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Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Dona Eis Requiem: A Fall Concert”
“Dona Eis Requiem,” a concert by the Thomas Aquinas College Choir in New England. Performed on November 6, 2026, in Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel, as…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Will the Future be Human? Thoughts on the Human Meaning of AI”
“Will the Future be Human? Thoughts on the Human Meaning of AI,” a lecture by Dr, Michael Hanby (Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage &…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Queen Dido and the Ivory Gate”
“Queen Dido and the Ivory Gate,” a Tutor Talk by Dr. Joseph Hattrup (Thomas Aquinas College, California). Given on September 30, 2026.
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“How Can Evil Be a Species of Human Actions?”
“How Can Evil Be a Species of Human Actions?”, a lecture by Dr. Steven Jensen (University of St. Thomas, Houston). Given on September 11, 2026, at Thomas…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“The Analogy of Proper Proportion and the Metaphysics of Gift in the Thought of Ferdinand Ulrich”
“The Analogy of Proper Proportion and the Metaphysics of Gift in the Thought of Ferdinand Ulrich” by Gregory Warner (John Paul II Institute, D.C.). Presented…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“The Science of the One qua One: Aristotle and Aquinas on Henology”
“The Science of the One qua One: Aristotle and Aquinas on Henology” by Conor Stark (The Catholic University of America). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“The Instrumental-Efficient Causality of Christ’s Past Actions: The Metaphysical Basis of a Disagreement Among Thomists”
“The Instrumental-Efficient Causality of Christ’s Past Actions: The Metaphysical Basis of a Disagreement Among Thomists” by Dominic Spiekermann (Thomas Aquinas…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“The Metaphysics of Martyrdom and the Being of Truth”
“The Metaphysics of Martyrdom and the Being of Truth” by J. Marianne Siegmund (University of Dallas). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“The Dignity of God: An Aspect of Divine Wisdom”
“The Dignity of God: An Aspect of Divine Wisdom” by Julian Sicam (University of St. Thomas, Houston). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic…
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“Hic et Nunc: Intelligible Matter and the Origins of Mathematical Knowledge”
“Hic et Nunc: Intelligible Matter and the Origins of Mathematical Knowledge” by Maureen Ryland (University of St. Thomas, Houston). Presented at the Thomas…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Is St. Michael His Michaelness? Aquinas on the Distinction Between Angelic Person and Angelic Nature”
“Is St. Michael His Michaelness? Aquinas on the Distinction Between Angelic Person and Angelic Nature” by Alexander Roberts (University of Notre Dame)…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“The Predicative and Epistemic Restrictions of Prime Matter, ‘to’ Some Predicative and Epistemic Restrictions Regarding Prime Matter”
“The Predicative and Epistemic Restrictions of Prime Matter, ‘to’ Some Predicative and Epistemic Restrictions Regarding Prime Matter” by Marcel Pryor (The…
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“St. Thomas Aquinas on Whether All Human Beings Can Be Metaphysicians”
“St. Thomas Aquinas on Whether All Human Beings Can Be Metaphysicians” by Ginna Pennance-Acevedo (University of St. Thomas, Houston). Presented at the Thomas…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Heidegger’s Atheistic Ontology: A Comparison of Faith and Reason in the Writings of Martin Heidegger and Thomas Aquinas”
“Heidegger’s Atheistic Ontology: A Comparison of Faith and Reason in the Writings of Martin Heidegger and Thomas Aquinas” by Rev. Gregory Markey (Thomas…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“From Ipsum Esse to Emmanuel: Beyond the Metaphysical Ascent”
“From Ipsum Esse to Emmanuel: Beyond the Metaphysical Ascent” by Sr. Anne Frances Le, O.P. (Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“On the Importance of Understanding Universals for the Teaching of Logic — and for Using Logic as Well”
“On the Importance of Understanding Universals for the Teaching of Logic — and for Using Logic as Well” by Rev. Brendan Kelly (Thomas Aquinas College…
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“Conformity to God’s Will and Conformity to Right Reason: Measure, Contingency, and Participation in Aquinas”
“Conformity to God’s Will and Conformity to Right Reason: Measure, Contingency, and Participation in Aquinas” by Rev. Joseph Hudson, O.S.B. (Pontifical…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“How Might We Understand Mary’s Current Mediatory Role?”
“How Might We Understand Mary’s Current Mediatory Role?” by Stephen Hipp (Christendom College). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer…
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“Can One Have an Experience of God in the Natural Order?”
