Faculty Discussions

This program gathers faculty from across the University in an informal setting to discuss classic texts of the western tradition and explore their vocational implications for the participants as intellectuals and academics in a Catholic university. The project seeks to create a climate of reflection, foster critical engagement, and create friendships among St. Thomas faculty.

Approximately 15-20 faculty from a variety of disciplines come together weekly on Friday afternoons throughout the academic year to discuss the chosen reading. Over the past few years, readings have included Dante's Divine Comedy, Plato's Republic, Flannery O'Connor's, The Habit of Being, Augustine's City of God, and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. This year's selections will be Cicero's On Duties and Nature of the Gods.