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The Thomistic Institute

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 Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.

Our Work . . . 

Upcoming Events

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12:30 pm Good and the Privative Understanding of Evil
Sep 22
Campus, Boston Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
Campus, Boston Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
12:30 pm Good and the Privative Understanding of Evil
Campus, Boston Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
Campus, Boston Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School

TMEC 209 (260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115)

12:30 pm

A lecture by Prof. Candace Vogler (The University of Chicago)

Co-sponsored by the Christian Medical and Dental Association and the Catholic Students Association.

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Pre-register here

Campus, Boston Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
Campus, Boston Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
Science & Religion: the Myth of Conflict
Sep 25
Campus Yale Thomistic Institute St. Mary's
Campus Yale Thomistic Institute St. Mary's
Science & Religion: the Myth of Conflict
Campus Yale Thomistic Institute St. Mary's
Campus Yale Thomistic Institute St. Mary's

St. Mary's Catholic Church

7:00 PM

A lecture by Prof. Stephen Barr (The University of Delaware)

Free and open to the public.

Pre-register here.

Campus Yale Thomistic Institute St. Mary's
Campus Yale Thomistic Institute St. Mary's
7:00 pm The Virgin Mother of God: Mary in the Bible and Church Teaching
Sep 26
DC DC Chapter Thomistic Institute St. Charles Borromeo Church
DC DC Chapter Thomistic Institute St. Charles Borromeo Church
7:00 pm The Virgin Mother of God: Mary in the Bible and Church Teaching
DC DC Chapter Thomistic Institute St. Charles Borromeo Church
DC DC Chapter Thomistic Institute St. Charles Borromeo Church

St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church

3304 Washington Blvd, Arlington, VA 22201

7:00 pm

A lecture by Prof. Joshua Benson (Catholic University of America)

A reception will follow.

This is the first of three lectures in the 2017-2018 academic year co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Diocese of Arlington. 

This event is free and open to the public. 

Pre-register here

DC DC Chapter Thomistic Institute St. Charles Borromeo Church
DC DC Chapter Thomistic Institute St. Charles Borromeo Church
Thomism of the Body: St. John Paul II's Thomistic Anthropology of Marriage and Sexuality
Sep 27
Campus UVA Undergrad Thomistic Institute University of Virginia
Campus UVA Undergrad Thomistic Institute University of Virginia
Thomism of the Body: St. John Paul II's Thomistic Anthropology of Marriage and Sexuality
Campus UVA Undergrad Thomistic Institute University of Virginia
Campus UVA Undergrad Thomistic Institute University of Virginia

University of Virginia

Minor Hall Auditorium

7:30 pm

A lecture by Fr. Thomas Petri, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception)

Co-sponsored by the Catholic Hoos at the University of Virginia 

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Pre-register here

Campus UVA Undergrad Thomistic Institute University of Virginia
Campus UVA Undergrad Thomistic Institute University of Virginia
Is Belief in God Rational?
Sep 28
Campus vanderbilt medical Thomistic Institute Vanderbilt
Campus vanderbilt medical Thomistic Institute Vanderbilt
Is Belief in God Rational?
Campus vanderbilt medical Thomistic Institute Vanderbilt
Campus vanderbilt medical Thomistic Institute Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt Medical School

Light Hall Room 512

5:30 pm

A lecture by Prof. Michael Gorman (Catholic University of America)

Dinner Included

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Pre-register here

Campus vanderbilt medical Thomistic Institute Vanderbilt
Campus vanderbilt medical Thomistic Institute Vanderbilt
On the Holy Spirit
Sep 29
DC Thomistic Circles Thomistic Institute Dominican House of Studies
DC Thomistic Circles Thomistic Institute Dominican House of Studies
On the Holy Spirit
DC Thomistic Circles Thomistic Institute Dominican House of Studies
DC Thomistic Circles Thomistic Institute Dominican House of Studies

A theological conference.

