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Institute Activities
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Doctores Ecclesiae
The St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought cordially invites you to attend one or more of its Doctors of the Church lunches. The goal of this series is to provide a friendly setting for students and faculty from different parts of the University to meet and to discuss the life and works of the 33 Doctors of the Church. A different Doctor will serve as a focal point for each lunch.
Several UVA faculty will attend and lead each session. Prior familiarity with the Doctors is not required, but a short reading by one of the Doctors will be posted for all faculty and students participants. Regardless of your area of study or year, University of Virginia undergraduate, graduate as well as Law, Medical, and Darden School students are welcomed to attend. Space, however, is limited so reservations by individuals will be required for each session. If you are interested in participating in the next session, simply email the Institute at:
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Spring 2010 Schedule:
January 29, 2010
Location: Hotel E/West Range
Doctor of the Church: St. Bonaventure (1221-1274)
Faculty Participants: Thomas Russman (Philosophy), Charles Kromkowski (Politics) & TBA
Assigned Readings: TBA
February 12, 2010
Location: TBA
Modern Saint of the Church: St. Edith Stein (1891-1942)
Faculty Participants: Lynn Sanders (Politics), Rebecca Stangl (Philosophy), Charles Kromkowski (Politics), Elizabeth Schiltz (St. Thomas Law School) & TBA
Assigned Readings: TBA
March 26, 2010
Location: Hotel E, West Range
Doctor of the Church: St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
Faculty Participants: Robert Louis Wilken (Religious Studies), & TBA
Assigned Readings: TBA
Fall 2009 Schedule:
October 16, 2009 (Session full, please consider attending a future Doctors lunch)
Location: Hotel E, West Range
Doctor of the Church: St. Ephrem the Syrian (c. 309-373)
Faculty Participants: Robin Darling Young (Religious Studies), Alfredo Garcia (Systems & Info. Engineering), Charles Kromkowski (Politics), Michael Suarez, S.J.
Assigned Reading: 1) Hymns on the Nativity, #11; 2) Hymns on Paradise, V; 3) Hymns on Paradise, X & XI
October 1, 2009 (Session full, please consider one of the future sessions)
Location: Hotel E, West Range
Doctor of the Church: St. John of Damascus (c.676-749), plus St. Gregory Palamas (1296-1359)
Faculty Participants: Fr. Brendan McAnerney OP, Robin Young (Religious Studies), Charles Kromkowski (Politics), John Dobbins (Classical Art & Archaeology)
Assigned Reading:
1. St. John of Damascus, The Orthodox Faith, Bk. 4, chs. 15-16, [7pp]
2. St. Gregory Palamas, The Triads, Section D 33/66-68; and Section E 14-17 [6pp]
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Past Lunches
May 8, 2009 (Session full, please consider one of the future sessions)
Location: Garrett Hall Seminar Room (Lower level)
Doctor of the Church: St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Faculty Participants: Diane Gigantino Baltz (Spanish); Alfredo Garcia (Engineering), Ed Stelow, M.D. (Pathology), Javier Herrero (Spanish), Charles Kromkowski (Politics) and TBA
Assigned Reading:
1.The Interior Castle, ch. 4.3 [English] [Spanish]
2. The Book of Her Life, ch. 23 [English] [Spanish]
3. The Book of Her Life, ch. 25 [English] [Spanish]
March 19, 2009 (12:00-1:30pm)
Location: Hotel E, West Range
Doctor of the Church: St. Anselm (1033-1109)
Faculty Leaders: William Wilson (Religious Studies), Rebecca Stangl (Philosophy), Charles Kromkowski (Politics), Charles Dunkl (Mathematics) and TBA
Asssigned Reading: The Proslogion, especially chapters 1-6 (pp.82-90)
February 13, 2009 (12:00-1:30pm), (Session full, please consider one of the future sessions)
Doctor of the Church: St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Location: Garrett Hall Seminar Room (Lower level)
Faculty Participants: Bernard McGinn (University of Chicago Divinity School), Joseph Davis (Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture), Kevin Hart (Religious Studies); Fr. Gregory Maturi, O.P., (St. Thomas Aquinas), Charles Kromkowski (Politics) and Lynn Sanders (Politics)
Assigned Reading: 1) Letters T273, T219, T272 :To Fr. Raimondo da Capua;
Extra Reading: 2) The Dialogue, Chs. 64, 76, 88-91.
