Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks

“Queen Dido and the Ivory Gate,” a Tutor Talk by Dr. Joseph Hattrup (Thomas Aquinas College, California). Given on September 30, 2026.

“How Can Evil Be a Species of Human Actions?”, a lecture by Dr. Steven Jensen (University of St. Thomas, Houston). Given on September 11, 2026, at Thomas Aquinas College, New England, as part of the 2026-27 St. Vincent de Paul Lecture & Concert Series.

“The Analogy of Proper Proportion and the Metaphysics of Gift in the Thought of Ferdinand Ulrich” by Gregory Warner (John Paul II Institute, D.C.). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“The Science of the One qua One: Aristotle and Aquinas on Henology” by Conor Stark (The Catholic University of America). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“The Instrumental-Efficient Causality of Christ’s Past Actions: The Metaphysical Basis of a Disagreement Among Thomists” by Dominic Spiekermann (Thomas Aquinas College, California). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“The Metaphysics of Martyrdom and the Being of Truth” by J. Marianne Siegmund (University of Dallas). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“The Dignity of God: An Aspect of Divine Wisdom” by Julian Sicam (University of St. Thomas, Houston). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“Hic et Nunc: Intelligible Matter and the Origins of Mathematical Knowledge” by Maureen Ryland (University of St. Thomas, Houston). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“Is St. Michael His Michaelness? Aquinas on the Distinction Between Angelic Person and Angelic Nature” by Alexander Roberts (University of Notre Dame). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“The Predicative and Epistemic Restrictions of Prime Matter, ‘to’ Some Predicative and Epistemic Restrictions Regarding Prime Matter” by Marcel Pryor (The Catholic University of America). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“St. Thomas Aquinas on Whether All Human Beings Can Be Metaphysicians” by Ginna Pennance-Acevedo (University of St. Thomas, Houston). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“Heidegger’s Atheistic Ontology: A Comparison of Faith and Reason in the Writings of Martin Heidegger and Thomas Aquinas” by Rev. Gregory Markey (Thomas Aquinas College, New England). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“From Ipsum Esse to Emmanuel: Beyond the Metaphysical Ascent” by Sr. Anne Francis Le, O.P. (Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“On the Importance of Understanding Universals for the Teaching of Logic — and for Using Logic as Well” by Rev. Brendan Kelly (Thomas Aquinas College, California). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“Conformity to God’s Will and Conformity to Right Reason: Measure, Contingency, and Participation in Aquinas” by Rev. Joseph Hudson, O.S.B. (Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“How Might We Understand Mary’s Current Mediatory Role?” by Stephen Hipp (Christendom College). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“Can One Have an Experience of God in the Natural Order?” by Peter Gardner (University of St. Thomas, Houston). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“The ‘Digitus Sextus’ in the Summa Contra Gentiles IV, c.41 as an Analogy for the Union of the Human Nature and the Divine Nature of Christ in the Hypostatic Union” by Lorenzo Garcia (University of Notre Dame). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“Secundum Esse et non Secundum Intentionem: The Analogy of Inequality in In Sent. I.19.5.2” by Shane Dowell (St. Paul Seminary). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“The Holy Spirit as the Impulse of Divine Love According to St. Thomas Aquinas” by Sophie Cummings (Dominican House of Studies). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“The Self-Evidence of the Gradation Principle (of the Fourth Way)” by Michael Bors (St. Mary’s Seminary & University, Baltimore). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“Contingency and Per Accidens Causality in the Work of St. Thomas” by Michael Bishop (The Catholic University of America). Presented at the Thomas Aquinas College 2026 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“‘The great flood-gates of the wonder-world swung open’: The Baby and the Book in Dante’s Divine Comedy and Melville’s Moby-Dick; Or, The Whale”, a lecture by Dr. Elizabeth Reyes (Thomas Aquinas College, California). Given on August 28, 2026, as part of the 2026-27 St. Vincent de Paul Lecture & Concert Series.

“Sapientis est Ordinare: Order in the Thomas Aquinas College Curriculum,” a lecture by Dr. Josef C. Froula (Thomas Aquinas College, New England). Given on August 28, 2026, as part of the 2026-27 St. Vincent de Paul Lecture & Concert Series.

“The Presence of the Spirit Overcomes All Barriers”, a homily by His Eminence Sean Cardinal O’Malley, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston. Given at Convocation 2026, Thomas Aquinas College, New England.