Penn Newman, Collegium Institute, and the Future of the Catholic Literary Imagination

At our 2025 Alumni Brunch, co-presented by Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture and the Penn Newman Center, we heard remarks from distinguished Penn alumBernardo Aparicio Garcia C’05, the co-founder and publisher of Dappled Things, the premier Catholic literary magazine in America. Bernardo reflected on his experience co-founding with other Penn alumni and considered how the intellectual ferment in the Penn Newman community 20 years ago relates to the new challenges and opportunities in the present moment. Listen to Bernardo's thoughtful remarks here!