Anthropological Foundations of Mentoring
In June, the Forum hosted a Mentoring Workshop for men across the country (and beyond) to consider the whys and hows of mentoring young boys into young men into men fully alive.
It\u2019s always best to start by defining terms. And so, the opening lecture for the workshop weekend featured Dr. Joseph Lanzilotti, theology scholar and upper school teacher at The Heights School, explicating the kind of Christian anthropology that precedes a mentoring relationship. In other words, how are we to understand what man is before we try to help him grow? For our benefit, Dr. Lanzilotti maps out this profound philosophical concept using St. Augustine\u2019s simple and most famous line: \u201cOur hearts are restless until they rest in you.\u201d
Chapters:- 2:07 St. Augustine\u2019s \u201cOur hearts are restless until they rest in you\u201d
- 4:56 What is man? Who is man? What is his telos?
- 7:54 Pope St. John Paul II\u2019s \u201cadequate anthropology\u201d
- 8:38 Finding an adequate anthropology in St. Augustine\u2019s restless heart
- 10:05 Fecisti nos: you made us
- 13:33 Ad te: for yourself
- 17:27 Inquietum cor nostrum: our hearts are restless
- 22:19 Donec requiescat in te: until they rest in you
- Confessions by St. Augustine
- I Burned for Your Peace: Augustine\u2019s Confessions Unpacked by Peter Kreeft
- Gaudium et spes by the Second Vatican Council, promulgated by Pope St. Paul VI
- The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
- Address to the Pontifical Council \u201cCor Unum\u201d from January 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI
- Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis
- Starting a Mentoring Program by Joe Cardenas and Nate Gadiano
- Mentoring without a Program: On Teaching the Whole Person featuring Joe Cardenas