Holy Women Lunch: The Maternal Body in the Orthodox Tradition
The gift of silence: St. Rafael Arnáiz Barón
Lenten Dinner & Discussion
The gift of silence: St. Rafael Arnáiz Barón's Spirituality for Troubled Times
February 28, 6:30-8:00pm (Saint Thomas Aquinas University Parish)
Join for a very special evening and saint: St. Rafael (1911-38) found meaning within the difficulties of his brief life through faith, his Cistercian charism, and especially in the sacred space of silence. Our guest will be Sr. Maria Gonzalo from the Trappist Our Lady of the Angels Monastery, who with Catherine Addington (Spanish), is working on a project to translate and share more of St. Rafael’s writings and spirituality. A short reading (and some of his wonderful artwork) will be distributed before discussion; all are invited to join for 5:15 Mass and Lenten soup supper before discussion at 6:30pm. RSVP appreciated to Dr. Jocelyn Moore (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Jan. 23, 2020 Mary Hirschfeld
"The Trouble with Money: Aquinas on Desire, Economics, and the Good Life"
2020 Poetry Night & Reception
Please join us and other new friends for an early semester evening of Joy, Mirth and Light. UVA Students, faculty and friends of the Institute will offer brief introductions to a famous or less well-known poet, and then they'll share a favorite poem. All, especially those with little exposure to poetry, are invited to attend and enjoy. Bring a friend or come to meet someone new. Refreshments at intermission. Contact Dr. Jocelyn Moore (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) with questions.
George Oppen (1908-1984), "Psalm"
Oct. 24, 2019: Denis McNamara
"How to Make a Church 'Look Like' a Church: Architecture as An Image of Heaven"
Missed this lecture?: Watch it here.
Summer 2019
Welcome to the St. Anselm Institute! New to UVA or our little Institute? We certainly are happy you found us, and we hope you and others join our monthly event email list.
Our website and email list are mostly dormant during the summer, but please know we're hard at work preparing a full calendar of free events for the upcoming spring and fall semesters. Hope you find the quiet restful and refreshing, and we look forward to meeting you in the new 2019-2020 academic year. Until then, check out our website, lecture video archive, and some pictures from our recent events.
Our Public Lecture Series @ UVA
Our Faculty/Student Dinners
Our (free!) lunch introductory seminars and reading groups
Our Special Events
April 26, 2019 Public Lecture
Robert Louis Wilken
Go Hoos!
CONGRATULATIONS!!
April 5, 2019 Public Lecture
Richard Kearney
St. Teresa of Ávila's Many Mansions
St. Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582), a Spanish Carmelite reformer, mystical writer, and the first female Doctor of the Church, was one of the greatest advocates of humility, prayer, and the development of a robust, thoughtful interior life. "Anyone who has not begun to pray," she begged, please do not miss so great a blessing." For if you persevere, you "will gradually gain a knowledge of the road to Heaven." In The Interior Castle, St. Teresa describes the great journey that awaits all who engage a life of prayer coupled with a life of "the pots and pans."
All are invited to attend what promises to be a very interesting and delightful public lecture.
New Foods/New Friends Student Dinner Series
St. Bernard and the Love of God
Join us after 5:15pm Mass for dinner and a discussion of "The Lived Complementarity of Jacques and Raissa Maritain." Special guest Sr. Prudence Allen will introduce us to the deep, marital friendship of the Maritains, two important 20th-century Catholic intellectuals, who refocused our attention on the human person. Help us with the dinner count by emailing Jocelyn Moore: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Jean Vanier, Feb. 28, 2019 Lunch seminar
What is L'Arche?
March 1, 2019: Friday Night Film
Summer in the Forest (2018)
Cosponsored with UVA Catholic Hoos, and the UVA Disability Studies Initiative.
Feb. 7, 2019 Public Lecture
Missed the lecture? Watch it here.
January 31, 2019 Public Lecture
Sr. Prudence Allen, RSM
"Newman and a Proof for the Integral Complementarity of Woman and Man"
Sr. Prudence Allen is the leading Catholic philosopher on gender issues, an appointed member of the Vatican's International Theological Commission, the author of many scholarly works including an unrivaled and widely acclaimed, 3-volume intellectual history on The Concept of Woman, and a bright and learned light on widespread contemporary confusions about the accidents and essences of gender differences and complementaries. All are invited to attend what promises to be a very interesting and clarifying public lecture.