OUR COMMON HOME

Lecture #1

Drawing on new courses at Holy Apostles, Our Physical World and Climate Science and Catholic Thought, Dr. Trasancos will show how Catholic science education can translate the Church’s magisterial teaching on care for creation into a transformative experience of the whole person. She will illustrate how theology, philosophy, and the natural sciences can be woven together in an interdisciplinary way that advances knowledge for its own sake while helping students cultivate the virtue of stewardship and refine their practice of apologetics.

Lecture #2

November 21 – Dr. Matthew Ramage

Educating for Cosmic Communion: Uniting Faith, Science, and Stewardship in Catholic Higher Education

Dr. Ramage will explore how Catholic theological education can translate the Church’s magisterial teaching on care for creation into a unique and transformative experience of the whole person. He will illustrate how theology and the natural sciences can be woven together in an interdisciplinary way that advances knowledge for its own sake while helping students cultivate the virtue of stewardship and refine their practice of apologetics.

Lecture #3

Stewardship and Culture: A Catholic Philosophical Vision for Our Common Home

Dr. Smith will explore the philosophical foundations of environmental stewardship within the Catholic intellectual tradition, arguing that care for our common home arises from a unified vision of creation, culture, and the human person. Beginning with the harmony of faith and science in Catholic thought, he will situate ecological responsibility within larger questions of moral freedom and the common good. Drawing on Augustine, Aquinas, Pope Francis, and contemporary thinkers, Dr. Smith will contrast competing models of Christian engagement with culture and show how integral ecology is not a political option but a moral imperative rooted in the very structure of human flourishing.