Join Dr. Christopher Tollefsen, Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina, as he discusses the topic "How to Suffer" at the 2023 Fides et Ratio lecture. All are invited.

Dr. Tollefsen is the author of Lying and Christian Ethics and co-author of The Way of Medicine: Ethics and the Healing Profession (with Dr. Farr Curlin) and Embryo: A Defense of Human Life (with Robert P. George). From 2019-2020, Dr. Tollefsen served as a Commissioner on the State Department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights.
 
Sponsored by the Institute for Saint Anselm Studies 
 

The 2024 Fides et Ratio Lecture will be held on Wednesday, November 6. Prof. Joshua Hochschild, from Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, Maryland, will be the lecturer. 

The topic of his presentation will be “Learning How to Think About God: Divine Simplicity and the Acquisition of Theological Concepts.” 

The talk will be in Dana 1D at 7:30 p.m. All are invited.

The Eighth Saint Anselm Conference

The Eighth Saint Anselm Conference will be held April 3-5, 2025 on the campus of Saint Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire. The Conference is dedicated to the foundational teaching of Nicaea, the first of the great ecumenical councils, in anticipation of its 1700th anniversary in June, 2025. 

Plenary Speaker, Thomas J. McKenna, Concord University:
“Anselm on the Beauty of the Spirit”

Conference registration and all of the paper presentations will take place in the Geisel Library. The session papers will be delivered between 9:00AM on Friday, April 4, and noon on Saturday, April 5. The plenary address will be given on Friday evening in the McCready Event Space in the Roger and Francine Jean Student Center. The Conference will open with a reception in the library at 6:00PM on Thursday, April, 3, and conclude at 1:00PM with lunch on Saturday, April 5.

Transportation and Accommodations 

Saint Anselm College is located just outside the city of Manchester, New Hampshire, approximately fifty miles north of Boston. The Manchester Boston Regional Airport is approximately eight miles from campus. For driving directions from a variety of starting points, and for lodging and dining information, please go to: https://www.anselm.edu/admission-aid/visit/resources

If coming from Logan Airport in Boston, take the bus from the airport to North Londonderry and then an Uber or Lyft to the campus or hotel (https://www.bostonexpressbus.com/stop/north-londonderry-nh/). Alternatively, an Uber or Lyft from Logan Airport to Manchester runs around $110 one-way.

The DoubleTree by Hilton, located in downtown Manchester, NH is offering accommodations at a special rate of $164 per night for Wednesday, April 2 arrival through Sunday, April 6, departure for conference participants. To make reservations at the DoubleTree please call the hotel directly at 603-625-1000 and indicate your affiliation with Saint Anselm College or use the online reservations portal: https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deeplink/?ctyhocn=MHTMNDT&groupCode=CDT92N&arrivaldate=2025-04-02&departuredate=2025-04-06&cid=OM,WW,HILTONLINK,EN,DirectLink&fromId=HILTONLINKDIRECT

The College will provide conference registrants staying at the DoubleTree with transportation to and from the hotel to campus. The registration fee covers all meals and programming.

☞ Register for the Conference ☜

For additional information or questions about the Conference, please contact:

            April Hinton 
            Phone: 603-641-7150
.           ahinton@anselm.edu

or

           Montague Brown Ph.D.
           Director, Institute for Saint Anselm Studies
           100 Saint Anselm Drive #1730
           Manchester, NH 03102-1310
           Phone: 603-641-7063
           mobrown@anselm.edu