Two Cardinals, a Theologian and a Historian to Lecture at the University of St. Thomas

The University of St. Thomas is fortunate to have four outstanding speakers giving lectures on campus in the month of March. These speakers include N.T. Wright, one of the world's leading Bible scholars; Thomas Cardinal Collins, the Archbishop of Toronto; Dr. Andrew Bacevich, professor of international relations and history at Boston University; and Peter Cardinal Turkson, Archbishop of Cape Coast.

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Watch the Livestream N.T. Wright Lecture.​

N. T. Wright is the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England and one of the world's leading Bible scholars. The author of over sixty books ranging from scholarly studies to books for a more popular audience, Wright's audiences range from viewers of ABC News and The Colbert Report to attendees of various scholarly and ministry conferences, such as the Society of Biblical Literature and Duke Divinity School Pastor's Conference, and numerous other speaking and teaching engagements. 

Now research professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews, Wright's current scholarly projects include planned additions to the Christian Origins and the Question of God series and a large-scale commentary on Paul's letter to the Philippians. Paul and the Faithfulness of God will release along with Pauline Perspectives-a collection of Wright's most important lectures and articles on subjects related to Paul's life, ministry, and theology. Finally, a second companion volume Paul and His Recent Interpreters-an exploration of Pauline scholarship over the last fifty years will be published in 2014.

7:00 p.m., March 22
Cullen Hall, 4001 Mt. Vernon
Free and open to the public

The 25th Annual Lenten Lecture Series
"The Challenge of Discipleship in the 21st Century"

Thomas Cardinal Collins is the current Archbishop of Toronto.  During his time thus far in Toronto, Archbishop Collins has served as a member of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, as well as being involved in the Synod of Bishops at a Special Assembly for the Middle East. He has assisted the Holy Father as an Apostolic Visitor in Ireland and also as the Delegate of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith for Anglicanorum Coetibus. He is also on the committee that helps prepare translations of liturgical texts.

7:30p.m., March 26
Cullen Hall, 4001 Mt. Vernon
Free and open to the public

"Breach of Trust" with Dr. Andrew Bacevich

Dr. Andrew Bacevich is professor of international relations and history at Boston University. He previously taught at Johns Hopkins University and at West Point, where he graduated in 1969. His new book, Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country, is a blistering critique of the gulf between America's soldiers and the society that sends them off to war.

11:00 a.m., March 27
Cullen Hall, 4001 Mt. Vernon
Free and open to the public

Light your Free Virtual Prayer Candle: We will pray with you

2014 Business Ethics Conference for Deans of Catholic Schools of Business
Keynote Speaker

Peter Cardinal Turkson, Archbishop of Cape Coast, will serve as the Keynote Speaker at the 2014 Business Ethics Conference for Deans of Catholic Schools of Business.

Born in Ghana, Turkson studied theology at St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary in New York and was ordained a priest in 1975. He did graduate studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. In 1992 he was appointed Archbishop of Cape Coast by Pope John Paul II and made Cardinal in 2003. He was president of the Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference 1997-2005. And since 2003 has been Chancellor of the Catholic University College of Ghana. He served as Relator during the II Synod of Bishops for Africa in October 2009. At the end of the Synod, Pope Benedict XVI named Cardinal Turkson as President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.

6:50 p.m., March 31
The Houstonian Hotel, 111 North Post Oak Ln.
Invitation Only

The University of St. Thomas, dedicated to educating leaders of faith and character, is a private institution committed to the liberal arts and to the religious, ethical and intellectual tradition of Catholic higher education. St. Thomas is Houston's only Catholic University and was founded by the Basilian Fathers. 

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