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PAST EVENTS
Can a Catholic Be a Classical Liberal?
Apr 11
Can a Catholic Be a Classical Liberal?

University of Georgia

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

Miller Learning Center 147

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Is Freewill an Illusion?
Mar 21
Is Freewill an Illusion?

University of Georgia

A lecture by Prof. Paul Symington (Franciscan University of Steubenville)

Miller Learning Center 245

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Why do we Worship?
Nov 30
Why do we Worship?

University of Georgia

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

Catholic Center Chapel

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Why is God Three in One?
Oct 25
Why is God Three in One?

University of Georgia

A lecture by Fr. John Baptist Ku (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception)

Science Learning Center, Room 345

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Why Mary? A Thomistic View
Oct 5
Why Mary? A Thomistic View

University of Georgia

A lecture by Prof. Christopher Malloy (University of Dallas)

The Catholic Center

This lecture is free and open to the public.

What is Love? Plato’s Theology of the Body
Mar 30
What is Love? Plato’s Theology of the Body

University of Georgia

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

Sanford Hall Room 112

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Martin Luther King Jr and the Problem of Unjust Laws: What if the Courts (or the Voters) are Wrong?
Mar 16
Martin Luther King Jr and the Problem of Unjust Laws: What if the Courts (or the Voters) are Wrong?

University of Georgia

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

MLC 268

This lecture is free and open to the public.

From Catholic to Evangelical and Back Again: Reflections of a Catholic Revert
Feb 3
From Catholic to Evangelical and Back Again: Reflections of a Catholic Revert

University of Georgia

A lecture by Prof. Francis Beckwith (Baylor University)

MLC Room 253

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Guilt and Forgiveness
Nov 17
Guilt and Forgiveness

University of Georgia

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

Zoom

This lecture is free and open to the public.

An Argument from Minds to God
Oct 24
An Argument from Minds to God

University of Georgia

A lecture by Prof. Tomas Bogardus (Pepperdine University)

Peabody Hill, Room 115

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Is Virtue Enough? The Contortions of Ethics Without God
Apr 22
Is Virtue Enough? The Contortions of Ethics Without God

University of Georgia

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

Miller Learning Center, Room 0348

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Does God Exist?
Apr 4
Does God Exist?

University of Georgia

A lecture by Prof. Alexander Pruss (Baylor University)

Miller Learning Center Room 0350

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Am I Just My Brain? What Neuroscience Can and Cannot Tell Us About Being Human
Mar 30
Am I Just My Brain? What Neuroscience Can and Cannot Tell Us About Being Human

University of Georgia

A lecture by Dr. Paul LaPenna, M.D. (Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine)

Room 0309, Sanford Hall

This lecture is free and open to the public.

The Philosophical Inadequacies of Atheism: God and How We Know
Mar 16
The Philosophical Inadequacies of Atheism: God and How We Know

University of Georgia

A lecture by Prof. Tomas Bogardus (Pepperdine University)

Room 0350, Miller Learning Center

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Aquinas, Darwin, and Creation: Is Evolution at Odds with Genesis?
Feb 8
Aquinas, Darwin, and Creation: Is Evolution at Odds with Genesis?

University of Georgia

A lecture by Prof. Kenneth Kemp (University of St. Thomas)

Room 0348, Miller Learning Center

This lecture is free and open to the public.

OTHER EVENTS

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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. Michael Gorman(The Catholic University of America), Prof. Keith Kozminski(University of Virginia), Prof. Jonathan Lunine (Caltech), Prof. Meraiah Martinez (Benedictine College), Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, O.P. (Angelicum), and Prof. Santiago Schnell (University of Notre Dame).

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What Makes a Person Good? The Cardinal Virtues and Living Life Well
Jul 28
What Makes a Person Good? The Cardinal Virtues and Living Life Well

Thomistic Institute in DC

A lecture by Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. (The Catholic University of America)

St. Peter’s Church

313 2nd St SE, Washington, DC 20003

The talk will be located in the school auditorium to the right of the church (when facing the church)

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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On Predestination
Sep 5
On Predestination

Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.

Friday, September 5 - Saturday, September 6, 2025

A Thomistic Circles conference featuring Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P.(Dominican House of Studies), Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies), Thomas Osborne (University of St. Thomas, Houston), Fr. Piotr Roszak (Nicolaus Copernicus University), and Mats Wahlberg (Umeå University)

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