Institute Closed at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 1/07
The John Paul II Institute offices will be closed beginning at 2 p.m. today because of expected adverse weather and... Read More »
Our Mission
A longtime philosopher-friend of Karol Wojtyla once said that Wojtyla had always been occupied with understanding the human person in terms of love. The mission of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute, in a profound sense, begins here, in this abiding conviction of the late Holy Father that love reveals the meaning of the person and, through the person, of all "flesh," the whole of creation (cf. Familiaris consortio, 11; Redemptor hominis, 10; Dominum et vivificantem, 50). Read More »
In the Spotlight
News
Institute News
New Faculty Book: Ressourcement after Vatican II: Essays in Honor of Joseph Fessio, S.J.
A festschrift in honor of Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J., edited by Nicholas Healy and Matthew Levering, will be released in... Read More »
Feast Day of St. John Paul II
On October 22, 1978, Pope John Paul II was inaugurated as the 264th Vicar of Christ. Read More »
Upcoming Events
At the Institute
Continuing Education Course: Called to Love
This course studies John Paul II’s Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body — his “Wednesday... Read More »
Faculty Lectures
“The Question of Gender and the Teaching of Humanae Vitae on the Wrongfulness of Contraception.”
Dr. D.C. Schindler will be giving a public lecture at St. Anselm's Abbey in Washington D.C. regarding the wrongfulness of... Read More »
Conferences
McGivney Lectures: “John Paul II’s ‘Authentic Theology of Integral Human Liberation’”
Save the date for the 2020 McGivney Lectures, entitled "Modernity and the Gift of the Given: John Paul II’s 'Authentic... Read More »