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PAST EVENTS
The Reformation and the Unintended Secularization of Society
Nov 8
The Reformation and the Unintended Secularization of Society

Youngstown State University

A lecture by Prof. Brad Gregory (University of Notre Dame)

Schwebel's room in the Kilcawley center

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Is Atheism Irrational? What Reason Can Tell Us.
Apr 17
Is Atheism Irrational? What Reason Can Tell Us.

Youngstown State University

A lecture by Prof. John O’Callaghan (University of Notre Dame)

Cafaro Hall 510

This lecture is free and open to the public.

A Philosophical Theology of the Body? Eros in Plato and John Paul II
Nov 3
A Philosophical Theology of the Body? Eros in Plato and John Paul II

Youngstown State University

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

St. John Henry Newman Center

This event is free and open to the public

Does God Exist?
Apr 22
Does God Exist?

Youngstown State University

A lecture by Prof. Brian Carl (University of St. Thomas, Houston)

Lariccia Room in Jones Hall

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), Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, O.P. (Angelicum), and Prof. Santiago Schnell (University of Notre Dame).

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.

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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