Episodes

Feb. 24, 2023

Who Do You Say That I Am? Liturgy and the Meaning of Life | Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P.

Fr. Smith's handout can be found here: tinyurl.com/3knfh8y5 This lecture was given on January 14, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the intellectual retreat entitled, "The Mystery of the Liturgy." For more in...
Feb. 23, 2023

Does Neuroscience Disprove Free Will? w/ Prof. James Madden (Off-Campus Conversations)

Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. James Madden about his latest Thomistic Institute, "Does Neuroscience Disprove Free Will?" Does Neuroscience Disprove Free Wil...
Feb. 22, 2023

Meeting Christ in the Mass | Prof. Bruce Marshall

Prof. Marshall's handout can be found here: tinyurl.com/ye2yupz7 This talk was given on January 14, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the intellectual retreat entitled, "The Mystery of the Liturgy." For more ...
Feb. 21, 2023

Let Us Pray: Naming God and Our Needs in the Prayers of the Mass | Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P.

Fr. Smith's handout can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/4zwb74vr This talk was given on January 13, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of "The Mystery of the Liturgy." For more information, please visit thomis...
Feb. 20, 2023

Edith Stein and the Gestalt of the Feminine Soul | Prof. Catherine Pakaluk

This talk was given on January 12, 2023, at John Hopkins University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Catherine Ruth Pakaluk is an Associate Professor of Social Re...
Feb. 17, 2023

Do You Believe in Miracles?(And Can You Do So Reasonably?) | Prof. W. Matthews Grant

This lecture was given on October 20, 2022, at the University of North Texas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: W. Matthews Grant is Professor and Chair in the Dep...
Feb. 16, 2023

The Biblical Vision of Wisdom and the Spiritual Life | Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P.

This lecture was given on December 13, 2022 at Immaculate Conception Church, Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Jordan Schmidt was born in Far...
Feb. 15, 2023

Modern Science and the Catholic Faith | Prof. Chris Baglow

Prof. Baglow's slides can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/5fmmww36 This lecture was given on November 29, 2022, at North Carolina State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org...
Feb. 13, 2023

Why the Roman Catholic Church? | Prof. Paige Hochschild

This lecture was given on November 15, 2022, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Paige Hochschild is a profe...
Feb. 10, 2023

The Myth of Dante's Thomism? Reading Aquinas and Dante with the Dominicans | Prof. George Corbett

This talk was given on November 12th, 2022, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. George Corbett (Universi...
Feb. 9, 2023

Can Philosophy Prepare You for Death? w/ Sr. Elinor Gardner, O.P.

Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Sr. Elinor Gardner about her latest Thomistic Institute, "So Death doth touch the Resurrection’: Death and Human Nature." Can Phil...
Feb. 8, 2023

'So Death doth touch the Resurrection': Death and Human Nature | Sr. Elinor Gardner, O.P.

This lecture was given on November 17, 2022, at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sister Elinor Gardner is a member of the Do...
Feb. 8, 2023

From Vices to Virtues to Gifts: Aquinas and Dante on Sanctification | Fr. Albert Trudel, O.P.

This lecture was given on November 12, 2022, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the intellectual retreat entitled, "Aquinas & Dante." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisti...
Feb. 7, 2023

The Spiritual Geography of the Afterlife: Aquinas and Dante | Fr. Albert Trudel, O.P.

This lecture was given on November 11, 2022, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the intellectual retreat entitled, "Aquinas and Dante." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomist...
Feb. 7, 2023

Passionate Intellects: Aquinas, Dante, and the Love of Wisdom | Prof. George Corbett

This lecture was given on November 11, 2022, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. George Corbett (Universi...
Feb. 3, 2023

Does Tradition Live? Do Doctrines 'Develop'? | Prof. Lewis Ayres

This lecture was given on November 17, 2022, at Trinity College Dublin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Lewis Ayres is Professor of Catholic and Historical Theolo...
Feb. 2, 2023

Does Neuroscience Disprove Free Will? | Prof. James Madden

This lecture was given on November 10th, 2022, at the University of Rochester. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at ...
Jan. 31, 2023

It's My Right: What Are Natural Rights and What Rights Do We Have? | Prof. Joseph Trabbic

This lecture was given on November 9, 2022, at Regent University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Trabbic is associate professor of philosophy at Ave Maria Un...
Jan. 30, 2023

Love in Person—in the Trinity and in Our Souls | Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P.

Fr. Ku's handout can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2p88mf28 This lecture was given on November 9, 2022, at Trinity University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speake...
Jan. 27, 2023

Made for Another: John Paul II's Theology of the Body and Thomas Aquinas | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P.

This lecture was given on December 5, 2022, at St. Charles Catholic Church in Arlington, Virginia. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Thomas Petri, O.P. is th...
Jan. 26, 2023

Is It Possible to Have Productive Conversations About Abortion? w/ Prof. Angela Knobel

Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. Angela Knobel about her latest Thomistic Institute, "The Philosophy of the Abortion Debate." The Philosophy of the Abortion De...
Jan. 25, 2023

May Life-Sustaining Treatment Be Withheld or Withdrawn? | Prof. Gina Noia

This lecture was given on December 2, 2022, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Gina Maria Noia is an Assistant Professor ...
Jan. 24, 2023

Reason, Grace, and Law: Suarez and Hobbes on Coercion, Church, and State | Prof. Thomas Pink

This lecture was given on October 27, 2022, at Harvard University. For more information, visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Professor Thomas Pink read history and philosophy at Cambridge, where he also received his PhD. After workin...
Jan. 23, 2023

Justice and the Common Good According to St. Thomas Aquinas | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P.

This talk was given on November 8, 2022, at the University of Virginia. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. entere...