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The members of the Class of 2019 will attend nearly 140 colleges and universities and were awarded more than $27 million in scholarship monies. We celebrate the numerous achievements of our graduates! www.regisjesuit.com CLASS OF 2019 Men and Women with and for Others The Catholic origins of The Lord of the Rings and other truths about J.R.R. Tolkien BY VLADIMIR MAURICIO-PEREZ "T he Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work," J.R.R. Tolkien himself admitted. And although the new movie carrying his name highlighted the fact that Tolk- ien grew up in a Catholic environment and showed some of the experiences that would inspire his writings, it did not show how his deep Catholic faith served as one of the most essential inspirations in the creation of his most famous books. In fact, his writings are inundated with allusions to the Catholic faith. The Denver Catholic spoke with Joseph Pearce, Director of Book Pub- lishing at the Augustine Institute, editor of Faith & Culture and series editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions, about this matter. He has written several books on Tolkien, including a biogra- phy titled Tolkien: Man and Myth and Frodo's Journey: Discover the Hidden Meaning of The Lord of the Rings. "Tolkien is what I call a 'cradle convert,'" Pearce said. "So, he's not strictly speaking a cradle Catholic, but a convert, in the sense that he was received into the Church when he was 8 years old, following the reception of the Church of his mother… and he remained a practicing Catholic to his death." His mother died when he was only 14 years old after su¯ ering persecution for becoming Catholic, something he always admired about her. "In consequence of her conversion, the family was plunged into penury, and Tolkien, into his dying day, consid- ered his mother a martyr for the faith," Pearce said. Since his father had died when he was four years old, a priest of the Bir- mingham Oratory became his legal guardian: Father Francis Morgan. Thus, it is no surprise that his deep Catholic faith was enshrined in his works — yet not as a secondary trait, but in such an essential way, that it made his greatest book, The Lord of the Rings, "a fundamentally religious and Catholic work." Here are a few examples Pearce highlighted that illustrate how Tolk- ien's Catholicity was the leading factor of the story of Middle Earth. and other truths PHOTOS COURTESY OF FOX SEARCHLIGHT