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JPII Conference Panel Discussion (2025): AI and Catholic Social Teaching
The panel examined AI ethics through Catholic social thought, calling for responsible AI use that safeguards human relationships and creativity. Fr. Michael Baggot, L.C., S.T.L., Ph.D. is Professor Aggregato of Bioethics at Pontific...
JPII Conference Panel Discussion (2025): Marriage and Sexuality
The panel discussed the historical and contemporary challenges of marriage and family, drawing on insights from Pope Leo XIII and Pope Francis. Featuring Dr. Matthew Walz and Mary Rice Hasson, J.D., the conversation emphasized the need for wisd...
JPII Conference Panel Discussion (2025): Church, State and Religious Liberty
This JPII Conference panel discussion on Pope Leo XIII and modern Catholic social thought features Dr. Christopher Wolfe and Dr. Gerard Bradley.Dr. Christopher Wolfe is President Emeritus of the Dallas Forum for Law, Politics and Culture...
"How to Fix Thought on God" – Aquinas Lecture at UDallas
Dr. Michael Gorman, professor of philosophy at the Catholic University of America, speaks on “How to Fix Thought on God.” Gorman walks through a logical progression, defining modes and degrees of thought with relevant examples and then applying...
On Tyranny: Thomas More and the Renaissance
At the UDallas annual St. Thomas More Conference, Dr. James Hankins, Professor of History at Harvard, presents a paper illuminating St. Thomas More’s understanding of tyranny in the context of Renaissance humanism. Hankins highlights Thomas Mor...
The Heavens are Telling the Glory of God: C.S. Lewis, Narnia and the Planets- Fr. Michael Ward
At a lecture at the University of Dallas, Fr. Michael Ward delves deeply into the world of Narnia through the lens of C.S. Lewis’s medieval literature expertise, defending his thesis that Lewis intended the Narnia books to be a depiction of eac...
JPII Conference Keynote: Popes Leo XIII & XIV, Catholic Social Thought & the Challenges of Modernity
At the John Paul II Conference held at UDallas in October 2025, Dr. Scott Roniger provides the historical background for Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical, Rerum Novarum and then walks the audience through Leo’s major points. Roniger highlights the im...
Teacher: Willmoore Kendall’s Vision for American Education by Dr. Christopher Owen
Part of a Politics Department conference titled “Willmoore Kendall and the American Political Order,” Dr. Christopher Owen delivered a lecture called “Teacher: Willmoore Kendall’s Vision for American Education,” giving an intimate overview of K...
Aquinas on the Mystery of Trinitarian Indwelling by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP
In a spiritual reflection on the theology of grace, Fr. White explains the role of the Holy Spirit and the gift of grace in orienting the human soul to the trinitarian God. Using the framework of St. Thomas Aquinas, he analyzes the essential ro...
Lincoln, the Bible and Slavery
In this lecture recording, renowned Lincoln scholar Dr. Joseph Fornieri reflects on how Lincoln drew from scripture, reason and the republican tradition to challenge slavery and illuminate the moral foundations of democra
Anxious? Overwhelmed? Q&A with Dr. Kevin Majeres
Anxiety is rising — but why? This talk surveys current neuroscience on dynorphins, dopamine and adrenaline, showing how “welcoming discomfort” reshapes stress responses, cognition and motivation. Drawing on OptimalWork’s reframing/mindfulness p...
2025 Landregan Lecture | Did Jesus Know He Was God? - by Dr. Brant Pitre
Doctrinally, the answer is a clear yes. However, historical critical considerations have long weakened confidence in that answer. Dr. Brant Pitre tackles the question in light of these newer questions with an eye to the Semitic and rabbinic mod...
Art, Faith and Culture, by Timothy Schmalz
Timothy traced his journey from shock-driven contemporary art to a lifelong mission of sculpting the sacred. He reflected on the role of sculpture as a public and permanent witness to faith, the unique power of Christian iconography, and his am...
Cynthia Haven - René Girard at the End of Time
2025 McDermott Lecturer Cynthia Haven is a prominent articulator of the work of René Girard, the French-born American historian, literary critic and philosopher whose work belongs to the tradition of anthropological philosophy. He is best known...
"The Laughing Prophet"—Dale Ahlquist's lecture at UDallas
In this talk, Dale Ahlquist described G.K. Chesterton as a prophetic thinker whose insights into morality, education and technology remain strikingly prescient. He emphasized Chesterton’s wit, wisdom and deep faith, illustrating how his use of ...