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Faith, Reason, & Contemplation | An Intellectual Retreat for Ivy League Students
Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.
An Intellectual Retreat for current university students at Ivy League schools.
With Dr. Zena Hitz (St. John’s College) and Fr. James Brent, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)
Beyond Conflict: New Frontiers for Catholic Theology in light of Modern Science
University of California, Berkeley
A lecture by Prof. Christopher Baglow (University of Notre Dame)
Friday, October 3
6:00 pm
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Participation in the Divine Nature: Aquinas and the Catholic Vision of Theosis
Duke University
A lecture by Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)
Westbrook 0012
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Famine, Affluence, and Aquinas: What Thomism Can Teach Us About Theft, Property, and Our Duties to the Poor
Purdue University
A lecture by Prof. Marshall Bierson (Catholic University of America)
Friday, October 3
WALC 2124
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Church and State: A Catholic Perspective
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A lecture by Prof. Adam Eitel (University of Dallas)
W20-201 (84 Massachusetts Ave)
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Catholic Art of Dating
University of California, San Diego
A lecture by Prof. Michael Foley (Baylor University)
NSB 1205 auditorium
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Fellowship of Happiness
University of Wisconsin - Madison
A lecture by Prof. Joshua Hochschild (Mount St. Mary’s University)
Monday, October 6
Noland 168
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Way of Beauty: The Church and the Arts
University of Virginia
A lecture by Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P. (University of Notre Dame)
Eunoia Creative Community (1500 Jefferson Park Ave)
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Why We Need the Saints
Brown University/Rhode Island School of Design
Co-Sponsored by the Brown-RISD Catholic Community
A lecture by Prof. Adam Eitel (University of Dallas)
51 Prospect Street
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Theology of the Body
University of South Florida
A lecture by Prof. Paige Hochschild (Mount St. Mary’s University)
Judy Genshaft Honors College, Rm 3040
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Does Jesus Claim to be God?
Queen’s University Belfast
A lecture by Fr. Conor McDonough, O.P. (University of Galway)
Maths & Physics Teaching Centre Room 006
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Aquinas on Justice | Online Summa Reading Group
A Summa Reading Group
Led by Prof. Jennifer Frey (University of Tulsa)
Zoom
Mondays, October 6 - October 27
How the Mass Shaped the Western World
North Carolina State University
A lecture by Prof. Michael Foley (Baylor University)
The Doggett Center (1410 Hillsborough St)
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Does Marketing Make Us Less Human?
Washington and Lee University / Virginia Military Institute
A lecture by Dr. John-Paul Heil (Mount St. Mary’s University)
Northen Auditorium (Leyburn Library)
This lecture is free and open to the public
Fire on the Altar: A Lecture on Saint Augustine
Vanderbilt University
A lecture by Prof. Chad Pecknold (The Catholic University of America)
Tuesday, October 7
Alumni Hall 202
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Creation and Cosmology
New York University
A lecture by Prof. Karin Öberg (Harvard University)
The Catholic Center at NYU
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Neuroscience and the Soul
The Ohio State University
A lecture by Prof. William Hurlbut (Stanford University Medical Center)
Evans Lab 2004
This lecture is free and open to the public.
A Special Panel: New Natural Law Dialogue
Franciscan University of Steubenville
A special panel featuring Prof. Michael Pakaluk (The Catholic University of America)
Gentile Gallery
This panel is free and open to the public.
Is Atheism Irrational? What Reason Can Tell Us
East Carolina University
A lecture by Prof. John O’Callaghan (University of Notre Dame)
Location TBA
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Meaning of Life
North Dakota State University
A lecture by Fr. James Brent, OP (Dominican House of Studies)
Minard 230
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Aquinas on Usury
Benedictine College
A lecture by Prof. Matthew Dugandzic (St. Mary’s Seminary & University)
Westerman Auditorium
This lecture is free and open to the public.
John Henry Newman's Critique of Liberalism: Lessons from the Aristotelian Tradition
University of Michigan
A lecture by Prof. Joshua Hochschild (Mount St. Mary’s University)
Thursday, October 9
Time TBD
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Catholic Doctrines about the Jewish People
University of Edinburgh
A lecture by Prof. Gavin D’Costa (Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas)
Time TBD
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Does God Care About Suffering? The Death of Socrates vs. the Death of Jesus
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette
A lecture by Dr. Christopher Mooney (The Augustine Institute)
Thursday, October 9
Student Union, Bayou Bijou Theatre (130)
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Heroic Virtue of Saints Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis | Intellectual Retreat
Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.
