Followers of Acton Institute are well acquainted with Fr. Robert A. Sirico. He co-founded Acton in 1990 and was its president until November 2021. Despite shifting his role to president emeritus, Fr. Sirico is hardly slowing down. In addition to his continued work at Acton Institute, Fr. Sirico also founded the St. John Henry Newman…
That does it take to be considered a Guardian of Freedom? This special award was created by the Acton Institute to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall—an extraordinarily poignant representation of freedom literally tearing down the barriers of tyranny. It has only been awarded four times since its inception in…
“Inever wanted to be anything else but a historian,” says Dr. John C. Pinheiro, new Director of Research for Acton Institute. Pinheiro joined Acton Institute in the fall of 2022, leaving Aquinas College—where he’d been a history professor for 18 years—to lead Acton’s research team. His mission at Acton is clear: to illuminate the foundations…
John Hern spent his entire professional life doing the things that needed to be done. When he stepped down as CEO of his law firm after 19 years of tremendous growth, Hern decided it was time to focus on the things he felt like he’d been putting off: pursuing his long-time dream of creating music…
In the heart of Houston, Texas, a groundbreaking partnership is taking shape between the Acton Institute and the University of St. Thomas (UST). This collaboration, centered on the UST McNair Center for Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship along with the Cameron School of Business, is poised to transform business education and cultivate a new generation of…
As decades-long supporters of Acton Institute, Charles and Jan Stoddard are living the American Dream. Their fifty-six years of marriage have led to four children, eight grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and a cozy home by a lake in Michigan. Don’t let their modesty keep you from seeing how their extraordinary drive fuels their commitment to doing…