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UPCOMING EVENTS
Metaphysics and Theology of the Image
Nov 5
Metaphysics and Theology of the Image

Ave Maria University

A lecture by Prof. Thomas Pfau (Duke University)

Location TBD

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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PAST EVENTS
The Role of Pope John Paul II in the Fall of Communism
Sep 17
The Role of Pope John Paul II in the Fall of Communism

Ave Maria University

A lecture by Prof. James Felak (University of Washington)

Demetree Lecture Hall

This lecture is open and free to the public.

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Sins of Speech
Apr 23
Sins of Speech

Ave Maria University

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

Location TBA

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Marriage and the Wedding Feast of the Lamb
Apr 10
Marriage and the Wedding Feast of the Lamb

Ave Maria University

A lecture by Prof. Nina Heereman (St. Patrick’s Seminary)

O’Bryan Lecture Hall

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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On Just War
Mar 18
On Just War

Ave Maria University

A lecture by Prof. Joseph Capizzi (The Catholic University of America)

Prince Auditorium

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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How Can We Say the Mystery That Is God?
Feb 11
How Can We Say the Mystery That Is God?

Ave Maria University

A lecture by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. (Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas)

O’Bryan Performance Hall

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Transhumanism: The New Eugenics
Sep 17
Transhumanism: The New Eugenics

Ave Maria University

A lecture by Prof. Steven Jensen (University of St. Thomas Houston)

O’Bryan Performance Hall

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Transhumanism: The New Eugenics
Apr 11
Transhumanism: The New Eugenics

Ave Maria University

A lecture by Prof. Steven Jensen (University of St. Thomas, Houston)

Demetree Lecture Hall in Henkels Academic Building

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Assessing Aquinas' Account of Acedia: Can We Choose Joy?
Feb 23
Assessing Aquinas' Account of Acedia: Can We Choose Joy?

Ave Maria University

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

Demetree Lecture Hall

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Judging Truth: Moral Intolerance or the Dictatorship of Relativism
Nov 8
Judging Truth: Moral Intolerance or the Dictatorship of Relativism

Ave Maria University

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

Demetree Lecture Hall

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Aquinas and Our Lady: Thomistic Mariology
Sep 29
Aquinas and Our Lady: Thomistic Mariology

Ave Maria University

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

Ave Maria University | Demetree Lecture Hall

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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OTHER EVENTS

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Neanderthal Personhood? Our Hominin 'Cousins' and Human Uniqueness
Oct 19
Neanderthal Personhood? Our Hominin 'Cousins' and Human Uniqueness

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

6:30 PM

Room W20-201

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Is Atheism Irrational?
Oct 20
Is Atheism Irrational?

University of Georgia

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

Miller Learning Center, Rm 248

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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No Salvation Outside the Church: Catholicism and the World Religions
Oct 21
No Salvation Outside the Church: Catholicism and the World Religions

Thomistic Institute in London

A lecture by Prof. Gavin D’Costa (Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas)

Parish Hall at the London Jesuit Centre

114 Mount Street, London, W1K 3AH

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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