Reading Group: Pope Benedict XVI’s Spe Salvi Over six weeks the reading group will discuss this too often neglected encyclical. Topics include the nature of specifically Christian hope, the meaning of death, and the secularisation and loss of hope in the modern world. The discussion will be led by Edward Hadas, Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. His book Counsels…
The Las Casas Institute in partnership with St Mary’s University and the Pastoral Review are holding a two-part online symposium on Fratelli Tutti. In the second part of the event, St Mary’s University is hosting a Zoom panel discussion entitled “Being Without Borders: What does Fratelli Tutti mean for global co-operation?” Featuring: Lord John Alderdice, University of Oxford Dr Theodora…
De Magistro: Aquinas and the Education of the Whole Person Aquinas Seminar Series exploring what Aquinas offers towards a philosophy and praxis of education, bringing him into conversation with other thinkers and with movements towards educating the whole person 4.30 – 6.00 p.m. on Thursdays, online. Registration is required for each event separately. 25 February Rev Prof Vivian Boland, OP…
Counsels of Imperfection: Thinking Through Catholic Social Teaching by Edward Hadas For more than a century, the teaching authority of the Catholic Church has attempted to walk along with the modern world, criticizing what is bad and praising what is good. Counsels of Imperfection described the current state of that fairly bumpy journey. The book starts with an introduction to…
Reading Group: Pope Benedict XVI’s Spe Salvi Over six weeks the reading group will discuss this too often neglected encyclical. Topics include the nature of specifically Christian hope, the meaning of death, and the secularisation and loss of hope in the modern world. The discussion will be led by Edward Hadas, Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. His book Counsels…
**Due to the Italian State’s current DPCM, this event will now only be LIVESTREAMED using the links below on the Angelicum’s YouTube channel. Join us for the Online celebration of our university’s Patron, St. Thomas Aquinas, for a Holy Mass celebrated by His Eminence, Marc Cardinal Ouellet, followed by an address to the university by Fr. Giuseppe Barzaghi, O.P.…
Teleology (goal-directedness) originated in the western world with Plato and Aristotle. Like virtually everyone before the modern age, they agreed that the purposefulness of nature was self-evident. However, with the advent of the scientific revolution, the reality of inbuilt finality was first questioned and then rejected by mainstream philosophy and science https://angelicum.it/event/teleology-in-physics-and-biology-online/
The Christian Literary Imagination Series Over the course of the 2020-2021 academic year, the Future of the Humanities Project is sponsoring a series of webinars on the Christian literary imagination in collaboration with Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford. The ‘Christian Literary Imagination Series’ will explore the role and function of the arts and humanities in the development of the individual…
Il carisma di san Domenico negli scritti cateriniani L'amore creativo e misericordioso di Dio Trinità in Caterina da Siena e il carisma teologico domenicano (Pablo Carlos Sicouly) Live webinar on Zoom Meeting @17.30 Registration required! Please contact : centrostudicateriniani@gmail.com The recording of the meeting will be available on the Centro Internazionale di Studi Cateriniani's YouTube Channel
De Magistro: Aquinas and the Education of the Whole Person Aquinas Seminar Series exploring what Aquinas offers towards a philosophy and praxis of education, bringing him into conversation with other thinkers and with movements towards educating the whole person 4.30 – 6.00 p.m. on Thursdays, online. Registration is required for each event separately. 29 April Rev Dr Nicholas Austin, SJ…
De Magistro: Aquinas and the Education of the Whole Person Aquinas Seminar Series exploring what Aquinas offers towards a philosophy and praxis of education, bringing him into conversation with other thinkers and with movements towards educating the whole person 4.30 – 6.00 p.m. on Thursdays, online. Registration is required for each event separately. 6 May Prof Fáinche Ryan (Loyola Institute,…
De Magistro: Aquinas and the Education of the Whole Person Aquinas Seminar Series exploring what Aquinas offers towards a philosophy and praxis of education, bringing him into conversation with other thinkers and with movements towards educating the whole person 4.30 – 6.00 p.m. on Thursdays, online. Registration is required for each event separately. 20 May Prof Adam Eitel (Yale Divinity…