CATHOLIC TRUTH IN A CONTEMPORARY WORLD

The Thomistic Institute exists to promote Catholic truth in our contemporary world by strengthening the intellectual formation of Christians at universities, in the Church, and in the wider public square. The thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Universal Doctor of the Church, is our touchstone.

The TI is an academic institute of the Pontifical Faculty of the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.

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What's the Difference Between Mortal and Venial Sins?
What's the Difference Between Mortal and Venial Sins?
Want to Prove God Exists? Try the Existence Argument!
Want to Prove God Exists? Try the Existence Argument!
Is My Confession Really a Secret? Explaining the Seal of Confession
Is My Confession Really a Secret? Explaining the Seal of Confession
Why Do I Need to Do Penance?
Why Do I Need to Do Penance?
How Can We Name God? The Triplex Viae
How Can We Name God? The Triplex Viae
Can You Go to Confession If You're Not Sorry?
Can You Go to Confession If You're Not Sorry?
How the Essentia Argument for God’s Existence Works
How the Essentia Argument for God’s Existence Works
How Confession REALLY Works
How Confession REALLY Works

UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS
C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters and the Problems of the Modern Human Being
Feb 24
C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters and the Problems of the Modern Human Being

University of Washington

A lecture by Prof. Erik Dempsey (University of Texas at Austin)

DEM 004

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Aquinas and Luther on Justification
Feb 24
Aquinas and Luther on Justification

University of Virginia

A lecture by Dr. Nathaniel Peters (Morningside Institute)

115 Cocke Hall

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Who Am I to Judge? Politics and the Problem of Moral Relativism
Feb 24
Who Am I to Judge? Politics and the Problem of Moral Relativism

University of North Florida

A lecture by Prof. Francis Beckwith (Baylor University)

J. B. Coxwell Amphitheater

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Aquinas on Divine Omnipresence
Feb 25
Aquinas on Divine Omnipresence

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A lecture by Prof. Jeffrey Brower (Purdue University)

Location TBA

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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What Happens After Death?
Feb 25
What Happens After Death?

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A lecture by Prof. Jeffrey Brower (Purdue University)

Newman Catholic Center Activity Center

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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What Makes a Good Friend?
Feb 25
What Makes a Good Friend?

The University of Alabama

A lecture by Prof. Patrick Callahan (St. Gregory the Great Seminary)

Tuesday, February 25th

Time TBD

Location TBD

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Genome Editing and the Human Future
Feb 27
Genome Editing and the Human Future

Benedictine College

A lecture by Prof. William Hurlbut (Stanford University)

Westerman Auditorium

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Why Would a Biologist Believe in the Soul?
Feb 27
Why Would a Biologist Believe in the Soul?

Michigan State University

A lecture by Prof. Jonathan Buttaci (The Catholic University of America)

Natural Science Building, Room 116

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Metaphysics of Prayer
Feb 27
The Metaphysics of Prayer

Duke University

A lecture by Fr. Stephen Brock (University of Chicago)

Rubenstein Library Room 153

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Divine Causality and Creaturely Freedom
Feb 27
Divine Causality and Creaturely Freedom

University of Toronto

A lecture by Prof. W. Matthews Grant (University of St. Thomas)

Alumni Hall 400

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Reformation Era and the Unintended Secularization of Western Society
Feb 27
The Reformation Era and the Unintended Secularization of Western Society

West Virginia University

A lecture by Prof. Brad Gregory (University of Notre Dame)

Oglebay Hall Room 107

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Creation and the Big Bang: What's the Big Deal?
Feb 27
Creation and the Big Bang: What's the Big Deal?

