Weston Lecturer | Peter Kreeft
Each year the Annual Weston Lecture is given by an invited speaker whose field of endeavour is pertinent to the Augustine College programme and of interest to a public audience. The lecture series is named after the Weston Foundation, whose generous grant makes it possible for Augustine College to sponsor the lecture.
In 2007 Augustine College presented a series of lectures by renowned author and educator Dr. Peter Kreeft. Renowned author and educator Dr. Peter Kreeft teaches philosophy at Boston College and is the author of some fifty books, including The Philosophy of Jesus [2007], The Sea Within: Waves and the Meaning of All Things [2006], How to Win the Culture War [2002], A Refutation of Moral Relativism [1999], Ecumenical Jihad: Ecumenism and the Culture War [1996], Christianity for Modern Pagans [1993], Yes or No? Straight Answers to Tough Questions about Christianity [1991], Fundamentals of the Faith [1988], Making Sense Out of Suffering [1988], Back to Virtue: Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion [1986], The Unaborted Socrates: Socrates Debates Abortion [1983], and Between Heaven and Hell [1983]
- Schedule of Lectures [pdf | 789 KB]
- Poster for Weston Lecture [pdf | 761 KB]
Friday, March 30, 2007
19:30 The Purpose of Life in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
The Augustine College Weston Lecture
St. Paul University Auditorium, 223 Main St., Ottawa. Free parking is available on-site. Free-will offeringSaturday, March 31, 2007
Day Conference | The Purpose of Education
Co-sponsored by Augustine College and St. Timothy's Classical Academy www.st-timothys.ca. Ottawa University Health Sciences Centre, Roger Guindon room 2005 (beside CHEO), Smyth Rd., Ottawa. Charitable donations to Augustine College are gratefully accepted.
- BUS | take the #16 or the #85
- LUNCH | bring your own or eat at the adjoining Rehab Centre to the east (it has a main-floor café and an upstairs cafeteria) or at the General Campus to the east (café and cafeteria both on the main floor) or at CHEO to the west (second-floor café)
- PARKING | $3.50 per half hour or $13 for the day.
10:00 Lecture I: The Idea of Christian Education
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Lecture II: Faith Seeking Understanding
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Lecture III: Surviving University Education
15:00-15:30 Discussion
Evening Lecture | The Church
19:30 Lecture: The Passion, Death, and Resurrection of … the Church
Organized by and hosted at St. Patrick's Basilica, 281 Nepean (at Kent). Street parking is available, 613 233-1125, Free-will offering
Sunday, April 1, 2007
A.M. TBA
13:30 What Difference Does Jesus Make?
Organized and hosted by St. Patrick's Basilica
281 Nepean at Kent. Street parking is available. 613 233-1125. Free-will offeringSelected works by Dr. Kreeft will be sold at each event.
** We are most grateful to the Weston Foundation for making it possible for Augustine College to sponsor Peter Kreeft to Ottawa **
