New York, New York
New York Voices – Let it Snow!
Friday, December 6
Join the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture for a performance of Christmas-themed music by the New York Voices, an internationally acclaimed jazz vocal group. Get tickets and find more information here.
Lúnasa: Christmas from Ireland
Saturday, December 7 & Monday, December 9
Join the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture for a Christmas-themed musical and spoken word performance by Lúnasa, a traditional Irish instrument group. Get tickets and find more information here.
Aquinas on the Three Advents of Christ
Saturday, December 7
Join the Thomistic Institute for the second installment of the annual Wisdom of Aquinas series. This session will focus on St. Thomas Aquinas’s reflections on Advent and its correlation with the three comings of Christ. Register and find more information here.
Richard John Neuhaus
Thursday, December 12
Join the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the death of Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, founder of First Things. Randy Boyagoda, author of Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square, and R. R. Reno, editor of First Things, will discuss Neuhaus’s legacy and his years as a priest in the Archdiocese of New York. Get tickets and find more information here.
Washington, D.C.
True Freedom in the Arts
Tuesday, December 10
Join the Thomistic Institute and Catholic Information Center for a lecture by Dr. Thomas Hibbs (University of Dallas) on the heritage of art and its connection with faith. Find more information here.
Did Christ Die for Neanderthals?
Thursday, January 30
Join the Thomistic Institute for an annual lecture delivered by Fr. Simon Gaine, OP (University of Oxford) honoring St. Thomas Aquinas at the Dominican House of Studies. Register and find more information here.
New Jersey
Prophecy and Political Emancipation in the History of Italy
Monday, December 9
Join the James Madison Program for a lecture on the prophetic voices that emerged at the beginning of the Risorgimento, delivered by Dr. Maurizio Viroli. Find more information here.
Massachusetts
Mary as the New Eve
Friday, December 13
Join the Thomistic Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a lecture by Prof. Paige Hochschild (Saint Mary’s University). Register here.
Tennessee
Life Issues: Medical Choices
Friday, December 13
Join the Thomistic Institute at Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine for a lecture by Prof. Christopher Kaczor (Loyola Marymount University). Register here.
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