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

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

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

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"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 greet you all "a Happy Ascension Day!"

FLASH NEWS

Angelicum-Stoq in collaboration with Stoq-UPS (Salesian Pontifical Univ.)  has presented a special lecture of Prof. Saverio Di Liso on "Domingo de Soto: From Logic to Science" on MAY 12. Click "services" for details.

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

This is the title of the latest special issue of the Journal Angelicum.  There were 14 authors who contributed to this volume which is a joint project of the University Journal and Angelicum-Stoq. For more details about the content, please click "services" 

  Biological Evolution 

The first two weeks of Mrach were very busy weeks for all university-members of STOQ Project. The Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome has successfully hold the 5-days STOQ III International Conference on "Biological Evolution Facts & Theories," from March 3-7. This event was followed by the DPDC annual meeting from March 9-11... (Click 'services' for more information)

In all of these, we remember in our prayers Dott.sa Marilena Amerise, the officer of the Central STOQ Secretariat, who passed away last February 27 at the age of 34 and also Prof. Peter Hodgson who was a member of the STOQ- DPDC, who died last January.    

3 BIRDS IN ONE STONE!

Indeed it was a case of '3 birds in one stone' as we finish this week the special interdisciplinary course "Considering Nature": From Science to Philosophy & Theology" The course was presented by Prof. Dominique Lambert (a physicist-philosopher from Belgium), Dr. Alessandro Giuliani (Biologist researcher from Rome), Prof. Albert Bagood, OP, (philosopher from Angelicum-Rome), Prof. Luke Buckles, OP (theologian from Angelicum-Rome), Prof. Carsten Barwasser, OP (theologian from Angelicum-Rome) and Prof. Gilles Emery, OP (theologian from Fribourg University in Switzerland). 

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

Special Course for Philosophers & Theologians in the Licentiate Program 2° Semester 2009- (3 consecu-tive days each month- in English) for more details click "services".

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 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".

SECRETARIAT 

ANGELICUM-STOQ

We would like to announce that starting September 30, the Angelicum-Stoq Secretariat,  which  is just beside the Angelicum Press Office, will be regularly served by Prof. Albert Bagood, OP and Prof. Gulia Lombardi .

We are also glad to inform everybody that the Vice-Director of Angelicum-Stoq - Prof. Alessandro Salucci, OP, has successfully undergone a heart transplant. He is now in the process of convalescence. Thank you for your prayers.

You can address your inquiries via E-mail

angelicumstoq@yahoo.com