Traditional Virtues According to St. Thomas Aquinas, A Study for Men

This study guides Catholic men through the theological and cardinal virtues outlined by St. Thomas Aquinas, explaining how faith, hope, charity, prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance form the heart of the spiritual life and human flourishing. Laid out as weekly lessons with daily Scripture readings and Aquinas’s own prayers for virtue, wisdom, and purity, it grounds virtue in both the Church’s tradition and the example of Scripture to foster holiness in daily life.

• Explains each of the traditional theological and cardinal virtues with clarity rooted in Aquinas’s teaching.
• Structured as weekly lessons that help men integrate virtue into daily life.
• Includes short daily New Testament readings to illuminate Aquinas’s insights on Scripture.
• Prayers for virtue, wisdom, and purity drawn from Aquinas accompany each lesson.
• Challenges men to grow in holiness in response to modern cultural distractions and vice.

Intended Audience

This work is suited for Catholic men seeking to mature in virtue, for fathers and leaders desiring a robust language of moral and spiritual formation, and for men’s groups or mentors who wish to ground daily life in the Church’s tradition of holiness and scriptural insight.