UVA Family Weekend Events

Parents/Faculty Lunch 12:00pm or 1:15pm (RSVP requested)

The St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought is celebrating its 18th year of service to the University of Virginia community and we’d like to treat visiting parents to a free lunch with a few of our faculty. No lectures, quizzes or homework, just lunch and informal discussion in a private, on-Grounds Jeffersonian room.  Space is very limited, so we’re requesting reservations for either a 12:00pm or a 1:15pm lunch.  Students welcomed to attend, too. RSVP your name and time preference to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  For more information or questions, contact Prof. Charles Kromkowski (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).  

"Claudio Monteverdi: The Man and His Music"
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Minor Hall Auditorium
Music lovers and novices are invited to hear Fiona Hughes (violinist and Artistic Director of Charlottesville's Three Notch'd Road Ensemble) and Peter Walker (bass soloist) speak about the music and achievements of Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), a famous Italian priest composer whose impact on both sacred and secular music truly is unparalleled. Live musical demonstrations included, so come, listen, and enjoy! Also check out Saturday's Student/Parent Field Trip event. Sponsored by the University faculty associated with the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought. 
 
Catholic Student & Family Weekend Open House
5:00-6:00 p.m.
Minor Hall Lobby
Before dashing off for dinner, stop by for refreshments and good cheer with UVA Catholic Hoos, University faculty associated with the St. Anselm Institute, and of course our local favorites, the Dominican Friars of St. Thomas University Parish!

Students, Faculty and Institute Friends: 

You're Invited!

Interested in reading Dante's Paradiso for the first time? The St. Anselm Institute invites you to join us and other students, faculty and friends of the Institute on three Friday afternoons in the 2015 spring semester. Absolutely no prior experience of (or time in) Hell or Purgatory needed. Prof. William Wilson (Religious Studies) will be on hand to guide us straight into Dante's heavenly Paradise!  The Institute will even provide you with a free copy of the Paradiso to keep.
 
When?:  Feb.6, 3-4pm (Cantos 1-10);  Feb. 20, 3-4pm (Cantos 11-20); and March 20, 3:00-4:30pm (Cantos 21-33)
Where?: Monroe Hall, room 124
Interested?: Contact the St. Anselm Institute (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) to express your interest in joining this reading group. 

"Secularlism and Law: What Really Causes Secularization?"

St. Thomas Aquinas Prayer & Study Day
Saturday, September 20, 2014 (10:30am-3pm) 
 
The Second Vatican Council teaches us that the development of Tradition, guided by the Holy Spirit, takes place through the "contemplation and study made by believers" (Dei Verbum). Such "contemplation and study" is characteristic of Dominican spirituality, which the University Parish of St. Thomas Aquinas seeks to advance through its Prayer and Study Days.   All are welcome to attend, free of charge.  Reservations are requested to aid in planning for the luncheon: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
 
Spiritual Conference (10:30 AM), Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, OP, "God's Love and Our Personal Secularization"
Mass (12:00 PM)
Luncheon (1:00 PM)
Keynote Lecture (2 PM), Mary Eberstadt

 

 

"Fatherhood and Forgiveness: For the Good of Society"

St. Thomas Aquinas Prayer & Study Day
Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013 (10am-3pm) 

The Second Vatican Council teaches us that the development of Tradition, guided by the Holy Spirit, takes place through the "contemplation and study made by believers" (Dei Verbum). Such "contemplation and study" is characteristic of Dominican spirituality, which the University Parish of St. Thomas Aquinas seeks to prosper through its new Prayer and Study Days. The day consists of the following: Spiritual Conference (10:30 AM), Mass (12:30 PM), Luncheon (1:30 PM), Keynote Lecture (3 PM).


On Saturday, November 23, this St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Prayer and Study Day will honor the exemplary life of St. Martin de Porres by focusing on the topic: "Fatherhood and Forgiveness: For the Good of Society."

Fr. Andrew Hofer, OP will deliver the spiritual conference. He is Master of Students of the Dominicans of the Eastern Province and Assistant Professor of Patristics and Ancient Languages at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception (Washington, DC). He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press, 2013).  

Dr. Paul C. Vitz will deliver the keynote lecture. He is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at New York University and Senionr Scholar/Professor of Psychology at the Institute for Psychological Sciences (Arlington, VA).  His many publications include Faith of the Fatherless: The Psychology of Atheism (Ignatius, 1999, 2013), Freud’s Christian Unconscious (1993), and Psychology as Religion: The cult of self worship (2nd ed. 1994).

