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Aquinas' Philosophy of the Angels – Prof. Gregory Doolan
Season 13
Prof. Gregory Doolan explains how Aquinas uses philosophy to show that angels are real immaterial beings—pure forms with intellect and will—whose pla…
2 weeks ago
Private Property and the Universal Destination of Goods: How a Right to Private Possessions Serves the Common Good – Fr. Brad Elliott, O.P.
Season 13
Fr. Brad Elliott, O.P. explores how the Catholic tradition understands ownership as a moral relation that binds persons together rather than isolatin…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Thomistic Sacramental Theology – Fr. Thomas Joseph White
This lecture was given on February 6th, 2026, at Dominican House of Studies.
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2 weeks, 2 days ago
Pope Leo XIII and Communism – Fr. Brad Elliott, O.P.
Season 13
Fr. Brad Elliott shows how Leo’s Rerum Novarum responds to Marx and Engels by grounding property rights in the father’s duty to provide, the family’s…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Nagasaki Prays, Hiroshima Rages: God's Providence and Narratives of Suffering – Prof. James Nolan
Season 13
Prof. James Nolan argues that Nagasaki’s prayerful response to the atomic bomb can only be understood through the city’s long Christian history, espe…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
What is Catholic Social Teaching? – Fr. Brad Elliott, O.P.
Season 13
Fr. Brad Elliott argues that it is really a theological vision of the human person as a social being ordered to God through family, polity, and Churc…
3 weeks ago
Mercy and Justice in Political Life: Augustine, Seneca, and Nussbaum – Prof. Sarah Byers
Season 13
This lecture was given on January 23rd, 2026, at University of Toronto.
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3 weeks, 1 day ago
The University and the Search for Wisdom in the Middle Ages – Dr. Brian FitzGerald
Season 13
Dr. Brian FitzGerald explores how the first universities emerged from cathedral schools and monastic learning, and why they were built not just to tr…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
The Good Citizen: Lessons from Tocqueville on Democratic Citizenship in the 21st Century – Prof. Raymond Hain
Season 13
Prof. Raymond Hain argues that Tocqueville’s insights show democratic citizenship depends on stable attachments, shared social life across class line…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
How John Paul II Used the Saints Against the Communists in Poland – Prof. James Felak
Season 13
Prof. James Felak shows how John Paul II used the saints in his pilgrimages to communist Poland to challenge atheistic rule, strengthen Catholic iden…
3 weeks, 6 days ago