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This talk was offered at UC Berkeley on April 8th, 2019.For more information on upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events/the-se…-beyond-earthSpeak Bio:Jonathan I. Lunine is The David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences at Cornell University and Director of the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, His research focuses on astrophysics, planetary science and astrobiology. In addition to his responsibilities in the classroom, he serves as Interdisciplinary Scientist on the James Webb Space Telescope project and is a coinvestigator on the Juno mission currently in orbit around Jupiter.Lunine is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the 2014 recipient of the Jean Dominique Cassini Medal of the European Geosciences Union. He is the author of Astrobiology: A Multidisciplinary Approach and Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World.Lunine obtained a B.S. in physics and astronomy from the University of Rochester (1980), an M.S. (1983) and a Ph.D. (1985) in planetary science from the California Institute of Technology.He lives in Ithaca New York, where he is a member of St. Catherine of Siena parish. In 2016 Lunine helped to found the Society of Catholic Scientists and currently serves as its vice president.

The annual St. Mary’s Lecture at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in New Haven, CT was held on April 8th, 2019.The lecture was given by George Weigel (Ethics and Public Policy Center) on the themes of his recent book by the same name, published last year by Ignatius Press.For more information about upcoming TI events, visit:

This talk was given the University of Oklahoma on April 2nd, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1About the speaker:Dr. Cleveland received his B.A. in philosophy and biblical studies from Taylor University, his M.A.R. in philosophical theology & philosophy of religion from Yale Divinity School, and his Ph.D. in philosophy from Baylor University (2014). Before coming to UMary, he conducted postdoctoral research at Saint Louis University on the virtue of intellectual humility.His research interests are in ethics, moral psychology, and philosophy of religion. He is especially interested in the study of virtues and emotions, the relation between the two, and the role of each in the moral and intellectual life. For example, he has defended an account of the virtue of courage with focus on its emotional excellences. He also has broad interests in metaphysics, theology, the history of philosophy, and the thought of Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas.

This talk was given at Baylor University on March 28th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1About the Speaker:Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., completed his Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.E.) in Bioengineering, summa cum laude, at the University of Pennsylvania, and then earned his Ph.D. in Biology from M.I.T. in the laboratory of Professor Leonard Guarente, where he was a fellow of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). He was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers in May of 2004. He completed his Pontifical License in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) in Moral Theology, summa cum laude, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, in 2005, and a Pontifical Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.), magna cum laude, at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, in 2015.Fr. Austriaco currently serves as Professor of Biology and of Theology at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. His NIH-funded laboratory at Providence College is investigating the genetics of programmed cell death using the yeasts, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans, as model organisms. Papers describing his research have been published in PLoS ONE, FEMS Yeast Research, Microbial Cell, Cell, the Journal of Cell Biology, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, among others. In philosophy and theology, his essays have been published in the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Theological Studies, Nova et Vetera, The Thomist, Science and Theology, and the Linacre Quarterly. His first book, Biomedicine and Beatitude: An Introduction to Catholic Bioethics, was published by the Catholic University of America Press in 2011. It was recognized as a 2012 Choice outstanding academic title by the Association of College and Research Libraries.

This talk was offered for our chapter at the United States Naval Academy on March 26th, 2019.For more information on upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1Speaker Bio:Paul Gondreau earned his doctorate in sacred theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, writing under the renowned Thomist scholar Rev. JeanPierre Torrell, O.P. He is professor of theology at Providence College in Rhode Island, where he teaches/has taught courses on marriage, Christology, the theology of Thomas Aquinas, the Church, the Eucharist, the Sacraments, and the Catholic thought of J.R.R. Tolkien.He has a published manuscript on Christ's human passions in the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas and has published numerous essays in the area of Thomistic Christology, Thomistic anthropology, a Thomistic account of human sexuality, and a Thomistic theology of disability. He is associate editor of the theological journal Nova et Vetera, and has served as a consultant to the USCCB's committee on marriage and family.

