We’re pleased to co-sponsor two excellent events in February, free and open to the public.
Along with the Lumen Christi Institute and the Harvard Catholic Forum, we invite you to register to attend:
Humanism as an Educational Ideal (February 6 @ 4:00 p.m. ET)
and
Pledges of the Saints: The Cult of Relics in the Catholic Tradition (February 13 @ 11:00 a.m. ET)
John W. O’Malley, S.J. is University Professor Emeritus of Theology at Georgetown University. In this presentation, he will discuss humanism by examining the courses of study that came to characterize it, how humanism has developed and adapted over time, and what may be its prospects in the future. More information and registration here.
Patrick Geary is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the Institute for Advanced Study. In this presentation, Professor Geary will discuss the origin of the cult of relics, the tombs of saints, and how the veneration of saints led to the dismemberment of saints’ bodies and the distribution of relics. Other topics covered will include relics’ authenticity, the control and regulation of relics, and the competition that relics have received from other types of sacred or sanctified objects. More information and registration here.