This conference, to be held in Washington, DC at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and hosted by the Thomistic Institute, will address a variety of philosophical and theological topics related to marriage, family, sexuality and culture by recourse to Thomistic anthropology and natural law theory. Thus, it will be of particular draw…  » More

Watch the slideshow above from the latest Thomistic Circles conference held at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C.  The aim of the Thomistic Circles conferences is to bring together scholars of the highest level to present with clarity and insight the wisdom of Aquinas, in dialogue with one another, and in response…  » More

**UPDATED 3/15/2011**

The Thomistic Institute of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception is sponsoring a symposium on the ecclesiology of St. Thomas Aquinas:  St. Thomas Aquinas and the Church: Theo-Centric Ecclesiology.

The Symposium will be held at the Dominican House of Studies on April 29 and 30, 2011.  The schedule of speakers…  » More

On Thursday, December 9, 2010, the Thomistic Institute of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception will hold a lecture by Dr. Rémi Brague.  Dr. Brague is is a French professor of Arabic and religious philosophy at the Sorbonne and at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.  The lecture will begin at 7:00pm t the Dominican House of Studies.…  » More

On October 23 the Dominican House of Studies was pleased to host the first of its "Thomistic Circles" events of the academic year 2010-2011. The event consisted of a day long conference entitled, "Aquinas on the Soul," featuring three speakers. Dr. Alfred J. Freddoso of the department of philosophy of Notre Dame presented a paper on Aquinas's conception…  » More

As part of the recent conference on secularism hosted by the Dominican House of Studies' Thomistic Institute, Fr. John Corbett, O.P., delivered a talk entitled: "Porous Selves, Infused Virtues, and the Realization of the Good." Click above to listen.

A member of the Province of St. Joseph, Fr. Corbett teaches moral theology at the House of Studies.…  » More

The Dominican House of Studies inaugurated its Thomistic Circles series this past Thursday with an inspiring lecture by Notre Dame philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre. Before a largely young and enthusiastic crowd, Professor MacIntyre shared his thoughts on the perennial value of St. Thomas's thought and its undeniable place in the history of philosophy.…  » More

Thomistic Circles is a work of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, in Washington, D.C. Serving as a forum for the exchange of theological and philosophical ideas, it seeks to consider contemporary cultural and intellectual issues from within the Thomistic tradition. As a work of the faculty, it involves…  » More