“Can One Have an Experience of God in the Natural Order?” by Peter Gardner (University of St. Thomas, Houston). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“The ‘Digitus Sextus’ in the Summa Contra Gentiles IV, c.41 as an Analogy for the Union of the Human Nature and the Divine Nature of Christ in the Hypostatic Union”
“The ‘Digitus Sextus’ in the Summa Contra Gentiles IV, c.41 as an Analogy for the Union of the Human Nature and the Divine Nature of Christ in the Hypostatic…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Secundum Esse et non Secundum Intentionem: The Analogy of Inequality in In Sent. I.19.5.2”
“Secundum Esse et non Secundum Intentionem: The Analogy of Inequality in In Sent. I.19.5.2” by Shane Dowell (St. Paul Seminary). Presented at the Thomas…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“The Holy Spirit as the Impulse of Divine Love According to St. Thomas Aquinas”
“The Holy Spirit as the Impulse of Divine Love According to St. Thomas Aquinas” by Sophie Cummings (Dominican House of Studies). Presented at the Thomas…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“The Self-Evidence of the Gradation Principle (of the Fourth Way)”
“The Self-Evidence of the Gradation Principle (of the Fourth Way)” by Michael Bors (St. Mary’s Seminary & University, Baltimore). Presented at the Thomas…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Contingency and Per Accidens Causality in the Work of St. Thomas”
“Contingency and Per Accidens Causality in the Work of St. Thomas” by Michael Bishop (The Catholic University of America). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“‘The great flood-gates of the wonder-world swung open’: The Baby and the Book in Dante’s Divine Comedy and Melville’s Moby-Dick; Or, The Whale”
“‘The great flood-gates of the wonder-world swung open’: The Baby and the Book in Dante’s Divine Comedy and Melville’s Moby-Dick; Or, The Whale”, a lecture by…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Sapientis est Ordinare: Order in the Thomas Aquinas College Curriculum”
“Sapientis est Ordinare: Order in the Thomas Aquinas College Curriculum,” a lecture by Dr. Josef C. Froula (Thomas Aquinas College, New England). Given on…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“The Presence of the Spirit Overcomes All Barriers”
“The Presence of the Spirit Overcomes All Barriers”, a homily by His Eminence Sean Cardinal O’Malley, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston. Given at Convocation 2026…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“We are Called to Be Protectors”
“We are Called to Be Protectors”, remarks by His Eminence Sean Cardinal O’Malley, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston. Given at Convocation 2026, Thomas Aquinas…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks"AI: A Perspective from a Catholic Google Engineer" - Vic Gundotra | The Mind and the Machine
How should we understand artificial intelligence, and what place should it have in a genuinely human future? Held at Thomas Aquinas College August 3–6, 2026…
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"Minding What Is Mindless" - Dr. Antón Barba-Kay | The Mind and the Machine
How should we understand artificial intelligence, and what place should it have in a genuinely human future? Held at Thomas Aquinas College August 3–6, 2026…
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"The Philosophic Implications of AI" - Rev. Philip Larrey, Ph.D. | The Mind and the Machine
How should we understand artificial intelligence, and what place should it have in a genuinely human future? Held at Thomas Aquinas College August 3–6, 2026…
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Artificial General Intelligence_ Superintelligent AI and Humane Futures - John-Clark Levin | TAC
How should we understand artificial intelligence, and what place should it have in a genuinely human future? Held at Thomas Aquinas College August 3–6, 2026…
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Artificial Superintelligence and the Pursuit of Wisdom - Dr. Michael Augros|The Mind and the Machine
How should we understand artificial intelligence, and what place should it have in a genuinely human future? Held at Thomas Aquinas College August 3–6, 2026…
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“Human Flourishing in the Machine Age” | Panel Discussion
How should we understand artificial intelligence, and what place should it have in a genuinely human future? Held at Thomas Aquinas College August 3–6, 2026…
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“The Lamb, the Beast, and the Machine” - John Johnson | The Mind and the Machine
How should we understand artificial intelligence, and what place should it have in a genuinely human future? Held at Thomas Aquinas College August 3–6, 2026…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“The Problem of Bread: Art and Nature in Thomas’s Ontology of Artifacts”
“The Problem of Bread: Art and Nature in Thomas’s Ontology of Artifacts” by Matthew Lomanno (University of St. Thomas, Houston). Presented at the Thomas…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Metaphysics of Peace”
“Metaphysics of Peace” by LTC Joshua Lehman (United States Military Academy). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Theology as a Guide to Aquinas’s Cognitive Philosophy”
“Theology as a Guide to Aquinas’s Cognitive Philosophy” by Benjamin Augros (Baylor University). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2026 Thomistic Summer…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Ways of Seeing: Experience of Lower Methods as Prior to Divine Science”
