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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 11h

Join us on the 4th of November for an @irishtheolquart.bsky.social Lecture with Prof Alana Harris, King's College London, who will deliver the lecture.

Don't miss out, register your place at [email protected].

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 1d

Prof Tobias Winright's (SPPU) latest article in the National Catholic Reporter today is about two related movements in church history, The Peace of God and the Truce of God, and how retrieving these may address the surge in noncombatant casualties.

Read more:
www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...

These 2 medieval Catholic ideas on war are even more relevant today

Retrieving the concepts, writes Tobias Winright, "will raise attention to, and accountability for, indiscriminate and disproportionate civilian casualties."

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 1d

Find out more about the conference here theo.kuleuven.be/en/lest/lest...

Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology XV

LEST XV - Catholicity, Theology and the University: Conjectures in a Complex World

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 1d

Also at the conference, "The Worshiping Body", a new book on the groundbreaking liturgical and sacramental scholarship of Marie-Dominique Chenu, will be launched, of which Tom is one of the editors.

Find out more about the book here litpress.org/Products/020...

The Worshiping Body

Discover the groundbreaking liturgical and sacramental scholarship of Marie-Dominique Chenu Why is Chenu’s scholarship still relevant today? Like his slightly younger confrere Yves Congar, the French ...

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 1d

Tom McLean, Lecturer in Systematic Theology, SPPU, will be presenting a paper entitled "'The Right to Intervene'?: Marie-Dominique Chenu, the Science of Theology, and Religious Studies” at the conference Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology.

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 1d

Another date for your diary: Prof Alana Harris, King's College London, will give an ITQ lecture next month, 4th November.

Please email [email protected] to register your place.

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 1d

Great to have Prof Stephen J Pope, Boston College, give our Irish Theological Quarterly Lecture last night.

For those who missed last night's lecture, Prof Pope's lecture will appear as an article in the ITQ in due course.

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 15d

Dr Stacy Trasancos, our Faculty of Philosophy's visiting speaker for October, will give her lecture "Never Trust Atoms: They Messed Up Everything" on October 14th, at 5:00pm, Sacred Scripture Room, Loftus Halls on campus.

Free public lecture, all are welcome.

#publiclecture #philosophy

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Maynooth University Library @mulibrary.bsky.social · 2d

This 13th of Oct dare you enter the pumpkin patch on campus with our 2025 #Halloween Virtual Experience with MU Library Makerspace featuring images from the collections of St Patrick's Pontifical University Maynooth University Library🎃
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Oíche Shamhna!🧙‍♀️

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 5d

This Monday 13th, join us at the Irish Theological Quarterly Lecture with Prof Stephen J Pope, Boston College, who will deliver the lecture, entitled "Can Forgiving Ever Be A Moral Mistake? Considerations from Christian Ethics".

Don't miss out, register your place at [email protected].

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 5d

An Fómhar i Maigh Nuad 🍂

#sppu #stpatricks #maynooth #fómhar

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Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social · 6d

Join us next Monday evening for an ITQ Lecture @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social
with Prof. Stephen Pope @bostoncollege.bsky.social.
Prof. Pope is a wonderful speaker with a wealth of experience in peace & reconciliation, & restorative justice. It promises to be a very thought-provoking presentation.

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 7d

For those who missed last night's lecture, a recording will be available in due course on our YouTube channel.

Next up is the Irish Theological Quarterly Lecture, this Monday 13th, at 7:30pm.

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 7d

A big thanks to Prof David Kertzer who delivered a wonderful lecture last night at the Annual Monsignor Patrick J Corish lecture

📸(L-R) Rev Dr Michael Shortall, Interim President, Prof David Kertzer, Brown University, and Prof Salvador Ryan, Professor of Ecclesiastical History

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 8d

Reminder of this Thursday's Opening of the Academic Year Mass at 12 noon in The College Chapel.

The mass also be livestreamed on www.churchservices.tv/maynooth

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 7d

Update: The online link to the article is also (as of Oct 7th) available, free with registration: www.thetablet.co.uk/features/out...

The principle of proportionality in the Gaza war - The Tablet

The political theorist Michael Walzer has observed that since the Vietnam War, public abhorrence about atrocities such as the My Lai massacre led to the US

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 8d

Dr. Joshua Furnal, Lecturer of Systematic Theology at SPPU, has contributed a chapter exploring the Italian mystic St. Gemma Galgani in the newly published edited volume "Kierkegaard and Mysticism: Reception, Influence, Resonance."

Read more here: sppu.ie/news-events/...

Dr. Joshua Furnal Contributes Chapter on Gemma Galgani to New… | St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth

Pontifical University and National Seminary.

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 8d

Reminder of this Thursday's Opening of the Academic Year Mass at 12 noon in The College Chapel.

The mass also be livestreamed on www.churchservices.tv/maynooth

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 8d

🛎️ Join us tonight at the Annual Monsignor Patrick J Corish lecture, at 7:30pm in Renehan Hall.

www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-annual...

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 9d

Tobias Winright, Prof. of Moral Theology, SPPU, published “Casualties of war: Out of proportion?” in The Tablet 279. Prof Winright addresses the disproportionate number of civilian casualties in Ukraine, Sudan and especially Gaza.

Full article available in print edition of The Tablet.

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 14d

🔔A reminder of the upcoming book launch, this Monday, for two new publications from our faculty members.

Please email [email protected] to register your place - all are welcome.

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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · 9d

What a beautiful morning here at @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social

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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · 9d

A reminder that Prof. David Kertzer will deliver the Corish Lecture tomorrow evening in Maynooth. Register below.

St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 19d

🛎️ Reminder of the Annual Monsignor Patrick J Corish lecture.

Please visit www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-annual... to register your place.

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 12d

These are concerns shared by the College and we are greatly encouraged by the work of Sister Orla and other women religious working in high-risk areas, and their commitment to education that advances justice and the common good.’ (3/3)

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 12d

We are delighted to highlight the tremendous achievements of Sister Orla and to give recognition to women’s educational rights across the world. (2/3)

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