This mesmerizing film of the 30,000 years old paintings discovered in the Chauvet caves in the south of France offers a truly unique moment to see and reflect upon the ancient yet mystical beauty of the human spirit.  Prof. John Dobbins (Art and Archaelogy) will join Fr. Bruno Shah, O.P. and others for a lively discussion afterwards. All are welcomed and encouraged to attend. Bring a friend or two: parking and admission are free!

Where & When
St. Thomas Aquinas hall, 401 Alderman Rd.
Charlottesville, VA 22903
February 28, 2014 (6:30pm)
 
 

THE STONE CARVERS

1984 Academy Award Best Documentary Short Subject

6:00pm Lenten Soup Supper*

6:30pm Film and Discussion Begins

All are welcome so bring a friend.

401 Alderman Rd-St. Thomas Aquinas Hall

This film records the moving personal accounts of the Italian-American stone carvers who crafted the wonderful stone sculptures that adorn the Washington Cathedral, one of the last neo-Gothic cathedrals built in the United States.  To aid our discussion of the film, Academy Awarad winning filmmaker Paul Wagner (writer, director, and producer of this and many films), Lisa Reilly (UVA Architecture professor), and Fr. Giles Dimock, O.P. will be present. 

* Dinner: Courtesy of the generosity of the Knights of Columbus.

Free Admission and Free Parking!

 

 

Please join us tonight (@ 6:30pm) for a free screening of the Academy Award winning documentary Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids. The film captures memorable glimpses of the lives and extreme difficulties facing the children of Calcutta's prostitutes. After the film, Fr. Bruno Shah, O.P. will moderate an open discussion, which will include Corban Addison, a lawyer, author, and human rights activist who has worked with victims of modern slavery in the brothels of Mumbai, India. 
 
This event is cosponsored with St. Thomas Aquinas Peace and Justice Committee. All are welcomed and encouraged to attend. Bring a friend.

Where & When
St. Thomas Aquinas Hall, 401 Alderman Rd.
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
December 13, 6:30pm
Free Admission, Free Parking
 

FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES!
Crimes and Misdemeanors 
Minor Hall Auditorium, 7:30pm

Looking for an alternative? The St. Anselm Institute Friday Night Film Series is back. We'll screen and open a discussion of Woody Allen's classic Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), a thought-filled, dark-edged morality comedy about the shallows and depths of the human soul. FREE ADMISSION, so invite a friend or two.

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Public parking available in the University Bookstore Garage.

March 1, 2013 - 7:30pm
Nau Auditorium
Free Admission
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November 16, 2012 (6:30pm): St. Thomas Hall, 401 Alderman Road

Departures

altThe next film in our 2012-13 Series is Departures (2008), a Japanese film (with English subtitles).  This Academy Award-winning, internationally acclaimed film includes no Doctors of the Church, no Saints or Popes, or even any explicitly Catholic or Christian characters. And yet,this deeply engaging and transformative story of an unemployed

Friday, October 26, 7:30pm
Nau Auditorium/South Lawn

 

A properly tuned imagination should always be eager to find the Divine in life's many experiences. Like the other visual arts, good films offer us a means of refining our imaginative and reflective capacities. Come join us for a free screening and brief faculty discussion of 


Make plans now to join us and others on February 23 at 7:30pm for Thursday Night at the Movies in Nau Auditorium/UVA South Lawn. 

We're showing The Mission, starring Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons.  This spectacularly rich and thoughtful film about war, conquest, betrayal, peace, love, and 18th century Jesuit missionaries and the Guarani of South America won the Cannes Film Festival Palme D'or Award and the Academy Award for Cinematography.    

This event, co-sponsored by the St. Anselm Institute, the Department of History, and UVA Catholic Student Ministry, is free and open to all.  


The St. Anselm Institute and UVA Catholic Student Ministry invite you to join us at Friday Night at the Movies on October 21 at 7:30pm in Nau Auditorium, located on the new South Lawn of the University of Virginia.  This event is free and open to all, so bring a friend or family member to see the 2011 Cannes Film Festival Palme D'or Award winner: The Tree of Life (2011).  Written and directed by Terrence Malik, this critically acclaimed, unconventional, and visually rich narrative of a 1950s Catholic family in Waco, TX offers us an opportunity to reconsider the cosmic significance of the Act of Creation and our place within this larger, Grace filled Divine Narrative. 
 
  
Nau Auditorium is part of the new South Lawn at the University of Virginia.  Free evening parking is available in a Brandon Ave parking lot adjacent to Nau and Gibson Halls.   For a map and directions, click here.
 

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