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Spring 2025 Events Registration Forms
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Faculty Steering Committee
Charles Kromkowski, Politics, Executive Director
John Miller, Classics
Ed Stelow, Medical School
William M. Wilson, Religious Studies
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Thursday, March 12, 2026, 6:30PM
The Ethics of Transhumanism
Dr. Beth Frazier, Assistant Director of the St. Anselm Institute
Transhumanism is a movement that advocates for the use of technology to transcend human biological limitations, including death itself. Some of its biggest proponents include Silicon Valley’s biggest names: Ray Kurzweil, Peter Thiel, and Elon Musk. But should a program of ideas and actions that seeks to escape all material and ethical limits be considered a philosophy or a dangerous ideology? Join us for this UVA student-only dinner workshop and find out for yourself. Limited seating, so register today!
This event is cosponsored with the Blue Ridge Center and supported by the In Lumine Network-John Templeton Foundation grant #63614.
Thursday, February 26, 12 Noon - 1:30PM
Mark Hoipkemier Assistant Research Professor of Business Ethics and Society at the University of Notre Dame
Market economies are conventionally understood in terms of networks of self-interested interactions, but in this limited vocabulary how do we think about human fulfillment or acting for the common good, which is required for human flourishing? Join us in-person by registering here or a via this Zoom link for a thoughtful lunch discussion with the author of The Price of the Common Good: Markets, Corporations, and Political Economy (2025).
Contact Dr. Charles Kromkowski (cak5u@virginia.edu) to receive seminar readings or to request a copy of Mark's new book.
This event is cosponsored with the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and supported by the In Lumine Network-John Templeton Foundation grant #63614.
Spring 2026 Aquinas Reading Group
All are invited to join this faculty-led, (free) lunch group dedicated to reading and discussing the writings and wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274). This semester, our Friday lunch discussions will focus on Aquinas's classroom discussions known as the Disputed Questions on Truth. Newcomers and "just listeners" always are welcomed in this group. Registration requested, but not required. Contact Dr. Anna Stelow (ars5x@virginia.edu).
Time/Location: 11:00-12:45pm, Clark Hall 156
Feb. 13: Question 1 (On Truth), and Question 10 (On the Mind), articles 10-13.
Feb. 27: Question 14 (On Faith)
March 13: Question 22 (On the Tendency to the good and the Will)
March 27: Question 24 (On free choice)
April 10: Questions 27 and 28 (On Grace; On the Justification of Sinners)
April 24: Question 29 (On the Grace of Christ)
This program is supported by the John Templeton Foundation (Grant #63614). which aims to support Catholic thought institutes at secular universities by promoting understanding of the intellectual virtues and greater appreciation of the pursuit of truth and human flourishing.
Blaise Pascal Reading Group Now Forming
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) is one of the most influential figures in the history of experimental science, mathematics, physics, and philosophy, despite dying at the young age of 39. He also was a devout lay Catholic, who understood modernity's deathgrip of relativism and indifference: for this, Pope Francis called him a "tireless seeker of truth" and an exemplar of how to reconcile commitments to reason and brilliant science with humble, authentic faith.
1st book: Graham Tomlin, Blaise Pascal: The Man Who Made the Modern World (2025)
2nd book: Pierre Manent, Challenging Modern Atheism and Indifference: Pascal's Defense of the Christian Proposition (2025)
Mid-March/April Meeting Schedule: TBD
This event is supported by the In Lumine Network-John Templeton Foundation grant #63614.
Joan of Arc Reading Group Now Forming
Join Dr. Beth Frazier and Dr. Bill Wilson for a March 9, 2026 (6:30-8:00pm) discussion of Mark Twain's most surprising and deeply personal work: The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, an historical novel he spent 12 years researching and 2 years writing. Not known for his love of Catholic saints, Twain famously remarked that his reverent tribute to the "Maiden of Orleans" was the "best of all my books."
Register today and we will order a free copy of the book for you. Questions?: Email Beth Frazier (eafrazier7@gmail.com).
Free Friday Night Film: THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (1928)!
