Mission
THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION (ACPA) IS AN ORGANIZATION OF CATHOLIC PHILOSOPHERS ESTABLISHED IN 1926 TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AS AN INTELLECTUAL DISCIPLINE CONSONANT WITH CATHOLIC TRADITION. TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE, THE ORGANIZATION STRIVES TO DEVELOP PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOLARSHIP, TO IMPROVE THE TEACHING OF PHILOSOPHY, AND TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS WITH SIMILAR AIMS. THE ORGANIZATION SPONSORS AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND SEVERAL SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING A PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL, AMERICAN CATHOLIC PHILOSOPHICAL QUARTERLY, AND THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION. INDIVIDUUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS OF THE ACPA RECEIVE ONLINE ACCESS TO ALL ACPA PUBLICATIONS AS A BENEFIT OF MEMBERSHIP.