Episodes

May 30, 2022

Who Are the Monks? | Sr. Maria Kiely, OSB

This lecture was given on April 1, 2022 at St. Albert the Great Priory as part of the intellectual retreat "To Be Human in the Presence of God: St. Thomas Aquinas and Desert Spirituality." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our ...
May 29, 2022

'We Shall See Him as He Is’: Eternal Life and Beatitude | Prof. Bruce Marshall

This lecture was given on February 27, 2022 at Cedarbrake Renewal Center as part of the Second Annual Texas Student Retreat: "The Meaning of Death and Eternal Life." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisti...
May 27, 2022

St. Thomas Aquinas and Josef Pieper on Creation | Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P.

This lecture was given on March 16, 2022 at Duke University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P., is a friar of the Dominican Province of Saint...
May 26, 2022

The History of Miracles: A History of the Impossible? | Prof. Carlos Eire

This lecture was given on March 14, 2022 at Yale University. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/u74wk4hb. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About ...
May 24, 2022

The Role of Poetry in the Christian Life | Dr. Patrick Callahan

This lecture was given on April 5, 2022 at Cairn University. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2p8psrnj. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About th...
May 23, 2022

The Dignity of Conscience | Fr. Alan O'Sullivan, O.P.

This lecture was given on April 6, 2022 at Trinity College Dublin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Alan O’Sullivan OP is an Irish Dominican. Ordained a prie...
May 20, 2022

Lead Us Not Into Temptation | Fr. Basil Cole, O.P.

This lecture was given on March 26, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of the Thomistic Institute's Annual Spring Thomistic Circles Conference: "Our Father: Prayer and Theology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit ou...
May 19, 2022

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread | Fr. John Gavin, S.J.

This lecture was given on March 26, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of the Thomistic Institute's Annual Spring Thomistic Circles Conference: "Our Father: Prayer and Theology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit ou...
May 18, 2022

Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It Is in Heaven | Fr. Oliver Keenan, O.P.

This lecture was given on March 26, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of the Thomistic Institute's Annual Spring Thomistic Circles Conference: "Our Father: Prayer and Theology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit ou...
May 17, 2022

Thy Kingdom Come | Prof. Nina Heereman

This lecture was given on March 25, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of the Thomistic Institute's Annual Spring Thomistic Circles Conference: "Our Father: Prayer and Theology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit ou...
May 16, 2022

Our Father . . . Hallowed Be Thy Name | Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P.

Access Fr. Ku's handout here: https://tinyurl.com/a37v477v This lecture was given on March 25, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of the Thomistic Institute's Annual Spring Thomistic Circles Conference: "Our Father: Prayer and Theology...
May 13, 2022

Are We Our Brains? Neuroscience and the Soul | Dr. Paul LaPenna

This lecture was given on March 9, 2022 at Texas A&M University. The slides for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/5bv6865r. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About ...
May 12, 2022

Biology, Geology, and . . . Theology? Theology as Science | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.

You can view Fr. Hofer's handout here: https://tinyurl.com/2p9c8h72 This lecture was given on February 3, 2022 at Queens University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speak...
May 11, 2022

Finding Consolation in the Book of Revelation | Prof. Nina Heereman

This lecture was given on March 21, 2022 at the University of California, Berkeley. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Heereman was born and raised in a devout C...
May 10, 2022

The Search for Happiness: Wisdom from Aquinas and the Classical Tradition | Prof. Jennifer Frey

This lecture was given on March 18, 2022 at Auburn University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jennifer Frey is an associate Professor of Philosophy at the Univer...
May 9, 2022

St. Thomas Aquinas on Suffering and Evil | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P.

This lecture was given on March 16, 2022 at the University of South Carolina. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Thomas Petri, O.P. is the President of the Po...
May 6, 2022

Does God Exist? | Prof. Brian Carl (duplicate)

This lecture was given on March 10, 2022 at the University of Tulsa. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Brian T. Carl earned his M.A. in Philosophy from Saint Louis ...
May 5, 2022

Why You Can't Reverse-Engineer Human Beings: The Metaphysics of the Soul | Prof. Joshua Hochschild

Professor Joshua Hochschild discusses the metaphysical implications of reverse engineering human beings through artificial intelligence (AI) and neuroscience, arguing that despite technological advancements, human intelligence cannot be fully repli...
May 4, 2022

Eucharistic Miracles | Fr. Dominic Langevin, O.P.

This lecture was given on March 3, 2022 at the University of Florida. Handout: https://tinyurl.com/2p863z2k For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Langevin i...
May 3, 2022

Why Should We Believe God Exists? | Prof. Gregory Doolan

This lecture was given on March 3, 2022 at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Gregory T. Doolan received his B.A. in political...
April 28, 2022

An Appraisal of Karl Rahner's Theology of Death | Fr. John Corbett, O.P.

This lecture was given on February 27, 2022 at Cedarbrake Renewal Center as part of the Second Annual Texas Student Retreat: "The Meaning of Death and Eternal Life." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisti...
April 27, 2022

Done in the Body: The Eternal Meaning of Our Present Life | Prof. Bruce Marshall

This lecture was given on February 27, 2022 at Cedarbrake Renewal Center as part of the Second Annual Texas Student Retreat: "The Meaning of Death and Eternal Life." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisti...
April 26, 2022

'If we have died with Christ’: Christian Life and the Death of Jesus | Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P.

This lecture was given on February 25, 2022 at Cedarbrake Renewal Center as part of the Second Annual Texas Student Retreat: "The Meaning of Death and Eternal Life." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisti...
April 25, 2022

Poetry, Philosophy, and the Sacred: An Example from Gerard Manley Hopkins | Prof. Kevin Hart

This lecture was given on March 9, 2022 at Washington and Lee University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Kevin Hart is the Edwin B. Kyle Professor of Christian ...