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Documents
- One Hundred Years of Thomism edited by Fr. Victor B. Brezik, CSB
- Read Jacques Maritain's first lecture in North America. It was given in French at St. Michael's College, University of Toronto in 1933. The English translation of the text was donated to the Center by Fr. Victor Brezik, CSB, who was present for the lecture. He hopes students and readers of this website will take time to read it and find it beneficial.
- The Center for Thomistic Studies STYLE SHEET (requires latest version of Adobe Reader). If you have difficulty viewing the style sheet in your web browser, right click on the link and save the document to your computer. You should then be able to open the document in Adobe.
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Jacques Maritain and the Center
 This picture is of Fr. Brezik, Jacques Maritain and Fr. Sullivan (for whom Sullivan Hall is named) dated October 5, 1966, taken at the home of John Howard Griffin in Fort Worth, Texas.
This is an image of a letter Jacques Maritain wrote to the Center:
 Fort Worth, Texas
October 5, 1966
Greetings and best wishes to the faculty and students of the University of St. Thomas, from an old philosopher who deeply loves America and the American people.
Jacques Maritain
Honorary Member of the Faculty,
University of St. Thomas |
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Archived News Items
Bishop Wilton Gregory Visits UST
 Bishop Gregory Meets Philosophy Class
From left to right: Dr. Mary Catherine Sommers,
Joseph Hattrup, Lindy Kertz, Mark Barker,
Bishop Gregory, Matthew Dittert, Jeff Zents,
Matthew Lomanno and Matille Thebolt
Bishop Wilton Gregory, president of the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops, visited with students, faculty and staff of the University on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2002 in the Ahern Room of Crooker Center. Bishop Gregory came to the University after speaking on “Grace Increased the More” at the Westin Oaks Hotel. The Houston Forum sponsored the lecture. Bishop Gregory, confronting issues never before raised in the Church, is the first African American elected to lead the conference of bishops. He serves on the Advisory Board for UST’s Center for Thomistic Studies. |
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The Aquinas Lecture
Each year, usually in the Spring semester, a distinguished scholar is asked to give a lecture on some aspect of the Thomistic tradition. The list of past Aquinas lecturers is as follows:
2006 Cardinal Avery Dulles
“The Apologetics of St. Thomas Aquinas”
2005 – Dr. Germain Grisez
"The Restless Heart Blunder"
2004 – Dr. Kenneth Schmidtz
“The Texture of Being: Paths of Action, Compass of Discourse”
2003 – Dr. Janet Smith
“Why Aquinas Thinks Natural Sex Is Best”
2002 – Dr. Alasdair MacIntyre
“Agents, Actions, and the Ultimate Human End”
2001 – Rev. Mauricio Beuchot, OP
“Thomism in Early Colonial Philosophy in Mexico”
2000 – Dr. Robert Wood
“What Sensations Won’t Tell You About Individuals: Reflections on Capacity”
1999 – Rev. Romanus Cessario, OP
“Christian Freedom and Compulsive Behavior”
1998 – Rev. Leo Sweeney, SJ
“Augustine, Abelard, Aquinas, and the Problem of Evil”
1997 – Rev. Brian Davies, OP
“Aquinas, God and Being”
1996 – Rev. William A. Wallace, OP
“The Modeling of Nature”
1995 – Dr. Michael Novak
“Thomas Aquinas: Harsh Teachings on Heretics”
1994 – Dr. Peter Kreeft
“The Abolition of Natural Law from the Human Heart”
1993 – Dr. Mary Rousseau
“Thomistic Personalism and Today’s Families”
1992 – Dr. Peter Geach
“Knowledge, Belief, Certainty and Testimony”
1992 – Dr. Elizabeth Anscombe
“Practical Truth”
1991 – Dr. Ralph McInerny
“The Pagan Basis for the Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas?”
1990 – Dr. Paul Sigmund
“The Contemporary Relevance of the Social Thought of Aquinas in Europe and Latin America”
1989 – Dr. Thomas Sullivan
“A Major Problem About Religious Belief”
1988 – Rev. Albert Moraczewski, OP
“Contemporary Scientists”
1987 – Rev. Benedict M. Ashley, OP
“Aquinas and the Theology of the Body”
1986 – Msgr. Edward A. Synan
“St. Thomas Aquinas: His Good Life and Hard Times”
1985 – Dr. Francis J. Kovach
“Aquinas and Action at a Distance: An Historical-Critical Analysis”
1984 – Rev. Robert J. Henle, SJ
“St. Thomas and American Law”
1983 – Dr. Vernon J. Bourke
“Voluntariness and the Insanity Plea”
1982 – Rev. Joseph Owens, CSsR
“Aquinas and Ideology”
1981 – Dr. Henry Veatch
“Toward a Christian Philosophy of the Humanities” |
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