This talk was offered at the University of Maryland, College Park on March 28th, 2019.For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1Speak Bio:Professor Raymond Hain is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Providence College and Associate Director of the Providence College Humanities Program. He received his BA in Philosophy from Christendom College and his MA and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, where he studied under Ralph McInerny and David Solomon. He works primarily in moral philosophy in the Thomistic tradition, as well as topics in applied ethics (especially bioethics and the ethics of architecture) and connections between philosophy and literature. As part of the Humanities Program, he directs the Providence College Humanities Forum and the Providence College Humanities Reading Seminars.

This lecture was given at MIT on Friday, March 15th, 2019. For more info on upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1.About the speaker:Alexander Pruss has doctorates both in philosophy and mathematics, and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University. His books include The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment (Cambridge University Press), One Body: An Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics (Notre Dame University Press), and Actuality, Possibility and Worlds (Continuum). His research areas include metaphysics, philosophy of religion, Christian ethics, philosophy of mathematics and formal epistemology.

This talk was offered at Duke University on March 7, 2019.For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1Speaker Bio:Dr. Paige Hochschild is a professor of historical and systematic theology at Mount St. Mary's University (MD), specializing in Augustine, Thomas Aquinas and the early Church. She also teaches philosophy courses at the Seminary at Mount St. Mary's. She has written a book on the place of memory in Augustine's theological anthropology, and publishes on the Church, education, tradition, 20th c. theological debates within the Church (Scripture, history; marriage).

This talk was offered at the University of Oklahoma on March 5th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1.About the speaker:Dr. Matthew Ramage is Associate Professor of Theology at Benedictine College in Atchison, KS. He is author, coauthor, or cotranslator of several books, including Dark Passages of the Bible: Engaging Scripture with Benedict XVI and Thomas Aquinas (Catholic University of America Press, 2013) and Jesus, Interpreted: Benedict XVI, Bart Ehrman, and the Historical Truth of the Gospels (CUA Press, 2017). Dr. Ramage's articles have appeared in a variety of scholarly journals including Nova et Vetera, Scripta Theologica, Cithara, and Homiletic and Pastoral Review as well as popular online venues such as Strange Notions, The Gregorian Institute, and Crisis. Dr. Ramage has been interviewed by news outlets including the National Catholic Register and First Things and has made periodic appearances on the EWTN programs Catholic Answers Live, Catholicism on Campus, and The Son Rise Morning Show. Dr. Ramage lives in Atchison, Kansas, with his wife, Jennifer, and five children. For more on his work and his CV, visit Dr. Ramage's website www.truthincharity.com.

This talk was offered at George Mason University on March 5th, 2019.For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1About the Speaker:Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed the Ph.D. in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity (specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology) and the secondary area of systematic theology. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University America Press and Ignatius Press. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, 2015.

The panel discussion concluded the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019.

The lecture was given as part of the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019.

The lecture was given as part of the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019.Presenters:Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. (Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute)Prof. Steven Jensen - University of St. Thomas (Houston)Fr. John Corbett, O.P. - Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate ConceptionConference Titles:1. Principles of the Moral Life2. The One Thing Necessary: The Last End and Beatitude3. Our Good and God: Our Place Within the Greater Good4. In Us Without Us: The Infused Virtues5. Beyond Human Means: The Gifts of the Holy SpiritRetreat Theme Description:In the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas, all creation proceeds from God and returns to him. With the complication of sin, that return is complicated. In Jesus Christ and through the sacraments, God orchestrates the redemption of sinful man by gradually introducing him into the life of divine communion. And, in that movement, man is engaged not merely as a passive recipient, but also as an agent—as a protagonist.Given this understanding, questions of morality cannot simply be boiled down to do’s and don’ts. For St. Thomas, the moral life is first about God and then about the way we are called to return to Him. This is what we mean by “the good life.”For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

