Other Institute Activities
UVA Family Weekend Events
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.).
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Minor Hall Auditorium
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!
"Secularlism and Law: What Really Causes Secularization?"
"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.
"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!
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
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
“The Major Debates at Vatican II”
William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of the History of Christianity, University of Virginia
“Vatican II and the Cold War”
Professor of History, University of Washington
“Communist Czechoslovakia and Vatican II”
Associate Professor of History, Catholic University of America
“Communist Hungary and Vatican II”
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:
September 20, 2014:
November 23, 2013:
March 18-20, 2011:
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
Wednesdays January 6, 20, and 27. 2021: 7-8PM (Zoom)
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