DC Thomistic Circles Thomistic Institute Dominican House of Studies
DC Thomistic Circles Thomistic Institute Dominican House of Studies
DC DC Chapter Thomistic Institute Catholic Information Center
DC DC Chapter Thomistic Institute Catholic Information Center
DC Book Launch for "The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism"
DC DC Chapter Thomistic Institute Catholic Information Center
DC DC Chapter Thomistic Institute Catholic Information Center

Washington, DC

The Catholic Information Center

1501 K St NW, Washington, DC 20005

6:00 pm

Presentation by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP (The Thomistic Institute). Responses by Mary Eberstadt and Robert Royal.

This event is co-sponsored by the Catholic Information Center

It is free and open to the public.

DC DC Chapter Thomistic Institute Catholic Information Center
DC DC Chapter Thomistic Institute Catholic Information Center
7:30 pm Catholic Environmentalism: From St. Augustine to Pope Francis
Oct 2
Campus, NYC NYU Thomistic Institute New York University
Campus, NYC NYU Thomistic Institute New York University
7:30 pm Catholic Environmentalism: From St. Augustine to Pope Francis
Campus, NYC NYU Thomistic Institute New York University
Campus, NYC NYU Thomistic Institute New York University

The Catholic Center at NYU (238 Thompson St, New York, NY 10012)

7:30 pm

A lecture by Prof. Marie George (St. John's University)

This lecture is co-sponsored by the Catholic Center at NYU and the Thomistic Institute. 

Free and open to the public

Pre-register here

Campus, NYC NYU Thomistic Institute New York University
Campus, NYC NYU Thomistic Institute New York University
Campus Tulane Thomistic Institute Tulane
Campus Tulane Thomistic Institute Tulane
On Moral Relativism (Title TBD)
Campus Tulane Thomistic Institute Tulane
Campus Tulane Thomistic Institute Tulane

A lecture by Prof. Jennifer Frey (University of South Carolina)

Campus Tulane Thomistic Institute Tulane
Campus Tulane Thomistic Institute Tulane
12:30 pm How Is God Jealous? A Christian Response to Richard Dawkins
Oct 5
Campus, Boston Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
Campus, Boston Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
12:30 pm How Is God Jealous? A Christian Response to Richard Dawkins
Campus, Boston Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
Campus, Boston Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School

(This event, originally planned for Sept. 14th, has been rescheduled to Oct. 5th.)

Harvard University Medical School

TMEC Room 250 (260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115)

12:30 pm

A lecture by Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, OP (Providence College)

Pre-register here.

Campus, Boston Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
Campus, Boston Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
 

Latest News

New book from fr. thomas joseph white, op

Coming soon from Catholic University Press, Fr. Thomas Joseph White's new book is an excellent introduction for young professionals with no specialized background in theology who are interested in learning more about Catholicism, or as an introduction to Catholic theology. It will also serve as a helpful text for theology courses in a university context. 

As Fr. White states in the book's introduction: "This is a book that offers itself as a companion. I do not presume to argue the reader into the truths of the Catholic faith, though I will make arguments. My goal is to make explicit in a few broad strokes the shape of Catholicism. I hope to outline its inherent intelligibility or form as a mystery that is at once visible and invisible, ancient and contemporary, mystical and reasonable."

 

Pre-order on Amazon. 

New book from Fr. Dominic Legge, OP

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Noted Thomist Fr. Gilles Emery (Ordinary Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the University of Fribourg) writes in the preface: 

"Dominic Legge’s book needs no recommendation beyond itself: all its readers will be able to confirm the high value of this research, the conclusions of which are solidly based on a rigorous reading of the texts of Thomas Aquinas. This work demonstrates the essentially Trinitarian structure of the Christology of St. Thomas.  It . . . constitutes henceforth the reference work on the subject. . .  Legge's book brings freshness and new life to our understanding of the Christology of Thomas Aquinas, because it successfully restores to its primacy the trinitarian approach that guides the theology of the Dominican master."  

Fr. Legge is the Assistant Director of the Thomistic Institute and is Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies.  

The book is available on Amazon in hard copy (and for for Kindle) and can be ordered directly from Oxford University Press.

 

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