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Humanae Vitae: Cornerstone of a Culture of Life
A conference celebrating the 40th anniversary of the publication of the encyclical, sponsored by the St. Anthony of Padua Institute and co-sponsored by the Diocese of Oakland.
Friday August 8, 2008 - Preconference Banquet
Saturday August 9, 2008 - All Day Conference
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Elements of Philosophy and Theology in the Catholic Tradition
The Institute is pleased to announce the inception of a curriculum in philosophy and theology. Titled Elements of Philosophy and Theology in the Catholic Tradition, our core course of study for the New Evangelization that began in January, 2008. The first class was held on the campus of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology. The course is ideal for students with little or no prior background in the formal study of philosophy and theology. The course is designed to be a comprehensive (but not exhaustive), systematic introduction to the fundamental elements needed to equip the certificant for work in the New Evangelization, but answers to broad variety of purposes and is appropriate for a wide audience of students.
Prospectus for the Elements Course >>
Shedding Light on the Study of God: A guided Reading of St. Thomas
This series is offered Thursday evenings from 7:30-9:00pm in San Francisco at St. Mary’s Cathedral Event Center, Hall C. It is led by Stephen C. Córdova (Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Francisco: graduate work at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies in Toronto). Each session is independent of the others, all are invited to attend as many or few as they wish.
American and Catholic Seminar
What does it mean for us to be both Catholic and American? Where have we come from and might we be headed? In this symposium we explore questions such as these by reading about and discussing American culture and Catholic thought in order to deepen our understanding of both as laity in the midst of the world. Our rich and common set of readings are framed by President George Washington's Farewell Address of 1796, in which President Washington discusses happiness, at the beginning, and at the conclusion Saint Thomas Aquinas' Treatise on Happiness from the Summa Theologiae, First Part of the Second Part, questions one through five. Our socratic seminar method is a collegial inquiry by and for educated faithful. The reading load is heavy and rewarding, so we come together once a month to discuss.
This symposium is a special kind of discussion workshop where small groups, no more than 19 participants, meet to discuss a read-ahead. The symposium is led by an experienced leader, who does not act as expert or authority but as guardian making sure that the conversation stays reasonably on track and centered upon the common text(s) and rises to a serious level. The leader helps support the conversation so that the participants gain depper understandings from and about the readings, and based on their own questions. At the beginning of each symposia, the leader asks an opening question as a starting point into joint enquiry. Thereafter, participants enter the conversation freely and when inspired.
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Starts in February in Berkeley.