A Silent Witness of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Lecturer Massimo Paris

The Department of Humanities presents Dr. Mary Hirschfeld and the 2018 Faith & Reason Lecture

Presentation by Richard G. Cannuli, OSA Quarterly Club Luncheon

Hear the poems of Emily Dickinson set to the music of Aaron Copland in a live concert with Soprano Betsy Springuel and Pianist Barbara Browne.

Danielle Sens-Castet presents her projects, "Une Série de Tueurs en Série: Le Boucher, La Prochaine Fois je viserai le cœur, et L’Affaire SK1,” and, “The Importance of Regulatory Factor THI3 Across Ascomycota Fungi Thiamine Regulation."

Stephen Purcell presents his project, “May I Express Thee Unblam’d?: Milton and the Epistemic Limits of Postlapsarian Language,” for the 2017 Falvey Memorial Scholars Awards.

Kathleen Boyce presents her project, “America’s ‘Youth’ go to Nazi Germany: The Movement to Boycott the 1936 Berlin Olympics and the Race Divide in American Society,” for the 2017 Falvey Scholars Awards.

Ryan Zalla presents his project titled, “Economic Policy Uncertainty in Ireland,” for the 2017 Falvey Scholars Awards.

Emma Max presents her project titles, “Just in KASE: Evaluating Nursing Students’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Self-Efficacy Towards Care for the Dying Patient,” for the 2017 Falvey Scholars Awards.

Anna Briker presents her project, “Toward Assessing the Effects of Reactive Oxygen Species on Nrf2/ARE Activation by Electrophiles: Evaluating and Addressing Assay Variability,” for the 2017 Falvey Scholars Awards.

Dr. Wilson will offer reflections on his career as a practicing poet that consider how the disciplines of craft and the lessons of trying to make something good can also be a means of entering more deeply into the life of thought.

The Augustinian Institute presents The Patricia H. Imbesi Fellow Public Lecture - Parting Words: Augustine on Language and Loss by Erika Kidd.

Father Di Gregorio will present “The Birth of a Mission to South Philadelphia Italians: A Friars’ Tale.” The talk will focus on addressing the formation of the Italian-Augustinian Mission to the immigrants of Philadelphia at the start of the 20th Century—all of the challenges, opportunities and achievements. The talk will represent an aspect of Father Di Gregorio’s article: “The Mission of the Italian Augustinians in the United States, The First Thirty-Five Years: Laying the Foundation,” in...

The Graduate Faculty of the Philosophy Department at Villanova University cordially invites you to attend a Defense of the Dissertation "Embodied Love And Extended Desire" by Patricia L. Grosse. Dissertation Committee: Dr. James Wetzel (director) Dr. Sally Scholz, Dr. Georg Theiner.

A talk by Fr. Allan Fitzgerald, OSA, of the Augustinian Institute on the related, shorter work by C, S, Lewis published at the end of *The Screwtape Letters* about the state of public education.

Medieval monks worked long hours in silence copying and illustrating manuscripts. But what happened when their minds began to wander? Composer Samuel Barber has set to music real marginalia from Irish monastic texts between the 8th and 13th centuries. Hear Barber’s songs in a live performance and learn more about the lyrics and the lives of the monks who wrote them.

An examination of how Augustine responded to the libido dominandi (desire to control) of the civil leaders of his time will be the basis for a discussion of the just inaugurated leadership of the United State. The focus will be on Augustine's interest in the powerful, spiritual leadership of the many, not an analysis of the attitudes of the elected. Hence, it will be Augustine's "I have a dream" speech.

Dr. Paul Camacho gives his lecture is part of the series on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition sponsored by the Office for Mission and Ministry.

Villanova University presents The Christians in the Contemporary Middle East Conference: Session III Panel Discussion

Villanova University presents The Christians in the Contemporary Middle East Conference: The Role of Christian Intellectuals in Arab Politics and the Movement for Secular Nationalism and Religious Freedom