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Master Class Week

Each January, professors of the central Roman session of the Institute offer a week of lectures on various theological-anthropological themes for the students of the Washington, D.C., session. Regular classes are not held during this week so that students are available to attend the morning and afternoon sessions of Master Class Week. The liturgy is celebrated at midday, and a lunch break follows. Attendance is mandatory for students in the M.T.S., S.T.L., and S.T.D programs.

Graduates of the Institute and members of the wider community may attend the lectures of Master Class Week; the fee is $250.

To register, contact: Stephanie Nelson

202-526-3799 or email: snelson@johnpaulii.edu     

The McGivney Lecture Series

Visiting lecturers add an essential dimension to the educational experience at the John Paul II Institute. Father Michael J. McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus in 1882 as a fraternal benefit society which would protect the widows and children of working men and foster their faith and their social progress. The annual lecture series of the John Paul II Institute is named in honor of Father McGivney. The Institute invites distinguished Catholic scholars to lecture in the fields of theology, philosophy and allied disciplines. Lecturers have included John Finnis; Elizabeth Anscombe; Ralph McInerny; Kenneth Schmitz; Benedict Ashley, O.P.; Jérôme Lejeune; Bishop Christoph Schönborn, O.P.; Marc Ouellet, S.S.; Luis Alonso Schökel, S.J.; Francis Martin; and Marko Ivan Rupnik, S.J., and Robert Spaemann.

Distinguished Lecturers

In addition to the McGivney Lecture Series, the Institute sponsors periodic conferences and special visits by noted scholars and Church leaders. These interdisciplinary discussions engage the entire academic community of the Institute. Among those who have visited and lectured at the Institute in Washington, D.C. are Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger; Edouard Cardinal Gagnon; Archbishop Jan Schötte; Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk; Avery Dulles, S.J.; Louis Bouyer; Andrzej Szostek; James Cardinal Stafford; Marc Ouellet; and Angelo Cardinal Scola.