Alice von Hildebrand

Alice M. von Hildebrand, DCSG[1] (born March 11, 1923) is a Catholic philosopher, theologian, lecturer, author, and former professor; she is also the second wife of Dietrich von Hildebrand.

Alice von Hildebrand

DCSG
Born (1923-03-11) March 11, 1923
Brussels, Belgium
Alma materFordham University
Occupationphilosopher, theologian, professor, lecturer, author
EmployerHunter College
Spouse(s)Dietrich von Hildebrand

Early life

She was born Alice Jourdin on March 11, 1923, in Brussels, Belgium.

Career

She moved to the United States in 1940 and began teaching at Hunter College in New York City in 1947.[1]

Von Hildebrand retired in 1984.[1] She lives in the United States and is a lecturer and author.[1] She has made more than 80 appearances on EWTN television programming.[1] In 2004, she launched the Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project with some of her husband's former students.[1] Her works include The Soul of a Lion: The Life of Dietrich von Hildebrand (2000), a biography of her husband, and her autobiography, Memoirs of a Happy Failure (2014),[2] which recounts her escape from Nazi Europe and her teaching career at Hunter College.

Views

Von Hildebrand has criticized what she considers to be the advance of relativism[2] and modernism in the Catholic Church, particularly within its institutions of Catholic higher education and its Catholic schools.

Personal life

In 1959, she married philosopher and theologian Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889–1977), having met him at Fordham University in New York City, where she was a student and he was a professor (his first wife had died in 1957). They remained married until his death.

Von Hildebrand is a Dame Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, a papal knighthood.[3]

Bibliography
  • Greek Culture, the Adventure of the Human Spirit, editor (G. Braziller, 1966)
  • Introduction to a Philosophy of Religion (Franciscan Herald Press, 1970)
  • By Love Refined: Letters to a Young Bride (Sophia Institute Press, 1989)
  • Women and the Priesthood (Franciscan University Press, 1994) ISBN 0-940535-72-6
  • By Grief Refined: Letters to a Widow (Franciscan University Press, 1994)
  • Memoiren und Aufsätze gegen den Nationalsozialismus, 1933–1938, with Dietrich von Hildebrand and Rudolf Ebneth, (Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, 1994) ISBN 978-3-7867-1737-9
  • Soul of a Lion: Dietrich Von Hildebrand; A Biography (Ignatius Press, 2000) ISBN 0-89870-801-X
  • The Privilege of Being a Woman (Veritas Press, 2002)
  • Man and Woman: A Divine Invention (Ignatius Press, 2010) ISBN 1-932589-56-2
  • Memoirs of a Happy Failure, with John Henry Crosby (Saint Benedict Press, 2014) ISBN 978-1-618901-26-2

References
  1. "Alice von Hildebrand". Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  2. von Hildebrand, Alice; Crosby, John Henry. Memoirs of a Happy Failure. Saint Benedictine Press. ISBN 978-1-618901-26-2.
  3. "Pope names Alice von Hildebrand to prestigious order". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
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