Past Events
Venom & Grace: François Mauriac's "Vipers' Tangle" (Faith in Fiction Summer Reading Group)
Join us for our summer reading group on François Mauriac’s classic novel.
Alumni Weekend Sunday Brunch
Join us on Alumni Weekend for a brunch event in partnership with the Penn Newman Center.
Medical Ethics in the Catholic Tradition (Winged Ox Event)
Join us for our Winged Ox event on medical ethics in the Catholic tradition.
2026 Annual Spring Soirée
Join us as we celebrate the end of the academic year and our 2026 graduates at our Annual Spring Soiree.
Anscombe’s First University Lectures: What Anscombe Learned from Wittgenstein (Annual Anscombe Lecture in Ethics)
Join us for the 2026 Annual Anscombe Lecture.
Translating Christianity: Catholicism and Late Imperial China
Join us for this Evangelization in East Asia special event on Catholicism in the Late Imperial China.
“Can and Should the Human Rights Project be Saved?” Collegium Institute 2026 Annual Penn Club of New York Reception
Join us for our Annual Penn Club of New York Reception.
The Art of Dating
Join Collegium Institute and Thomistic Institute for a special event on the art of dating.
The Role of Narrative in the Cultivation of Virtue in Medicine (Spring 2026 Medical Humanities Lecture)
Join us for our Spring 2026 Medical Humanities Lecture on the role of narrative in cultivating virtue in medicine.
Contemplating Love and Death in Athens and Jerusalem (Symposium Intellectual Retreat)
Join us for our annual Intellectual Retreat on Villanova’s campus.
The Drama of Catholicism: Church History as Tragicomedy (Spring 2026 Young Catholic Leaders Initiative Workshop)
Join us for the Collegium Institute Young Catholic Leaders Initiative’s daylong Spring workshop The Drama of Catholicism: Church History as Tragicomedy at the University of Pennsylvania Newman Center from 9am to 3pm on Saturday, March 21st.
My Roman Empire: The Philosophy of Obsession & Desire (Food For Thought Spring 2026)
Join us for our Spring 2026 Food For Thought module on the philosophy of obsession and desire.
"Your God Is Too Small": Spring 2026 Magi Lecture
Join us for the Spring 2026 Magi Lecture.
Choosing Joy: A Manifesto for Artful Living in an Age of Visual Noise
Join us for an evening conversation we’ll explore how we can carve our space for silence amidst the noise.
All the World’s a Stage: A Global Approach to Catholic Drama (Spring 2026 Global Catholic Literature Seminar)
Join us for the 2026 Lenten season of our virtual Global Catholic Literature seminar.
Cardinal Newman and Pope Leo XIII on Americanism (2026 Annual Newman Lecture)
Join us for the 2026 Annual Newman Lecture.
Anscombe Unboxed: On the First Person
Join us for our virtual discussion group on the works of G.E.M. Anscombe.
Philosophy of Finance (Spring 2026): The Spirit of Capitalism? Max Weber’s Classic Thesis and its Discontents
Join us for the Spring 2026 discussion group for The Spirit of Capitalism? Max Weber’s Classic Thesis and its Discontents.
The Good: What is Distinctive About Christian Ethics? (Spring 2026 Catholic Humanism Fellowship)
Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to join us for the Spring 2026 Catholic Humanism Fellowship on the Good.
Should the Federal Government Legalize Marijuana? - A Spirited Debate Event
Join us for this upcoming Spirited Debate Initiative event, hosted by PRRUCS.
Am I Just My Brain? The Neuroscience and Philosophy of Altered States (Food For Thought)
Join us for our Spring 2026 Food For Thought module on the neuroscience and philosophy of altered states.
Medical Humanities Fellowship (Spring 2026)
Join us for the Spring 2026 Medical Humanities Fellowship.
Christian Thoughts-in-Progress
Join us for the third season of our new program for graduate students.
Ars Vivendi Fellowship (Spring 2026)
Join us for our Ars Vivendi Fellowship Program on Art, Philosophy, and the Transcendent.
The Arc of Justice: The Legal Profession in Historical Context (Spring 2026 Legal Humanities Fellowship)
Join us for the Spring 2026 Legal Humanities Fellowship.
The Winged Ox Forum
Join us for our Winged Ox Forum where we explore the intersection of medicine and theology.
Carols by Candlelight
Join us for an evening of Lessons and Carols at St. Agatha-St. James Church in University City.
A Catholic Vision for American History? The Stakes of Our Lady of Guadalupe for an Alternative Modernity Framework (Virtual Event)
Join us for this thought-provoking virtual event by historian Christopher Shannon on the Feast of Saint Juan Diego.
St. Nicholas Day Gathering
Students, faculty and staff are invited to join us for our annual St. Nicholas Day Party.