Join us for lunch and meet—in her own words—the youthful and talented St. Teresa of the Andes, the first canonized saint of Chile! We will consider Chilean Catholicism and the graces of Teresa’s family relationships as well as the surprising trans-continental influences of Sts. Therese of Lisieux and Elizabeth of the Trinity on our new friend, the '"Flower of the Andes." As always, all are invited so bring a friend. Also lunch is on us but consider helping with the count by registering at this link. Questions? Please contact Dr. Jocelyn Moore: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. See short reading selection from St. Teresa's Diary.
Graduating students along with their families and friends, as well as all active and retired faculty are invited to participate in the 7:00pm St. Thomas Aquinas Baccalaureate Mass on Friday, May 18. This University tradition includes a faculty/student procession in their academic regalia. Faculty may contact Keith Kozminski (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and students may contact Corrine Riley (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
2018-2019 Public Lecture Series
Robert Louis Wilken (UVA Religious Studies), “Liberty in the Things of God: The Christian Origins of Religious Freedom,” April 26, 2019
“Meditation, Prayer, Contemplation” Conference, cosponsored with the International Network in Philosophy of Religion; UVA Department of Philosophy, April 6, 2019:
Christina Gschwandtner, Fordham University, “Habits of Repetition: Phenomenological Reflections on Practices of Prayer in the Eastern Christian Tradition”
Chris Hackett, Belmont College, “The Prayer of the Heart: An Apophatics of the Sensible in St. Symeon's Three Methods of Prayer”
Charles Kromkowski, University of Virginia, “What is Prayer? Rereading Aquinas’s Philosophical Reflections on Justice and Prayer as a Kind of Equality”
Jorge Secada, University of Virginia, “St. Teresa of Ávila and Descartes on Self-knowledge”
Adam Wells, Emory & Henry College, “Fantasy and the Apocalyptic Imagination”
Richard Kearney, Boston College, “St. Teresa of Avila's Many Mansions,” April 5, 2019
Rusty Reno, First Things, “Christianity in Public Life,” cosponsored with Thomistic Institute and Center for Christian Studies, Feb. 7, 2019
Sr. Prudence Allen, RSM, “The Concept of Women: Newman and the Proof of the Integral Complementarity of Woman and Man,” Jan. 31, 2019
Roberta Ervine, St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, “St. Gregory of Narek: The Newest Doctor of the Church!” Nov. 29, 2018
Fr. John McNerney, Catholic University of America, “The Wealth of Persons: Rethinking Economics in Light of the Human Person,” Nov. 8, 2018
2017-2018 Public Lecture Series
2016-17 Public Lecture Series
Ramon Mujica, "St. Rose of Lima: Icon of the Americas," April 6, 2017
Brad Wilcox (University of Virginia), "Catholic Social Teaching Series: On Happiness and Marriage," March 27, 2017
Jorge Secada (University of Virginia), "Descartes and the Journey of the Mind to God," February 23, 2017
Reinhard Hütter, (Catholic University of America), "The Development of Doctrine and Why it Matters: The Ongoing Relevance of John Henry Newman's Thought," November 5, 2016
Joseph Davis, Nichole Flores and Robert McCarthy (University of Virginia), "Catholic Social Teaching Series: On Laudato Si," November 4, 2016
Charles Kromkowski and Lynn Sanders (University of Virginia), "Catholic Social Teaching Series: On Voting," October 17, 2016
Eamon Duffy, (University of Cambridge), "Recreating Poussin's Seven Sacraments," October 21, 2016
Bernard McGinn, (University of Chicago), “St. Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae,” September 22, 2016
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