An Intellectual Retreat for current university students.
With Prof. Michael Wahl (Providence College) and Fr. John Mark Solitario, O.P. (Thomistic Institute)
Mary in Catholicism: Competition with Christ?
Louisiana State University
A lecture by Prof. Christopher Malloy (University of Dallas)
Friday, October 10
French House Salon
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Catholicism and Literature
The University of Texas at Austin
A lecture by Prof. Raymond Hain (Providence College)
Waggener (WAG) 302
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Is Free Will an Illusion?
Thomistic Institute in New York City
A lecture by Prof. Joshua Hochschild (Mount St. Mary’s University)
St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Honorable Festivity
Georgetown University
A lecture by Prof. Michael Foley (Baylor University)
Healy 105
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Christian Life: Spiritual and Religious | Online Summa Reading Group for Alumni
A Summa Reading Group
Led by Fr. Thomas Aquinas Pickett, O.P. (Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology)
Zoom
Saturdays, October 11 - November 1
Neurobiology, Human Embodiment, and the Concept of Soul
Baylor University
A lecture by Dr. William Hurlbut (Stanford University Medical Center)
Cashion 316
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Can Beauty Save the World?
Georgia Institute of Technology
A lecture by Prof. Raymond Hain (Providence College)
Skiles 270
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Beyond Work and Play: Aristotle on Friendship, Contemplation, and The Value of Human Activity
The Catholic University of America
A lecture by Prof. Marshall Bierson (The Catholic University of America)
Location TBA
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Artificial Intelligence and the Soul – Can Computers be People, too?
Stanford University
A lecture by Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. (Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology)
Location: TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The God Hypothesis: Does the Scientific Method Prove that God Exists?
University of Scranton
A lecture by Prof. Wes Siscoe (Ohio State University)
Loyola Science Center, Room 133
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Is the Biblical View of Marriage and Sex Realistic?
Iowa State University
A lecture by Prof. Michael Dauphinais (Ave Maria University)
Molecular Biology Building Room 1414
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Christian Humanism and Shakespeare
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
A lecture by Prof. Lee Oser (College of the Holy Cross)
Thursday, October 16
Time TBD
Immorality and Immateriality
University of Connecticut
A lecture by Prof. Thomas Osborne (University of St. Thomas)
Student Union, Rm 320
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Music, Motivation, and the Deepest Desire of the Human Heart
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A lecture by Sr. Anna Wray, O.P. (The Catholic University of America)
Gregory Hall Rm. 321
This lecture is free and open to the public.
St. Augustine's Conversions and Our Conversions
Duke University
A lecture by Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception)
Westbrook 0014
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Neuroscience and the Soul
New York University - NYU Grossman School of Medicine
A lecture by Dr. Paul LaPenna (Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine)
NYU Langone Health Science Building, Room 103 (435 E. 30th St)
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Virtue and the Meaningful Life
University of Florida
A lecture by Dr. David McPherson (University of Florida)
Christian Study Center - Pascal’s Coffeehouse
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Eating and Drinking to the Glory of God: A Theology of Dining
Cornell University
A lecture by Prof. Michael Foley (Baylor University)
Rockefeller 132
This lecture is free and open to the public.
On the Existence of God
College of William and Mary
A lecture by Prof. Alexander Pruss (Baylor University)
Sadler Center 223
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Disappearing Man: Body, Soul, and the Question of Who We Are
Thomistic Institute in New York City
A lecture by Dr. Paul LaPenna (Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine)
St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Neanderthal Personhood? Our Hominin 'Cousins' and Human Uniqueness
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A lecture by Prof. Chris Baglow (University of Notre Dame)
Time TBD
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Is Atheism Irrational?
University of Georgia
A lecture by Prof. John O’Callaghan (University of Notre Dame)
Miller Learning Center, Rm 248
This lecture is free and open to the public.
No Salvation Outside the Church: Catholicism and the World Religions
Thomistic Institute in London
A lecture by Prof. Gavin D’Costa (Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas)
Parish Hall at the London Jesuit Centre
114 Mount Street, London, W1K 3AH
This lecture is free and open to the public.
How the Mass Shaped the Western World
Texas A&M University
A lecture by Prof. Michael Foley (Baylor)
MSC 2406A
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Who am I to Judge? Politics and the Problem of Moral Relativism
University of South Carolina
A lecture by Prof. Michael Gorman (The Catholic University of America)
Location TBA
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Is Art Dying?
