Study Day on Aquinas

Posted on July 25, 2019 by exec_admin

Please join us for our Summer Book Study on Saturday, July 27 entitled Augustine and Aquinas: Friends Across the Ages (Part 2: Aquinas).

In addition to our panel discussion on Josef Pieper’s The Silence of St. Thomas, there will be a presentation and discussion on the selected texts taken from the Compendium of Theology, the Summa, and the Disputed Questions on the Truth, and focus on the relations in the Trinity, creation, and the soul.

The schedule for the day will be as follows:

8:30am Gather and Pray
9:00am Welcome and Introduction
9:15am Panel on Pieper’s The Silence of St. Thomas
10:30am Break
10:45am Discussion on selected Aquinas texts
12:15am Announcements
12:30am Lunch at the Newman Centre

The location is the Newman Centre Guelph, 325 Gordon Street, Guelph,
Ontario. Parking off of Dean Avenue.

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Sacrifice and Freedom

Posted on July 2, 2019 by exec_admin

Our next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, July 12th from 3:00pm to 4:30pm. We will be discussing “Sacrifice and Freedom: On Mystagogy and the Way of Atonement” by Aaron Riches from the Spring 2018 (Volume 45.1) issue of Communio entitled “Forgive Us Our Debts, As We Forgive Our Debtors”. New Location: We will no longer be meeting at the JPII Student Centre. We will be meeting the Kateri Room located at St. Michael’s Church, 240 Hemlock Street, Waterloo, Ontario. Use the east side parking lot and enter by the rear door. Walk up the stairs. And the Kateri Room is on your right before enter the church proper.

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Study Day on Augustine

Posted on May 31, 2019 by exec_admin

Saturday, 1 June at St. Jerome’s University, SJ1 3027 (Waterloo).

Here is the schedule:
8:30 Morning Prayer, Coffee
9 – 11:30 Augustine, On the Trinity, Books 8 – 15
11:30 – 12:30 Understanding Augustine with Ratzinger
Lunch at a local Restaurant to follow

For our Study Day we’ll be discussing Augustine’s signature work On the Trinity, Books 8–15. Copies of this book are available at the Universityof Waterloo Bookstore. On the Trinity is also available here.

Note that Book XV, Chapter 3 is a recapitulation of the previous books

Our conversation will be guided by four presenters.

We’ll also discuss an article by Pope Benedict on Augustine that appeared in an issue of Communio. That article is available here.

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The Purification of Memory

Posted on May 23, 2019 by exec_admin

Our next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, June 14th from 3:00pm to 4:30pm. We will be discussing “The Purification of Memory” by Anton Strukelj from the Spring 2018 (Volume 45.1) issue of Communio entitled “Forgive Us Our Debts, As We Forgive Our Debtors”. New Location: We will no longer be meeting at the JPII Student Centre. We will be meeting the Kateri Room located at St. Michael’s Church, 240 Hemlock Street, Waterloo, Ontario. Use the east side parking lot and enter by the rear door. Walk up the stairs. And the Kateri Room is on your right before enter the church proper.

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The Mystery of Beauty

Posted on May 6, 2019 by exec_admin

Our next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, May 10th from 3:00pm to 4:30pm at the JPII Student Centre located at St. Michael’s Church, 240 Hemlock Street, Waterloo, Ontario. We will be discussing “The Mystery of Beauty: The Immaculate Conception as the Most Sublime Redemption” by Antonio López from the Spring 2018 (Volume 45.1) issue of Communio entitled “Forgive Us Our Debts, As We Forgive Our Debtors”.

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Tradition as Gift

Posted on March 20, 2019 by exec_admin

Our next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, April 12th from 3:00pm to 4:30pm at the JPII Student Centre located at St. Michael’s Church, 240 Hemlock Street, Waterloo, Ontario. We will be discussing “Tradition as Gift: On the Theologian’s Responsibility to Tradition” by Rodney Howsare from the Winter 2017 (Volume 44.4) issue of Communio entitled Tradition. The PDF can be downloaded from here.

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Taking Truth for Granted

Posted on February 14, 2019 by exec_admin

Our next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, March 8th from 3:00pm to 4:30pm at the JPII Student Centre located at St. Michael’s Church, 240 Hemlock Street, Waterloo, Ontario. We will be discussing “Taking Truth for Granted: A Reflection on the Significance of Tradition in Josef Pieper” by D. C. Schindler from the Winter 2017 (Volume 44.4) issue of Communio entitled Tradition. The PDF can be downloaded from here.

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From Flesh to Flesh: On the Sacramental Meaning of Tradition

Posted on January 31, 2019 by exec_admin

Our next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, February 8th from 3:00pm to 4:30pm at the JPII Student Centre located at St. Michael’s Church, 240 Hemlock Street, Waterloo, Ontario. We will be discussing “From Flesh to Flesh: On the Sacramental Meaning of Tradition” by José Granados from the Winter 2017 (Volume 44.4) issue of Communio entitled Tradition. The PDF can be downloaded from here.

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Thomas Toast event

Posted on January 11, 2019 by exec_admin

To honour St. Thomas, join us for our annual Thomas Toast event on Friday, February 1st at 7:00pm at the Newman Centre Guelph, 325 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario. We are planning to begin with Vespers in the Oratory. Then Fr. Mark Morley will give a talk entitled “St. Thomas Aquinas and the Quandary of Technical Progress.” Discussion and refreshments to follow. Parking off of Dean Avenue. Doors open at 6:00pm. All are welcome. Bring a friend for an enjoyable evening of faith and fellowship.

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Henri de Lubac on the Development of Doctrine

Posted on January 2, 2019 by exec_admin

Our next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, January 11th from 3:00pm to 4:30pm at the JPII Student Centre located at St. Michael’s Church, 240 Hemlock Street, Waterloo, Ontario. We will be discussing “Henri de Lubac on the Development of Doctrine” by Nicholas J. Healy Jr. from the Winter 2017 (Volume 44.4) issue of Communio entitled Tradition. The PDF can be downloaded from here.

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