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PAST EVENTS
God and Suffering: How Could a Good God Allow Evil?
Mar 22
God and Suffering: How Could a Good God Allow Evil?

University of Alabama at Birmingham

A lecture by Prof. W. Matthews Grant (University of St. Thomas, Minnesota)

Sterne Library Room 174 | 917 13th St S, Birmingham, AL 35233

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Sin and Sacrifice in Augustine’s Confessions
Feb 27
Sin and Sacrifice in Augustine’s Confessions

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

Spencer’s Honors House

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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May Life-Sustaining Treatment be Withheld or Withdrawn?: Discerning Ordinary vs. Extraordinary Means
Dec 2
May Life-Sustaining Treatment be Withheld or Withdrawn?: Discerning Ordinary vs. Extraordinary Means

University of Alabama at Birmingham

A lecture by Prof. Gina Noia (Belmont Abbey College)

Heritage Hall 121

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Emotional Health and Cognitive Therapy: The Ancient Stoics and Augustine
Oct 19
Emotional Health and Cognitive Therapy: The Ancient Stoics and Augustine

University of Alabama at Birmingham

A lecture by Prof. Sarah Byers (Boston College)

Spencer's Honors House

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Why Should We Believe God Exists?
Mar 3
Why Should We Believe God Exists?

University of Alabama, Birmingham

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

Hill Student Center Ballroom A

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Human Soul and Neuroscience: Is Belief in the Soul Obsolete?
Nov 1
The Human Soul and Neuroscience: Is Belief in the Soul Obsolete?

University of Alabama, Birmingham

A lecture by Prof. Marie George (St. John’s University)

Hill Student Center Ballroom C

This event is free and open to the public.

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OTHER EVENTS

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Memory, Intellect, and Will: The 13th Century Reception of Augustine | A Summer Seminar
Jun 15
Memory, Intellect, and Will: The 13th Century Reception of Augustine | A Summer Seminar

Schloss St Emmeram | Regensburg, Germany

Sunday, June 15 - Wednesday, June 18, 2025

A seminar featuring Dr. Albert von Thurn und Taxis, Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, O.P., Prof. Julie Casteigt, Prof. Katja Krause, and Fr. Reginald Lynch. O.P.

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Aquinas & Liturgical Tradition | An Intellectual Retreat for Ireland
Jun 17
Aquinas & Liturgical Tradition | An Intellectual Retreat for Ireland

Glencomeragh House | Co. Tipperary, Ireland

With Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) and Fr. Conor McDonough, O.P. (Univeristy of Galway)

For current university students in Ireland

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Corpus Christi | An Intellectual Retreat for the UK
Jun 20
Corpus Christi | An Intellectual Retreat for the UK

Stonyhurst College | Clitheroe, England

With Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P and Fr. Matthew Jarvis, O.P.

For current university students in the UK

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