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PAST EVENTS
What Makes a Good Friend?
Apr 23
What Makes a Good Friend?

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A lecture by Prof. Patrick Callahan (Newman Institute)

Tuesday, April 23

6 PM

Location TBA

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Augustine and Aquinas Against Skepticism
Mar 7
Augustine and Aquinas Against Skepticism

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A lecture by Prof. Chad Pecknold (The Catholic University of America)

Swetland Assembly

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Flannery O'Connor and the Perils of Governing By Tenderness
Feb 12
Flannery O'Connor and the Perils of Governing By Tenderness

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A lecture by Dr. Jerome Foss (Saint Vincent College)

Swetland Assembly Room

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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A Method for Metaethics
Nov 15
A Method for Metaethics

University of Illinois Urbana -Champaign

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

Gregory Hall Room 223

810 S Wright St., Urbana, IL 61801

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Is Everything in the Bible True?
Oct 3
Is Everything in the Bible True?

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

Thursday, October 3rd

6:00 PM

St. Cecilia’s Choir Room, St. John’s Catholic Newman Center

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Aquinas’s Shortest Way to God’s Existence, and How Darwinism Fits Within It
Sep 5
Aquinas’s Shortest Way to God’s Existence, and How Darwinism Fits Within It

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Presented by Fr. Stephen Brock (University of Chicago)

Location: TBD

Time: TBD

This lecture is free and open to the public

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It's My Right: What Are Natural Rights and What Rights Do We Have?
Apr 3
It's My Right: What Are Natural Rights and What Rights Do We Have?

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A lecture by Prof. V. Bradley Lewis (Catholic University of America)

Swetland Assembly Room, St. John’s Newman Center

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Does Truth Change? John Henry Newman’s Theory of Doctrinal Development
Mar 20
Does Truth Change? John Henry Newman’s Theory of Doctrinal Development

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A lecture by Prof. Chad Pecknold (Catholic University of America)

Swetland Assembly Room, St. John's Catholic Newman Center

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Narcissus, the Serpent, and the Saint: Humane Living with Apparently Personal Artificial Intelligence
Feb 1
Narcissus, the Serpent, and the Saint: Humane Living with Apparently Personal Artificial Intelligence

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A lecture by Prof. Jordan Wales (Hillsdale College)

Lewis Lounge, St. John's Catholic Newman Center

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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What Happens After Death?
Nov 8
What Happens After Death?

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A lecture by Prof. Jeffrey Brower (Purdue University)

Lincoln Hall 1000

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Balderdash: What It Is, Why We Tolerate It, and How We Can Reduce It.
Sep 28
Balderdash: What It Is, Why We Tolerate It, and How We Can Reduce It.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

Lincoln Hall 1065

This event is free and open to the public

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The Case for Free Will
Apr 19
The Case for Free Will

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A lecture by Prof. Matthew Dugandzic (St. Mary’s Seminary and University)

Lincoln Hall 1066

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Aquinas's First Way Argument: The Way in Which it Proves God's Existence
Mar 7
Aquinas's First Way Argument: The Way in Which it Proves God's Existence

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A lecture by Prof. Gregory Doolan (The Catholic University of America)

Lincoln Hall 1057

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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OTHER EVENTS

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Ascending the Heights of Wisdom | VERITAS
Jun 27
Ascending the Heights of Wisdom | VERITAS

Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, June 25 - Sunday, June 29, 2025

At this expanded Student Leadership Conference, we will be welcoming our TI Campus Chapter Leaders to Washington, D.C. TI members, speakers, alumni, and others are invited to join the chapter leaders for the final days of the conference.

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Thomism, Creativity, and the Arts: Jacques and Raïssa Maritain
Jul 1
Thomism, Creativity, and the Arts: Jacques and Raïssa Maritain

Blackfriars Hall | Oxford, United Kingdom

A symposium on artistry, religion and culture in the modern world.

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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. Michelle Francl (Bryn Mawr College), Prof. Michael Gorman (The Catholic University of America), Prof. Keith Kozminski (University of Virginia), Prof. Jonathan Lunine (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, O.P. (Angelicum), and Prof. Santiago Schnell (University of Notre Dame).

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