University of California, Los Angeles
A lecture by Mr. Dana Gioia
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Can Divine Providence Be Known Through Natural Reason? The Classics' Response
Clemson University
A lecture by Dr. Carlos Casanova (University of Florida)
Bracket Hall, Room 111
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Do We Make Morality, or Discover It? An Examination of the Basis of Natural Law in the Thought of Thomas Aquinas
Michigan State University
A lecture by Dr. Erik Dempsey (The University of Texas at Austin)
Old Horticulture Building Room 206
506 E Circle Drive, East Lansing, Michigan
This lecture is free and open to the public.
From the Dictatorship of Relativism to the Tyranny of Pathos
Fordham University
A lecture by Dr. Kevin Kambo (University of Dallas)
Collins 139
This lecture is free and open to the public.
St. Gregory of Nazianzus on the God of Peace and Deification
Saint Vincent College
A lecture by Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception)
Luparello Lecture Hall
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Why Get Married? The Catholic View of the Meaning and Purpose of Marriage
Indiana University
A lecture by Prof. Paul Gondreau (Providence College)
Woodburn Hall Room 004
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Disease and the Problem of Evil: How Can God Allow Cancer to Occur?
University of Toronto
A lecture by Prof. Stephen Meredith (University of Chicago)
Location TBA
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Augustine and Aquinas Against Skepticism
Franciscan University of Steubenville
A lecture by Prof. Chad Pecknold (The Catholic University of America)
Gentile Gallery
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Just War Theory
George Washington University
A lecture by Prof. Joseph Capizzi (The Catholic University of America)
Corcoran 101A
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Virtuous Friendship | Intellectual Retreat
Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.
An Intellectual Retreat for current university students from Duke, UNC, and NCSU.
Nagasaki Prays, Hiroshima Rages: God's Providence and Narratives of Suffering
Ashland University
A lecture by Prof. James Nolan (Williams College)
Ronk Lecture Hall
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Ethics of Abortion
University of Texas, El Paso
A lecture by Prof. Christopher Kaczor (Loyola Marymount University)
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Suffering and the Narrative of Salvation
Claremont Colleges
A lecture by Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel (Aquinas College)
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Christian Art of Dating
University of Washington
A lecture by Prof. Michael Foley (Baylor University)
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Who Am I? The Catholic Answer to the Crisis of Meaning
Universidad Panamericana
A lecture by Prof. Adam Eitel (University of Dallas)
Location TBA
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Suffering and the Problem of Evil
University of North Texas
A lecture by Prof. Ross McCullough (George Fox University)
Time TBD
Union 341
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Rewiring the Brain
University of Rochester
A lecture by Dr. William Hurlbut (Stanford University Medical Center)
Dewey 2-162 (Todd Auditorium)
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Creation vs. Creationism: Aquinas on Evolution
The Catholic University of America
A lecture by Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception)
Pryz Great Room A
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis
United States Military Academy
A lecture by Prof. Lee Oser (College of the Holy Cross)
Location TBA
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Preparing for Life in a Household: A Biblical and Thomistic Perspective
University of Virginia
A lecture by Prof. John Cuddeback (Christendom College)
Location TBA
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Happiness and Virtue: Can It Be Good for You to Be Bad?
University of Pittsburgh
A lecture by Prof. Thomas Osborne (University of St. Thomas)
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Is the Catholic Church Anti-Capitalist?
University of Galway
A lecture by Fr. Jacques-Benoît Rasucher, O.P. (Université Catholique de Lyon)
Colm Ó hEocha Theatre, Arts Millennium Building (AMB1021)
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The God of Love and the Reality of Evil and Suffering
Mississippi State University
A lecture by Prof. Chris Baglow (Notre Dame)
McCool 213
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Saints & State | An Intellectual Retreat for the West Coast
St. Albert's Priory | Oakland, CA
An Intellectual Retreat for university students on the West Coast.
With Fr. Brad Elliott, O.P. (Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology) and Prof. James Felak (University of Washington)
Why We Need or Don't Need Utopias
Thomistic Institute in Limerick
A lecture by Dr. Jan C. Bentz (Blackfriars Hall at Oxford University)
Location TBA
Is the First Genesis Creation Account Compatible with Science?
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A lecture by Prof. Sarah Byers (Boston College)
Time TBD
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Beatitudes of Christ as Interpreted by Sts. Thomas Aquinas and Pier Giorgio Frassati
University of Texas at Austin
A lecture by Fr. John Mark Solitario, OP (Thomistic Institute)
Monday, November 3
Time TBD
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Are We Saved By Faith or Works?
