Archive of Events:
Assembly 2016
Sponsored by: Support Network of Catholic Health Care Chaplains (SNCHC)
Dr Fáinche Ryan, of the Loyola Institute, delivered a keynote address at the 2016 Assembly of the Catholic Health Care Chaplains (SNCHC).
Title of Paper: The Virtue of Theological Reflection
Thursday, October 6, 2016
10.30 hrs – 16.00 hrs
Hilton Hotel, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
(Hilton Hotel, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 is approximately 15 minutes walk from Heuston Station, and approximately 7 minutes walk from the Suir Road Luas Stop)
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BACI ANNUAL LECTURE AND AGM
AS MIGRATION issues continue to challenge the churches, governments and local populations of Europe, a good crowd is expected for Dr David Shepherd’s lecture, ‘Rethinking Refugees: Old Testament Wisdom for a World in Turmoil’.
Date: September 24th.
Time: 10am.
Place: Kill O’ the Grange Parish Hall.
This is the Annual Lecture sponsored by the Biblical Association for the Church of Ireland, and will be followed by the AGM.
CAO Change of Mind - Closing Date 1st July
To register for "CARING FOR OUR COMMON HOME: Towards an Integrated Perspective on Society ad Environment"
Religious Education Leaving Certificate Revision Day
COMPLETELY BOOKED:
Events are on Monday, 2nd May 2016 and Saturday 7th May, 2016 - 10.30am – 4.30pm are now completely booked.
Please note that previously advertised session for Monday, 2nd May has been completely booked out:
Invitation to school students to attend a lecture in Theology at the Loyola Institute
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Screening of 'The Gospel According to Guy'
Poetry Reading with Martha Serpas:
The Loyola Institute was delighted to welcome its first Artist in Residence, Martha Serpas, Professor in Creative Writing at the University of Houston. Serpas presented and conducted workshops in venues around the university, city and country during the month of March. On Sunday March 13th she read at 'Poetry Now' as part of the Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival. Serpas's work has appeared in The Nation and The New Yorker, and she is author of three critically acclaimed volumes of poetry: Côte Blanche (New Issues), The Dirty Side of the Storm (Norton), and The Diener (LSU), which draws on her decade of work as a trauma chaplain at Tampa General Hospital. Previously she worked as a professor of Religion and Literature at Yale University Divinity School.
Fearless Mercy: Aquinas beyond Aristotle
Lecture by Professor John O'Callaghan of Notre Dame University
Loyola Institute, Trinity College — Monday March 7th 2016
World expert on Thomas Aquinas Professor John P. O’Callaghan from the University of Notre Dame spoke at the Loyola Institute TCD last night as one of the events to celebrate the Jubilee Year of Mercy declared by Pope Francis.
Aquinas may have lived more than 700 years ago, but according to Professor O’Callaghan: “We Thomists don’t study Aquinas merely because we find his thought historically interesting, although it is. We study it because we think lasting truth is to be found there.” Professor John P. O’Callaghan spoke onAquinas’s perspective on mercy “One is most like God not when one fears for oneself but when through love one sorrows with one’s friends at their injuries and hardships, not one’s own.”
The lecture was attended by students of the Loyola Institute in TCD, and other Trinity students, as well as members of the public and students from Notre Dame who are currently studying in Trinity.
Visiting Notre Dame students John Nolan and Kathryn O’Callaghan with Professor John O’Callaghan Notre Dame University and Dr Fáinche Ryan, Loyola Institute TCD after Professor John O’Callaghan’s lecture at the Loyola Institute on Fearless Mercy: Aquinas beyond Aristotle.
Visiting Notre Dame students Michelle Kim and Steven Dougherty with Professor John O’Callaghan Notre Dame University and Dr Fáinche Ryan, Loyola Institute TCD after Professor John O’Callaghan’s lecture at the Loyola Institute on Fearless Mercy: Aquinas beyond Aristotle.