February 13, 2026 (6:30pm) | UVA Clark Hall 108
Doors open at 6:00pm
All are invited, so treat yourself and invite your friends to a rare screening of this 1928 silent film classic, with English subtitles and Richard Einhorn’s acclaimed Voices of Light musical score. Revered for centuries in France and canonized by the Church in 1920, St. Joan of Arc (1412-1431) was a pious 19-year-old lay peasant visionary who defended France and the king from invaders. Joan was captured, tried, convicted, and executed for heresy in a Catholic ecclesiastical court that resented her military prowess and her private visions of Saints Michael, Margaret, and Catherine. We'll open with brief remarks, but then the trial of La Pucelle (The Maiden) and Mlle. Falconetti will take center stage! O the Drama!!
Interested in more Jeanne d'Arc? Then join the Twain historical novel reading group now forming. Email Beth Frazier (eafrazier7@gmail.com) for details.
Feb. 10, 2026 (6:00pm, Zoom)
Beyond the Tenure Track: Catholic Vocation in Higher Education
Hoos Ready for a mini-Field Trip to the UVA Illuminated Manuscript Collection?
Friday, November 21, 2025, 1:30-2:30PM
UVA Special Collections Library, Room 318
Come discover the technical skills and rich beauty of medieval manuscript illumination from our special guest UVA Special Collections librarian, Rosalind Calhoun, who will introduce us to what image-making and book culture was like before the printing press. We will give special attention to an illustrated life of St. Margaret of Antioch, who is said to have been swallowed whole by a dragon!
Email Dr. Elizabeth Frazier (eas3dm@virginia.edu) or Register here.
This program is supported by the Lumen Christi Institute and the John Templeton Foundation (Grant #63614).
Work, Life, Faith Series
The Way of Beauty: A Panel Discussion with Local Artists
Friday, November 14, 2025, 5:15-8:00PM
St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish
Christian discipleship is a vocation that extends beyond the dismissal of Sunday worship, but how exactly is our faith reflected more holistically within the technical aspects of our work and/or the many other parts of our lives? This is an important but deeply personal question, so we’re gathering a panel of local artists to share their reflections on how their faith, the technical aspects of their work and the personal elements of their lives inform each other, often in profound and surprising ways.
Join us for 5:15pm Mass at St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish, a 6:00pm dinner, and a special 6:30pm panel discussion. Seating is limited, so registration today.
Email Dr. Charles Kromkowski (cak5u@virginia.edu) or REGISTER HERE.
This program is supported by the John Templeton Foundation (Grant #63614). which aims to support Catholic thought institutes at secular universities by promoting understanding of the intellectual virtues and greater appreciation of the pursuit of truth and human flourishing.
Fall 2025 St. Augustine Confessions Reading Group
Have a restless heart? Tired of wasting your time on the world's low-hanging fruits or an endless stream of images that signify nothing? St. Augustine has been there and done that many times over, but he also wrote his autobiographical Confessions to help us and others steer clear of a wasted life. All are invited to join our 4 Friday lunch seminars in September and October. They will be gently led by several seasoned faculty guides. Lunch, fellowship, and copies of the book are all free for those who register, newcomers always are welcomed too. Location: UVA Monroe Hall 110.
September 26 (12:00-2:00pm): Chapters II-V
Cosponsored with the Center for Christian Study and supported by the John Templeton Foundation (Grant #63614).
Fall 2025 Aquinas Reading Group
All are invited to join this faculty-led, (free) lunch group dedicated to reading and discussing the writings and wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274). This semester, our 4 Monday lunch discussions will focus on Aquinas's classroom discussions known as the Disputed Questions on Truth. Newcomers and "just listeners" always are welcomed in this group. Registration requested, but not required. Contact Dr. Anna Stelow (ars5x@virginia.edu).
Time/Location: 12:30-2:00pm, Clark Hall 156
September 22 QDV, Q.1 (What is Truth? What is Falsehood?)
October 6: What is Providence? QDV, Q.5
November 3 (What is Teaching & Learning?), QDV, Q. 11
November 17 (What is Faith?), QDV, Q.14
This program is supported by the John Templeton Foundation (Grant #63614). which aims to support Catholic thought institutes at secular universities by promoting understanding of the intellectual virtues and greater appreciation of the pursuit of truth and human flourishing.
Fall 2025 Mariology Seminars
"As for Mary, she treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart."
