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On Friday nights throughout the 2014-15 academic year, the students of Thomas Aquinas ¹û¶³´«Ã½ will have the privilege of attending lectures from some of the nation’s most distinguished scholars — covering a wide range of topics from evolution to literature to Thomistic theology — through the St. Vincent de Paul Lecture and Concert Series.

The Series, endowed by Barbara and Paul Henkels, complements the the ¹û¶³´«Ã½â€™s classroom discussion method and academic program. It also provides for several concerts of classical, operatic, or sacred music, as well as the twice-annual All-¹û¶³´«Ã½ Seminars. Below is the schedule for the upcoming year:

Aug. 29
7:30 p.m.

Dr. John J. Goyette
Tutor
Thomas Aquinas ¹û¶³´«Ã½
“St. Thomas Aquinas on Faith Seeking Understandingâ€

Sept. 12
7:00 p.m.

Dr. Sarah Ruden
Visiting Scholar in Classical Studies, Wesleyan University
“V¾±°ù²µ¾±±ô’s Aeneid: Reaching Inward and Outward with Wordsâ€

Oct. 3
7:00 p.m.

All-¹û¶³´«Ã½ Seminar

Oct. 17
7:30 p.m.

Dr. Richard Sternberg
Principal Investigator, Biologic Institute
Topic: Evolution

Nov. 7
7:30 p.m.

Br. Kenneth Cardwell, FSC
Professor and Director of the Collegiate Seminar
Saint Mary’s ¹û¶³´«Ã½ of California
Topic: The Plague of Frogs in Exodus

Nov. 21
7:00 p.m.

Fall Concert: Paul Galbraith
Classical guitarist

Dec. 5
7:00 p.m.

Advent Concert
The Thomas Aquinas ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Choir

Jan. 16
7:30 p.m.

Dr. David R. Arias
Tutor
Thomas Aquinas ¹û¶³´«Ã½
Topic: St. Thomas on Substantial Form

Jan. 28
1 p.m.

Rev. Romanus Cessario, O.P.
Professor
St. John’s Seminary, Boston
St. Thomas Day Address

Feb. 6
7:00 p.m.

All-¹û¶³´«Ã½ Seminar

Feb. 20
7:30 p.m.

Dr. Daniel Mahoney
Professor of Political Science
Assumption ¹û¶³´«Ã½
Presidents’ Day Address

March 27
7:30 p.m.

Dr. Mark Blitz
Fletcher Jones Professor of Political Philosophy
Claremont McKenna ¹û¶³´«Ã½
Topic: Plato’s political philosophy