Please RSVP (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) to assist in planning for the luncheon. Childcare will be provided. The entire day is free of charge, and all are welcomed to attend.
FACULTY COLLOQUIUM: THE DEATH PENALTY
"Glorious things are spoken of you, O City of God" (Ps 87:3)

Since Pope John Paul II"s 1995 encyclical Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) taught that societies"ought not go to the extreme of executing the offender except in cases of absolute necessity: in other words, when it would not be possible otherwise to defend society,"  there's been a healthy discussion on the meaning of these words and the moral status of the death penalty.  This St. Anselm Institute Colloquium will continue this discussion with Justice Antonin Scalia by focusing on several interrelated questions:

 UVA Students, Faculty, Staff & Friends: 
Yes, You are invited!

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Interested in reading Dante's Purgatorio for the first time? Or perhaps in simply savoring it again with others? The St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought invites you to join our Dante Alighieri Divine Comedy Reading Group. As Dante had Virgil, Religious Studies Professor Emeritus Bill Wilson will be our trusted guide this Spring as we make our way through the 33 Cantos of the Purgatorio.
 
When?: Wednesdays, 6:30-8:00pm (Feb. 7; Feb. 28; March 27; April 10) 
 
Where?: St. Thomas University Parish (downstairs conference room)
 
What else?: Everyone is invited, but please register here to assist with room setup. We'll use the widely available Mandelbaum translation of The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso (Everyman's Library). UVA students can request a free copy, guaranteed to be a lifelong friend in your personal library.  
Questions? Email Prof. Bill Wilson: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Second Vatican Council and Communism Symposium

Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012/ UVA Nau Hall 101

Melissa Wilde (9:15am)
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
“The Major Debates at Vatican II”

Gerald Fogarty, S.J. (10:45am)
William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of the History of Christianity, University of Virginia
“Vatican II and the Cold War”

-Lunch-

James Ramon Felak (1:00pm)
Professor of History, University of Washington
“Communist Czechoslovakia and Vatican II”

Árpád von Klimó (2:15pm)
Associate Professor of History, Catholic University of America
“Communist Hungary and Vatican II”

Piotr H. Kosicki (3:45pm)
ACLS New Faculty Fellow and Lecturer in History, University of Virginia
“Communist Poland and Vatican II”

Organized by the UVA Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies as part of the UVa Polish Lecture Series. Made possible by the Rosenstiel Foundation and the American Institute of Polish Culture. Co-sponsors: Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures; St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought; Virginia Center for the Study of Religion; Department of History; Slavic Department.

"Catholic Activism Behind the Iron Curtain"
Garrett Hall Commons / UVA

The Catholic Church is often identified by its cautious, tradition-preserving characteristics, but highly sophisticated forms of religious activism--especially by Catholic lay and clerical ctivists--are widely recognized for their central role in resisting and successfully undermining Communist rule in Eastern Europe. How was this activism manifested, and why and in what ways did it succeed? What, more specifically, were the theological responses to Stalinism and to de-Stalinization? What role did religious organizations in the West play in this activism? And how did these various forms of resistance aid the transformation of Catholic-Jewish relations? Four leading historians take up these questions in a series of public lectures and discussions that will occur on-Grounds at UVA on Friday, October 26, 2012.  For directions to Garrett Hall, click here.  

The St. Anselm Institute is pleased to cosponsor this all-day public symposium with the UVA Center for Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies. 


FACULTY & STUDENT INVITATION

Fr. Joseph Barranger, O.P., the St. Anselm Institute, and Catholic Student Ministry invite all active and retired faculty to join all graduating students and their families at the 2015 Baccalaureate Mass on Saturday, May 15 at 7:00pm at St. Thomas University Parish.

This Mass has grown into a great University tradition over the years as faculty wear their academic regalia, process in together, and sit as a grand faculty enclave.  Students are encouraged to wear their graduation gowns and process in as a group, too. Please arrive by 6:40pm to assemble in St. Thomas Hall.  A light reception and photo opportunities follow the Mass.  For more details, faculty can contact Keith Kozminski (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.); graduate and undergraduate students can contact the CSM or St. Thomas Parish.

February 26-28, 2016:
St. Anselm Institute "40-hour Faculty Lenten Retreat," San Damiano Spiritual retreat Center (Winchester, VA), with guest lectures on "Christian Meditation and Contemplation" by Kevin Hart (Religious Studies) and "The New Evangelization" by Fr. Bruno Shah, O.P. (University of Notre Dame). Retreat Chaplain: Fr. Antoninus Niemiec, O.P.

