Trinity Western University

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Thomistic Institute chapters are on-campus, academic clubs formed and run by students to bring top-notch Christian intellectuals to their university campuses. These chapters organize lectures, seminars, and reading groups to explore the riches of the Christian intellectual tradition.

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UPCOMING EVENTS
How Are We Saved? Justification in Early Christianity
Jun 12
How Are We Saved? Justification in Early Christianity

Trinity Western University

A lecture by Prof. Matthew Thomas (Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology)

Location TBA

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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PAST EVENTS
Wisdom Sought, Wisdom Given: St. Thomas Aquinas on the Virtue and the Gift of Wisdom
Mar 13
Wisdom Sought, Wisdom Given: St. Thomas Aquinas on the Virtue and the Gift of Wisdom

Trinity Western University

A lecture by Sr. Anna Wray, O.P.

Devries Auditorium

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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What is a Human? St. Thomas Aquinas' Christological Humanism and how Grace Perfects Our Nature
Nov 20
What is a Human? St. Thomas Aquinas' Christological Humanism and how Grace Perfects Our Nature

Trinity Western University

A lecture by Fr. James Brent, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)

DeVries Auditorium

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The God of the Bible and the God of the Philosophers
Feb 9
The God of the Bible and the God of the Philosophers

Trinity Western University

A lecture by Prof. Eleonore Stump (Saint Louis University)

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Christianity as True Philosophy: The Theology of St. Justin Martyr
Oct 7
Christianity as True Philosophy: The Theology of St. Justin Martyr

Trinity Western University

A lecture by Prof. Matthew Thomas (Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology)

DeVries Auditorium

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Aquinas on the Cardinal and Theological Virtues: Grace and Nature
Feb 16
Aquinas on the Cardinal and Theological Virtues: Grace and Nature

Trinity Western University

A lecture by Dr. Jonathan Sanford (University of Dallas)

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Unlocking Divine Action: Causality from Thomas Aquinas to Quantum Mechanics
Oct 27
Unlocking Divine Action: Causality from Thomas Aquinas to Quantum Mechanics

Trinity Western University

A lecture by Fr. Michael Dodds, O.P. (Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology)

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Dark Passages: Christ and the Old Testament in Thomas Aquinas
Apr 16
Dark Passages: Christ and the Old Testament in Thomas Aquinas

Trinity Western University

A lecture by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. (Angelicum)

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OTHER EVENTS

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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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Oxford Thomistic Metaphysics Seminar
Jun 9
Oxford Thomistic Metaphysics Seminar

University of Oxford | Oxford, United Kingdom

Monday, June 9 - Tuesday, June 10, 2025

A seminar featuring Daniel De Haan, Gaven Kerr, Joshua Hochschild, Dominic LaMantia, Michael Gorman, Turner Nevitt, Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, O.P., Thomas Osborne, Domenic D’Ettore, Brian Carl, and Francesco Banfi.

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Visions of Heaven and Earth in Three National Gallery Paintings: Botticelli’s 'Mystic Nativity', ‘The Wilton Diptych’, and Bermejo’s 'Saint Michael Triumphs over the Devil'
Jun 9
Visions of Heaven and Earth in Three National Gallery Paintings: Botticelli’s 'Mystic Nativity', ‘The Wilton Diptych’, and Bermejo’s 'Saint Michael Triumphs over the Devil'

Oxford University

A lecture by Dr. Gabriele Finaldi (Director of National Gallery, London)

Blackfriars (OX1 3LY)

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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