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Read more at: Register for VHI Research Seminars | Easter 2025

Register for VHI Research Seminars | Easter 2025

The VHI is delighted to share its research seminar programme for the coming Easter Term, featuring members of the VHI research community. Unless otherwise noted, the hybrid seminars are scheduled for 5.30 to 7.00pm BST at the St Edmund’s Maisonettes Hybrid Meeting Room and on Zoom . To Register: Please email vhi@st-edmunds...

Read more at: Lent Term at the VHI: Reflections from our Interns

Lent Term at the VHI: Reflections from our Interns

As part of its internship programme through the Notre Dame’s London Global Gateway , the VHI welcomed two new interns during Lent Term 2025. Now, after a successful term, Tia Mittle and Dora Tomko reflect on their experience. Tia Mittle , a undergraduate at the University of Notre Dame (USA) from Mumbai, India, studying...

Read more at: The Von Hügel Institute Mourns the Death of His Holiness, Pope Francis

The Von Hügel Institute Mourns the Death of His Holiness, Pope Francis

It is with deep sorrow that the Von Hügel Institute, together with the rest of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, joins the global Catholic community in mourning the passing of His Holiness, Pope Francis. Pope Francis dedicated his life to the service of others, calling for a Church that listens, learns, and reaches out to...

Read more at: Br Guy Consolmagno, SJ Delivers 2024 Von Hügel Lecture

Br Guy Consolmagno, SJ Delivers 2024 Von Hügel Lecture

On Wednesday, 20 November, the Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry hosted its annual Von Hügel Lecture, featuring Br Guy Consolmagno, SJ. Br Guy is the Director of the Vatican Observatory and is known internationally for inspiring audiences into a deeper appreciation of the multiple, interrelated ways in...

Read more at: The VHI Internship: Reflections on Michaelmas 2024

The VHI Internship: Reflections on Michaelmas 2024

For Michaelmas term 2024, Sarah Kerber and Tomasz Harbut joined the VHI as part of the internship programme through Notre Dame’s London Global Gateway . After a successful term at the Von Hügel Institute, they shared their thoughts on the experience. Sarah, an undergraduate studying English and economics with a minor in...

Read more at: Prof Philip Sheldrake publishes New Book on Public Social Values and Virtues

Prof Philip Sheldrake publishes New Book on Public Social Values and Virtues

Senior Research Associate and theologian Professor Philip Sheldrake FRSA FRHistS has published his latest book with Oxford University Press Civility: Cultivating Public Virtues (October 2024). The book offers a critical response to the extensive social challenges and public problems that are present in contemporary society...

Read more at: Prof Gill K. Goulding, CJ wins CMA Book Awards

Prof Gill K. Goulding, CJ wins CMA Book Awards

The VHI is delighted to congratulate Senior Research Associate Gill Goulding, CJ , Professor of Systematic Theology at Regis St. Michael's Faculty of Theology, University of Toronto, and author of Pope Francis and Mercy: A Dynamic Theological Hermeneutic , for winning a Catholic Media Association Book Award. In Pope...

Read more at: Praises for newly published book on Bonhoeffer's last days by Dr John McCabe

Praises for newly published book on Bonhoeffer's last days by Dr John McCabe

VHI Research Associate Rev Dr John McCabe 's new book Dietrich Bonhoeffer—The Last Eight Days: The Untold Story of the Journey to Flossenbürg (Baylor University Press, 2024) is receiving much attention and is now available to pre-order. With unprecedented historical accuracy, McCabe tells the full story of Bonhoeffer’s...

Read more at: Visiting Scholar Lorraine Krall McCrary gives lecture at Notre Dame Rome

Visiting Scholar Lorraine Krall McCrary gives lecture at Notre Dame Rome

The Stories we tell: Solidarity and Disability in Communities of Care Professor Lorraine Krall McCrary (Wabash College), currently a Visiting Scholar at St Edmund's College, will present a book manuscript on the topic of disability, community, and care at the University of Notre Dame, Rome on Friday, 24 May, 6:00 pm - 7:30...

Read more at: Rev Dr Carole Irwin joins International Woman Day's panel at St Edmund's College on Friday 8 March

Rev Dr Carole Irwin joins International Woman Day's panel at St Edmund's College on Friday 8 March

St Edmund's College is celebrating International Women’s Day on Friday 8 March (5.00pm – 6.45pm) with a panel of inspiring speakers from across the College community discussing ' What creates an inclusive community? '. Introduced by the Master, Catherine Arnold OBE, speakers include VHI's Research Associate Rev Dr Carole...

 

 

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