CATHOLIC TRUTH IN A CONTEMPORARY WORLD

The Thomistic Institute exists to promote Catholic truth in our contemporary world by strengthening the intellectual formation of Christians at universities, in the Church, and in the wider public square. The thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Universal Doctor of the Church, is our touchstone.

The TI is an academic institute of the Pontifical Faculty of the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.

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What's the Difference Between Mortal and Venial Sins?
What's the Difference Between Mortal and Venial Sins?
Want to Prove God Exists? Try the Existence Argument!
Want to Prove God Exists? Try the Existence Argument!
Is My Confession Really a Secret? Explaining the Seal of Confession
Is My Confession Really a Secret? Explaining the Seal of Confession
Why Do I Need to Do Penance?
Why Do I Need to Do Penance?
How Can We Name God? The Triplex Viae
How Can We Name God? The Triplex Viae
Can You Go to Confession If You're Not Sorry?
Can You Go to Confession If You're Not Sorry?
How the Essentia Argument for God’s Existence Works
How the Essentia Argument for God’s Existence Works
How Confession REALLY Works
How Confession REALLY Works

UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS
The Meaning of Suffering | An Intellectual Retreat for Current University Students
Mar 7
The Meaning of Suffering | An Intellectual Retreat for Current University Students

Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.

An Intellectual Retreat for current university students from Indiana University and Purdue University

Featuring Prof. Paul Gondreau (Providence College) and Prof. Gina Noia (Providence College)

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Augustine and Aquinas Against Skepticism
Mar 7
Augustine and Aquinas Against Skepticism

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A lecture by Prof. Chad Pecknold (The Catholic University of America)

Swetland Assembly

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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God, Mathematics, and Beauty
Mar 9
God, Mathematics, and Beauty

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A lecture by Prof. Alexander Pruss (Baylor University)

MIT Room W20-306

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Study and the Spiritual Life: Crucifixion of the Desk
Mar 10
Study and the Spiritual Life: Crucifixion of the Desk

University of Washington

A lecture by Sr. Anna Wray, O.P. (The Catholic University of America)

Location TBA

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Augustine, Aquinas, Thérèse, and Mother Teresa on the Five-Finger Gospel
Mar 10
Augustine, Aquinas, Thérèse, and Mother Teresa on the Five-Finger Gospel

Harvard University

A lecture by Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)

Sever Hall 110

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Jesus Christ: Man or God?
Mar 10
Jesus Christ: Man or God?

University of Texas at Austin

A lecture by Prof. Timothy J. Pawl (University of St. Thomas)

Waggener Hall 302

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Thomas Aquinas and the Maritains on living the Gifts of the Holy Spirit in Everyday Life
Mar 10
Thomas Aquinas and the Maritains on living the Gifts of the Holy Spirit in Everyday Life

Queen’s University, at Kingston

A lecture by Prof. Jane Sloan Peters (University of Mount Saint Vincent)

Miller Hall 105

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Bioethics and the Value of Life
Mar 10
Bioethics and the Value of Life

West Virginia University

A lecture by Prof. Matthew Shea (Franciscan University of Steubenville)

Oglebay Hall Room 107

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Psalms and the Grace of Conversion
Mar 10
Psalms and the Grace of Conversion

Thomistic Institute in D.C.

A lecture by Fr. Stephen Ryan, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)

St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church 

3304 N. Washington Blvd. | Arlington, VA

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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How Is My iPhone Changing Me? Neuroscience and Thomistic Psychology
Mar 10
How Is My iPhone Changing Me? Neuroscience and Thomistic Psychology

Brown University

Co-Sponsored by the Brown-RISD Catholic Community

A lecture by Prof. Joshua Hochschild (Mount St. Mary’s University)

Brown-RISD Catholic Center

51 Prospect Street | Providence, RI 02906

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Suffering and the Narrative of Redemption: Why God Allows Us to Suffer
Mar 10
Suffering and the Narrative of Redemption: Why God Allows Us to Suffer

Thomistic Institute in Limerick

A lecture by Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P. (Aquinas College)

St. Saviour's Parish Hall, Limerick V94 X2AA

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Work of Fear (and How to Work with Fear) in the Human Heart
Mar 11
The Work of Fear (and How to Work with Fear) in the Human Heart

University of Oregon

A lecture. by Sr. Anna Wray, O.P. (The Catholic University of America)

Location TBA

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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What Can an Adulteress Teach Us about Happiness?: Tolstoy's Anna Karenina & the Project of Literature
Mar 11
What Can an Adulteress Teach Us about Happiness?: Tolstoy's Anna Karenina & the Project of Literature