The lecture was given as part of the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019.Presenters:Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. (Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute)Prof. Steven Jensen - University of St. Thomas (Houston)Fr. John Corbett, O.P. - Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate ConceptionConference Titles:1. Principles of the Moral Life2. The One Thing Necessary: The Last End and Beatitude3. Our Good and God: Our Place Within the Greater Good4. In Us Without Us: The Infused Virtues5. Beyond Human Means: The Gifts of the Holy SpiritRetreat Theme Description:In the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas, all creation proceeds from God and returns to him. With the complication of sin, that return is complicated. In Jesus Christ and through the sacraments, God orchestrates the redemption of sinful man by gradually introducing him into the life of divine communion. And, in that movement, man is engaged not merely as a passive recipient, but also as an agent—as a protagonist.Given this understanding, questions of morality cannot simply be boiled down to do’s and don’ts. For St. Thomas, the moral life is first about God and then about the way we are called to return to Him. This is what we mean by “the good life.”For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

The lecture was given as part of the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019.The handout for the lecture can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/0ByaUbskx…view?usp=sharingPresenters:Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. (Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute)Prof. Steven Jensen - University of St. Thomas (Houston)Fr. John Corbett, O.P. - Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate ConceptionConference Titles:1. Principles of the Moral Life2. The One Thing Necessary: The Last End and Beatitude3. Our Good and God: Our Place Within the Greater Good4. In Us Without Us: The Infused Virtues5. Beyond Human Means: The Gifts of the Holy SpiritRetreat Theme Description:In the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas, all creation proceeds from God and returns to him. With the complication of sin, that return is complicated. In Jesus Christ and through the sacraments, God orchestrates the redemption of sinful man by gradually introducing him into the life of divine communion. And, in that movement, man is engaged not merely as a passive recipient, but also as an agent—as a protagonist.Given this understanding, questions of morality cannot simply be boiled down to do’s and don’ts. For St. Thomas, the moral life is first about God and then about the way we are called to return to Him. This is what we mean by “the good life.”For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

This lecture was offered at UVA on March 21st, 2019. For more info on upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1Speaker Bio:R. J. Snell is Director of the Center on the University and Intellectual Life. Prior to his appointment at the Witherspoon Institute, he was for many years Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy Program at Eastern University and the Templeton Honors College, where he founded and directed the Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good.He earned his M.A. in philosophy at Boston College, and his Ph.D. in philosophy at Marquette University. Research interests include the liberal arts, ethics, natural law theory, Thomas Aquinas, the Catholic intellectual tradition, and the work of Bernard Lonergan, SJ.He is the author of Through a Glass Darkly: Bernard Lonergan and Richard Rorty on Knowing without a God’s-eye View (Marquette, 2006), Authentic Cosmopolitanism (with Steve Cone, Pickwick, 2013), The Perspective of Love: Natural Law in a New Mode (Pickwick, 2014), Acedia and Its Discontents (Angelico, 2015), and co-editor of Subjectivity: Ancient and Modern (Lexington, 2016) and Nature: Ancient and Modern (Lexington), as well as articles, chapters, and essays in a variety of scholarly and popular venues. He and his family reside in the Princeton area.

This talk was offered on April 3rd, 2019 at the Angelicum in preparation for Holy Week.For more information about upcoming TI events visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

This talk was offered at California State University, Fullerton on March 20, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1Speaker Bio:Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University and a member of the James Madison Society of Princeton University. In 2015, he was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City, and he serves as a Consultor to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame.A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kaczor is a former Federal Chancellor Fellow at the University of Cologne and William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He is an award winning author of twelve books including The Gospel of Happiness, The Seven Big Myths about Marriage, A Defense of Dignity, The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church, The Ethics of Abortion, O Rare Ralph McInerny: Stories and Reflections on a Legendary Notre Dame Professor, Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues; Life IssuesMedical Choices; Thomas Aquinas on Faith, Hope, and Love; The Edge of Life, and Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition.Dr. Kaczor’s views have been in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, National Review, NPR, BBC, EWTN, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, TEDx, and The Today Show.

