Catholic Studies Speaker Series

The Catholic Studies Speaker Series hosts lectures and presentations that explore aspects of the Catholic intellectual tradition. Included in the series is the annual “Bernard J. Tyrrell, S.J. Lecture in Philosophy of God and Theology.” Recent speakers include:


  • Jeremy Wilkins, Professor of Theology, Boston College and author of Before Truth: Lonergan, Aquinas and the Problem of Wisdom
  • Anne E. Carpenter, Associate Professor of Theology, Saint Mary’s University and author of Theo-Poetics: Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Risk of Art and Being
  • Fr. Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC, Ph.D., director of the Mother Teresa Center and editor of Mother Teresa: “Come Be My Light” The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta
  • James L. Marsh, Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University and author of Lonergan in the World: Self-Appropriation, Otherness, and Justice
  • Randall S. Rosenberg, Associate Professor of Theology, Saint Louis University and author of The Givenness of Desire: Concrete Subjectivity and the Natural Desire to See God
  • Anna Halpine, Founder of World Youth Alliance