Trinity College Dublin

A lecture by Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P. (Aquinas College)

Robert Emmet Lecture Theatre (Room 2037 in Trinity Arts Block)

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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C.S. Lewis on the Ethics of Technology
Mar 11
C.S. Lewis on the Ethics of Technology

University of Oklahoma

A lecture by Prof. Thomas Ward (Baylor University)

Carnegie Building Room 255

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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How Could a Good God Allow Horrible Diseases? The Problem of Evil
Mar 12
How Could a Good God Allow Horrible Diseases? The Problem of Evil

University of Georgia

A lecture by Prof. Stephen Meredith (University of Chicago)

Caldwell Hall, Room107 (302 Herty Dr, Athens, GA)

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Saint Gregory the Great on Accepting Our Own Weakness
Mar 13
Saint Gregory the Great on Accepting Our Own Weakness

Arizona State University

A lecture by Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception)

Location TBA

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Why Have Kids? How Having Children Changed My Life
Mar 13
Why Have Kids? How Having Children Changed My Life

Benedictine College

A lecture by Prof. Christopher Kaczor (Loyola Marymount University)

Location TBA

This lecture is free and open to the public

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Wisdom Sought, Wisdom Given: St. Thomas Aquinas on the Virtue and the Gift of Wisdom
Mar 13
Wisdom Sought, Wisdom Given: St. Thomas Aquinas on the Virtue and the Gift of Wisdom

Trinity Western University

A lecture by Sr. Anna Wray, O.P.

Devries Auditorium

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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For Freedom Set Free: Christian Ethics and the Paradox of Freedom
Mar 13
For Freedom Set Free: Christian Ethics and the Paradox of Freedom

University of Kansas

A lecture by Prof. Michael Wahl (Providence College)

Location TBD

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Suffering and the Narrative of Redemption: Why God Allows Us to Suffer
Mar 13
Suffering and the Narrative of Redemption: Why God Allows Us to Suffer

Queen’s University Belfast

A lecture by Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P. (Aquinas College)

Location TBD

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Objective Beauty in a Subjective World
Mar 13
Objective Beauty in a Subjective World

University of Edinburgh

A lecture by Dr. Jan Bentz (University of Oxford)

Location TBD

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Christian Imagination
Mar 13
The Christian Imagination

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

A lecture by Prof. Raymond Hain (Providence College)

Location TBD

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Emotions in Service of the Moral Life
Mar 13
Emotions in Service of the Moral Life

University of Tulsa

A lecture by Prof. Scott W. Cleveland (University of Mary)

Location TBD

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Extraterrestrial Life and Catholic Theology
Mar 14
Extraterrestrial Life and Catholic Theology

Johns Hopkins University

A lecture by Prof. Christopher Baglow (University of Notre Dame)

Mountcastle Auditorium (PCTB 105)

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Chasing Dreams, Money, and God | An Intellectual Retreat for Current University Students
Mar 14
Chasing Dreams, Money, and God | An Intellectual Retreat for Current University Students

Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.

An Intellectual Retreat for current university students from New York

With Prof. Christopher Kaczor (Loyola Marymount University) and Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)

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The Incarnation and the Machine: The Visions of Fra Angelico and Le Corbusier
Mar 14
The Incarnation and the Machine: The Visions of Fra Angelico and Le Corbusier

Brown University Chapter - Lecture Hosted by Students at the Rhode Island School of Design

A lecture by Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P. (Thomistic Institute)

RISD Architecture Building: BEB in Room 106

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Virtue of Meekness in the Intellectual and Moral Life
Mar 14
The Virtue of Meekness in the Intellectual and Moral Life

University of California, Berkeley

A lecture by Prof. Carl Vennerstrom (Augustine Institute)

Newman Hall Gallery

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Love, Friendship, and Heavenly Happiness
Mar 17
Love, Friendship, and Heavenly Happiness

Georgetown University

A lecture by Prof. Christopher Kaczor (Loyola Marymount University)

Location TBA

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Cardinal Virtues and the Natural Law: How to Live the Good Life Well
Mar 17
The Cardinal Virtues and the Natural Law: How to Live the Good Life Well

University of Michigan

A lecture by Prof. Erik Dempsey (University of Texas at Austin)

CHEM 1600

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Saint Augustine and the Just War Tradition
Mar 18
Saint Augustine and the Just War Tradition

Regent University

A lecture by Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception)

Location TBA

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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