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A lecture on the existence of God
2023-03-02 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
A lecture on the existence of God

Thursday, March 2, 2023
7:00 PM 8:30 PM

University of Washington
The chapter of the Thomistic Institute at the University of Washington presents a lecture by Prof. Michael Gorman of The Catholic University of America on the existence of God.
Thursday, March 2
Time TBD
This lecture is free and open to the public.

About the Speaker:
Michael Gorman is professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He has doctorates in philosophy and theology. He has authored over thirty academic papers and a book entitled Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge University Press, 2017). His main interests are metaphysics, human nature, and ethics.
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Artificial Intelligence and the Soul: Can Computers Be People Too?
2023-03-02 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Artificial Intelligence and the Soul: Can Computers Be People Too?

Thursday, March 2, 2023
7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Texas A&M University
The Thomistic Institute at Texas A&M University presents a lecture by Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology titled “Artificial Intelligence and the Soul: Can Computers Be People Too?”
Thursday, March 2
7:00 PM
Rudder 301
This lecture is free and open to the public.
About the Speaker:
Anselm Ramelow is a Catholic priest in the Order of Preachers. He is professor of philosophy at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley and currently the chair of the philosophy department. He obtained his doctorate under Robert Spaemann in Munich on Leibniz and the Spanish Jesuits (Gott, Freiheit, Weltenwahl, 1997) and did theological work on George Lindbeck and the question of a Thomist philosophy and theology of language (Beyond Modernism? George Lindbeck and the Linguistic Turn in Theology, 2005). He contributed articles to the Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophy and essays on topics at the intersection of philosophy and theology, as well as a translation and commentary on part of Aquinas’ De veritate. He continues to work on questions of free will, philosophy of religion (miracles, existence and nature of God), and philosophical aesthetics.
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The Work of Fear in the Human Heart
2023-03-02 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
The Work of Fear in the Human Heart

Thursday, March 2, 2023
6:30 PM 8:00 PM

College of William and Mary
The Thomistic Institute at the College of William and Mary presents a lecture by Sr. Anna Wray of The Catholic University of America titled “The Work of Fear in the Human Heart.”
Thursday, March 2
6:30 PM
Small 235
This lecture is free and open to the public.
About the speaker
A native of New Canaan, Connecticut, Sister Anna Wray received her bachelor’s degree in philosophy from The Catholic University of America in 2002 and subsequently entered the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia. After completing her initial religious formation at her community’s motherhouse in Nashville, Sister Anna taught for five years at the high school level in Knoxville and Chattanooga. She also spent a year in Australia, preparing for World Youth Day. She then returned to Catholic University, and in 2019 completed a doctorate in philosophy. Her dissertation was on “Noetic Thinking in Aristotle’s De Anima III.6.” Sister previously taught as a First Year Experience fellow at the university and as an adjunct professor at Aquinas College. She currently serves as an assistant professor in the philosophy department at the Catholic University of America.

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Can Rule by AI Be Like Rule by a God?
2023-03-02 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
Can Rule by AI Be Like Rule by a God?

Thursday, March 2, 2023
6:30 PM 7:30 PM

University of Virginia
The Thomistic Institute at the University of Virginia presents a lecture by Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. of the Dominican House of Studies titled “Can Rule by an AI Be Like Rule by a God?”
Thursday, March 2
6:30 PM
Clark Hall 107
This lecture is free and open to the public.
About the Speaker:
Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. is a Dominican friar of the Province of St. Joseph. He was born and raised in Connecticut and studied philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He joined the Order of Preachers in 2007, making his solemn vows in 2011 and was ordained to the priesthood in 2013. Fr. Little has a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of The Catholic University of America and received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Virginia, where he completed a dissertation entitled Aristotelian Change and the Scala Naturae. He primarily works on topics of interest in Aristotelian-Thomism and natural philosophy. He has previously taught at Providence College and is now a member of the faculty of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.
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JP2 Lectures // Dariusz Karłowicz: Reset or Revolution? Contemporary Problems of Political Stability and Some Ancient Solutions
2023-03-01 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Rome)
ST. JOHN PAUL II INSTITUTE OF CULTURE
On Wednesday, March 1, 2023, we invite you to the sixth JP2 Lecture, which will be given by dr Dariusz Karłowicz, Program Director of St. John Paul II Institute of Culture. The lecture entitled “Reset or Revolution? Contemporary Problems of Political Stability and Some Ancient Solutions” will begin at 3:00 p.m. (CET) in Aula 11 at the Angelicum (Largo Angelicum, 1, 00184 Rome).
Can political and legal stability be a political problem? Is it possible that what seems to be the goal and the best fruit of good policy can lead to degeneration of the political system, injustice and crisis? How does stability relate to conflicts and deep divisions within Western societies? Has history known political crises similar to the one tearing Western societies apart today? Have effective solutions ever been found to deal with the toxic side effects of stability? If so, what did they consist of? Can we apply them to our problems? This is a list of questions I will try to answer in my lecture – Dariusz Karłowicz
Dariusz Karłowicz – philosopher, lecturer, publicist, book publisher. Co-founder and editor-in-chief of the philosophical yearbook “Teologia Polityczna” and president of the Saint Nicholas Foundation. In 1997, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (thesis under the supervision of Professor Juliusz Domański). In 2005, he published the book “Socrates and Other Saints”, which deals with the philosophical foundations of the ideas represented by the early Christians and the Fathers of the Church. The book resonated with the public and received positive reviews in both the Catholic and the large-circulation mainstream press. In 2017, the book was translated into English under the title “Socrates and Other Saints: Early Christian Understandings of Reason and Philosophy”. Co-founder and initiator of the John Paul II Institute of Culture at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), established on the centenary of Karol Wojtyla’s birth.
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Sin and Sacrifice in Augustine’s Confessions
2023-02-27 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Chicago)
Sin and Sacrifice in Augustine’s Confessions

