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“Do not fear, but speak; and hold not thy peace.” (Acts 18:9)

Ways of Wisdom was founded by Franz-Felix in Trier, the oldest diocese of Germany, in the Jubilee Year of 2025. Inspired by the altruistical spirit of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the mystical spirit of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, and the apologetical spirit of St. Athanasius of Alexandria, we use the power of the digital pamphlet to defy Europe’s atheistic destiny, fight for our future, and fortify our faith.

Ways of Wisdom is, in sum of its threefold spirituality, catechetical. Its purpose is to seek a personal encounter with God from which all else — peace, prosperity, etc. — will flow. To achieve this, we leverage the tremendous resources of Catholic tradition — art, architecture, poetry, polemics, philosophy, theology, etc. — to prepare the soul step-by-step through serious thought, and protest against postmodern society with a Christian antithesis.

  1. Ardent in Authenticity — Each article on Ways of Wisdom is a thought-out work, crafted to be well-written, well-researched, and worthy of the eyes of the devout.
  2. Respect for the Reader — The content here is intellectually and spiritually challenging by design, because we are as curious as we are courageous.
  3. Primacy of Prophecy — Prophecy means to put God above all else, to put Truth above all else, to put Love above all else. Ways of Wisdom is apologetical, but will not attempt to apologize.

Our patron saints

“The prayers of the saints ascended up before God from the hand of the angel.” (Revelation 8:4)

The Altruistical Saint

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

In 1888, at the age of 15 years, St. Thérèse joined the same Carmelite convent in Lisieux where her sisters Marie, Pauline, and Céline had joined before. In her short life, she authored her autobiography Story of a Soul, and in it revealed the Little Way to sainthood. Pope Pius X called her “the greatest saint of all times,” the Carmelites call her the Little Flower of Jesus, and Pope John Paul II promoted her to become the 33rd Doctor of the Church in 1997.

The Mystical Saint

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

St. Bernard founded Clairvaux Abbey in 1115 and reformed the Rule of Benedict through the nascent Cistercian Order, becoming both a monk steeped in mysticism and a preacher for the crusades and the papacy. St. Bernard crossed the entirety of Europe for his preaching, is mentioned with a Marian prayer in Dante Alighieri's Paradiso, and was promoted by Pope Pius VIII to become the 16th Doctor of the Church in 1830.

The Apologetical Saint

St. Athanasius of Alexandria

Bishop Maximin of Trier received St. Athanasius in 336, after the Patriarch of Alexandria had defended the Nicene doctrine against Arianism, and been sent to exile to the Roman city of Trier. For his ferocity, he was also known as Athanasius Contra Mundum, “Athanasius Against the World.” Pope Pius V officially recognized the Greek Church Father as one of the earliest Doctors of the Church in 1568.

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I created Ways of Wisdom this year upon the request of my acquaintances Ann-Kathrin, Alice, and Rina. The website is online now. I would like to thank my father Franz-Georg and my mother Yujing, my brother Franz-Eric for being the bold bag he is, the Carmelites in Mainz for their spiritual support, my friends Luca, Caitlyn, and Björ for their inspirational support, my teacher Mrs. Kong-Axtmann for her technical support, as well as Benedict, Monica, Sebastian, Ute, Johanna, Mark, Fr. Kizito Chinedu, Fr. Thomas Deutsch, the Franciscans in Mannheim, and the Carmelites in Colorado Springs and Wyoming for their prayers. God is gracious to me through the souls I meet. May God to these souls be gracious too, and their names never fade from my memory. Amen.

Signed Franz-Felix,
Trier, November 11, 2025, the feast of St. Martin of Tours.

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