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UPCOMING EVENTS

  • "The Good Life" Fiction Reading Group
    "The Good Life" Fiction Reading Group
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, Jan 09
    Stumberg Hall
    Jan 09, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Stumberg Hall, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    Jan 09, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Stumberg Hall, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    Usually described as "Italy’s greatest novel," The Betrothed chronicles the unforgettable romance of Renzo and Lucia, who endure tyranny, war, famine, and plague to be together. You do not want to miss it!
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  • The Good Life Reading Group [Non-Fiction]
    The Good Life Reading Group [Non-Fiction]
    Multiple Dates
    Mon, Jan 13
    Stumberg Hall
    Jan 13, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Stumberg Hall, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    Jan 13, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Stumberg Hall, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    Few books can be so short and yet so impactful. Few people, perhaps, are as deeply insightful and as radically charitable as Bishop and Abbot Erik Varden. I am sure we don't have to convince you that the topic - chastity - is worth your time.
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  • “Being Human: Graduate and Undergraduates reading seminar”
    “Being Human: Graduate and Undergraduates reading seminar”
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, Jan 29
    Austin Institute
    Jan 29, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Austin Institute, 3298-3200 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    Jan 29, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Austin Institute, 3298-3200 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    In this reading group, taking our cue from the volume, we will explore what it means to be human. We will look at some of the great statements on the basic objects of human desire, whether it makes sense to desire perfection, and whether it makes sense to want to be immortal.
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  • The Good Life: Fiction Reading Group
    The Good Life: Fiction Reading Group
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, Feb 06
    Stumberg Hall
    Feb 06, 2025, 7:00 PM – Feb 13, 2025, 7:30 PM
    Stumberg Hall, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    Feb 06, 2025, 7:00 PM – Feb 13, 2025, 7:30 PM
    Stumberg Hall, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    Usually described as "Italy’s greatest novel," The Betrothed chronicles the unforgettable romance of Renzo and Lucia, who endure tyranny, war, famine, and plague to be together. You do not want to miss it!
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  • Metaphysical Boredom in an Empire of Desire
    Metaphysical Boredom in an Empire of Desire
    Thu, Feb 20
    University Catholic Center
    Feb 20, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    University Catholic Center , 2010 University Ave, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    Feb 20, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    University Catholic Center , 2010 University Ave, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    While the term acedia may be unfamiliar, the vice, usually translated as sloth, is all too common. Sloth is not mere laziness, however, but a disgust with reality, a loathing of our call to be friends with God, and a spiteful, bored hatred of place and life itself.
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  • Natural Law as Hermeneutical
    Natural Law as Hermeneutical
    Fri, Feb 21
    Robert Rowling Hall, 3.406
    Feb 21, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
    Robert Rowling Hall, 3.406, 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78701, USA
    Feb 21, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
    Robert Rowling Hall, 3.406, 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78701, USA
    Explore a fresh perspective on natural law through the lens of thinkers like John Finnis and Martin Rhonheimer. Instead of metaphysics or anthropology, discover how cultural context and personal insight shape our understanding of first principles.
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  • Brunch and book discussion with RJ Snell
    Brunch and book discussion with RJ Snell
    Sat, Feb 22
    Stumberg Hall
    Feb 22, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    Stumberg Hall, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    Feb 22, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    Stumberg Hall, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    Join us for a brunch to meet RJ Snell, author of "Lost in Chaos." This event is open to anyone who read his book during the Fall 2024 Semester in our Good Life reading book club.
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  • What’s Good About (and What Is) Marriage?
    What’s Good About (and What Is) Marriage?
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, Feb 26
    Stumberg Hall
    Feb 26, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Stumberg Hall, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    Feb 26, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Stumberg Hall, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    Join us to explore whether the family—a lasting union of a man and a woman open to life—is essential for a thriving community.
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  • Lunch Talk with Dr. Ana Moreland "Thomas Aquinas on the Scope and Limits of Forgiveness"
    Lunch Talk with Dr. Ana Moreland "Thomas Aquinas on the Scope and Limits of Forgiveness"
    Fri, Mar 28
    UT, Robert Rowling Hall 5.402
    Mar 28, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
    UT, Robert Rowling Hall 5.402, 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    Mar 28, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
    UT, Robert Rowling Hall 5.402, 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    Dr. Moreland will examine Anna Karenina through the eyes of Thomas Aquinas on the theological virtue of charity.
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