Monday, February 27, 2023
5:30 PM 6:30 PM

University of Alabama at Birmingham
The Thomistic Institute at the University of Alabama at Birmingham presents a lecture by Prof. Chad Pecknold of The Catholic University of America titled, “Sin and Sacrifice in Augustine’s Confessions.”
Monday, February 27
5:30 PM
Spencer’s Honors House
This lecture is free and open to the public.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Chad Pecknold received his PhD from the University of Cambridge (UK) and since 2008 he has been a Professor of Historical & Systematic Theology in the School of Theology at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He teaches in the areas of fundamental theology, Christian anthropology, and political theology. Pecknold is the author of a number of scholarly articles and books including most recently, Christianity and Politics: A Brief Guide to the History (Cascade, 2010) and The T&T Clark Companion to Augustine and Modern Theology (Bloomsbury, 2014). A self-described “Augustinian-Thomist,” Pecknold is an Associate Editor for the English Edition of the international Thomistic journal of theology, Nova et Vetera, and co-edits with Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., the new Sacra Doctrina series at Catholic University of America Press. Dr Pecknold is currently writing a book on Augustine’s City of God. Dr. Pecknold resides in Alexandria, VA with his wife, Dr. Sara Pecknold (who teaches Music history at CUA) and their five children.
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Death & Dying | An Intellectual Retreat
2023-02-24 15:00 - 2023-02-26 13:30 (America/New_York)
Dominican House of Studies | Washington, DC
This retreat is being offered for current university students!
Step away from the daily rush of life to pray and study the riches of the Church’s intellectual tradition with the Thomistic Institute. Throughout this retreat we will consider death and dying.
The retreat will have seminars and discussions framed by the traditional elements of a retreat (Mass, adoration, the Divine Office, etc.).
Schedule:

Begins with check-in at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 24th

Concludes with check-out at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 26th

Speakers:

Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016).

Prof. Michael Root (Catholic University of America) 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 Lutheran Roman Catholic “Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification”.

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Modeling, Idealization, and Truth: A Dialogue between Contemporary Philosophy of Science and the Aristotelian Tradition
2023-02-24 09:00 - 2023-02-25 17:00 (Europe/Rome)
Modeling, Idealization, and Truth: A Dialogue between Contemporary Philosophy of Science and the Aristotelian Tradition
24-25 February 2023
Aula Minor, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome
Language: English
Theme of the Conference: Philosophy of Science & Aristotelian Tradition
A central theme within the philosophy of science is the importance of idealization, metaphor and modeling for both how we know, and what we know, through the natural sciences. This improved understanding of how the sciences work has led (at least within the philosophy of science community) to the realization that physical theories should not be interpreted literally, and that the mathematical structure of a theory is not a straightforward guide to the metaphysics of the entities described by that theory. On the other hand, the philosophical discussion of modeling, metaphor and idealization — and the relationship of these notions to truth is not new and has a long pedigree within the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition. This conference brings together philosophers of science and those working within Aristotelian-Thomism to discuss how the resources of this tradition can be brought to bear on contemporary philosophy of science.
Speakers Include:
Nicholas Teh (University of Notre Dame)
John O’Callaghan (University of Notre Dame)
Fr Kevin Flannery (Gregorianum)
Jonathan Buttaci (Catholic University of America)
Santiago Schnell (University of Notre Dame)
Dave O’Connor (University of Notre Dame)
James Nguyen (Stockholm University)
Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P. (Angelicum)
Thomas Davenport, O.P. (Angelicum)
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Call for Papers
Recent doctoral scholars and graduate students are invited to submit proposals (no longer than 300 words) for a short paper addressing topics discussed at the conference, as well as other issues in the dialogue between science and religion. Please include a short academic biographical note (50-150 words) in the submission that lists any degrees and the institutions where they were obtained, as well as your current affiliation. All submissions should be emailed TIinfo@pust.it by 1 January 2023 in order to be considered.
PUST-Angelicum Thomistic Institute Website link: https://angelicum.it/thomistic-institute/event/philosophy-of-science-and-aristotle/