“Ways of Seeing: Experience of Lower Methods as Prior to Divine Science” by Dr. John McCarthy (Thomas Aquinas College, New England). Presented at Thomas…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Thomas Aquinas’s Philosophical Doctrine of Creation”
“Thomas Aquinas’s Philosophical Doctrine of Creation” by Dr. Brandon Zimmerman (University of St. Thomas, Houston). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2026…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Plotinus: Omnipresence and Transcendence of the One in VI 5 [23]”
“Plotinus: Omnipresence and Transcendence of the One in VI 5 [23]” by Rev. Gary Gurtler, S.J. (Boston College). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2026…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Two Distinctions of the Same Realities: Movement and Activity vs. Transitive and Immanent Action”
“Two Distinctions of the Same Realities: Movement and Activity vs. Transitive and Immanent Action” by Dr. John Francis Nieto (Thomas Aquinas College, New…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Aquinas on Simplicity and Analogy: A Problem in Natural Theology”
“Aquinas on Simplicity and Analogy: A Problem in Natural Theology” by Rev. David Paternostro, S.J. (Creighton University). Presented at Thomas Aquinas…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Privatizing the Good: The Metaphysical Roots of Envy in St. Thomas Aquinas”
“Privatizing the Good: The Metaphysical Roots of Envy in St. Thomas Aquinas” by Dr. Michael Wahl (Providence College). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“‘Let One the Ruler Be, One the King’: The Many Gods of Aristotle’s XII.8”
“‘Let One the Ruler Be, One the King’: The Many Gods of Aristotle’s XII.8” by Dr. Joshua Lo (Thomas Aquinas College, New England). Presented at Thomas Aquinas…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Treatise on the Divine Essence within Sacra Doctrina: Its Importance & Its Theological Character”
“The Treatise on the Divine Essence within Sacra Doctrina: Its Importance and its Properly Theological Character” by Dr. John O’Neill (Holy Apostles College…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“The Order of the Universe as the Greatest Good Intrinsic to It”
“The Order of the Universe as the Greatest Good Intrinsic to It” by Dr. Daniel Gutschke (Thomas Aquinas College, New England). Presented at Thomas Aquinas…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Substance and Form in Human Being”
“Substance and Form in Human Being” by Dr. Herbert Hartmann (Lyceum Institute). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Aquinas on the Western Tradition of Divine Simplicity”
“Aquinas in the Western Tradition of Divine Simplicity” by Dr. Brett Smith (Thomas Aquinas College, New England). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2026…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Hans Urs von Balthasar and St. Thomas Aquinas on Divine Suffering and Theological Predication”
“Hans Urs von Balthasar and St. Thomas Aquinas on Divine Suffering and Theological Predication,” by Dr. Taylor O'Neill (Thomas Aquinas College, New England)…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“How to Start Metaphysics”
“How to Start Metaphysics,” by Dr. R. Glen Coughlin (Thomas Aquinas College, California). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College's 2026 Thomistic Summer…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Analogica Entis, Abstraction via Seperatio, and the Subject Matter of Metaphysics”
“Analogica Entis, Abstraction via Seperatio, and the Subject Matter of Metaphysics,” by Dr. Steven Long (Ave Maria University). Presented at Thomas Aquinas…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“St. Thomas the Hopeful Romantic”
“St. Thomas the Hopeful Romantic,” by Dr. Michael Pakaluk (The Catholic University of America). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College's 2026 Thomistic Summer…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks"A Fractured Mirror? Multiplicity and Intellection in Aquinas's Account of Eucharistic Presence"
"A Fractured Mirror? Multiplicity and Intellection in Aquinas's Account of Eucharistic Presence," by Rev. Reginald Lynch, O.P. (Blackfriars, Oxford). Presented…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks"The Sky Upholds the Earth"
"The Sky Upholds the Earth", by Rev. Andrew M. Beauregard, F.P.C. Vocations Director, Franciscans of the Poor Christ Baccalaureate Mass of the Holy Spirit…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“The Madness of Our Chase for Wisdom”
Class Speaker Liam O'Brien's Address to the Thomas Aquinas College, New England, Class of 2026: “The Madness of Our Chase for Wisdom” (May 23, 2026)
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks"Smugglers"
Dr. Gavin Ashenden’s Address to the Thomas Aquinas College, New England, Class of 2026: "Smugglers" (May 23, 2026)
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“Become Peacemakers in an Age of Confusion”
“Become Peacemakers in an Age of Confusion” by The Honorable Brian F. Burch II United States Ambassador to the Holy See Commencement 2026 Thomas Aquinas…
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“This Wisdom is a Grasping of God”
“This Wisdom Is a Grasping of God; Its Fruit Love and Joy” by Gregory Haggard (CA’26) Senior Address Commencement 2026 Thomas Aquinas College, California
Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks“No Other End than the Truth Itself”
“No Other End than the Truth Itself” by Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks