Video Resources

Columcille in Context: Theologians and Historians in Conversation to Commemorate the 15th Centenary of the Birth of Saint Columba of Iona (521/ 2021)
The third lecture organised by Dr Alexander O’Hara, was delivered by Meredith Cutrer, DPhil Candidate, Oxford University on 8th September 2021. St Columba’s life and memory, as recorded and perpetuated by his monastic familia, consciously placed him in the tradition of a number of prominent late antique saints. This lecture considered the saints his community drew upon to craft St Columba’s image with a particular focus on the enduring interest his community evinced in the Egyptian Desert Fathers, St Antony of Egypt and St Paul of Thebes. This presentation shows how these monastic pioneers were a crucial component of the Columban familia’s cultural memory by examining key pieces of literature and art produced by his community from the seventh to the eleventh centuries.

Columcille in Context: Theologians and Historians in Conversation to Commemorate the 15th Centenary of the Birth of Saint Columba of Iona (521/ 2021)
Dr Alexander O’Hara, Research Fellow in Historical Theology, Loyola Institute has organised the first lecture in this series was delivered by Professor Thomas O’Loughlin, Professor Emeritus of Historical Theology, University of Nottingham, on the Feast of Columcille, Wednesday 9th June 2021, 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm and the online series will run throughout the remainder of the 2021. A recording of this lecture is available by clicking on this link.

“Listening to the Essence Of Things“: Theology, language and meaning in the context of Laudato Si.
Prof Tina Beattie, Professor of Catholic Studies at Roehampton University, gave a public lecture titled: ‘Listening to the Essence of Things’: Theology, language and meaning in the context of Laudato Sí. This free public lecture took place on Wednesday 19th February at 7:30pm in the Loyola Institute.

Hope In This Time Of Need: Dr. Con Casey
Dr. Cornelius Casey gave a public lecture at the Loyola Institute, Trinity College Dublin on Wednesday 20 November 2019. His presentation was titled ‘Hope In This Time of Need.’