Seeking Peace in the City: Augustine and the Virtue of Humility
2023-02-23 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Harvard University – Graduate Chapter
The graduate chapter of the Thomistic Institute at Harvard University presents a lecture by Prof. Mary Keys of the University of Notre Dame titled “Seeking Peace in the City: Augustine and the Virtue of Humility.”
Thursday, February 23
5:30 PM
Sever Hall 213
About the Speaker:
Mary M. Keys holds a BA from Boston College and a MA and PhD from the University of Toronto. Her research and teaching interests span a broad spectrum of political theory, with a special focus in Christianity, ethics, and political thought. She is the author of Pride, Politics, and Humility in Augustine’s City of God (Cambridge) and Aquinas, Aristotle, and the Promise of the Common Good (Cambridge). Her work includes articles and chapters in the American Journal of Political Science, History of Political Thought, Perspectives on Political Science, and The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s City of God. She has held various fellowships, including a NEH Fellowship supporting her ongoing research project on Humility, Modernity, and the Science of Politics, and she has been a visiting scholar at Harvard University and the University of Chicago.
This lecture is free and open to the public.
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Galileo and the Inquisition: The Legend of the Warfare Between Science and Faith
2023-02-23 17:30 - 19:00 UTC
Yale University
The Thomistic Institute at Yale University presents a lecture by Prof. William Carroll of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law titled “Galileo and the Inquisition: The Legend of the Warfare Between Science and Faith.”
Thursday, February 23
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
William Harkness Hall Room 116
Dr. William E. Carroll is a distinguished Visiting Professor in the School of Philosophy at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (Wuhan, China) and Senior Research Fellow at the Collegium of Anton Neuwirth (Bratislava, Slovakia). His specialty is the relationship among the natural sciences, philosophy, and theology, with an emphasis on Thomas Aquinas’s understanding of the doctrine of creation. He is the author of works and articles, including Creation and Science: Has Science Eliminated God?; Galileo: Science and Faith; and (with Steven Baldner) Aquinas on Creation. Beginning in 2013, he has spent several weeks each year giving lectures and seminars at various Chinese universities in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Wuhan.
This lecture is free and open to the public.
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The Ethics of Reproductive Technologies
2023-02-22 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
Johns Hopkins Medical University
The Johns Hopkins Medical University presents a lecture by Prof. Matthew Dugandzic of St. Mary’s Seminary and University titled “The Ethics of Reproductive Technologies.”
Wednesday, February 22
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Turner Auditorium
About the speaker
Matthew Dugandzic joined the theology faculty at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in 2019 after completing a Ph.D. in moral theology at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. His dissertation, “A Thomistic Account of the Habituation of the Passions,” explored the ways in which people can develop virtuous affective inclinations.
Dr. Dugandzic’s scholarship focuses on medieval thought, especially Thomas Aquinas’ anthropology, psychology, and ethics. His work on Christ’s passions recently appeared in the European Journal for the Study of Thomas Aquinas and his other writings on the passions and on bioethics have appeared in New Blackfriars and National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly. His current research focuses on the sources that Aquinas used in developing his understanding of virtue and on recovering ancient and medieval wisdom regarding economics in order to apply this wisdom to contemporary financial problems (like student loan debt).
Dr. Dugandzic has taught courses in fundamental moral theology, bioethics, theological anthropology, and Catholic social teaching. In addition to his work in the academy, Dr. Dugandzic has also brought his theological expertise to the aid of the Church, having taught theology to RCIA groups, catechists, and candidates for the permanent diaconate.
In addition to his doctorate, Dr. Dugandzic holds a BSc in biology from Concordia University in Montréal, Québec and an MA in religious studies from St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, New York. He and his wife, Audra, live in Baltimore, MD. In his spare time, he likes to play hockey, which he enjoys almost as much as reading theology.
This lecture is free and open to the public.
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Msgr. Michael Nazir-Ali // Course “The emergence of the notion of person in the West, human dignity, equality and liberty in Christian and secular thought”
2023-02-21 09:00 - 2023-03-02 17:00 (Europe/Rome)
ST. JOHN PAUL II INSTITUTE OF CULTURE
Msgr. Michael Nazir-Ali // Course “The emergence of the notion of person in the West, human dignity, equality and liberty in Christian and secular thought”
Alongside the ‘descending theme’ of Christian influence on governance and law in the western world, I intend also to explore an ‘ascending theme’ which comes to prominence from the time of St Thomas Aquinas and is developed in the Dominican tradition in a variety of ways. This theme is focused on an emphasis on the person as a moral and spiritual agent, leading to a greater recognition of agency, conscience, choice and consent. As is increasingly acknowledged, such a view is itself rooted in the biblical witness and, particularly, in the thought of St Paul. I hope to go on to ask about its relevance for the debate about ‘natural rights’ in the early modern period and its relation to Enlightenment thought, both moderate and radical. I shall then consider whether a proper view of fundamental freedoms is best safeguarded by relying on reason alone, as argued for by some Enlightenment and modern thinkers or whether cumulative tradition is a better guide. There will, of course, also be a consideration of personhood in relation to moral debates today about embryology, abortion, assisted suicide, PVS and human relationships.
The schedule for the course is:
Tuesday, 21 February 2023, 16.30-18.15 (Aula 10)
Wednesday, 22 February 2023, 10.30-12.15 (Aula 15)
Friday, 24 February 2023, 14.30-16.15 (Aula 10)
Monday, 27 February 2023, 8.30-10.15 (Aula 15)
Wednesday, 1 March 2023, 10.30-12.15 (Aula 15)
Thursday, 2 March 2023, 10.30-12.15 (Aula 15)
Msgr. Michael James Nazir-Ali is a former Anglican bishop who served as the 106th Bishop of Rochester from 1994 to 2009 and, before that, as Bishop of Raiwind in Pakistan. He holds both British and Pakistani citizenship and has both a Christian and Muslim family background. From 1999 he was a member of the House of Lords where he was active in a number of areas of national and international concern. He is currently President of the Oxford Centre for Training, Research, Advocacy and Dialogue (OXTRAD).
In 2021, he was received into the Catholic Church.
If you wish to participate in the course please contact us at: jp2studies@pust.it
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Pensare con San Tommaso Oggi
2023-02-17 12:30 - 2023-02-18 17:30 (Europe/Rome)
Pensare con San Tommaso Oggi
17-18 febbraio 2023
Angelicum, Aula Minor
Largo Angelicum 1, Roma, RM 00184
Lingua: Italian
Temi : Tomismo Neoclassico; Tomismo Trascendentale; Prospettiva Ontologico-Relazionale; Tomismo analitico
Programma
Venerdì, 17 febbraio
12:30 | Dario Sacchi
13:30 | Pausa
14:30 | Paolo Pagani
15:30 | Pausa
16:00 | Francesco Saccardi
17:00 | Pausa
17:30 | Massimo Marassi
Sabato, 18 febbraio
12:30 | Riccardo Ferri
13:30 | Pausa
14:30 | Giovanni Ventimiglia
15:30 | Pausa
16:00 | Giulio Maspero
17:00 | Pausa
17:30 | Marco Damonte
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La inscrizione è necessaria solamente se desidera assistere in person all’Angelicum. Per favore non registrarsi su questo modulo se lo vedrai su livestream su YouTube o Facebook. Certificazioni di partecipazione sono dati solamente alle persone che assistono in persona.
PUST-Angelicum Thomistic Institute Website link: https://angelicum.it/thomistic-institute/event/pensare-con-san-tommaso-oggi/

