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A Colloquium on Thursday 16th January 2020 in JM Synge Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin. - 9:30 am registration.

Speakers include: Prof Alberto Melloni, Dr Johanna Gustafsson Lundberg, Ryszard Bobrowicz, Dr Francesca Cadeddu, Nick Spencer, Fr Gerard Condon, Frances Rowland, Fr Gerard Tanham and Emma Rothwell.

Cost: €35 early bird (available until Wednesday 18th December). Full price €45 (no concessions). Price includes Tea/Coffee and a Light Lunch. Booking: Please book on our Eventbrite page.

Each time Pinocchio told a lie, his nose grew long. So we have all come to believe, from the popular films and stories which have grown out of Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio. The original story is more complex. ..’ Thus began Dr Fáinche Ryan’s article on the importance of truth-telling in the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano. You can read this short article here

Prof. Cornelius Casey (Loyola Institute), will address the subject of Hope in our next Loyola Lecture on Weds 20th November, 7:30pm.Loyola Institute, Room G16. Optimism is not enough in a time of need. Optimism shatters easily enough in dire need; on a personal level, (’will it turn out well for me?’) or concerning our human Planet, (how will it turn out for us?). Hope is different, deeper, tougher, more persistent. In Christian terms it is a foundational virtue, - faith, hope, love. ’The faith I love the best, says God, is hope’. (Charles Peguy) . Can hope be learned, cultivated? Can we be schooled in hope? How is it practised in this time of need?

‘The Call of Literature: Theology, Philosophy and Literature in Conversation’. The sixth Power of the Word Conference will explore aspects of the ‘call of literature’, for authors and audiences alike. The conference will take place here in the Loyola Institute, Trinity College, Dublin. For more information follow the attached link.