Sophia Institute Summer Program Reading Plan

Part I: The Natural Desire for Happiness
1. On Pleasure, Wealth, Power, and Honor

2. The Happiness of this Life

3. Happiness and the Christian Life

Part II: Faith and the Fulfillment of Human Desire
1. Philosophical Proofs for the Existence of God
2. Salvation History from Adam to Christ
3. The Church of Christ and the Sacraments of Faith: the Pursuit of Happiness God’s Way

Part III: The Life of Faith
1. On Faith and Reason
2. On “Catholic” Art: Literature, Music, and the Visual Arts
3. On the Universal Call to Holiness and One Particular Vocation