This talk was offered on March 19th, 2019 at University of South Carolina. For more information about upcoming TI events, check out thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

The lecture was given as part of the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019.

This lecture was offered at Brown University on March 12th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1Speaker BioThérèseAnne Druart is ordinary professor at the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America, where she has been teaching since 1987. Before that she had become an associate professor at Georgetown University (1978-87). She obtained an M.A. in Medieval Studies (1971) and a Ph.D. in Philosophy with a dissertation on Plato (1973) at the Université Catholique de Louvain and a B.Phil. in Medieval Islamic Philosophy and Theology at Oxford (1975). In 1975-1976 she was a Research fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies of Harvard University. Her field is Medieval Philosophy in Islamic Lands. She has edited several books and published more than 80 articles. Every year she publishes on the web the bibliography for Medieval and PostClassical Islamic Philosophy. She has been president for the Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy (2000-2002), President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association (2009-2010) and since 2010 is president of SIHSPAI (Société Internationale d’Histoire des Sciences et de la Philosophie Arabe et Islamique, Paris). In 2014 she was awarded the Marianist Award.

This lecture was held on March 6th, 2019 at Yale Law School. For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1About the Speaker:Joseph E. Capizzi is Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of America. He teaches in the areas of social and political theology, with special interests in issues in peace and war, citizenship, political authority, and Augustinian theology. He has written, lectured, and published widely on just war theory, bioethics, the history of moral theology, and political liberalism.Dr. Capizzi is the Executive Director of the Institute for Human Ecology at Catholic University. He received his B.A. from the University of Virginia, his Masters in Theological Studies from Emory University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame. He lives in Maryland with his wife and six children.

This lecture was given for our chapter at Yale University on March 4th, 2019 by Prof. Thérèse- Anne Druart (The Catholic University of America).Thérèse- Anne Druart is ordinary professor at the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America, where she has been teaching since 1987. Before that she had become an associate professor at Georgetown University (197887). She obtained an M.A. in Medieval Studies (1971) and a Ph.D. in Philosophy with a dissertation on Plato (1973) at the Université Catholique de Louvain and a B.Phil. in Medieval Islamic Philosophy and Theology at Oxford (1975). In 19751976 she was a Research fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies of Harvard University. Her field is Medieval Philosophy in Islamic Lands. She has edited several books and published more than 80 articles. Every year she publishes on the web the bibliography for Medieval and PostClassical Islamic Philosophy. She has been president for the Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy (20002002), President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association (20092010) and since 2010 is president of SIHSPAI (Société Internationale d’Histoire des Sciences et de la Philosophie Arabe et Islamique, Paris). In 2014 she was awarded the Marianist Award.

This lecture was held on March 4th, 2019 at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1Event Description:Alexander Pruss, a mathematician and philosopher, will discuss how phenomena such as paradoxes of infinity and the elegant beauty of the laws of physics point to the existence of a cause for the universe. He will then examine whether this cause is likely to be God.About the Speaker:Alexander Pruss has doctorates both in philosophy and mathematics, and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University. His books include The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment (Cambridge University Press), One Body: An Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics (Notre Dame University Press), and Actuality, Possibility and Worlds (Continuum). His research areas include metaphysics, philosophy of religion, Christian ethics, philosophy of mathematics and formal epistemology.

This talk was hosted as part of the ongoing DC Young Adult's Speaker Series, hosted at St. Charles Borromeo Church, Arlington, VA. The lecture was held on March 11th, 2019 and sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Diocese of Arlington. The talk handout is available at: tinyurl.com/u5ndo2dFor more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1Speaker Bio:Michael Root is Ordinary Professor of Systematic Theology at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. Root is a native of Norfolk, Virginia and studied at Dartmouth College (B.A.) and Yale University (Ph.D. in theology). He was received into the Catholic Church in August, 2010. His particular theological interests are ecumenical relations, eschatology/last things, and grace and justification.Root has been a member of the US and international LutheranCatholic dialogues, the US LutheranUnited Methodist dialogue, the AnglicanLutheran International Working Group, and the AnglicanLutheran International Commission. He served on the drafting teams that produced the LutheranRoman Catholic Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.