September 20, 2014:

St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish Prayer & Study Day: "Secularism and Law," with Spiritual Conference by Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. on "God's Love and Our Personal Secularization," and Keynote Lecture by Mary Eberstadt

November 23, 2013:

St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish Prayer & Study Day: "Fatherhood and Forgiveness: For the Good of Society," with Spiritual Conference by Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., and Keynote Lecture by Dr. Paul C. Fitz.

March 18-20, 2011:

 Faculty & Friends of the Institute Lenten Retreat
Benedictine Abbey Retreat Center, 
Richmond, Virginia

 March 27-29, 2009:

St. Anselm Institute Faculty Lenten Retreat, Mary Mother of the Church Benedictine Abbey, Richmond, VA. "The Love of God and the Spiritual Life." Guest Lecturer: Robert Louis Wilken (religious Studies), "Origen (185-232), Bernard of Clairvaux (c.1090-1153)"; "Augustine (354-430), Gregory of Nyssa (c.329-c.389), Maximus Confessor (c.580-662)"; and "The Psalms and the Spiritual Life." Retreat Chaplain: Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P.

March 14-15, 2008:

St. Anselm Institute Faculty Lenten Retreat, Mary Mother of the Church Benedictine Abbey, Richmond, VA. Guest Lecturer: Reinhard Huetter (Duke University), "What is it that we university faculty do, and what contribution is made to our doing it by the fact that we are Catholic?" Retreat Chaplain: Fr. Brian Mulcahy, O.P. 
 

Dates: March 27-29, 2009
Location: Mary, Mother of the Church Abbey (Richmond, VA)
Guest Speaker:  Robert Louis Wilken
        William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of the History of Christianity, Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia
General Theme of 2009 Retreat: The Love of God and the Spiritual Life

Readings:     [TBA, January 2009]

St. Augustine's Confessions

UVA Student Reading Group
Wednesdays January 6, 20, and 27. 2021: 7-8PM (Zoom)
Wednesdays March 24, 31, and April 7 and 14: 7-8PM (Zoom)
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The St. Anselm Institute has lined up Prof. Emeritus Bill Wilson (Religious Studies) to lead a special reading group for UVA students on a Catholic classic, St. Augustine’s Confessions.  Don’t miss this fabulous (and free!) opportunity to read this literary and spiritual masterpiece! Augustine’s challenge—to answer the question "Who am I?"—exposes why his and our lives are utterly restless and unsatisfying without a clear anchoring orientation to God. Email Dr. Jocelyn Moore (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). UVA students will receive a free copy of Augustine's Confessions from the Institute! We will discuss three books at each session: Books 1–3 (Jan 6), Books 4–6 (Jan 20), and Books 7–9 (Jan 27); then conclude with the final 4 books: March 24 (Book 10), March 31 (Book 11); April 7 (Book 12); and April 14 (Book 13).

March 18-20, 2011: "The Life and Piety of St. Francis of Assisi"

Location: Mary Mother of the Church Abbey (Richmond, VA)
Guest Speaker:  Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P., S.T.M., Professor of History, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology,
Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California 
Retreat Chaplain: Fr. Jacek Buda, O.P.

Preliminary Schedule of 2011 Retreat
Friday, March 18, 2011
6:30-7:30pm: Arrive at Mary Mother of the Church Abbey
7:30: Evening Prayer (Conference Room, Lower level)
8:00: Dinner
9:30: Night Prayer

Saturday, March 19, 2011
8:00-8:30am: Breakfast
9:00: Morning Prayer 
9:30-11:30:     First Session--What Can St. Francis teach us on Conversion and Vocation?
Presenter: Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P., S.T.M.; Professor of History, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology,
Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California 

Readings: St. Francis of Assisi: A Critical Life, chs.1-3
11:30: Mass
Noon: Lunch
1:00-3:00: Personal time (Confessions available with Benedictine Abbey monks,Time and Location TBA)
3:00-3:30: Stations of the Cross
3:30-4:45: Second Session--What Can St. Francis teach us about living as Catholics?
Presenter: Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. 
Readings: St. Francis of Assisi: A Critical Life,chs. 4-6
4:45: Evening Prayer 
5:00: Dinner
7:00-8:
00: Third Session--What Can St. Francis teach us about Sickness and Death?
Readings: St. Francis of Assisi: A Critical Life, chs. 7-8
8:00: Night Prayer 
8:30pm: Faculty Reception

Sunday, March 20, 2011
7:30-8:00am: Breakfast
8:30: Morning Prayer

9:00: Mass with the Benedictine Abbey monks (Abbey Church)
10:00: Departure

 

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