AngellicumSTOQ in Rome

"The unity of truth is a fundamental premise of human reasoning"...

"...This unity of truth, natural and revealed, is embodied in a living and personal way in Christ, as the Apostle reminds us: "Truth is in Jesus" (cf Eph 4:21; Col 1:15-20)". - Fides et ratio, n.34

This principle of the unity of truth is our guide and stimulus in our quest for a closer dialogue between science, philosophy and religion, and in our search for an image of a unified contemporary man. AngelicumSTOQ considers, in a special way,  the mindset and the virtuous testimony of   St. Albert the Great and St. Thomas Aquinas as paradigms that may be effectively applied in dealing with current questions.  

             
 (St. Thomas and St. Albert the Great;  Convent of Albertinum in Fribourg Switzerland)

St. Albert the Great: "There are some people who attribute all these things to divine order and say that we must not consider in them any other cause but the will of God. This in part we can agree to. Yet we do not say that he does this because of a naural cause of which he is the first mover, since he is the cause of all movement; for we are not seeking a reason or explanation of the divine will but rather investigating natural causes which are as instruments through which God's will is manifested. It is not sufficient to know these things in a general sort of way; what we are looking for is the cause of each individual thing according to the nature belonging to it. This is the best and most perfect kind of knowledge." (De causis proprietatum elementorum, lib. I, tr. I, cap.9)

St. Thomas Aquinas: " That truth that the human reason is naturally endowed to know cannot be opposed to the truth of the Christian faith." (Summa contra gentiles, I,7)

What We Do

AngelicumSTOQ is a project that is meant to educate future professionals and leaders of the Church on the openess of one's spirit to universal knowledge and on the inter-cultural character of man's life. To achieve this objective our program offers courses, seminars, conferences and research activities. AngelicumSTOQ is nitched and nurtured within a calm, academic but family-like University campus setting right in the heart of Rome. It is sustained by the commitment of outstanding professors and lecturers from different parts of the world and enriched by the Church, by the special tradition of St. Albert the Great and St. Thomas, and by contemporary thinkers. 

What We Did

Science, Philosophy & Theology: What can we say about them?

 This was the title of the special issue (the first volume of the year 2009) of the University's journal "Angelicum" published at the end of  March. There were 14 authors who contributed to this volume. For more details, click "Services" 

 (FT 2506) “Considering Nature: From Science to Philosophy & Theology”

3 BIRDS IN ONE STONE!

The course was presented by Prof. Dominique Lambert (a physicist-philosopher -Belgium), Dr. Alessandro Giuliani (Biologist researcher -Rome), Prof. Albert Bagood, OP, (philosopher -Rome), Prof. Luke Buckles, OP (theologian-Rome), Prof. Carsten Barwasser, OP (theologian-Rome) and Prof. Gilles Emery, OP (theologian-Fribourg,Switzerland). 

Slovakia Lectures

A series of lectures, held on September 22-23 (2008) in Slovakia, was organized by Rev. Fr. Reginald Adrian Slavkovsky, OP, Rev. Fr. Damian Juraj Macura, OP, and Rev.Fr. Albert Bagood, OP with the general theme: Faith and Natural Sciences: Approaches. (see more under "services")

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Human Suffering & Survival/Perseverance

was a series of lectures presented by 12 different professors on 12 Fridays of the FirstSemester 2008. When attended all together, the series served as a course for the Licentiate students of the Faculties of Philosophy & Theology.

Saturday Courses

The LIFE of MAN (1st semester) and HUMAN DEATH  (2nd semester) were series of lectures that highlighted the theological, scientific and the philosophical aspects of man. 12 professors lectured each course.

CONFERENCE

On May 21, 2009, His Eminence Cardinal Paul Poupard presented at the Angelicum in Rome a Conference entitled "Science and Faith Today". For more details click "services".

Fides et ratio - January 16, 2009, 10.30-12.15

Emo. e Rmo. Sig Card. George Cottier, OP (Former Theologian of the Papal Household) -"Fides et ratio, la filosofia e la scienza"

Rev.Fr. Wojciech Giertych, OP (Actual Theologian of the Papal Household) "Fides et ratio- Inspirations for Moral Theology oooOooo

"Creation & the Foundations of Evolution"

 Prof. Dr. William Carroll (Univeristy of Oxford) 

November 14, 2008 

What's New? 

From the Staff of Angelicum-Stoq, we wish you all a sanctified, illuminated and blessed Pentecost and an effective preparation for the semestral exams!

FLASH NEWS

"Science, Faith & Complexity" 

Angelicum-Stoq in collaboration with the University Journal "Angelicum" of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas has recently published a special issue of the Journal entitled "Science, Faith & Complexity"

"Click SERVICE for more details" 

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Angelicum-Stoq has changed the line-up of officials. Prof. Alessandro Salucci, OP is now the Director and he has 3 ASSISTANT DIRECTORS: Prof. Giulia Lombardi; Prof. Walter Senner, OP; & Prof. Albert Bagood, OP

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VERY SPECIAL SEMINAR IN GERMANY

Feb. 12-13 2010

Human Fragility: An interdisciplinary Question

Read all about it by clicking "service" above. 

SPECIAL COURSE

"Fragile and Vulnerable Nature...Any Help?" is a special SATURDAY course for the licentiate students of the Faculties of Philosophy & Theology. There will be 12 professors for 12 Saturdays... click "services" for more details. 

12th SATURDAY 9.30-11.15

"Fragility Creation & Providence""

by Prof. Charles Morerod,OP

CONFERENCE

"The Question of Human Fragility" : Science & Faith"

 by

Prof. Xavier Le Pichon

Collège de France - Aix en Provence

November 13, 2009 FRIDAY 5.30 p.m.

 Introduction

Fragilities are the controlling factor in an evolving system because they are the first to yield. I will give an example in my field in tectonics. But the same thing is true for all systems that need to evolve. The weak and imperfect parts are often those that allow the evolution to occur without any traumatism. It is remarkable that the hominization has resulted in increased fragilities due to the prolongation of the infancy and childhood, due to the evolution of sexuality and to the "suffering experienced by individuals whose capacity to remember the past and anticipate the future had attained a remarkable development" (Antonio Damasio). I will argue that these fragilities are at the heart of the processus of hominization. I will argue further that the discovery of the suffering person is indeed the main source of our humanization with the invention of compassion. From a religious point of view the question then is:  "What are the places of these fragilities in the history of salvation? " Genesis tells us that we have been created in the image of God. Are these fragilities parts of what makes us in the image of God?

-Prof. Dr. Xavier Le Pichon 

More details will be added in the next few days...

SECRETARIAT 

ANGELICUM-STOQ

For the sake of the new comers in the Angelicum University, the office of Angelicum-Stoq is located at the top floor, right next to the Angelicum University Press, of the "Offici dei Decanati" . The Secretariat will still be serviced by Prof. Giulia Lombardi.

Take note also that our announcements and posters always bear the same color: RED & YELLOW

You can address your inquiries via E-mail

angelicumstoq@yahoo.com