This talk was part of the Spring NYU Conference on "Does Politics Need God?" It featured Prof. Paul Rahe (Hillsdale College), Prof. Steve Long (Ave Maria University), Sohrab Ahmari (New York Post), and a panel including Prof. Robert George (Princeton University), Prof. Vincent Phillip Muñoz (University of Notre Dame) and Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute).This even was graciously co-sponsored by the University of Notre Dame Tocqueville Program

This lecture was given by Prof. Paul Rahe (Hillsdale College)at our conference at the Catholic Center at NYU, "Does Politics Need God?"Co-sponsored by the University of Notre Dame Tocqueville Program

This lecture was given by Fr. Gregory Pine, OP, for our chapter at UT Austin on March 27th, 2019.About the Speaker:Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies.

This lecture was given by Dr. William Hurlbut (Stanford University) for a series at St. Catherine of Siena Parish in New York City on, "Health Care and God's Providence: Resources and Medical Professionals."This series was co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute, Archcare, and the Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry of New York.

This talk was offered at Brown University on March 13th, 2019For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1Speaker BioJennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to taking up her current appointment as Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. Jennifer's research interests lie at the intersection of virtue ethics and action theory. She has publications in The Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Journal of Analytic Philosophy, and in several edited volumes. She is the recipient of several grants, including a 2.1 million dollar project awarded by the John Templeton Foundation, titled "Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning in Life." She is currently at work on three separate book projects.

This talk was offered at University of Texas at Austin on March 9th, as the third lecture in a 3 part conference on "The Christian Imagination: Reflections of Flannery O'Connor, J.R.R. Tolkien, & C.S. Lewis."The lectures offered included:"A Pilgrim’s Progress: The Christian Imagination of Flannery O’Connor" - Raymond Hain (Providence College)"Tolkien’s Wizardry: How Metaphysics Molded Middle-Earth, and Middle-Earth Shaped the Post-Modern World" - Robert Koons (University of Texas at Austin)"The Practice and Theory of Imagination in C.S. Lewis" - Robert Royal (Faith & Reason Institute)To learn more about upcoming events hosted by the TI, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

This talk was offered at University of Texas at Austin on March 9th, as the second lecture in a 3 part conference on "The Christian Imagination: Reflections of Flannery O'Connor, J.R.R. Tolkien, & C.S. Lewis."The lectures offered included:"A Pilgrim’s Progress: The Christian Imagination of Flannery O’Connor" - Raymond Hain (Providence College)"Tolkien’s Wizardry: How Metaphysics Molded Middle-Earth, and Middle-Earth Shaped the Post-Modern World" - Robert Koons (University of Texas at Austin)"The Practice and Theory of Imagination in C.S. Lewis" - Robert Royal (Faith & Reason Institute)To learn more about upcoming events hosted by the TI, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

This talk was offered at University of Texas at Austin on March 9th, as the first lecture in a 3 part conference on "The Christian Imagination: Reflections of Flannery O'Connor, J.R.R. Tolkien, & C.S. Lewis."The lectures offered included:"A Pilgrim’s Progress: The Christian Imagination of Flannery O’Connor" - Raymond Hain (Providence College)"Tolkien’s Wizardry: How Metaphysics Molded Middle-Earth, and Middle-Earth Shaped the Post-Modern World" - Robert Koons (University of Texas at Austin)"The Practice and Theory of Imagination in C.S. Lewis" - Robert Royal (Faith & Reason Institute)To learn more about upcoming events hosted by the TI, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

This lecture was offered for our chapter at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario on March 11th, 2019.For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website:www. thomisticinstitute.org.About the speaker:Michael Gorman is a Professor of Philosophy at CUA. He received a doctorate in philosophy from SUNY Buffalo and a doctorate in theology from Boston College. He is also a scholar in the Templeton Virtue Project and a fellow of CUA's Institute for Human Ecology. He recently published a book, Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union, published by Cambridge University Press.

