2019 – 2020 Lecture Series

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The Art of the Beautiful

Understanding how the Catholic Faith informs the arts


Friday, September 27

T. J. Berden

Filmmaker and producer (PAUL, APOSTLE OF CHRIST; FULL OF GRACE)


Friday, November 8*

Sir James MacMillan

Composer and conductor

*Note location and time.

Reception at 4 PM. Archbishop Hughes Center, 32 Prince St. at Mott.

Lecture at 5 PM. Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old CathedralMott St. at Prince.


Tuesday, February 18

James Matthew Wilson, Ph.D.

Poet, Critic, Associate Professor of Religion and Literature at Villanova University


Tuesday, March 31

Rev. Timothy Valentine, Ph.D.

Diocese of Rockville Center


Tuesday, April 21

Bronwen McShea, Ph.D.

Author, Artist, Associate Research Scholar with Princeton University’s James Madison Program


Reception at 6 PM

Lecture at 7 PM

Catholic Center at New York University, 238 Thompson St.

* MacMillan event: reception at 4 PM, and lecture at 5 PM, at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral.