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PAST EVENTS
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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Aquinas on Nature and the Natural | Aquinas Philosophy Workshop
May 28
Aquinas on Nature and the Natural | Aquinas Philosophy Workshop

Mount Saint Mary College | Newburgh, NY

Wednesday, May 28 - Sunday, June 1, 2025

A workshop featuring a call for papers and plenary addresses by Prof. John Brungardt (Newman University), Prof. Christopher Frey (University of Tulsa), Prof. Raymond Hain (Providence College), Prof. Josh Hochschild (Mount St. Mary’s University), Prof. Catherine Peters (Loyola Marymount University), Fr. Raymund Snyder, O.P. (Angelicum), and Fr. John Sica, O.P. (Providence College).

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Hope, Suffering, and the Atomic Bomb
Jun 2
Hope, Suffering, and the Atomic Bomb

University of California, Los Angeles

A lecture by Prof. James Nolan (Williams College)

Monday, June 2

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Future of Personhood and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence | The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship
Jun 8
The Future of Personhood and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence | The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship

Dominican House of Studies & The Catholic University of America | Washington, D.C.

Sunday, June 8 - Friday, June 13, 2025

A fellowship featuring Fr. James Brent, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies), Prof. Jordan Wales (Hillsdale College), and Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. (Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology)

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