This lecture was delivered at the University of Arizona on February 19, 2019. For more information about upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

This talk was offered at NYU on March 9th, 2019 as part of the day long conference "Does Politics Need God?"The conference featuring Prof. Paul Rahe (Hillsdale College), Prof. Steve Long (Ave Maria University), Sohrab Ahmari (New York Post), and a panel including Prof. Robert George (Princeton University), Prof. Vincent Phillip Muñoz (University of Notre Dame) and Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute). It was co-sponsored by the University of Notre Dame Tocqueville ProgramFor more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

This lecture was given for our chapter at Harvard University on march 7th, 2019.For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.orgAbout the speaker:Therese Scarpelli Cory is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, specializing in the thought of Thomas Aquinas and his Arabic sources. She loves discussing philosophy with her students, and is especially interested in problems relating to the human person, the mind / soul, and how to live well.

This talk was offered at Trinity University, San Antonio on February 11th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1Lecture Description:Every year around Christmas and Easter, it seems, the media runs a story about “who Jesus really was.” Magazine articles and television specials purport to tell us the truth about the man from Nazareth – a truth, they often claim, that the Church has tried to cover up for centuries. These stories represent one popular manifestation of what has come to be known as the “quest for the historical Jesus.” While this quest is a legitimate scholarly discipline, it can sometimes unsettle believers, leading them to question the reliability of the gospels and the truth of the Church’s faith in Christ. In this talk, Fr. Morales will first consider a couple of the main presuppositions that underlie much historical Jesus scholarship. He will then discuss the nature of the gospels and their relation to history. Finally, he will offer a brief sketch of what we can know about Jesus based simply on historical research, arguing that a responsible historical sketch helps to illuminate the Church’s faith in Christ.Speaker Bio:Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P. entered the Dominican novitiate for the Province of St. Joseph in the summer of 2012. Before joining the order, Fr. Isaac received a BSE in civil engineering from Duke University, an MTS with a concentration in biblical studies from the University of Notre Dame, and a PhD in New Testament from Duke University. After completing his PhD, he taught in the department of theology at Marquette University for four years. During the academic year 201112, he was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the LudwigMaximilians Universität in Munich. Fr. was ordained to the priesthood in May of 2018.

This lecture was given at our chapter at Texas A&M University on February 25, 2019.For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.orgSpeaker Bio:Gloria Frost is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Her areas of research are medieval philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and the history of science. She is an assistant editor for the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly and on the executive councils for the American Catholic Philosophical Association and the Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. She is married to Jake Frost, author of "Catholic Dad" and the "Happy Jar," and they have four children.

This talk was offered for as part of our Thomistic Circle Series, "On Sacrifice and the Virtue of Religion" held at DHS on March 1st & 2nd, 2019.The handout prepared by Fr. Langevin can be found here: tinyurl.com/wntw4z4This conference featured Prof. Reinhard Huetter (The Catholic University of America), Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Prof. Gary Anderson (University of Notre Dame), and Fr. David Meconi, SJ (St. Louis University).

Fr. Gregory Pine explores the idea of Lent as a penitential season that helps individuals confront their own limitations and weaknesses, challenging the notion of inevitable progress and perfection. He delves into the Christian concepts of original justice, original sin, and redemption, highlighting how these shape human nature and our relationship with God.This talk was given by Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. for the Thomistic Institute's University College Dublin chapter on March 6, 2019.For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org.

This talk was offered for as part of our Thomistic Circle Series, "On Sacrifice and the Virtue of Religion" held at DHS on March 1st & 2nd, 2019.This conference featured Prof. Reinhard Huetter (The Catholic University of America), Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Prof. Gary Anderson (University of Notre Dame), and Fr. David Meconi, SJ (St. Louis University).