November 20, 2008 (Thursday), 12:00-1:30pm (Session full, please consider one of the future sessions)
Location: Hotel E, West Range
Doctor of the Church: St. Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274)
Faculty Participants: Kevin Hart (Religious Studies), Rebecca Stangl (Philosophy), Tom Russman (Philosophy)
Assigned Reading: Summa Theologiae on Love, Part 1, Question 20 (art. 1, 2, 3); and Part 2.2, Question 27 (art. 6)
October 29, 2008 (Wednesday), 12:00-1:30pm (Session full, please consider one of the future sessions)
Location: Hotel E, West Range
Doctor of the Church: St. Augustine (354-430AD)
Faculty Participants: Robert Wilken (Religious Studies), Brad Wilcox (Sociology), Ed Stelow, M.D. (Pathology), Charles Kromkowski (Politics),
Assigned Reading: St. Augustine, "The Excellence of Marriage," pp.1-16
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Lumen Veritatis
Faculty Leader: Brad Wilcox, Department of Sociology
Lumen Veritatis is a Catholic discussion group serving undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Virginia. Specifically, Lumen Veritatis discusses theological, cultural, and political issues from a Catholic perspective. Previous topics include faith and the law, Mary's role in the Church, Project Rachel, and gender. Contact Professor Brad Wilcox at
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The Works of St. Anselm
(completed)
Faculty Leader: Jorge Secada, Department of Philosophy
This study group engaged the major works of St. Anselm of Canterbury. |
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Lenten Faculty and Friends of the Institute Retreat |
February 20, 2010
Lenten Retreat Topic: "The Truth will set you free"
Location: St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish (Charlottesville, VA), 12:00-8pm
Guest Speaker: Dr. Thomas Russman, (retired, formerly Director of the Center for Thomistic Studies at the University of St. Thomas (in Houston) and past President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association)
Retreat Chaplain: Fr. Stephen Alcott, O.P.
Lenten Retreat Schedule
11:00-12:00: Adoration and Confessions (optional)
12:00pm: Assemble in St. Thomas Hall, Sixth Hour (Noon) Prayer
12:15: Lunch
1:15: Session I: Thomas Russman, "Journeying the Biblical Cosmos, pt. 1"
2:45: Ninth Hour Prayer
3:00: Stations of the Cross
3:30: Coffee/Tea break
3:45: Session II: Thomas Russman, "Journeying the Biblical Cosmos, pt. 2"
5:15: Mass
6:30: Dinner
8:00pm: Evening Prayer
March 27-29, 2009 – Lenten Retreat Topic: The Love of God and the Spiritual Life
Location: Mary, Mother of the Church Abbey (Richmond, VA)
Guest Speaker: Dr. Robert Louis Wilken
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of the History of Christianity, Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia
Retreat Chaplain: Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P.
Readings:
1. Origen, Commentary on the Song of Songs, pp.21-39.
2. The Works of Bernard of Clairvaux. Vol. Two. Song of Songs, pp. 1-20.
3. Augustine, Confessions, 13.vi(7)-13.xi(12), pp. 276-80; AND 9.4.8
4. Gregory of Nyssa, On the Soul and the Resurrection, ch. 6, "Purification of the Soul," pp. 75-81.
5. Augustine, City of God, Bk.XIV, ch.9, pp. 561-566.
6. Maximus Confessor. Selected Writings. Four Hundred Chapters of Love, esp. 36-39, 70-71.
7. Augustine, The Catholic Way of Life and the Manichean Way of Life, (11.18-17.32) pp. 39-46.
8. Wilken, The Spirit of Early Christian Thought, Chapter 12 and Epilogue, pp. 291-321.
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Past Faculty Retreats
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St. Michel Parish Sponsorship Appeal |
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Since 2004, St. Thomas Aquinas and Holy Comforter Parishes in Charlottesville have provided assistance for the planning, building and operations of a new St. Michel Catholic school in Saltadere, Haiti. The new school was dedicated in February 2007, but the need for assistance persists as nearly 500 students are now educated, fed and cared for there each day. Several individuals from both parishes and University of Virginia have traveled to Saltadere recently and they can speak with great authority about the human needs and ongoing good works at St. Michel, including one of our own faculty members, Kate Burke from the Drama Department. Please do not hesitate to contact Professor Burke or the Haiti Ministry Committee (
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The St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought initiated a new lunchtime reading and discussion series for faculty and students in the Fall 2008. This faculty-student lunch seminar typically meets in one of Mr. Jefferson's private upstairs rooms in Hotel E, conveniently located on the West Range, near Garrett Hall. Space is limited, so reservations by individuals are required for each session. The topic of each lunch is the life and writings of one of the 33 Doctors of the Church. A rotating set of UVA faculty attend each session. A short reading assignment on the selected Doctor is posted on the St. Anselm Institute website for all faculty and student participants to download and read prior to each lunch.
Spring 2010 Schedule
March 26, 2010: St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
Feb. 12, 2010: St. [& Dr.] Edith Stein (1891-1942)
Jan. 29, 2010: St. Bonaventure (1221-1274)
Fall 2009 Schedule
October 16, 2009: St. Ephrem the Syrian (c. 309-373)
October 1, 2009: St. John of Damascus (c.676-749) and St. Gregory Palamas (1296-1359)
Spring 2009 Schedule
May 8, 2009: St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
March 19, 2009: St. Anselm (1033-1109)
February 13, 2009: St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Fall 2008 Schedule
November 20, 2008: St. Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274)
October 29, 2008: St. Augustine (354-430)
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2009 Lenten Faculty Retreat Schedule |
Dates: March 27-29, 2009
Location: Mary, Mother of the Church Abbey (Richmond, VA)
Guest Speaker: Robert Louis Wilken
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of the History of Christianity, Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia
General Theme of 2009 Retreat: The Love of God and the Spiritual Life
Readings: [TBA, January 2009]
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