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PAST EVENTS
A Thomistic Approach to Seeking Wisdom in a Technocratic Age
Feb 21
A Thomistic Approach to Seeking Wisdom in a Technocratic Age

Franciscan University of Steubenville

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

Christ the Teacher, Room 137

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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How to be a Good Friend: Combatting Envy and Apathy and Exercising Love and Wisdom
Feb 21
How to be a Good Friend: Combatting Envy and Apathy and Exercising Love and Wisdom

University of Michigan

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

Chem 1300

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Catholic Vision of the Lord of the Rings
Feb 21
The Catholic Vision of the Lord of the Rings

Georgetown University

A lecture by Prof. Paul Gondreau (Providence College)

Healy 106

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Faith and Life on Other Worlds
Feb 21
Faith and Life on Other Worlds

University of Tulsa

A lecture by Prof. Jonathan Lunine (California Institute of Technology)

Chapman Lecture Hall

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Use of Tools in a Technocratic Age: The Death of Wisdom?
Feb 20
The Use of Tools in a Technocratic Age: The Death of Wisdom?

Carnegie Mellon/ University of Pittsburgh

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

Location TBD

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Thomistic Aesthetics
Feb 20
Thomistic Aesthetics

Georgia Institute of Technology

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

Skiles Building Room 202

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Rebuilding Civilization: Irish-American Catholic Humanitarianism, 1943–1958
Feb 20
Rebuilding Civilization: Irish-American Catholic Humanitarianism, 1943–1958

Trinity College Dublin

A lecture by Prof. Patrick Houlihan (Trinity College Dublin)

Thomas Davis Theatre (Room 2043 in the Arts Block)

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Minimum Wage vs. Just Wage: A Thomistic Clarification of Catholic Social Teaching
Feb 20
Minimum Wage vs. Just Wage: A Thomistic Clarification of Catholic Social Teaching

The Catholic University of America

A lecture by Prof. Michael Krom (Saint Vincent College)

McMahon Hall 311

This location 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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"Veritas" and Vocation
Feb 20
"Veritas" and Vocation

University of Dallas

A lecture by Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P. (Aquinas College)

Gorman C

This lecture is free ans open to the public.

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How to Die? St. Macrina and Christian Death
Feb 20
How to Die? St. Macrina and Christian Death

Harvard University

A lecture by Prof. Carl Vennerstrom (Augustine Institute)

Sever Hall 110

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Jesus and the Genome: The Interaction of Christology and Biology
Feb 20
Jesus and the Genome: The Interaction of Christology and Biology

Johns Hopkins University

A lecture by Prof. Timothy J. Pawl (University of St. Thomas, Minnesota)

Location TBA

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Grace and Predestination
Feb 19
Grace and Predestination

Virginia Tech University

A lecture by Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)

Location TBA

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Beatitudes of Christ According to St. Thomas Aquinas and Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati
Feb 19
The Beatitudes of Christ According to St. Thomas Aquinas and Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati

Vanderbilt University

A lecture by Fr. John Mark Solitario (Thomistic Institute)

Moore College A117

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Use of Tools in a Technocratic Age: The Death of Wisdom?
Feb 19
The Use of Tools in a Technocratic Age: The Death of Wisdom?

West Virginia University

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

Oglebay Hall Room 106

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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History and Creation: Is the Bible Reliable?
Feb 19
History and Creation: Is the Bible Reliable?

Florida State University

A lecture by Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)

The Loft of Ruge Hall (655 W Jefferson St)

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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What Can We Learn from Aquinas About AI?
Feb 19
What Can We Learn from Aquinas About AI?

Thomistic Circles

2025 Aquinas Lecture by Prof. Gyula Klima (Fordham University)

Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.

This lecture is free and open to the public. Please register.

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What is Love? Plato’s Theology of the Body
Feb 18
What is Love? Plato’s Theology of the Body

Thomistic Institute in D.C.

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

The Basilica of Saint Mary’s Lyceum (located half a block to the left of the Basilica)

313 Duke St, Alexandria, VA 22314

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Infused Temperance and the Passions - A Summa Reading Group
Feb 17
Infused Temperance and the Passions - A Summa Reading Group

A Summa Reading Group

Led by Dr. Adam Eitel (University of Dallas)

Zoom

Mondays and Wednesday, February 17 - March 12

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Science & Belief in God | An Intellectual Retreat for Current University Students
Feb 14
Science & Belief in God | An Intellectual Retreat for Current University Students

Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.

An Intellectual Retreat for current university students from North Carolina State University and George Washington University.

With Dr. Jonathan Lunine (Cornell University) and Prof. Karin Oberg (Harvard University)

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Transhumanism: The New Eugenics
Feb 13
Transhumanism: The New Eugenics

Texas A&M University

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

Rudder 401

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Importance of Play
Feb 13
The Importance of Play

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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

Jeanmard Hall

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Art of Dating
Feb 13
The Art of Dating

University of Houston

A lecture by Prof. Michael Foley (Baylor University)

Catholic Newman Center

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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Aquinas the DJ: Tradition and Invention in the Corpus Christi Liturgy
Feb 11
Aquinas the DJ: Tradition and Invention in the Corpus Christi Liturgy

Cornell University

A lecture by Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)

Rockefeller Hall, Room 132

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Ought I Use AI Assisted Writing
Feb 11
Ought I Use AI Assisted Writing

North Carolina State University

A lecture by Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)

Talley Room 3210

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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The Beautiful and the Sublime: How to Make Art That Leads to God
Feb 10
The Beautiful and the Sublime: How to Make Art That Leads to God

Iowa State University

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

Molecular Biology (MOL-BIO) 1414

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Is the Biblical View of Marriage too Idealistic?
Feb 10
Is the Biblical View of Marriage too Idealistic?

Ohio State University

A lecture by Dr. Michael Dauphinais (Ave Maria University)

Ohio Union, Brutus Buckeye Room

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Eucharist and Growth in Holiness: Sacrifice and Sacrament
Feb 10
The Eucharist and Growth in Holiness: Sacrifice and Sacrament

Williams College

A lecture by Fr. Reginald Lynch, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)

Griffin 3

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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OTHER EVENTS

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The Problem of Evil | An Intellectual Retreat for Current University Students
Feb 21
The Problem of Evil | An Intellectual Retreat for Current University Students

The Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.

An intellectual retreat for current university students

With Prof. Thomas Ward (Commissio Leonina) and Fr. Timothy Bellamah, O.P. (Baylor University)

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Does God Exist?
Feb 22
Does God Exist?

University of Rochester

A lecture by Prof. Michael Gorman (The Catholic University of America)

Dewey 2-110D Lecture Hall

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters and the Problems of the Modern Human Being
Feb 24
C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters and the Problems of the Modern Human Being

University of Washington

A lecture by Prof. Erik Dempsey (University of Texas at Austin)

DEM 004

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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