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\u201cWisdom \u2026 comes not from age, but from education and learning.\u201d -Anton Checkhov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leadership for America<\/strong> is an annual college-level seminar series for qualified high school boys from the Western United States. Each year, the seminar aims to equip its participants with philosophical principles that will help them be leaders who can help society make authentic progress. The Seminar is also designed with the purpose of strengthening the Catholic faith of the participants through formative talks, daily Mass, and the Rosary. The formation given is in keeping with the spirit of Opus Dei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Leadership for America Seminar Series is sponsored by the Ahead Leadership Seminars of Tilden Study Center (Los Angeles, California) in cooperation with other centers of Opus Dei in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026 SEMINAR<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Monday, June 8 \u2013 Saturday, June 13, 202<\/b>6<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Applications for LFA 2026 are open! The early-bird deadline is May 25!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year’s seminar will be led by John Luke Hoonhout who is currently a PhD candidate in Constitutional Studies and Political Theory at the University of Notre Dame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Declaration of Independence at 250: What Is America?<\/strong>
In 2026, we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States of America. But what is America? This question is hotly debated today, but this is nothing new: Americans have been debating the question of their identity since before the Declaration itself. In this seminar, students will be led through this great debate and the contributions made by outstanding leaders in decisive moments of American history \u2013 from the Colonial period, through the American Founding, the Civil War, and the crises of the 20th century, up to our own times. Through this brief course, students will acquire an educated perspective from which to judge America’s challenges today and form a vision for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Motivated and academically successful high school boys entering their  junior or senior year as well as those who are entering their freshman year of college.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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