The Thomistic Institute
By The Thomistic Institute
The Thomistic Institute exists to promote Catholic truth in our contemporary world by strengthening the intellectual formation of Christians at universities, in the Church, and in the wider public square. The thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Universal Doctor of the Church, is our touchstone.
The Thomistic Institute Podcast features the lectures and talks from our conferences, campus chapters events, intellectual retreats, livestream events, and much more.
Founded in 2009, the Thomistic Institute is part of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC.
The Thomistic Institute Podcast features the lectures and talks from our conferences, campus chapters events, intellectual retreats, livestream events, and much more.
Founded in 2009, the Thomistic Institute is part of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC.
Latest episode
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The Metaphysics of Prayer | Fr. Stephen Brock
This lecture was given on February 7th, 2025, at Duke University.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Stephen L. Brock is a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei (ordained 1992)..… -
Can Philosophical Skepticism Be Overcome? | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.
This lecture was given on February 5th, 2024, at Yale University.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Fr. Thomas Joseph White is the Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical Univer..… -
Aquinas on the Identity of Essence and Existence in God | Prof. Michael Gorman
This lecture was given on June 1st, 2024, at Mount Saint Mary College.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Michael Gorman is Professor of Philosophy at The Catholic University..… -
The Trinity: The Heart of Christian Life | Dr. Edmund Lazzari
This lecture was given on March 3rd, 2025, at College of William and Mary.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Edmund Lazzari is Teaching Fellow in the Department of Catholic ..… -
Does God Exist | Prof. Michael Gorman
This lecture was given on February 22nd, 2025, at University of Rochester.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Michael Gorman is Professor of Philosophy at The Catholic Univer..… -
Aquinas the Wordsmith: The Hymns and Sequence of Corpus Christi | Prof. Patrick Callahan
Prof. Patrick Callahan analyzes the poetic genius of Saint Thomas Aquinas in the hymns and sequence of Corpus Christi, highlighting Aquinas’ understanding of beauty, proportion, clarity, and sublimity as essential to both art and spiritual contempl..… -
Only the Lover Sings: Poetry, Mimesis, and the Christian Life | Prof. Patrick Callahan
Prof. Patrick Callahan reveals how poetry, as the most Christ-like form of speech and a reflection of human mimesis, plays a vital role in the Christian life by fostering conformity to Christ and deepening the contemplative experience.This lecture ..… -
God, Beauty, and Mathematics | Prof. Alexander Pruss
This lecture was given on October 1st, 2024, at University of North Texas.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Alexander Pruss is professor of philosophy at Baylor University...… -
The Beautiful and the Sublime: How to Make Art that Leads to God | Prof. Patrick Callahan
This lecture was given on November 19th, 2024, at East Carolina University.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Patrick Callahan is director of the Newman Institute for Cathol..… -
Logic and Truth in God, Nature, and the Artificial | Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, O.P.
This lecture was given on November 6th, 2023, at Oxford University.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Fr. Philip-Neri Reese is a Dominican friar of the Province of St Joseph..…