The Christian and the Transhumanist Desire for Transcendence: A Critical Evaluation
2023-02-08 19:00 (Europe/Rome)
Angelicum Thomistic Institute – Science & Religion Online Series
The Christian and the Transhumanist Desire for Transcendence: A Critical Evaluation
Mariusz Tabaczek, OP
Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas
8 February 2022
7:00 PM (Rome) / 6:00 PM (London) / 1:00 PM (New York)
Language: English
The utopian vision and messianic instinct of transhumanist and posthumanist movement reflect a true longing in the human soul. Yet, the Christian and the secular desire for the transcendent differ considerably. Speaking from the perspective of the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition of philosophy and theology, I will compare and critically analyze (1) the object, (2) the subject, (3) the way of the fulfillment, as well as (4) the metaphysical presuppositions that motivate both approaches. Critical about the project of trans- and posthumanism, I will argue that Christians do not have to radically oppose all changes introduced to human nature that go beyond medical and psychological therapy.
Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P., is a Polish Dominican and theologian. He holds Ph.D. in philosophical theology from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA and Church Licentiate from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. After his studies at the GTU and a fellowship at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Studies he returned to Poland. For three years he worked as a researcher at the Thomistic Institute in Warsaw (Poland), a lecturer at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Warsaw and the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Krakow, and a director of Studium Dominicanum in Warsaw. He then moved to Rome where he became a professor of theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas. He is also a researcher at the Thomistic Institute at the same University.
Registration will open in December 2022.
PUST-Angelicum Thomistic Institute Website link: https://angelicum.it/thomistic-institute/event/christian-and-transhumanist-transcendence/

