Academic Activity
Lectures and talks delivered
The Origin of Man: Theology and Science
A lecture for the faculty and students at Christendom College, Dec. 2, 2024
Lecturing at a seminar "Reclaiming Our Christian Heritage"
A summer seminar organized by The Centre for the Study of Philosophy, Politics, and Religion (CSPPR), Budapest, July 30 - August 17, 2024
Four lectures delivered at the Summer Seminar "Reclaiming our Christian Heritage"
Budapest, August 1-14, 2023
Galileo, Darwin and the Limits of Science
Ave Maria University, February 22, 2022
The Metaphysical Problems of Evolution
Ave Maria University, February 21, 2022
Catholicism and Evolution
John Paul II Theological Society at St. Patric's College, Maynooth, November 16, 2020
Galileo, Darwin and the Limits of Science
Vancouver, BC, March 5, 2020
Lecture series on John Paul II's Theology of the Body
St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, CA, Feb.-March 2018.
Catholicism & Evolution: A Discussion on Faith and Origins. Part II
University of Mary, Tempe, AZ, 19 February 2016
Catholicism & Evolution: A discussion on faith and origins. Part I
University of Mary, Tempe, AZ, 16 December 2015
On the Unity of Human Knowledge and the Problem of Naturalism. Presentation to the students of the University of Mary
Bismarck, ND, 26 March 2015
Evolution and the Catholic Church. Presentation to the students of the University of Mary
Bismarck, ND, 26 March 2015
Evolution, Creation and Intelligent Design, Presentation to the Catholic Studies faculty
University of Mary, Bismarck, ND, 25 March 2015
On the Origin of the Human Body. Presentation to Campus Ministry Lunch Gathering
University of Mary, Bismarck, ND, 25 March 2015
Presentations at conferences
First gathering of Zentrum fur Biokomplexitat und NaturTeleologie
Waidhofen an der Thaya, Austria, May 29 - June 1, 2019
My talk: Thomas Aquinas and Intelligent Design
First International Congress of Science and Faith
Bogota, 7-9 Nov. 2018
At the Congress I delivered three lectures:
1. The Limits of Natural Science and Theology
2. Thomas Aquinas and Theistic Evolution
3. Evolution and the Book of Genesis
Genesis, Aquinas, Christianity, and Evolution
Thomas Aquinas College, CA, September 22, 2018
A conference held at TAC cosponsored by the Claremont Center for Reason, Religion, and Public Affairs
Session 1: “Interpreting Genesis chapters 1-2”
Session 2: “Thomas Aquinas on Evolution”
Session 3: “Catholic Doctrine on Evolution since Darwin”
Session 4: “Does the Science of Human Evolution Disprove the Genesis Account of the Creation of Man?”
Discussion on the Philosophical Framework of Darwinian Evolution
Providence College, RI, February 18, 2017
The first event of the Imago Dei Center for the Disputed Question established at Providence College
Thomas Aquinas and Theistic Evolution at the Conference: Logos and Eros in Evolution: Intelligent Design and Thomism, Session III: Transformism
Ave Maria University, FL, 20-21 February 2015
Thomas Aquinas and Theistic Evolution at "Dominicans and Renewal of Thomism”
Thomistic Institute, Washington, DC, 1-5 July 2013 (2 July)
Conference participation
New Wine in New Wineskins: Changing the Traditional Categories in the Creation and Evolution Debate
Trinity Western University, Langley, BC, 5 February 2015
Can Science Inform our Knowledge of God?
Franciscan University of Steubenville, Discovery Institute, Steubenville, OH, 2 December 2011
Summer Seminar on Intelligent Design
Discovery Institute, Seattle, WA, 8-16 July 2011
Dominicans and the Challenge of Thomism
Thomistic Institute, Warsaw, 1-5 July 2010