Join us for this new lunch study group as we investigate, ponder and treasure Mary as described in sacred Scripture, declared Mary Theotokos by the Council of Ephesus in 431 AD, viewed as Mary the Intercessor in medieval culture and folklore, and revered as Mary the Apparitional Messenger from the hill of Tepeyac to Fatima and Kibeho, and several places in between. We'll meet on Grounds (UVA Clark 156) on 4 Fridays (12:00-1:30pm) for lunch and discussion. Register today.
September 19: The Biblical Mary
October 3: Mary Theotokos, the Council of Ephesus and Hans von Balthasar
October 24: Medieval Marian Devotion and St. Ildelphonsus's Crown
Nov. 14: Modern Marian Apparitions
Email Dr. Beth Frazier (eas3dm@virginia.edu) or REGISTER HERE.
George Weigel
On John Paul II
October 29, 2025, 6:30PM | UVA Ridley Hall G006
As arguably the most important Catholic thinker since St. Thomas Aquinas, Pope John Paul II advanced the noble purpose of human flourishing by emphasizing the dignity of the human person, the integration of faith and reason and of dialogue with the modern sciences, the culture of life as the antidote for modernity’s nihilism and culture of death, the championing of human rights and authentic form of human freedom, and the personal witnessing of Christian courage and the redemptive value of the mystery of human suffering. George Weigel, the best-selling global author, Vatican analyst, biographer and friend of Pope John Paul II, will talk—and answer questions—about the impact of St. John Paul II on Catholicism and geopolitical history, as well as where Catholicism seems to be headed next. George Weigel is the Distinguished Senior Fellow and William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies at the Ethics & Public Policy Cener, a regular essayist, and the author of the two-volume biography of Pope St. John Paul II: Witness to Hope (1999), and its sequel, The End and the Beginning (2010), plus his personal memoir as a papal biographer: Lessons in Hope — My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul II (2017).
Cosponsored with the Blue Ridge Center.
Karin Öberg
Harvard, Astronomy
COSMIC ORIGINS and CHRISTIAN CREATION
Thurs. September 25, 5:30PM | Livestream only
Where do we, life, our planet, and the universe come from? The past 200 years have produced a staggering number of scientific discoveries about our origins. Some are widely believed to contradict or disprove ancient Christian ideas of divine creation and providence. This talk explores the story of cosmic origins offered by the scientific project and examines how it relates to theological ideas at the core of Christianity. Registered here.
Cosponsored with the Harvard Catholic Forum.
This program is supported by the John Templeton Foundation (Grant #63614). which aims to support Catholic thought institutes at secular universities by promoting understanding of science as a gateway to wonder and human flourishing.
August 28, 2025 Welcome Back Social!
All new and returning UVA Graduate Students, Postdocs, Faculty & Friends of the Institute: Welcome Back Social! Thursday, August 28, 6:00-9:00pm, St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish Courtyard. Let's begin the new year together with fellowship, drinks, and Mission BBQ! All are invited, including spouses and friends. Sponsored by the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought and UVA Catholic Graduate Students (GradCats).
Bernanos, The Fearless Heart Reading Group
Interested in joining a Catholic literature reading group? Join us on the evening of May 7 for a discussion of Georges Bernanos's The Fearless Heart, the moving story of 16 Carmelite nuns, who the French Revolution convicted and guillotined on July 17, 1794. Email Beth Frazier: eas3dm@virginia.edu.
Graduate Student Fellowship: Mass + Study
Had or anticipating a long week? Running hard but not catching up? Join us on Saturday, April 26 for the refreshment and encouragement of daily
Mass at 8:30am at St. Thomas Aquinas, followed by coffee, bagels, and a study session from 9-11:30am.
Cosponsored by GradCats and the St. Anselm Institute
Spring 2025 Aquinas Reading Group
All are invited to join this faculty-led, (free) lunch group dedicated to reading and discussing the writings and wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas. This semester, we will meet for monthly lunch discussions of Aquinas's Summa Contra Gentiles and Summa Theologiae. Newcomers and "just listeners" always are welcomed in this group. Registration requested, but not required. Contact Dr. Anna Stelow (ars5x@virginia.edu).
