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‘The Personalism of John Paul II’

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Special Presentation

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Noon, Saturday, September 28, 2024

At Christ the King and on Zoom

‘The Personalism of John Paul II’

Dr. Marianne Siegmund

Dr. J. Marianne Siegmund, M.A., S.T.L., S.T.D. earned her B.A. in Philosophy at Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia and her M.A. in Religious Studies at the Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College in Alexandria, Virginia. After several years of teaching, she returned to graduate school, earning her Licentiate in Sacred Theology (Marriage and Family) at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. After graduate studies in philosophy at the University of Dallas and a summer immersed in further coursework at the Far Eastern National University in Vladivostok, Russia, she went to Italy for doctoral studies. Her Doctorate in Theology (Spirituality) is from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Urbe / Angelicum in Rome, Italy. Dr. Siegmund teaches and has taught at several colleges, seminaries and universities in the country. She has also lectured, delivered scholarly papers at conferences across the nation, and she has published articles in both philosophy and theology. Dr. Siegmund is a member of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists, the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, and the American Catholic Philosophical Association.

Pre-reading available: “Subjectivity and the Irreducible in the Human Being”


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In-person at Christ the King and on Zoom (see Meeting Information link above)

 

2024 John Henry Newman Lecture

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September 14, 2024, Noon at Christ the King Catholic Church Community Center

‘Newman’s Idea of a University: The First Principle of a University’

Presented by Dr. Ronald Muller

Dr. Ronald Muller earned his doctorate in Philosophy and Literature at the University of Dallas, was the co-founder with James Patrick of the College of St. Thomas More in Fort Worth, and was the founding provost of Ave Maria College, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Community Center of Christ the King Catholic Church

8017 Preston Rd, Dallas 75225
September 14 at Noon

We hope to simulcast this lecture via Zoom – see the link on the Lewis Tolkien Society calendar here.

A light lunch and refreshments for those attending at Christ the King. Suggested donation: $30

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Dr. Ronald Muller earned his doctorate of philosophy and literature from the University of Dallas where he served as director of the Rome campus and as dean of students. In 1981, he joined with Dr. James Patrick to found the College of St. Thomas More in Fort Worth, Texas, which he helped bring to full accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.  In 1994 he was appointed academic dean and chairman of the philosophy department at St. Mary’s College in Orchard Lake, and in 1998 he was named founding provost of Ave Maria College in Ypsilanti, Michigan, which grew into Ave Maria University now in Florida. Until recently, he was a lecturer in philosophy at Western Michigan University before returning to the DFW metroplex, where he is now a board member of the Lewis- Tolkien Society. He and his wife Lucy have seven children, thirty-three grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.

 

2024 Thomas More Lecture

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August 10, 2024, Noon at Christ the King Catholic Church Community Center

‘Thomas More on How to Educate “Leading Citizens”’

By Dr. Gerard Wegemer

University of Dallas Professor of English, Director, Center for Thomas More Studies

Community Center of Christ the King Catholic Church

8017 Preston Rd, Dallas 75225
August 10 at Noon

Update: 8/10 9:30am: Due to technical difficulties, we will not be able to broadcast Dr. Wegemer’s lecture on Zoom. Our Apologies.

Box Lunch & Refreshments with Registration and suggested donation: $30

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Dr. Gerard Wegemer is a professor of literature at the University of Dallas and the founding director of the Center for Thomas More Studies. Among his publications are Young Thomas More and the Arts of Liberty (2011), Thomas More on Statesmanship (1996) and Thomas More: A Portrait of Courage (1995). He co-edited The Essential Work of ThomasMore (2020) and A Thomas More Source Book (2004) with Dr. Stephen W. Smith, and is currently serving as an editor for Moreana and developing materials for www.essentialmore.org. He has graduate degrees in political philosophy and literature from Boston College, Georgetown University, and the University of Notre Dame.

 

2022 Thomas Howard Lecture

Dr. Bainard Cowan

‘From Perfect Plot to Vision of All Humankind: The Growth of Dostoevsky’s Poetic Imagination, 1866-1879’

University of Dallas Professor of Literature, Louise Cowan Chair

Community Center of Christ the King Catholic Church

8017 Preston Rd, Dallas 75225

Box lunch & refreshments with registration and donation: $30

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C.S. Lewis Institute

A Lecture featuring C.S. Lewis scholar, Michael Ward in partnership with the Lewis-Tolkien Society and the Church of the Incarnation.

About this event

Why do we say things are right and wrong? Is it merely a personal preference? Or are we recognizing something that is objectively real and true?

These questions formed the focus of Lewis’s work the Abolition of Man, which originated as a series of lectures given during the dark days of World War II.

Considered by some to be “the lynchpin for understanding all of Lewis’s work”, the Abolition of Man sets forth its arguments on purely philosophical grounds that many from all camps–including atheist philosopher John Gray—believe have as much, if not more, relevance today in our “post-truth” twenty-first century than when first published nearly 80 years ago.

Join Michael Ward as he presents on his most recent book, After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis’s Abolition of Man, through which he sheds light on this vital but challenging work, explaining both its general context and the particular circumstances in Lewis’s life that helped give rise to it, including his own front-line service in the trenches of the First World War.

 

About Michael Ward:

Hailed by N.T. Wright as the “foremost living Lewis scholar” and “a brilliant writer”, Michael Ward is the author and/or editor of 6 books including the best-selling and award-winning Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis and The Cambridge Companion to C.S. Lewis. He is a member of the Theology Faculty at the University of Oxford and Professor of Apologetics at Houston Baptist University, Texas. On the fiftieth anniversary of Lewis’s death, he unveiled a permanent national memorial to Lewis in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey and is the co-editor of a volume of commemorative essays marking the anniversary, entitled C.S. Lewis at Poets’ Corner. He presented the BBC television documentary, The Narnia Code, which was directed and produced by the BAFTA-winning filmmaker, Norman Stone and authored an accompanying book entitled The Narnia Code: C.S. Lewis and the Secret of the Seven Heavens. He was resident Warden of The Kilns, Lewis’s Oxford home, from 1996 to 1999.

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