University of South Carolina

A lecture by Prof. John O’Callaghan (University of Notre Dame)

Davis College, Rm 209

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Beauty in Aquinas and James Joyce
Feb 27
Beauty in Aquinas and James Joyce

University of Edinburgh

A lecture by Prof. Fran O’Rourke (University College Dublin)

Adam House, 3 Chambers Street

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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How to Stay Christian in College
Feb 27
How to Stay Christian in College

University of Oregon

A lecture by Prof. J. Budziszewski (University of Texas at Austin)

Anstett 193

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Mission of the University and the Role of Humanities
Feb 28
The Mission of the University and the Role of Humanities

University of Texas at El Paso

A lecture by Prof. Michael Foley (Baylor University)

Location TBA

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Man as Raison d’être of the Cosmos
Feb 28
Man as Raison d’être of the Cosmos

University of South Florida

A lecture by Prof. Christopher Baglow (University of Notre Dame)

Marshall Student Center, Room 3711

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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On Sacred Poetry
Feb 28
On Sacred Poetry

Georgia Institute of Technology

A lecture by Prof. Kevin Hart (Duke Divinity School)

Location TBA

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Famine, Affluence, and Aquinas
Mar 3
Famine, Affluence, and Aquinas

Yale University

A lecture by Prof. Marshall Bierson (The Catholic University of America)

Location: TBD

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Tale as Old as Time: The Mystery of Marriage in Faith and Culture
Mar 3
Tale as Old as Time: The Mystery of Marriage in Faith and Culture

Regent University

A lecture by Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P. (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception)

Moot Court Room

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Ought I Use AI Assisted Writing
Mar 3
Ought I Use AI Assisted Writing

University of Florida

A lecture by Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)

Reitz Union 2365

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Human Nature and the Challenges of Our Advancing Technologies
Mar 3
Human Nature and the Challenges of Our Advancing Technologies

Indiana University

A lecture by Prof. William Hurlbut (Stanford University)

Location TBD

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Theological Poetics of Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J.
Mar 3
The Theological Poetics of Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J.

Oxford University

A lecture by Prof. Michael Hurley (Cambridge University)

Blackfriars (OX1 3LY)

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Why Did God Become Man?: The Absolute Primacy of Christ According to Blessed Duns Scotus
Mar 4
Why Did God Become Man?: The Absolute Primacy of Christ According to Blessed Duns Scotus

Universidad Panamericana

A lecture by Prof. Thomas Ward (Baylor University)

Lecture Room R10

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Emotional Health and Cognitive Therapy: The Ancient Stoics and Augustine
Mar 4
Emotional Health and Cognitive Therapy: The Ancient Stoics and Augustine

The Catholic University of America

A lecture by Prof. Sarah Byers (Boston College)

Caldwell Hall 107

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Edith Stein and Thomism
Mar 6
Edith Stein and Thomism

Thomistic Institute in London

A lecture by Prof. Robert McNamara (Franciscan University of Steubenville)

Farm Street Church

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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How to Contemplate Like St. Dominic & St. Thomas Aquinas – A Summa Reading Group - A Summa Reading Group
Mar 6
How to Contemplate Like St. Dominic & St. Thomas Aquinas – A Summa Reading Group - A Summa Reading Group

A Summa Reading Group

Led by Fr. Cassian Derbes, O.P. (University of Notre Dame)

Zoom

Thursdays, March 6 - April 3

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The Meaning of Suffering | An Intellectual Retreat for Current University Students
Mar 7
The Meaning of Suffering | An Intellectual Retreat for Current University Students

Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.

An Intellectual Retreat for current university students from Indiana University and Purdue University

Featuring Prof. Paul Gondreau (Providence College) and Prof. Gina Noia (Providence College)

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God, Mathematics, and Beauty
Mar 9
God, Mathematics, and Beauty

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A lecture by Prof. Alexander Pruss (Baylor University)

MIT Room W20-306

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Study and the Spiritual Life: Crucifixion of the Desk
Mar 10
Study and the Spiritual Life: Crucifixion of the Desk

University of Washington

A lecture by Sr. Anna Wray, O.P. (The Catholic University of America)

Location TBA

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Thomas Aquinas and the Maritains on living the Gifts of the Holy Spirit in Everyday Life
Mar 10
Thomas Aquinas and the Maritains on living the Gifts of the Holy Spirit in Everyday Life

Queen’s University, at Kingston

A lecture by Prof. Jane Sloan Peters (University of Mount Saint Vincent)

Location TBA

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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