Regent University
A lecture by Prof. Michael Root (The Catholic University of America)
Moot Court Room
This lecture is free and open to the public.
St. Thomas Aquinas on the Beatitudes
Oxford University
A lecture by Fr. Anton Ten Klooster (Tilburg University)
Monday, November 3
Time TBD
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Your Eucharistic Identity
University of Pennsylvania/Drexel University
A lecture by Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)
Time TBD
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Will Heaven Be Unbearably Boring? Grappling with Infinite Joy
University of Kansas
A lecture by Prof. Christopher Mooney (Augustine Institute)
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
To What End? Reclaiming Meaning with Thomas Aquinas
University of California, San Diego
A lecture by Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P. (Thomistic Institute)
Warren College Room
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Seven Deadly Sins: Theology of the Seven Deadly Sins, Why They are So Bad and What to do to Avoid Them
University of Scranton
A lecture by Prof. Timothy Pawl (University of St. Thomas)
Location TBA
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Neuroscience and the Soul
Harvard University
A lecture by Dr. William Hurlbut (Stanford University Medical Center)
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Drone Warfare and Just War Theory: Aquinas on the Virtuous Use of Violence
Texas A&M University
A lecture by Prof. Michael Krom (St. Vincent College)
Wednesday, November 5
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Metaphysics and Theology of the Image
Ave Maria University
A lecture by Prof. Thomas Pfau (Duke University)
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Why So Sad? The Sorrows That Kill and the Sorrows That Save
Iowa State University
A lecture by Sr. Anna Wray, O.P. (Catholic University of America)
Time TBD
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Does God Care About Suffering? The Death of Socrates vs. the Death of Jesus
University of Houston
A lecture by Dr. Christopher Mooney (Augustine Institute)
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
God from God: Understanding the Trinity
University of Dallas
A lecture by Prof. Bruce Marshall (Southern Methodist University)
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Sanctifying Boredom: Silence, Study, and Hope | An Intellectual Retreat for USF and AMU students
Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.
An Intellectual Retreat for current university students at the University of South Florida and Ave Maria University.
With Prof. Adam Eitel (University of Dallas) and Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P. (The Catholic University of America).
A Thomistic Take on Disordered Emotions
University of Michigan
A lecture by Sr. Anna Wray, OP (Catholic University of America)
Time TBD
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Philosophy of the Abortion Debate
University of Wisconsin-Madison
A lecture by Prof. Angela Knobel (University of Dallas)
Time TBD
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Divine Providence and Human Freedom: Must We Choose Between Them?
Yale University
A lecture by Prof. W Matthews Grant (University of St. Thomas)
Time TBD
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Only the Lover Plays: St. Thomas's Guide to Having Fun
University of Rochester
A lecture by Dr. John-Paul Heil (Mount St. Mary’s University)
Dewey 2-162 (Todd Auditorium)
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Courting like Mr. Collins: Jane Austen and the Vices of ‘Trad Dating’
University of South Alabama
A lecture by Dr. John-Paul Heil (Mount St. Mary’s University)
Shelby Hall Room 2216
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Extraterrestrial Life and Catholic Theology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A lecture by Prof. Chris Baglow (University of Notre Dame)
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Role of Pope John Paul II in the Fall of Communism
Stanford University
A lecture by Prof. James Felak (University of Washington)
Location: TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Saving Honor with St. Thomas Aquinas
Baylor University
A lecture by Fr. Dominic Verner, O.P. (Providence College)
Draper 147
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Does God-With-Us Make A Difference for How We Live With Others?
The Catholic University of America
A lecture by Sr. Anna Wray, O.P. (The Catholic University of America)
Location TBA
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Are Right and Wrong Just A Matter of Opinion?
Fordham University
A lecture by Prof. Steven Jensen (University of St. Thomas)
Collins 139
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Does God Care About Suffering? The Death of Socrates vs. the Death of Jesus
University of North Texas
A lecture by Dr. Christopher Mooney (Augustine Institute)
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Goodness, Truth, Beauty: The World According to Dante
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
A lecture by Prof. Joshua Hochschild (Mount St. Mary’s University)
Jeanmard Hall
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Only the Suffering God Can Help
Georgetown University
A lecture by Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P. (Providence College)
Location TBA
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Let the Best One Win: Reflections of Friendship and Competition
Indiana University
A lecture by Prof. Micahel Krom (St. Vincent College)
Location TBD.