Feb. 27, 2025 (11:30-1:00pm, Clark 156): Summa Contra Gentiles IV, 79-87 (On the Resurrection)
April 10, 2025 (11:30-1:00pm): Summa Contra Gentiles, IV, 88-97 (On the Resurrection), Clark Hall 156
Dr. Scott Hahn
VERITAS: The Saving Truth of Scripture
Friday, April 4, 4:00 PM EDT (online only)
The fundamental questions of "Who am I? and What am I to do?" cannot fully be answered unless we ponder the
prior question "What larger story do I find myself a part of?” In our story-less Tik-Tok world of fleeting images, Dr. Scott Hahn will break open the one larger story in which we all play a part – the history of our brokenness and ultimate salvation. Concealed in the Old Testament and revealed in the New Testament, the saving account and truth of Scripture offers us the only meaningful story that allows us to see not only all of human history but also who we truly are and how we indeed can live a full and meaningful life. Register here.
Co-sponsored with the Harvard Catholic Forum, St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology; St. Paul Parish-Harvard Square; St. Peter Parish-Cambridge, and the Harvard Christian Alumni Society.
Flannery O'Connor 100th Birthday Party/Reading Group
Join us Sunday, March 23 (2:00-4:00pm) as we celebrate the birthday girl with remarks from Prof. Bill Wilson and a discussion of her short story "The Comforts of Home" and selections from her Prayer Journal. And yes, there will be birthday cake and singing, too! St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish-Blue Room. To help with the count, please register here, or email Jasmine Piescik (dbd9he@virginia.edu).
Rediscovering the Christian Heart Lenten Retreat
Faculty, UVA students and staff, and friends of the Institute are invited to join us for a special mini-retreat of fellowship, prayer, Mass, and four short reflections aimed at recovering the inheritance and special meaning of the "heart" in Christian thought and worship.
- First Prayers from the Heart: the Sign of the Cross and the Morning Offering
- What do Christians mean by the "Heart"?: In Scripture, Across the Tradition, and as a Meaningful Philosophical Concept
- Why the Lance-Pierced Heart?: Revealing Christ's Woundability
- Recovering the Liturgical "Heart" at the Last Supper and in the Sacrifice of the Mass
This is a free event and spouses and friends are invited to attend. To assist with planning, especially for the lunch count, registration requested. Questions? Email Beth Frazier (eas3dm@virginia.edu).
Doctors of the Church Lunch Seminar: St. Gregory of Narek (c.950–1003/1011)
This decision did not surprise Armenian Christians, who long have revered the powerful and poetic insights of a cherised teacher whose writings speak "with God from the depths of the Heart." Join us for a (free) lunch seminar designed to provide an introduction to the life and writings of St. Gregory of Narek. Prior experience not expected, but help with us with the count by registering here. Fr. Dominic Legge
Director, Thomistic Institute
"Faith & Science: The Illusion of Conflict"
Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 |7:00 PM
New time & location: UVA Monroe 134
Although historians long ago debunked the idea that the Catholic Church and religious faith are somehow anti-science, many--including most within U.S. universities--still believe there is an inherent conflict between faith and science. Why does this illusion persist and what is the full history of the Church's promotion and support of science? Join us and others for a special lecture by Fr. Dominic Legge O.P, Director of the Thomistic Institute, which promises to clarify not only the history but the reality that that truths of science and the truths of faith do not ever conflict because Truth necessarily is One!
Work, Life, & Faith Dinner Series: Darden Catholic Business Dinner Discussion
"Be examples to the flock" (1 Peter 5:3)
Spiritual Listening:
The Beauty of Music
Introductory talk: Dr. Elizabeth Lyon Hall (COLLIS/Cornell University), "Spiritual Listening as a form of Prayer and Religious expression" Consolation & Contemplation: Reconsiderations of the Faith & Reason Project in Our Secular Age
Join us for any or all of our opening 2025 paired Consolation & Contemplation events, generously made possible with the support of ‘In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide’ (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation.