Background data about John O’Callaghan
John O’Callaghan is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and the director of the Jacques Maritain Center. He is a permanent member of the Pontifical Academy of St Thomas Aquinas. O’Callaghan is the author of the frequently cited article on Thomas Aquinas found in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Background data about The Loyola Institute at Trinity College Dublin
The Loyola Institute at Trinity College Dublin is dedicated to reflecting academically on Christian faith, social justice and contemporary culture in the context of the Catholic tradition. A new Institute – established in 2012 – the Loyola Institute was described on its launch as “a milestone in the institutional development of Catholic theology in Ireland” by Trinity College Provost, Dr Patrick Prendergast. Through the Loyola Institute, Trinity College Dublin offers an undergraduate degree in Catholic Theology. It also offers taught and research degrees at postgraduate level.
The Loyola Institute, which has an endowment from eight religious orders in Ireland, is located within the School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Trinity College Dublin. https://www.tcd.ie/loyola-institute
Location: The ISE/Loyola Institute Building (Old Physiology Building) Trinity College Dublin – click here for map. Queries to loyola@tcd.ie (01) 896 4790
Lenten Lecture Series 2016
Book of Kells...A Theological Reading
The Book of Kells is one of Ireland’s major tourist attractions with over 600,000 visitors last year. This famous book can be appreciated on many different levels. To arrive at a theological reading of the Book of Kells, we must learn to read and understand its rich artistic iconography. For example many appreciate the Book of Kells’ wonderful depictions of animals – snakes, peacocks, lions, hares and mice. But according to Dr Con Casey of the Loyola Institute: “These animal figures also carry deeper meaning. They themselves are part of the telling of a theological narrative, the story of human salvation. The lion, for example, often appears issuing a many-coloured breath from his mouth. In the background are the contemporary Bestiaries, books of animal stories. There it is said that lion cubs are born dead. The male lion after three days returns, breathes upon them and life enters their limbs.”
This series of Lenten Lectures by the Loyola Institute will be principally concerned with understanding the theological significance of this iconography.
Queries to loyola@tcd.ie (01) 896 4790
Talks by Dr Shepherd
Dr. Shepherd talks about a peculiar biblical text (Numbers 5) in a workshop on ‘Magic, Ritual and Text’ at the University of Helsinki, 14-15 April, 2015. To read more about the workshop, click here.
Dr. Shepherd talks about the spectacle of the supernatural in a symposium on ‘Exodus and the 21st Century Bible Film’, 26-27 March, 2015. To read more about this symposium, click here.
Professor Siobhán Garrigan will be one of the speakers at this year's Poetry Now Festival at Dun Laoghoire this week and at the weekend.
Catch her introducing the headline event on Saturday evening, with David Ferry, Peter Fallon and Vincent Woods, or at any of the poetry events throughout the festival. http://www.mountainstosea.ie/images/m2c%20final%20brochure2015.pdf
Dr. Shepherd to speak on Thursday Feb 19 in Lenten film series
Follow the link to the programme for the series:
http://www.theologicalinstitute.ie/news/Lent-As-Seen-Through-The-Movies
Dr. Shepherd on the new film Exodus: Gods and Kings RTE Radio 1 Extra
Dr. Shepherd joined Emer Horgan to discuss Ridley Scott’s latest film and how it interprets the Moses/Exodus tradition. Click here to listen to the podcast of their discussion.
Biblical Studies Research Seminar
Co-organized by the Loyola Institute and the Department of Religions & Theology, the Biblical Studies Research Seminar provides a forum for the dissemination and discussion of biblical studies research produced by staff and postgraduate students of the College as well as distinguished visitors from Ireland and around the wider scholarly world. The seminar aims to nurture an environment which is both constructively critical and collegial and is open to all with a serious interest in biblical studies beyond the undergraduate level.