Free Online Course: HISTORY, THEOLOGY AND MINISTERIAL PRACTICE OF SYNODALITY
2023-02-06 08:00 - 2023-03-26 17:00 (America/New_York)
Boston College School of Theology and Ministry
Free Online Course: HISTORY, THEOLOGY AND MINISTERIAL PRACTICE OF SYNODALITY
From February 6 to March 26, 2023
Week 1: History of Synodality
Week 2: Theology of Synodality
Week 3: Ministerial Practice of Synodality
This Massive Online Formation is intended for pastoral agents, religious women and men, laity, priests, Bishops and many other people who would like to know in a simple but deep way what Synodality is about. This course will be facilitated virtually and offered at no cost to participants worldwide during the month of February, 2023.
We use a fully online asynchronous format. Lectures are pre-recorded and available to be watched in Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, Italian and German.
For more information, please read the PRESS RELEASE below:
PRESS RELEASE – MOOC 2 Sinodalidad (ENGLISH)
Registration: formaciononline.bc.edu

God’s ‘Omnisubjectivity’
2023-02-04 09:00 (Asia/Hong_Kong)
2022-2023 Hong Kong Series – How to Win Friends and Influence Others: Living Meaningfully Today
Linda Zagzebski
University of Oklahoma

4 February 2023
9:00 Hong Kong
Language: English
The lecture will be in-person and Online via Zoom.
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PUST-Angelicum Thomistic Institute Website link: https://angelicum.it/thomistic-institute/event/gods-omnisubjectivity/

Lectures de Thomas d’Aquin au couvent de Saint-Jacques
2023-02-02 20:00 - 21:15 (Europe/Paris)
Lectures de Thomas d’Aquin au couvent de Saint-Jacques
(Readings of Thomas Aquinas
at the convent of Saint-Jacques)
Chaque 1er jeudi du mois – de 20h à 21h15 – les membres de la Commission Léonine vous
invitent à une lecture de textes de Thomas d’Aquin
Jeudi 2 février : Frère Thomas Prédicateur
(fr Marc Millais)
The members of the Leonine Commission invite you to a reading of texts by Thomas Aquinas every first Thursday of the month from 8:00 to 9:15 P.M.
Thursday, February 2: Brother Thomas Preacher
(fr Marc Millais)
For more information, please read the attached PROGRAM.
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Contact: marc.millais@commissio-leonina.org
Venue: 20 rue des Tanneries 75013 Paris

IX Simposio de Estudios Tomísticos: TOMISMO HISPANO
2023-01-27 15:00 - 2023-01-29 14:00 (Europe/Rome)
IX Simposio de Estudios Tomísticos: TOMISMO HISPANO
27 a 29 de enero de 2023
Instituto Santo Tomás de Balmesiana
Idioma: Español
Desde 2013 se vienen celebrando anualmente en Barcelona simposios de estudios tomísticos, organizados por el Instituto Santo Tomás (Fundación Balmesiana), en colaboración con la sección barcelonesa de la Sociedad Internacional Tomás de Aquino – España (SITA-E), el grupo de investigación “Persona y vida personal” (PROSOPON) (Universitat Abat Oliba CEU) y desde 2021 también con la colaboración del Thomistic Institute – Angelicum (Roma). Estos encuentros académicos han sido hasta el momento: “Ser y persona” (2013), “Ser y conocer” (2014), “Ser y amar” (2015), “Ser y naturaleza” (2016), “Dios, El que Es” (2017), «Ser y vida moral» (2018), «Unidad Según Síntesis» (2019) y «Gracia y Salvación» (2021) . El mes de enero de 2023 se celebrará el noveno simposio, con el título: “TOMISMO HISPANO”.
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Las conferencias también se transmitirán en vivo para todo público por youtube desde el canal del Instituto Santo Tomás (link aquí).
PUST-Angelicum Thomistic Institute Website link: https://angelicum.it/thomistic-institute/event/simposio-tomisticos-hispano/

