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05/27/2026

God uses priests to facilitate our worship so that we might have more meaningful contact with the Lord.

Watch Fr. Gregory’s recent video on priesthood and mediation on the Thomistic Institute YouTube channel!

https://youtu.be/hOjd7jYLp9U?si=kz4YB8F4avaAK6HC

05/20/2026

The Veritas Summer Conference is coming up fast ⏱️ Our biggest event of the year is less than 50 days away. Register soon!

The conference runs from June 26-28th in Washington, D.C. and is open to all Thomists!

05/20/2026

Part 2…

Join the Thomistic Institute for our most anticipated event of the year, held at the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. this June 26-28.

You can learn more and sign up for the Veritas Conference through the link in our profile.

05/20/2026

Part 3…Students, be sure to sign up by May 19 to be considered for scholarships!

05/20/2026

The final installment. Hang out with Fr. Gregory Pine, the Thomistic Institute staff, and 300 of your best friends at Veritas 2026: Study and Sanctity!

05/05/2026

The artificial intelligence discussion is inevitably wrapped up with the topic of personhood.

The philosopher Boethius defined a person as “an individual substance of a rational nature.” Building on the tradition, St. Thomas Aquinas integrated this definition into his works. In the 20th Century, philosopher Karol Wojtyla, later Pope St. John Paul II, expanded on this by emphasizing three properties of our rational nature:

1. Interiority.
2. Consciousness.
3. Subjective experience.

Watch our new video “Defining Terms: Personhood” by Fr. James Brent, a Dominican friar and a professor of philosophy at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception.

https://f.mtr.cool/ylghhmabyy

Photos from Thomistic Institute's post 04/27/2026

For more on…

Grace and Nature → Summa Theologiae I, Q1, A8.

Convertibility of Being and Goodness → Summa Theologiae I, Q5, A3.

Mercy and justice → Summa Theologiae I, Q21, A3.

Charity and all other virtues → Summa Theologiae II-II, Q23, A8.

[Thomas Aquinas Quotes]

04/22/2026

According to St. Thomas, the soul is the form of the living body. It organizes it, animates it, and drives it to grow and act in certain ways. But what sets the human soul apart? What is human intelligence?

As artificial intelligence continues to introduce ethical and philosophical questions, it's important to review the foundations of what it means to be human.

Fr. James Brent does this with clarity in our latest addition to our AI series, "What is Human Intelligence?"

Watch the full at video https://f.mtr.cool/cznctkogpc

Photos from Thomistic Institute's post 04/20/2026

TI Study Abroad 2026 on film 📷

We asked our students to document their semester so far, and they didn't disappoint!

Every spring, the Thomistic Institute offers an undergraduate study abroad semester in Rome, Italy, for those interested in the Thomistic tradition. The program offers the unique opportunity to study at the Angelicum in Rome, a university that descends from the 13th-century Dominican studium for which Aquinas wrote the Summa Theologica.

Sound like something you or someone you know might be interested in? Applications for TI Study Abroad 2027 are open!

Get your application materials sent straight to your inbox by signing up for our email list at https://f.mtr.cool/owwmfeiuzf

Photos by Kelsie Shammami.

04/15/2026

APW Graduate Colloquium Scholarship applications close tomorrow at 11:59 PM ET! Accepted students will receive a scholarship to cover the conference registration, meals, and lodging.

The 15th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop will be held in DC this May to explore Aquinas on act and potency in the company of leading scholars and students!

Apply at https://f.mtr.cool/yvezbhrouj

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