{"id":101442,"date":"2026-07-30T10:48:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=101442"},"modified":"2026-07-30T10:48:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:48:48","slug":"charles-carroll-legacy-gala-to-celebrate-u-s-founder-support-faithful-citizenship-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/charles-carroll-legacy-gala-to-celebrate-u-s-founder-support-faithful-citizenship-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Carroll Legacy Gala to celebrate U.S. founder, support faithful\u2011citizenship course"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Faithful Citizenship Institute<\/a> (FCI) will host its inaugural gala honoring Charles Carroll of Maryland, the only Catholic Founding Father, whose faith endured during a time Catholics faced prejudice and marginalization.<\/p>\n

FCI, which brings policymakers together to infuse Catholic social teaching (CST) into their work, said it plans to make the event an annual gathering dedicated to preserving and advancing Carroll\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n

The Charles Carroll Legacy Gala<\/a> will be at Charles Carroll House<\/a> in Annapolis, Maryland, on Aug. 2, the anniversary of Carroll signing the Declaration of Independence in 1776.<\/p>\n

Proceeds from the evening will support scholarships and the expansion of the FCI\u02bcs CST Certification Course, which is working to equip policy workers to bring faith, reason, and the common good into civic leadership.<\/p>\n

Carroll was \u201cquite persecuted as a Catholic, but he chose to put his name on a piece of paper that was very dangerous to his career, his family, his life,\u201d Jennifer Daniels, founder and president of FCI, told EWTN News.<\/p>\n

He \u201cchose to say, \u2018I want to, and I will, sign this document.\u2019 Now today we\u02bcre trying to uphold that legacy in the same manner, saying, \u2018If you\u02bcre Catholic, you want to live your Catholic faith publicly,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The event will include Mass and a reception on the grounds of Carroll\u2019s birthplace. Upon his passing, the property was sold to the Redemptorist order, which also built St. Mary\u02bcs Church on the property.<\/p>\n

The event will feature tours of the grounds, and attendees will hear from Bradley Birzer, Hillsdale College history professor and author of \u201cAmerican Cicero: The Life of Charles Carroll.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the 250th year of the United States, the event will highlight Catholics in America and how \u201cthe Church approaches issues, which is not ideological and nonpartisan, very different from the way that the average policymaker in Washington does,\u201d Daniels said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the parties may argue about this and that, the first and foremost prime principle is human dignity,\u201d she said. \u201cIf we just get Catholics \u2026 talking about human dignity as the prime principle, that translates into all kinds of policy areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we\u02bcre leading with human dignity and our result is the common good, we\u02bcre certainly setting ourselves up for some better policy solutions,\u201d Daniels said.<\/p>\n

The Faithful Citizenship Institute<\/h2>\n

FCI, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., grew from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops\u2019 (USCCB) teaching document \u201cForming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility<\/a>,\u201d calling for the faithful to understand political responsibilities as Catholics.<\/p>\n

After working in politics and policy for more than 20 years, Daniels started FCI in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur mission is to bring the beauty and wisdom of Catholic social teaching to policymakers and really help them to kind of infuse these foundational principles, so that they can lead with their faith in their policymaking,\u201d Daniels said.<\/p>\n

The institute started by \u201cdoing some briefings on Capitol Hill,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u02bcd bring in some great Catholic leaders from various Catholic national organizations that work in Washington, D.C.,\u201d Daniels said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more we started talking to people, the more we started learning that people wanted a deeper dive. They wanted a more comprehensive understanding, not just of the current political event or the current hot-button issue, but a better foundation for all the principles,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

This led the institute to create its CST Certification Course \u2014 a graduate-level course designed for Catholic public policy professionals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe launched the course last year in the fall of 2025. We had 15 participants from basically all three branches of government, advocacy, think tanks,\u201d Daniels said.<\/p>\n

Over the seven-month course, \u201cwe walked through the four principles of Catholic social teaching, as well as a history of Catholic social teaching,\u201d she said. The group worked to answer: \u201cWhat is Catholic social teaching meant for within the context of civic engagement and public policy?\u201d<\/p>\n

The course grew into a partnership with The Catholic University of America<\/a> (CUA). By completing the certification course, students become eligible for up to three credit hours toward a Master of Public Policy at CUA.<\/p>\n

Almost all the professors are from CUA, who \u201cdo the theological and the academic course instruction, but we added something different \u2026 which is the public policy application,\u201d Daniels said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith that, we brought in leaders \u2014 policy practitioners that work for groups like USCCB, Catholic Charities, Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Health Association, Catholic Climate Covenant,\u201d that discussed \u201cin that nonideological, nonpartisan way, that we want to help to elevate the conversation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The institute is going through its 2026-2027 applications and has double the number of applicants since the first year. Applicants include people from the executive branch, Capitol Hill staffers, advocacy workers, and people who work for Church organizations.<\/p>\n

With the growing interest in the course, FCI is adding new aspects. For this year\u02bcs course, which will begin in September, \u201cwe are going to put a focus on Pope Leo\u02bcs document Magnifica Humanitas<\/em><\/a>,\u201d Daniels said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPope Leo went through so much of Catholic social teaching in the document. It wasn\u02bct just about AI. It was really a very comprehensive document about all kinds of elements of Catholic social teaching,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen we\u02bcll end the course with a retreat on Magnificat Humanitas<\/em> and Catholic principles regarding AI policy. That will be our last event at the end of the course,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/world\/us\/charles-carroll-legacy-gala-to-celebrate-u-s-founder-support-faithful-citizenship-course<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Faithful Citizenship Institute (FCI) will host its inaugural gala honoring Charles Carroll of Maryland, the only Catholic Founding Father, whose faith endured during a time Catholics faced prejudice and marginalization. FCI, which brings policymakers together to infuse Catholic social teaching (CST) into their work, said it plans to make the event an annual gathering […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-101442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":99732,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/from-crumbling-convent-to-catholic-art-studio-a-new-light-in-atlantic-city-new-jersey\/","url_meta":{"origin":101442,"position":0},"title":"From crumbling convent to Catholic art studio: A new light in Atlantic City, New Jersey","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Juli 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A Catholic art studio is beginning to blossom in an unexpected place. 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