The Institute for Ecumenical Studies of the Angelicum invites you to join the International Ecumenical Conference “Listening to the West”.
2023-01-26 09:00 - 2023-01-28 12:30 (Europe/Rome)
Listening to the West
Synodality according to Anglican, Lutheran, Reformed,
Methodist, and Old Catholic Traditions
Angelicum, 26-28 January 2023
Full program: http://www.christianunity.va/…/2023%2001%2024…
Register at: ecumenism@pust.it
Live streaming: https://www.youtube.com/@prpust
For more information, you may open the PUST Facebook: Angelicum Institute for Ecumenical Studies
Dicastero per la Promozione dell’Unità dei Cristiani

Thomas Aquinas: Medieval Thinker in the 21st Century Global Village
2023-01-25 00:00 - 2023-01-26 00:00 (Europe/Paris)
CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline: 31 October 2022
Conference Date: 25-26 January 2023
Language: English
St. Thomas Aquinas has held a central place in Catholic thinking for generations. But what is his role in the diverse and globalised reality of today’s world and the contemporary Church? The Dominican University, Ibadan, and the Angelicum Thomistic Institute are pleased to invite you to the international colloquium for the 700th anniversary of the canonisation of St. Thomas Aquinas titled “Thomas Aquinas: Medieval Thinker in the 21st Century Global Village”. The colloquium will take place in Ibadan, Nigeria, on 25-26 January 2023.
Speakers Include:
Anthony Akinwale, OP (Dominican University, Ibadan)
Michael Sherwin, OP (Angelicum, Rome)
Simon Francis Gaine, OP (Angelicum, Rome)
Michał Paluch, OP (Angelicum, Rome)
Oliver Keenan, OP (Blackfriars, Oxford)
Patrick Akunne, OP (Dominican University, Ibadan)
Michael Akpoghiran, OP (Dominican University, Ibadan)
Francis Adedara (Seminary of Ss Peter and Paul, Ibadan)
Call for Papers
Scholars and graduate students are invited to submit proposals (no longer than 300 words) for a short paper to TIinfo@pust.it by 31 October 2022. Please include a short academic biographical note (50-150 words) in the submission that lists any degrees and the institutions where they were obtained, as well as your current affiliation.
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SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS: CONTEMPLATING THE BEAUTY OF GOD
2023-01-24 15:30 - 2023-01-26 16:00 (Asia/Manila)
University of Santo Tomas (UST)-Manila
Triduum in Honor of Saint Thomas Aquinas

24-26 January 2023
Theme: “Saint Thomas: Contemplating the Beauty of God”
The theme for the celebration is “Saint Thomas: Contemplating the Beauty of God” which is taken from the address of Pope Francis to the XI International Thomistic Congress held in Rome last September 2022. Indeed, Saint Thomas was a true contemplative, and he fully lived out what he wrote, which has become an emblem of Dominican spirituality: “contemplari et contemplata aliis tradere” (S. Th., II-II, q. 188, art. 6).
3:30 pm Holy Rosary and Triduum Prayers
4:00 pm Holy Eucharist
University Fiesta Mass in Honor of Saint Thomas Aquinas
27 January 2023
4:00 pm Holy Eucharist
His Excellency Most Rev. Teodoro C. Bacani, DD
Bishop Emeritus of Novaliches

Aquinas Lecture: "Aquinas on Friendship, Happiness, and Hope: Some Reflections on Humanity"
2023-01-23 08:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Manila)
University of Santo Tomas Ecclesiastical Faculties / Faculty of Philosophy
AQUINAS LECTURE – Thomas Aquinas: Doctor Humanitatis
January 23, 2023 (8:00 – 5:00 PM) – UST-Manila Martyrs’ Hall
Aquinas on Friendship, happiness and Hope: Some Reflections on Humanity – Prof. Ma. Ruth Liza Ocampo, Ph.D
What has Salamanca to do with Manila?: Thomistic Humanism in the Works of the First Dominicans in the Philippines – Rev. Fr. Felix delos Reyes, OP, MA, PhL
The Philosophy of History of Cardinal Zeferino Gonzales, OP (1831-1894) and its Thomistic Origin – Mr. Levine Andro Lao, MA, Ph.L

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OPEN PUBLIC LECTURE OF THE INSTITUTE FOR ECUMENICAL STUDIES
2023-01-20 17:30 - 19:00 (Europe/Rome)
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas – Angelicum, Rome
The Practice of Unity at Taizé – Seeking to live as Brothers for one another & Anticipating the Reconciliation of Christians
Fr Alois, Prior of the Community of Taizé
The lecture will be held in the Aula 11 from 5.30–7.00 pm within the context of the “Tillard Chair 2022-2023” dedicated to the theme “Christian Unity and Reconciliation”.
Venerdì 20 gennaio, Fr Alois, Priore della Comunità di Taizé, terrà all’Angelicum una conferenza intitolata “La pratica dell’unità a Taizé – Cercare di vivere fraternamente & anticipare la riconciliazione dei cristiani”.
La conferenza si svolgerà nell’Aula 11 dalle 17,30 alle 19,00 nell’ambito della “Cattedra Tillard 2022-2023” dedicata al tema “Unità dei cristiani e riconciliazione

