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Ten Seminarians to be Ordained as Priests Saturday
21 May 2013 by The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity / No Comments
The graduates of the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity will be ordained by Archbishop John Nienstedt at the Cathedral.
Pray for Those Affected by the Boston Marathon Tragedies April 18
16 Apr 2013 by Campus Ministry / No Comments
Campus Ministry invites the community to take part in a vigil at 11:45 a.m. Thursday, April 18, on Campus Way, outside the Campus Ministry office (Anderson Student Center Room 207).
Seminary’s Annual ‘Easter Procession: Encounters With the Risen Christ’ is April 21
12 Apr 2013 by The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity / No Comments
All are welcome to this annual tradition; a reception will follow.
Notre Dame Law Professor and Former Dean Patricia O’Hara to Speak Here April 18
11 Apr 2013 by Jim Winterer '71 / No Comments
Her talk concludes a five-part series dealing with the challenges of Catholic higher education.
Jay Phillips Center Commissions Interfaith Concert ‘Embracing the Beloved’
05 Apr 2013 by Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning / No Comments
The concert will be performed in the Twin Cities and Rochester and will feature music that reaches across Indian, Persian and Sephardic-Jewish musical traditions.
Bishop Arthur Kennedy to Give Ireland Memorial Library Lecture April 11
05 Apr 2013 by The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity / No Comments
Kennedy taught at St. Thomas for 30 years and is now an auxiliary bishop of Boston. He will speak on “The New Evangelization.”
April 9 Program Here Will Celebrate the Life of Theologian and Scientist Ian Barbour
04 Apr 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Barbour, who will attend the event, is one of the best-known figures in the interdisciplinary study of science and religion.
‘Justice for My Sister,’ a Film About ‘Femicide’ in Guatemala, Will be Shown Here April 15
02 Apr 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
The film’s director and producer, Kimberly Bautista, will join in a discussion following the film.
Campus Ministry Offers ‘Living Your Strengths’ Workshop
28 Mar 2013 by Campus Ministry / No Comments
Discover more about strengths, talents and gifts in your own life.
St. Thomas’ 33rd Annual Sacred Arts Festival Features Artists and Authors, Movies and Musicians
27 Mar 2013 by Sacred Arts Festival / No Comments
This year’s festival features five events that will be held in April.
The Scroll: Recovery, Redemption, Resurrection
19 Mar 2013 by Dave Nimmer / No Comments
Dave Nimmer still remembers a Good Friday service a decade ago when Christ’s words touched him and those who asked Jesus to remember them when he came into his kingdom. “I was watching all of humanity, through eons of time, pass in front of me: the young and old, the youthful and fragile, the saints and sinners,” he writes today in The Scroll, and “I knew all was well with my soul.”
World-renowned Biblical Scholar Avivah Zornberg to Speak at Adath Jeshurun April 18
15 Mar 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
The Jay Phillips Center at St. Thomas is a co-sponsor of the talk. It’s free and open to all.
Theologian Dr. John Martens Appointed Columnist for America Magazine
14 Mar 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
He writes about Sunday Scripture reading for America’s The Word column.
Rome Has White Smoke, We Have Christopher Gernetzke
13 Mar 2013 by Jim Winterer '71 / No Comments
As head sexton at the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity, it was Gernetzke’s responsibility to announce the selection of Pope Francis by ringing the seminary bell.
Habemus Papam: St. Thomas Community Reacts to the Selection of Pope Francis
13 Mar 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Dr. Don Briel, Dr. Charles Reid Jr., Dr. Massimo Faggioli and Monsignor Aloysius Callaghan offer their initial thoughts on the election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the 266th Pope. St. Thomas students celebrate on campus.
Noted French Concert Organist to Perform in Sunday Recital Celebrating Kney Organ’s 25th Anniversary
13 Mar 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Michel Bouvard will perform Sunday afternoon in the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas. All are welcome to the free concert and reception.
‘Moses, Jesus and Mary in the Quran’ Subject of Lecture at St. Thomas March 19
07 Mar 2013 by Muslim-Christian Dialogue Center / No Comments
John Kaltner, the speaker, is a professor of Muslim-Christian relations at Rhodes College in Memphis. All are welcome.
Media Tap UST, Seminary Professors for Help in Covering the Vatican
06 Mar 2013 by Jim Winterer '71 / No Comments
Four faculty members … Don Briel, Charles Reid, Father Andrew Cozzens and Massimo Faggioli … have been busy these days.
Witness to History: A Purple Papal Pilgrimage
05 Mar 2013 by Kate Metzger / No Comments
St. Thomas Catholic Studies students and St. John Vianney seminarians studying at the Bernardi campus in Rome had aisle seats as Benedict XVI took one final drive through St. Peter’s Square in his Popemobile. Newsroom editor Kate Metzger recalls the morning she spent with them and 300,000 others in front of St. Peter’s Basilica.
Concert Organist Ahreum Han to Perform in Next Recital Celebrating 25th Anniversary of Gabriel Kney Pipe Organ
15 Feb 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Korea-born Han will perform Sunday, March 3. All are welcome to the free concert.
The Weigh-In: Joseph Ratzinger’s Lasting Legacy as the ‘Scholar Pope’
13 Feb 2013 by Don Briel, Ph.D. / No Comments
Pope Benedict XVI maintained a calm and prayerful expression of the papacy in a time of extraordinary turbulence, a time for which in some ways he was ill-equipped to respond but in other ways for which his papacy has been uniquely providential. We asked Don Briel to reflect on Benedict’s legacy.
‘Is the Supreme Court Threatening Religious Groups’ is Subject of ‘Hot Topics: Cool Talk’ Forum March 8
13 Feb 2013 by Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law and Public Policy / No Comments
The forums this year are focusing on the challenges of religious freedom here and around the world. All are welcome.
Depth of Field: Cardinal Ratzinger on Campus
11 Feb 2013 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
Before he became Pope Benedict XVI, he was known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger — and he visited St. Thomas in 1984 to celebrate the 15th anniversary of St. John Vianney Seminary.
Rabbi Amy Eilberg to Speak Here Feb. 12 on ‘Everyday Peacemaking’
30 Jan 2013 by Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning / No Comments
The lecture is sponsored by the Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning; all are welcome.
Life After Catholic Studies
08 Dec 2012 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Undergraduate and Graduate Alumni Speak About Bringing Catholic Studies Into the “Real World”
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