Students should be provided with some money to buy snacks, soft drinks or memorabilia at Flying W Ranch, Top of Pikes Peak, and Cave of the Winds. If you have any questions, please email us at info@angelicum.net. Thank you!

Shakespeare Play directed by Mr. Franco Bertucci

The Angelicum Academy held its first ever Shakespeare play in 2021. We had a very talented group of students from across America who sang, danced, and performed for our Angelicum family members. It was a wonderful evening for all! We are now planning our second Shakespeare play this summer. Any registered Great Books Summer Program student can join in this exciting production. If you would like to be part of this production, please contact Mr. Franco Bertucci at: socratic.discussions@yahoo.com