AQUINAS FOR ASIA
2023-01-19 12:30 - 19:00 (Europe/Rome)
Date: Thursday, 19 January 2023
Location: Angelicum Aula 11
Time: 12:45 pm – 7 pm
Speakers include:
Fr. Martin Ganeri, OP: “Thomas Aquinas and Hindu Thought”
Fr. Michael Sherwin, OP: “Thomas Aquinas on Christ as the True Way to Heaven”
Bernadette Cheng: “Thomas Aquinas & Chinese Ethics: The Comparison of the Virtue of Charity & the Three Confucian Immortals”
Fr. Will Conquer, MEP: “Buddhism and Catholicism: Opportunities for Convergence”
Prof. Soon Hock Lim: “Creative Co-Existence in a Religious Pluralistic Society”
Karl Liu: “Thomas Aquinas and Chinese Thought”
The Catholic Church speaks about Aquinas as a common doctor of theological and philosophical research. But what could that mean today in the context of the Church’s life in Asia with its diverse cultures and religious as well as secular philosophical traditions? What does it mean to speak realistically about Aquinas for Asia?
This day-long conference at the Angelicum will explore Aquinas’s thought in conversation with classical Hindu traditions, principles of Buddhist doctrine, and elements from classical and contemporary Chinese and Southeast Asian political thought. The aim is to explore seeds of thinking for the evangelization and profound Catholic engagement of contemporary Asian cultures.
Registration: https://forms.gle/sdHE2NedGdU3iLmJ9
Lunch included for those who register.
For more information, you may open the PUST website link: https://angelicum.it/event/aquinas-for-asia-2023/?fbclid=IwAR0k4dvez6SM8KTIHZWa_DfTrjILZ95qvd4KqKgvesvVPaErSq5TZlCoTSQ

Science in Transhumanism: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
2023-01-18 19:00 (Europe/Rome)
Angelicum Thomistic Institute – Science & Religion Online Series
Science in Transhumanism: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Arvin M. Gouw
School of Divinity, University of Cambridge
18 January 2022
7:00 PM (Rome) / 6:00 PM (London) / 1:00 PM (New York)
Language: English

Registration will open in autumn 2022.

Lectures de Thomas d’Aquin au couvent de Saint-Jacques
2023-01-05 20:00 - 21:15 (Europe/Paris)
Lectures de Thomas d’Aquin au couvent de Saint-Jacques
(Readings of Thomas Aquinas
at the convent of Saint-Jacques)
Chaque 1er jeudi du mois – de 20h à 21h15 – les membres de la Commission Léonine vous
invitent à une lecture de textes de Thomas d’Aquin.
Jeudi 5 janvier : Pourquoi Dieu a-t-il institué les sacrements ?
(fr Jean-Christophe de Nadaï)
The members of the Leonine Commission invite you to a reading of texts by Thomas Aquinas every first Thursday of the month from 8:00 to 9:15 P.M.
Thursday, January 5: Why did God institute the sacraments?
(fr Jean-Christophe de Nadaï)
For more information, please read the attached PROGRAM.
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Contact: marc.millais@commissio-leonina.org

The Religion of Technology: Transhumanism and the Myth of Progress
2022-12-14 19:00 (Europe/Rome)
Angelicum Thomistic Institute – Science & Religion Online Series
The Religion of Technology: Transhumanism and the Myth of Progress
Michael Burdett
University of Nottingham
Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, University of Oxford
14 December 2022
7:00 PM (Rome) / 6:00 PM (London) / 1:00 PM (New York)
Language: English
In this presentation I chart a succinct intellectual history of the myth of progress and how it has been embedded, and is still embedded, in the claims of science and technology. Furthermore, I aim to show how transhumanism depends upon and extends this rampant and robust myth and that its enthusiasts subsequently derive religious value from it. First, I begin with the claims of this myth of progress and try to arrive at some characterizing features of it. Next I turn to the origins of this myth of progress and how it became entwined with the claims of technoscience leading to its prominence in the 19th century. I then turn to the first part of the 20th century when this myth is seriously questioned and the entire edifice of the Modern project begins to crumble at its base. From here I focus on more recent technoscientific utopias that culminate in transhumanism and show a propensity in taking up this myth once again. Finally, I give several comments on the religious dimensions of transhumanism and assert that the myth of progress is one of its core doctrines.
Dr Michael Burdett is Assistant Professor of Christian Theology at the University of Nottingham and an associate of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, University of Oxford. Before becoming an academic and completing his DPhil at the University of Oxford, Michael worked in the aerospace and robotics industries for several years working with a firm that had contracts with NASA and JPL. He holds degrees in engineering, physics, and theology and has been given academic and professional awards in each field. His academic interests lie at the intersection of science and technology, theology and philosophy. He has published and presented internationally on continental philosophy, evolution, the technological society and Christian theology. He is a series editor for the Routledge Science and Religion series (with Mark Harris) and his major works include Technology and the Rise of Transhumanism: Beyond Genetic Engineering (Grove, 2014), Eschatology and the Technological Future (Routledge, 2015) and Finding Ourselves After Darwin: Conversations about the Image of God, Original Sin, and the Problem of Evil (Baker Academic, 2018).
He has lead several funded science and religion projects including “Co-creating Ourselves?: Deification and Creaturehood in an Age of Biotechnological Enhancement” (JTF), “Bridging the Two Cultures of Science and Humanities” (TRT and Blankemeyer) and “Christian Flourishing in a Technological World” (Issachar). He is currently leading a grant entitled “Biocultural Evolution and Theological Anthropology” (JTF) and working on his next book tentatively titled Death and Glory: Humanism, Transhumanism and Christianity.
Registration will open in autumn 2022.