Fridays from 10:00 - 12:00 A.M. in the Long Room Hub. Find the programme for Hilary Term 2014-15 here
Visit to Monasterboice
On Friday November 21st the Loyola students, accompanied by Dr Cornelius Casey, Dr Alexandra Grieser and Dr Fáinche Ryan, made a field trip to Monasterboice. The field trip was a follow up to the material covered in recent lectures. The High Crosses in Monasterboice have a unique way of telling the story of human corruption and human salvation. Despite the rain, the whole occasion was enjoyable and informative.
Essay Competition
The Loyola Institute is running an essay competition for all senior cycle students in secondary schools. Win an iPad! Please email all entries to loyola@tcd.ie.
Inaugural Lecture by Professor Siobhán Garrigan
The Dean of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences,Professor Darryl Jones
Requests the pleasure of your company at the Inaugural Lecture by:
Professor Siobhán Garrigan, B.A. Hons (Oxon), S.T.M (Columbia, NYC), Ph.D. (Milltown, Dublin),
Loyola Professor of Catholic Theology
Title: Theology and Homelessness
Thursday 23rd October 2014 at 6pm in the Robert Emmet Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Irish Biblical Association Autumn Conference
Dr David Shepherd will speak at the Irish Biblical Association Annual Conference on
Wednesday 22nd October 2014. Click here for more details (Doc 14.2KB)
See also the Irish Biblical Association
Click here to see more details on the speakers (PDF 116 KB)
All Hallows College Autumn Series of Public Talks 2014
Wednesday 1st October: The Joy of the Gospel: Context and Overview by Rev. Eamonn Conway, PhD
Wednesday 8th October: The Joy of the Gospel and Implications for Ministry by Dr. Fáinche Ryan, PhD
Wednesday 15th October: The Joy of the Gospel and Irish Church Renewal by Gerry O'Hanlon, SJ, PhD
Wednesday 22nd October: The Joy of the Gospel: Pope Francis and Justice by Ethna Regan, CHF, PhD
Venue: Room 4, Purcell House, All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, from 7.30-9.00pm.
Admission: 10 Euros of 30 Euros for the series. Booking: ehoulahan@allhallows.ie; 01-8520742
Click here to see details (PDF 110KB)
Milltown Institute, Dublin: Inaugural Lecture for the Academic Year 2014-2015
Title: Loneliness: Theology’s Last Taboo
Professor Siobhán Garrigan, Loyola Chair of Catholic Theology, Trinity College Dublin
Wednesday 15th October 2014 at 7.30pm in The Arrupe Room, Milltown Park, Milltown, Dublin 6
RSVP (as places are limited) to pfitzpatrick@milltown-institute.e by 10th October 2014
Launch meeting of the Association of Catholics in Ireland.
Prof. Siobhán Garrigan, Loyola Chair of Catholic Theology, will give one of the keynote addresses at the launch meeting of the Association of Catholics in Ireland.
The title for the event is 'Starting a National Conversation', with a focus on progressive and lay leadership of the church in the coming decade.
The other keynote address will be given by Mark Patrick Hederman, OSB.
Saturday the 11th October 2014 in the Regency Hotel, Dublin. Registration 10.30 a.m. All are welcome.
Cork Theology Forum 10th Anniversary Gathering
On Being Human: Created after God's image and likeness
Saturday 11th October 2014 in Sacred Heart Hall, Western Road, Cork from 9.30-1.00pm
Click here for more details (PDF 621KB)
Annual One-Day Inservice for Religion Teachers
What Catholics Believe, led by Dr Con Casey and Dr. Fáinche Ryan
Friday 10th October 2014 in Nano Nagle Retreat Centre, Killavullen, Mallow, Co. Cork, from 10.00-2.00pm
Cost: 15 Euros including lunch
Click here for details (Doc. 14KB)
Biblical (and Cognate) Studies Research Seminar
Sirach and Creation: Prof. Jeremy Corley
Friday 10th October 2014 in Trinity Long Room Hub, from 10.00-12.00pm
Click here to see details of Michaelmas Term Schedule (PDF 2962 KB)