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Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street is emblematic of the desire to wage war against the forces of evil and be a noble righter of wrongs. The Victorian gentleman hero that these stories model cannot but captivate Catholics for whom truth is sacred and who hope that sanity will prevail over senselessness and courage over fear. Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson’s exploits are intriguing reminders that life is a grand adventure laced with mystery—the greatest being the mystery of faith and the mystery of our own selves.
Instructor:
Sean Fitzpatrick serves on the faculty of Gregory the Great Academy, a boarding school for boys in Pennsylvania, where he teaches humanities. His writings on education, literature, and culture have appeared in a number of journals including Crisis Magazine, Catholic World Report, The Epoch Times, and the Imaginative Conservative. He lives in Scranton with his wife and their seven children.
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Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street is emblematic of the desire to wage war against the forces of evil and be a noble righter of wrongs. The Victorian gentleman hero that these stories model cannot but captivate Catholics for whom truth is sacred and who hope that sanity will prevail over senselessness and courage over fear. Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson’s exploits are intriguing reminders that life is a grand adventure laced with mystery—the greatest being the mystery of faith and the mystery of our own selves.
Instructor:
Sean Fitzpatrick serves on the faculty of Gregory the Great Academy, a boarding school for boys in Pennsylvania, where he teaches humanities. His writings on education, literature, and culture have appeared in a number of journals including Crisis Magazine, Catholic World Report, The Epoch Times, and the Imaginative Conservative. He lives in Scranton with his wife and their seven children.
Want to dive deeper? Visit our website for hundreds of hours of free audio and video content: instituteofcatholicculture.org
