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PAST EVENTS
Good God, Evil World: What Gives?
Mar 27
Good God, Evil World: What Gives?

East Carolina State University

A lecture by Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)

BATE 1010

This lecture is free and open to the public.

The Beautiful and the Sublime: How to Make Art that Leads to God
Nov 19
The Beautiful and the Sublime: How to Make Art that Leads to God

East Carolina University

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

BATE 1011

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Are "Quality of Life" Judgments Ethical?
Oct 1
Are "Quality of Life" Judgments Ethical?

East Carolina University

A lecture by Prof. Gina Noia (Providence College)

12:30 PM

Bate 1012

This lecture is free and open to the public.

How is My iPhone Changing Me?
Sep 19
How is My iPhone Changing Me?

East Carolina University

A lecture by Prof. Joshua Hochschild (Mount St. Mary’s University)

Thursday, September 19th

5 PM

BATE 1010

This lecture is free and open to the public.

How to Not Lose Friends: Vices that Undermine Friendship
Feb 12
How to Not Lose Friends: Vices that Undermine Friendship

East Carolina University

A lecture by Prof. W. Scott Cleveland (University of Mary)

Bate Building 1020

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Helping Patients Who Are Dying or Helping Patients to Die? Making sense of ‘medical aid in dying’
Nov 13
Helping Patients Who Are Dying or Helping Patients to Die? Making sense of ‘medical aid in dying’

East Carolina University

A lecture by Prof. Farr Curlin (Duke University)

Bate 1010

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Little Lies: Why There Are No ‘Noble’ Lies
Oct 16
Little Lies: Why There Are No ‘Noble’ Lies

East Carolina University

A lecture by Prof. Angela Knobel (University of Dallas)

Bate Building 1010

This lecture is free and open to the public.

OTHER EVENTS

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Bridging the Sciences | Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium
Jul 16
Bridging the Sciences | Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium

Dominican House of Studies | Washington, DC

Wednesday, July 16 - Sunday, July 20, 2025

A symposium featuring Prof. Brian Carl (University of St. Thomas, Houston), Prof. Nuno Castel-Branco (University of Oxford), Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies), Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P.(Angelicum), Prof. Michael Gorman(The Catholic University of America), Prof. Keith Kozminski(University of Virginia), Prof. Jonathan Lunine (Caltech), Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, O.P. (Angelicum), and Prof. Santiago Schnell (University of Notre Dame).

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What Makes a Person Good? The Cardinal Virtues and Living Life Well
Jul 28
What Makes a Person Good? The Cardinal Virtues and Living Life Well

Thomistic Institute in DC

A lecture by Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. (The Catholic University of America)

St. Peter’s Church

313 2nd St SE, Washington, DC 20003

The talk will be located in the school auditorium to the right of the church (when facing the church)

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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On Predestination
Sep 5
On Predestination

Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.

Friday, September 5 - Saturday, September 6, 2025

A Thomistic Circles conference featuring Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P.(Dominican House of Studies), Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies), Thomas Osborne (University of St. Thomas, Houston), Fr. Piotr Roszak (Nicolaus Copernicus University), and Mats Wahlberg (Umeå University)

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