In Magnifica Humanitas — "On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence," signed 15 May 2026 on the 135th anniversary of Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum — Pope Leo XIV names artificial intelligence the moral question of the age, and sets its measure against the dignity of the human person:
"To disarm does not mean rejecting technology, but preventing it from dominating humanity." — Pope Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas (2026)
The antidote to domination is understanding. A tool dominates the ignorant and serves the formed. To keep the human person at the center of this age — never, in the Holy Father's words, "replaced or surpassed" — the faithful must be helped to comprehend these tools rather than fear them or be ruled by them. That is formation, and formation is the Church's own work of the new evangelization.
A complete, free body of teaching materials, already written and in use, structured so a person can enter with no background and climb as far as they wish. It joins an existing vocational program (the Aula) to an advanced open corpus (Principia Orthogona) — one continuous path.
To anchor this work locally, G6 LLC is pursuing the acquisition of the historic Ballantine Estate at 229 Ballantine Parkway in Forest Hill. This 15,000-square-foot property features a historical precedent of institutional and educational use, having previously operated as a private school campus. Its distinct, dual-structure layout mirrors the tiered nature of the curriculum itself:
By restoring this post-Prohibition landmark back to its historical identity as a space for learning, the project provides the Archdiocese with an immediate, physical center of excellence for modern parish formation without demanding structural construction funds from pastoral budgets.
Artificial intelligence is still young enough that the distance from beginner to practitioner is short. A person with sound formation and a little courage can already do — for a parish, a family, a trade — what until recently asked for a specialist. These openings are real, and they are widest now, while the ground is still level; as the tools mature, the easy footholds close. So the call is not only to learn but to take part: to gather the fruit within reach and put it to honest use, in keeping with the dignity of work the Church has upheld since Rerum Novarum. Come in early — and bring others in with you.
The human person at the center is not, to this author, an abstraction. It is a conviction paid for personally — the reason these materials are given rather than sold. That testimony can be shared privately with the appropriate office if it would help.
A brief meeting with the office responsible for catechesis, education, or evangelization in the Archdiocese, to review the materials, evaluate the 229 Ballantine spatial plan, and consider a no-cost pilot — a single parish or school, beginner track — with a path to the advanced corpus for those who continue. If it bears fruit locally, it is ready to be offered more widely, and, in time, brought to the attention of the relevant Vatican dicastery.