2026 Neuhaus Lecture

First Things, in partnership with New College of Florida, is pleased to announce Bishop Robert Barron will present this year’s 2026 Neuhaus Lecture “Recovering the University’s Soul: Christian Humanism Against the New Nihilism” on Sunday, February 1st at 5 p.m. at the Mildred Sainer Art & Music Pavilion. The lecture will be recorded and uploaded online for those unable to attend.

The Most Reverend Robert Emmet Patrick Barron is the bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, MN. He holds a Bachelor of Philosophy and a Master of Philosophy from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He received his Sacred Theology Licentiate from Mundelein Seminary, and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago, IL in 1986. In 1992, he attained his Doctor of Sacred Theology at the Institut Catholique de Paris. From 1992 to 2015, he taught theology at University of St. Mary of the Lake. From 2012 to 2015, he was rector of Mundelein Seminary, before Pope Francis appointed him as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, CA. In 2022, the pope appointed him to his current post. 

This lecture is made possible in part through the generosity of our sponsors:

Presenting Sponsor

• Robert N. Allen Jr.

Premier Sponsor

• James McDonald

Lecture Sponsor

• Thomas Bishop
• Barbara Franke

Schedule for the evening:

5:05 p.m. – Presentation of “Recovering the University’s Soul: Christian Humanism Against the New Nihilism”

6:00 p.m. – Lecture concludes

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