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Drinking with the Saints
Benedictine College
A lecture by Prof. Michael Foley (Baylor University)
McAllister Boardroom
This lecture is free and open to the public.
For Freedom Set Free: Christian Ethics and the Paradox of Freedom
Ashland University
A lecture by Prof. Michael Wahl (Providence College)
Location TBA
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Evolution, Catholicism, & Human Origins
University of Toronto
A lecture by Prof. Kenneth Kemp (University of St. Thomas)
Location TBA
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Dante’s Passionate Intellect: The Divine Comedy’s Journey of Desire
Trinity College Dublin
A lecture by Prof. George Corbett (University of St. Andrews)
Location TBA
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Beyond Work and Play: Aristotle on Friendship, Contemplation, and The Value of Human Activity
Cornell University
A lecture by Prof. Marshall Bierson (the Catholic University of America)
Location: TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Patristic Preaching: How the Fathers of the Church Can Teach, Move, and Convert Today
University of Dallas
A lecture by Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception)
Location TBA
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Neuroscience and the Soul
George Washington University
A lecture by Prof. William Hurlbut (Stanford University Medical Center)
Corcoran 101A
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Suffering, Despair, & Redemption | An Intellectual Retreat for Regent University
Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.
An Intellectual Retreat for current university students at Regent University
With Prof. Paul Gondreau (Providence College) and Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)
Live Your Life Well: Christian Vocation in a Secular World
Regent University
A lecture by Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P. (University of Notre Dame)
Location TBA
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Friendship: The Art of Striving and Thriving Together
Thomistic Institute in Limerick
A lecture by Sr. Mary Madeline Todd, O.P. (Aquinas College)
St. Saviour’s Dominican Catholic Church
This lecture is free and open to the public.
St. Augustine and the Roots of Western Civilization
Georgetown University
A lecture by Prof. Chad Pecknold (The Catholic University of America)
Location TBA
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Neuroscience & the Soul | An Intellectual Retreat for Brown, Providence College, and RISD
Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.
An Intellectual Retreat for current university students at Brown, Providence, and RISD
With Prof. William Hurlbut (Stanford University) and Fr. James Brent, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)
The Blessed Virgin Mary & Evangelization | An Intellectual Retreat
Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.
An Intellectual Retreat for current university students.
With Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) and Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P. (Thomistic Institute)
Does Science Need Faith?
Stanford University
A lecture by Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. (Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology)
Location: TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Dante and Aquinas
Thomistic Circles
Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.
2026 Aquinas Lecture by Prof. George Corbett (University of St. Andrews)
This lecture is free and open to the public. Please register.
What Is a Form and How Do We Understand It?
Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.
Friday, February 20 - Saturday, February 21, 2026
A Thomistic Circles conference featuring Prof. Michael Augros (Thomas Aquinas College, New England), Prof. Marie George (St. John’s University), Dr. Craig Holdrege (The Nature Institute), Dr. Mark Riegner (Prescott College), and Prof. David C. Schindler (Pontifical John Paul II Institute).
The Reformation Era and the Unintended Secularization of the Western World
Clemson University
A lecture by Prof. Brad Gregory (University of Notre Dame)
Brackett Hall, Room 121
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Understanding Anscombe’s Absolutism: or a Strategy for Recovering a Sense that Some Acts are Always and Everywhere Wrong
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A lecture by Prof. Marshall Bierson (The Catholic University of America)
Gregory Hall Rm. 321
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Eating and Drinking to the Glory of God: A Theology of Dining
Franciscan University of Steubenville
A lecture by Prof. Michael Foley (Baylor University)
Gentile Gallery
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Do AI Have Souls?
University of Houston
A lecture by Dr. Edmund Lazzari (Duquesne University)
Student Center North Impact Room
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Issue of Free Will: Are We the Authors of Our Actions?
Georgia Institute of Technology
A lecture by Prof. Steven Jensen (University of St. Thomas - Houston)
Location TBA
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Why Would a Biologist Believe in the Soul?
University of Wisconsin-Madison
A lecture by Prof. Jonathan Buttaci (Catholic University of America)
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Finding Meaning Amidst Chaos Or: Why Get Out of Bed in the Morning?
University of Galway
A lecture by Dr. Robert McNamara (St. Patrick’s Pontifical University)
Colm ÓhEocha Theatre, Arts Millenium Building (AMB1021)
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Anatomy of a Conversion: Nicolaus Steno and the Search for Certainty in the Scientific Revolution
Harvard University
A lecture by Dr. Nuno Castel-Branco (All Souls College, Oxford)
CGIS South S020
This lecture is free and open to the public.
