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From earliest times, Christians have felt a strong need to maintain contact with the remains of especially holy persons who had died in the faith - from the first-century Christians who venerated martyrs to the pilgrims who flock to the relics of saints today. This lecture explores a dramatic history of competition and dispute in which both ordinary lay persons and esteemed religious organizations expressed this need to hold on to the sanctified dead.
Join us on Thursday, November 5 at 6 PM EST for "Saints Do Not Rest in Peace: The Afterlife of Relics" by Patrick Geary (Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton)
Co-presented with the Bollandist Society and the Clough School of Theology and Ministry, Boston College
Co-sponsored by @HarvardMedieval @LC_Institute COLLIS Institute for Catholic Culture at Cornell, The Nova Forum for Catholic Thought at USC, and the Harvard-MIT Society of Catholic Scientists
While Jews experience antisemitism as its targets, Catholics in solidarity are called to recognize and oppose it vigorously: "mindful of [her] common inheritance with the Jews... [the Church] deplores ...persecutions and demonstrations of antisemitism directed at Jews at whatever time and by whomsoever." Vatican II, Nostra Aetate 4 (1965). Today, does the widespread discourse of "antizionism" mask antisemitism under another name? Join us on Thursday, October 22 as the sociologist Shaul Kelner explores the ideological roots and social structure of America's "antizionist" movement to uncover the answer.
Co-presented with @HarvardHillel
Co-sponsored by @ADL_NewEngland, Combined Jewish Philanthropies: Center for Combating Antisemitism, HLSA Jewish Alumni Network, and the HBS Jewish Alumni Association
Why do people feel so insubstantial today, despite having more identity choices than ever? This lecture explores how we came to this predicament, and whether Christianity may have something useful to say about it.
Join us today at 6 PM EDT for the lecture "Who Will I be Today? The Empty Self" by Angela Franks (Catholic University of America).
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Introducing our 2026-27 Fellows! Learn more about the program and the individual fellows at harvardcatholicforum.org/fel…
Earlier this month we welcomed Fr. Ezra Sullivan, OP (Angelicum) for a lecture on the human person in light of Neuroscience and theological anthropology.
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Join us this Friday at 6 PM EDT as Fr. Ezra Sullivan, OP (Angelicum) speaks on the human person in light of neuroscience and theological anthropology.
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Fellows applications are open now, until June 15! Visit our website to learn more about the Harvard Catholic Forum fellows & apply.
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The Shroud of Turin has fascinated and puzzled historians and archaeologists with its mysterious blood-stained image of a man, believed by many to be Jesus of Nazareth. Join us this Thursday as Fr. Andrew Dalton (@OthoniaInc) discusses the history of the Shroud and what this unique relic can teach us about the Christian faith.
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This Thursday at 6 PM, join us as Professor Jon Levenson (Harvard) explores the Biblical roots, along with Jewish and eventually Christian interpretations and norms, of the Sabbath – the holiday that occurs without exception after every six days. To many an obsolete institution, the Sabbath nonetheless has attracted new attention in recent decades because it speaks so powerfully to the contemporary world.
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Co-presented by @HarvardHillel
Co-sponsored by Harvard Christian Alumni Society, @SaintBInstitute, the St. Benedict Institute at Hope College, Harvard Cru, St. Peter's Parish (Cambridge), and the Harvard Office of the President/Initiative on Interfaith Engagement
Join us today at 5 PM as @clooney_x discusses his book "Hindu and Catholic, Priest and Scholar: A Love Story"
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Join us tomorrow at 10:30 AM as the distinguished poet and literary critic Paul Mariani invites participants to explore the integral relation between written word and image, by combining poetry reading, conversation, and the experience of beauty in a selection of great paintings.
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Join us today at 5:30 PM EST, in person & on zoom, for a book talk on A Theology of Health by Tyler Vanderweele.
In A Theology of Health, Tyler VanderWeele develops a Christian framework for understanding of health as incorporating both physical and personal wholeness, placing health within a broad theological perspective on the ends of human life. His insights engage the theory and practice of medicine, the theological disciples, the self-understanding of those who suffer illness, and the practitioners of pastoral care. Theologian Dominic Doyle responds, followed by audience Q&A. Reception to follow.
Co-presented by @HRSatHarvard & @HFHarvard
Co-sponsored by @bcstm, the Guild of St. Luke, and the Harvard Christian Alumni Society.
Learn more and register at harvardcatholicforum.org/eve…
On Sunday, November 9 at 3 PM (livestream & in-person), in honor of the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, two distinguished choirs devoted to their rich traditions of sacred music present a program that weaves together soaring musical expressions of our common worship.
Co-presented by Hellenic College Holy Cross, St. Paul's Parish, and St. Paul's Choir School
Co-sponsored by the Harvard Orthodox Chaplaincy, Saints Constantine and Helen Church, the Telos Center, the Huffington Ecumenical Institute, COLLIS Institute of Catholic Thought and Culture (Cornell), @Kateri_Inst, the In Lumine Network, and St. Mary Orthodox Church
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Did you miss Karin Öberg's lecture on Cosmic Origins and Christian Creation? Watch the recording, available now on our archive!
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