This talk was offered for as part of our Thomistic Circle on "On Sacrifice and the Virtue of Religion" held at DHS on March 1st & 2nd, 2019.This featured Prof. Reinhard Huetter (The Catholic University of America), Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Prof. Gary Anderson (University of Notre Dame), and Fr. David Meconi, SJ (St. Louis University).

This lecture was offered at our chapter at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on February 22nd, 2019.For more information on upcoming events, visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org.

This lecture was delivered to the Thomistic Institute's Harvard University Undergraduate chapter on March 21, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/.

This lecture was given by Prof. James Madden for our chapter at the University of South Carolina on February 13th, 2019.For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org.About the Speaker:James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College. He lives in Atchison, Kansas with his wife (Jennifer) and their six children; William, Martha, J. Patrick, Brendan, Jack, and Cormac. He is originally from Wisconsin, where he received a B.A. from St. NorbertCollege, and did his graduate work at Kent State (MA, 1998) and Purdue (Ph.D., 2002). He was awarded the Benedictine College Distinguished Educator of the Year Award in 2006.

This talk was offered on February 15th, 2019. For more info about upcoming TI events in North America check out, thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/For events in Europe, visit: angelicum.it/thomistic-institute/thomistic-events/Speaker Bio:Thomas Joseph White, O.P., entered the Order of Preachers in 2003. His research and teaching have focused particularly on topics related to Thomistic metaphysics and Christology as well as Roman Catholic-Reformed ecumenical dialogue.He is the author of Wisdom in the Face of Modernity: A Study in Thomistic Natural Theology (Sapientia Press, 2009), The Incarnate Lord: A Thomistic Study in Christology (The Catholic University of America Press, 2015), Exodus (Brazos Press, 2016), and The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (The Catholic University of America Press, 2017). He has edited several books, and is co-editor of the theological journal Nova et Vetera (English edition). In 2011 he was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. He is currently teaching at the Angelicum in Rome and is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelcum.

This talk was offered on February 16th, 2019 at Princeton Theological Seminary. It was one of the talks offered at the "Faith, Science and Nature Conference" co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Scala Foundation and PTS.For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1Speaker Bio:Michael Gorman is Ordinary Professor of Philosophy at CUA. He received a doctorate in philosophy from SUNY Buffalo and a doctorate in theology from Boston College. He is also a scholar in the Templeton Virtue Project and a fellow of CUA's Institute for Human Ecology. He recently published a book, Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union, published by Cambridge University Press.

This talk was offered on February 16th, 2019 at Princeton Theological Seminary. It was one of the talks offered at the "Faith, Science and Nature Conference" co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Scala Foundation and PTS.For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1Speaker Bio:Professor Stephen Barr teaches at the University of Delaware in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. His research interests focus on elementary particle theory, supersymmetric grand unified theories, and cosmology.

This talk was offered on February 16th, 2019 at Princeton Theological Seminary. It was one of the talks offered at the "Faith, Science and Nature Conference" co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Scala Foundation and PTS.For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1Speaker Bio:Margarita Mooney is an Associate Professor of Congregational Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary and also the founder of the Scala Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to reinvigorating classical liberal arts education and preserving the ideas and practices necessary to maintain a free society.Dr. Mooney holds a B.A. in Psychology from Yale University, and then earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from Princeton University, publishing her dissertation as the book, "Faith Makes Us Live: Surviving and Thriving in the Haitian Diaspora" in 2009.Before returning to Princeton in 2016, Dr. Mooney was on the faculty of the Sociology Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2007-2013, and then served on the faculty for the Sociology Dept. at Yale University from 2013-2016. Her research has been funded by two grants from the John Templeton Foundation totaling more than $3 million. She is currently working on a book manuscript tentatively entitled Living a Broken Life, Beautifully that explores the religious lives of young adults who have experienced traumatic life events.