What is Health?
Brown University/Rhode Island School of Design
Co-Sponsored by the Catholic Medical Association and the Brown-RISD Catholic Community
A lecture by Dr. Jonathan Scrafford, MD
Dinner at 6pm | Lecture at 6:30 pm
51 Prospect Street
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Spiritual Pearls and Perils of Studying
Queen’s University at Kingston
A lecture by Sr. Anna Wray, O.P. (The Catholic University of America)
Mac-Coory Hall Room D214
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage 2025 Retreat
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception | Washington, D.C.
A free retreat for current university students participating in the Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage
The Use of Tools in a Technocratic Age: the Death of Wisdom?
University of Toronto
A lecture by Sr. Anna Wray, O.P. (The Catholic University of America)
Alumni Hall 400
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Theology: True Science of God or Poetical Musing?
University of Pittsburgh
A lecture by Prof. Christopher Malloy (University of Dallas)
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium 0125
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Family as Source of Political Authority
University of Utah
A lecture by Prof. Scott Roniger (Loyola Marymount University)
LNCO 1100
This lecture is free and open to the public.
How to be a Good Friend: Combatting Envy and Apathy and Fostering Love and Wisdom
Indiana University
A lecture by Prof. W. Scott Cleveland (University of Mary)
Wylie Hall 115
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Monks, Clerics, and Female Mystics: An Introduction to Medieval Theology
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
A lecture by Dr. Nathaniel Peters (The Morningside Institute)
Pioneers Suite Cather Dining Hall
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Truth, Goodness, and Fantasy Literature (Or, Is Tolkien Better than George R. R. Martin?)
The University of Edinburgh
A lecture by Fr. Philip Neri Reese (Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas)
Time TBD
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Seeking Friendship in the Virtual Age
Virginia Military Institute / Washington and Lee University
A lecture by Prof. John Cuddeback (Christendom College)
Nichols Engineering Hall, Rm 517
This lecture is free and open to the public.
John Paul II on the Value of Human Life and Euthanasia
University of South Carolina
A lecture by Prof. Christopher Tollefsen (University of South Carolina)
Currell College 204
This lecture is free and open to the public.
What Contemporary Culture Needs to Learn from Thomas Aquinas
University of Florida
A lecture by Prof. Michael Dauphinais (Ave Maria University)
Reitz Union Room 2335
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Becoming Human: Barbie, Storytelling, Aquinas on Self-Knowledge
University of Georgia
A lecture by Prof. Joshua Hochschild (Mount St. Mary’s University)
Miller Learning Center, Room 248
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Do Christians, Muslims, and Jews Worship the Same God?
Claremont Colleges
A lecture by Prof. Tomas Bogardus (Pepperdine University)
Kravis 321, CMC
This lecture is free and open to the public.
How to be a Good Friend: Combatting Envy and Apathy and Fostering Love and Wisdom
The Ohio State University
A lecture by Prof. W. Scott Cleveland (University of Mary)
St. Thomas Moore Newman Center Social Hall
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Blessed Virgin Mary's Necessary Role in the Spiritual Life
Hillsdale College
A lecture by Fr. John Mark Solitario, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)
Amphitheater
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Astrology: Why Did Medieval Philosophers Study It?
University of Michigan
A lecture by Fr. Ambrose Little, OP (Dominican House of Studies)
Time TBD
Location TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Making Sense of Physician-Assisted Suicide
George Washington University
A lecture by Dr. Lydia Dugdale (Columbia University)
Corcoran 101A
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Measure of All Things: Aquinas on Truth in Nature, Thought, and Art
Trinity College Dublin
A lecture by Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, O.P. (Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas)
JM Synge Lecture Theatre, Trinity Arts Block
This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Crisis of Identity: Lies, Contradictions, and the Darkness
University of Sydney
A lecture by Fr. Greg Morgan (University of Notre Dame Australia & Catholic Institute of Sydney)
Location TBA
This lecture is free and open to the public.
How Free Am I?
The University of Alabama
A lecture by Prof. Matthew Dugandzic (St. Mary’s Seminary and University)
ten Hoor 108
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Aquinas and Newman on the Pursuit of Wisdom and Happiness
University of Tulsa
A lecture by Prof. Jennifer Frey (University of Tulsa)
Chapman Lecture Hall
This lecture is free and open to the public.