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UPCOMING EVENTS
Are Right and Wrong Just A Matter of Opinion?
Nov 13
Are Right and Wrong Just A Matter of Opinion?

Fordham University

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

Collins 139

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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PAST EVENTS
From the Dictatorship of Relativism to the Tyranny of Pathos
Oct 23
From the Dictatorship of Relativism to the Tyranny of Pathos

Fordham University

A lecture by Dr. Kevin Kambo (University of Dallas)

Collins 139

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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

Fordham University

A lecture by Prof. Michael Foley (Baylor University)

Collins 139

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Beauty and the Cross
Feb 20
Beauty and the Cross

Fordham University

A lecture by Dr. Nathaniel Peters (Morningside Institute)

Collins Hall 139

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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John Henry Newman and the Jesuit University
Sep 26
John Henry Newman and the Jesuit University

Fordham University

A lecture by Fr. Stephen Fields, S.J. (Georgetown University)

Collins 139

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Beyond Hillbilly Thomism: Flannery O'Connor and St. Thomas Aquinas on the Future of Catholic Fiction
Apr 4
Beyond Hillbilly Thomism: Flannery O'Connor and St. Thomas Aquinas on the Future of Catholic Fiction

Fordham University

A lecture by Prof. Patrick Callahan (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Butler Commons

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Good, Simple, and Eternal: What Philosophy Can Tell Us About God
Mar 14
Good, Simple, and Eternal: What Philosophy Can Tell Us About God

Fordham University

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

Collins Hall 139

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Good, the True, and the Beautiful: Thomas Aquinas on the Transcendentals
Nov 16
The Good, the True, and the Beautiful: Thomas Aquinas on the Transcendentals

Fordham University

A lecture by Fr. Christopher Cullen, S.J. (Fordham University)

Keating Hall B21

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Beauty, Sorrow, and Grace: A Thomistic Approach to Beauty
Mar 28
Beauty, Sorrow, and Grace: A Thomistic Approach to Beauty

Fordham University

A lecture by Prof. Thomas Hibbs (Baylor University)

Keating Hall 206

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Martin Luther King Jr. and the Problem of Unjust Laws
Feb 23
Martin Luther King Jr. and the Problem of Unjust Laws

Fordham University

A lecture by Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)

Keating Hall 120

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Aquinas on the Union of Body and Soul
Feb 1
Aquinas on the Union of Body and Soul

Fordham University

A lecture by Prof. Gyula Klima (Fordham University)

Keating 110

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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My Flesh Indeed: On the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist
Nov 10
My Flesh Indeed: On the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist

Fordham University

A lecture by Fr. Dominic Langevin (Dominican House of Studies)

McShane Campus Center Room 112

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Disputation, Truth, and Charity in the life and work of Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
Mar 24
Disputation, Truth, and Charity in the life and work of Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

Fordham University

A lecture by Fr. John Corbett, O.P. (St. Gertrude Parish, Columbus, OH)

Zoom

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Christianity and Our Culture Wars: St. Augustine, Antonio Gramsci, and the City of God
Oct 22
Christianity and Our Culture Wars: St. Augustine, Antonio Gramsci, and the City of God

A lecture by Prof. William Baumgarth (Fordham University)

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CANCELLED | Faith, Natural Law, and the Common Good: Two Stories, a Basement, and a Mezzanine
Mar 6
CANCELLED | Faith, Natural Law, and the Common Good: Two Stories, a Basement, and a Mezzanine

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

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Sacred Politics in America
Nov 6
Sacred Politics in America

A lecture by R.R. Reno, editor of First Things magazine.

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OTHER EVENTS

Featured
Virtuous Friendship | Intellectual Retreat
Oct 24
Virtuous Friendship | Intellectual Retreat

Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.

An Intellectual Retreat for current university students from Duke, UNC, and NCSU.

With Prof. W. Scott Cleveland (University of Mary) and Sr. Mary Ignatius Nesbit, O.P. (Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist)

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Who Am I? The Catholic Answer to the Crisis of Meaning
Oct 27
Who Am I? The Catholic Answer to the Crisis of Meaning

Universidad Panamericana

A lecture by Prof. Adam Eitel (University of Dallas)

J5 Classroom

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Suffering and the Problem of Evil
Oct 27
Suffering and the Problem of Evil

University of North Texas

A lecture by Prof. Ross McCullough (George Fox University)

Time TBD

Union 341

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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