February 1, 2025: Public Lecture & Panel Discussion
Kevin Hart, "Contemplation:
The Movements of the Soul"
UVA Rotunda Multipurpose Room | 1:00pm Lecture | 2:30 Panel Discussion
What is contemplation? Is it more than focused thinking, but something less than ineffable experiences? What, how and why should one contemplate? Is contemplation only for mystical philosophers or those with religious vocations? Might it be possible for
most of us to lead more contemplative lives? Kevin Hart, Jo Rae Wright University Professor in the Divinity School at Duke University, will introduce us to various philosophical and religious ideas about contemplation, including the spiritual exercises of the ancient Greeks, aspects of Christian spirituality, aesthetic contemplation of nature and art, and the additional perspectives of modern philosophers and other religious and nonreligious traditions.
Cosponsored with the Thomistic Institute @ UVA chapter.
Jan. 24-31, 2025 Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy Reading Group
It's time to bring this classic yet almost forgotten text back into the conversations of the modern University. Know anyone who's lost? confused about who they are? anxious or bitter their pursuits of academic learning, fame, wealth, and power have not or will not make them happy? Then this dialogue between Lady Philosophy and the imprisoned and soon to be executed Boethius will be an eye-opener, more than worthy of a closer look! Lunch and the text provided.
Jan. 24 (1:00-3:00pm): Books I-III (UVA Clark 156)
Jan. 31 (1:00-3:00pm): Books IV-V (with special guest Duke Divinity School Professor Kevin Hart) | UVA Rotunda Multipurpose Room
REGISTER HERE, or email Dr. Beth Frazier (eas3dm@virginia.edu) or Dr. Charles Kromkowski (cak5u@virginia.edu).
Jan. 24, 2025 Welcome Back Social!
All new and returning UVA Graduate Students, Postdocs, Faculty & Friends of the Institute: Welcome Back Social! Friday, January 24, 6:00-8:00pm, St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish Rose & Blue Rooms. Let's begin the new year together with fellowship, food and drinks. All are invited, including spouses and friends. Sponsored by the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought and UVA Catholic Graduate Students (GradCats). Questions? Email Mary Clare Young (cdn3nm) or Candace Lei (sp
w4mt)
Jan. 24, 2025 Welcome Back Social!
All new and returning UVA Graduate Students, Postdocs, Faculty & Friends of the Institute: Welcome Back Social! Friday, January 24, 6:00-8:00pm, St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish Rose & Blue Rooms. Let's begin the new year together with fellowship, food and drinks. All are invited, including spouses and friends. Sponsored by the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought and UVA Catholic Graduate Students (GradCats). Questions? Email Mary Clare Young (cdn3nm) or Candace Lei (spw4mt)
Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024 Lecture
Brandon Vaidyanathan
Professor of Sociology, Catholic University of America
"The Beauty of Understanding: A Global Study on What Scientists Can Teach Us About the Pleasures of Learning"
5:15pm | UVA Minor Hall Auditorium | All are invited
Scientists often are viewed as coldly analytical and rational, unaffected by the beauty and mystery of Nature. Yet like the rest of us, Nobel Laureates and many other scientists openly reveal that they also are deeply moved by unexpected disclosures of beauty in their work as scientists. For a world that too easily forgets to appreciate our immersion in Beauty, Prof. Vaidyanathan will share the findings of a first-ever global survey of 3,500 physicists and biologists in the US, UK, Italy and India on the role of aesthetics in science and the varieties of beauty that scientists encounter in their work.
Cosponsored by the Thomistic Institute @ UVA and the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought, with the generous support of the John Templeton Foundation, "In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on College Campuses Nationwide," (Grant #62372).
Graduate Student Fellowship Dinners
Join UVA graduate/professional students, researchers and postdocs for monthly Fellowship & Dinner events. Our primary goal is to create a forum for friendship and support across our disciplinary divisions, where we can find refreshment and encouragement in the commitments of others to their academic works and our shared Faith. Questions? Interested in helping? Email grad student co-facilitators: Mary Clare Young (Classics, cdn3nm) or Candace Lei (Biomedical Engineering, spw4mt).