Tendencias historiográficas en el estudio de las órdenes religiosas
2022-12-14
Estimados compañeros y colaboradores del Instituto Histórico de la
Provincia de Hispania y Archivo Dominicano:
Por la presente os hacemos llegar el programa del próximo seminario
organizado por el Instituto el jueves 14 de diciembre. Contará con
transmisión on line para quien no pueda asistir y esté interesado en
alguna de sus intervenciones. Igualmente quedará registrado en la web.
Un cordial saludo y muchas gracias por vuestra colaboración,
Fr. Alejandro J. López Ribao OP.
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JOURNÉE THOMISTE: Obéissance et autorité au Moyen Âge (Obedience and Authority in the Middle Ages)
2022-12-03 09:45 - 16:15 (Europe/Paris)
Obéissance et autorité au Moyen Âge (Obedience and Authority in the Middle Ages)

PROGRAM
9 h 45 Adriano OLIVA, Accueil
10 h Stefano SIMONETTA (Università degli Studi di Milano)
«Obbedite alle autorità costituite» : sacralità del potere e possibilità della disobbedienza nella riflessione politica medievale
10 h 45 Corinne LEVELEUX (École Pratique des Hautes Études, PSL, Paris)
Résister à l’autorité illégitime. Le point de vue du droit canonique (XIIe-XVe)
11 h 30 Pause
11 h 45 Camille DE BELLOY (Université Catholique de Lyon)
Obéissance et liberté chez Thomas d’Aquin
12 h 30 Pause
14 h 30 Tobias HOFFMANN (Sorbonne Université, Paris)
Obéissance, conscience et prudence selon Thomas d’Aquin
15 h 15 Lidia LANZA (Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa)
L’obéissance dans la tradition thomiste : la réflexion proposée par Dominicains et Jésuites (1320-1570)
16 h Pause
16 h 15 M. BORGO, M. MILLAIS, K. MITALAITÉ, J.-CH. DE NADAÏ, A. OLIVA
Présentation de quelques ouvrages de doctrines médiévales
Il est souhaitable de signaler sa présence sur cette adresse : a.oliva@commissio-leonina.org
https://www.commissio-leonina.org/2014/07/adriano-oliva-2/
Pour suivre la journée en visioconférence, veuillez vous inscrire sur : j.thomiste@gmail.com
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Eschatology and the Human Person
2022-12-02 12:30 - 2022-12-03 17:30 (Europe/Rome)
The Second Annual Pinckaers Chair Conference
Eschatology and the Human Person
2-3 December 2022
Location: Angelicum – Aula Minor
Live-streamed on Zoom, YouTube, and Facebook
Language: English

Schedule
Friday, 2 December
12:30 | Simon Francis Gaine OP (Angelicum)
13:30 | Lunch Break
14:30 | Daria Spezzano (Providence College, USA)
15:30 | Coffee Break
16:00 | Medi Ann Volpe (University of Durham, England)
17:00 | Coffee Break
17:30 | Philip Neri Reese OP (Angelicum)

Saturday, 3 December
12:30 | Rebekah Lamb (University of St Andrews, Scotland)
13:30 | Lunch Break
14:30 | Michael Baggot LC (Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum)
15:30 | Coffee Break
16:00 | Michael Sherwin OP (Angelicum)
17:00 | Coffee Break
17:30 | Paul Murray OP (Angelicum)

Registration will open in September 2022. Sign up here to be notified when registration opens.