Sept. 25, 2024 (Wed., 6:30-8:00pm, @ St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish)
Oct. 30, 2024 (Wed., 6:30-8:00pm, @ St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish)
Nov. 20, 2024 (Wed., 6:30-8:00pm, @ St. Thomas Aquinas Univeristy Parish)
Faith and Reason in the Modern University Minicourse
What is faith? What is reason? And why do many within modern universities believe that authentic faith commitments require their deep separation from one's intellectual and professional pursuits. This free, noncredit minicourse counters the conventional norm by openly exploring the possibility that "Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth" (JPII). But how exactly can the wings of faith and reason work together? Join us as we take up and discuss the life and inspiring texts of Boethius (c.480-524), a Christian philosopher and marytr, who demonstrated how faith and reason flew together.
Seminar 1: The Life, Death, and Theological Tractates of Boethius
Seminar 2: Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy, Books I-III
Seminar 3: Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy, Books IV-V
November TBD, but Registration now open. Questions? Email Dr. Charles Kromkowski
Free Flannery O'Connor Film Night
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2024 | UVA MINOR HALL AUDITORIUM
Directed and co-written by four-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke, WILDCAT invites you to weave in and out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor's mind and short stories as she ponders the great questions of her writing:
- Can scandalous art still serve God?
- Does suffering precede all greatness?
- Can illness be a blessing?
In 1950, Flannery visits her mother Regina in Georgia when she is diagnosed with lupus at 24 years old. Struggling with the same disease that took her father’s life and desperate to make her mark as a great writer, this crisis pitches her imagination into a feverish exploration of belief. As she dives deeper into her craft, the lines between reality, imagination, and faith begin to blur, allowing Flannery ultimately to come to peace with her situation and to a healing of her strained relationship with her mother.
Faith and Science Minicourse (Fall 2024)
3 Fridays (Sept. 13, 20 & 27) 10:00am-12:00pm, w/ Roots lunch cards for registered UVA students
Location: UVA Clark Library 156
- Why do many--including many Catholics--still think that the Church and the Catholic faith are in conflict with the modern sciences?
- How does St. Pope JPII's faith-science dialogue model work?
- Is contemporary Astrophysics in conflict with Creation ex Nihilo?
- Is Evolutionary Science a problem for the Doctrine of Original Sin?
- What Is more reasonable: the meaninglessness of matter's 'heat death' or Christian belief in bodily Resurrection?
- Who apologizes for modern science's long train of mistakes and abuses? What is the replication crisis plaguing modern science? Why does modern science need Christian commitments to truthtelling and the human person?
Challenge yourself--as others have in prior years--by signing up for this in-person, non-credit, faculty-led minicourse. Prior experience is NOT expected. Questions? Email Dr. Beth Frazier or Dr. Charles Kromkowski (cak5u@virginia.edu).
August 29, 2024 Welcome Back Social!
All new and returning UVA Graduate Students, Postdocs and Faculty: Welcome Back Social! Thursday, August 29, 6:00-9:00pm, St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish Courtyard. Let's begin the new year together with fellowship, food and drinks. All are invited, including spouses and friends. Sponsored by the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought and UVA Catholic Graduate Students (GradCats). Questions? Email Mary Clare Young (cdn3nm).
September 6, 2024 Lunch Discussion: St. Faustina Kowalska!
UVA Students & Friends: Join us for a free onGrounds lunch introduction to the inspiring life and writings of the much beloved St. Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938). Friday, Sept. 6 (12:00-1:30pm), UVA Clark Library 156. Reserve a seat by registering or emailing Dr. Beth Frazier (eas3dm@virginia.edu).
2025 Mariology Seminars
"As for Mary, she treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart."
Join us for this new lunch study group as we investigate, ponder and treasure Mary as described in sacred Scripture, declared Mary Theotokos by the Council of Ephesus in 431 AD, viewed as Mary the Intercessor in medieval culture and folklore, and revered as Mary the Messenger from the hill of Tepeyac to Fatima and Kibeho, and several places in between. We'll meet 4 Fridays for lunch and discussion: Feb. 7 and 28, March 21, and April 11.
February 7 (12:00-1:30pm) UVA Clark Library 155: Biblical Mary
Email Dr. Beth Frazier (eas3dm@virginia.edu) or REGISTER HERE.
Spring 2026 Events Registration Forms
Episcopal Moderator
Faculty Steering Committee
Charles Kromkowski, Politics, Executive Director
John Miller, Classics
Ed Stelow, Medical School
William M. Wilson, Religious Studies
Contact the Institute:
