Upcoming Roman Forum Events

“Even if the wounds of this shattered world enmesh you, and the sea in turmoil bears you along in but one surviving ship, it would still befit you to maintain your enthusiasm for studies unimpaired. Why should lasting values tremble if transient things fall?”
(Prosper of Aquitaine)
The Roman Forum Lectures in Church History
2011-2012 New York City Program

Fervent Catholics on a Ship of Fools
From the Fall of Constantinople to the Reuchlinstreit (1453-1517)

Lecturer: John Rao, D. Phil., Oxford University
Associate Professor of History, St. John’s University
Schedule

    September 18:   City-States, “New Monarchies”, and Popes: Part One
  October 2:         An Unending Ottoman Advance
  October 16:       Eastern Christianity and the Rise of Muscovy
  October 30:       Western Christendom: A Multiplicity in Unity
  November 13:   Preaching, Printing, and the Thirst for Sanctity
  November 20:   Humanist Progress and Erasmus’ “Age of Gold”
  December 4:     Modern Image–Catholic Truth Series (reverse side)
  December 18:   Cajetan and the Revival of the Scholastic Endeavor
  January 22:       City-States, “New Monarchies”, and Popes: Part Two
  February 5:       A Politicized Papacy?
  February 19:     A Rut Triumphant?
  March 4:              A Neo-Platonic and Neo-Aristotelian Christianity?
  March 18:         A Neo-Pagan Culture?
   April 1:             France, the Borgias, and the Bonfire of the Vanities
  April 15:             France, Julius II, and the Fifth Lateran Council
  April 29:           New Worlds, Padroado, and Patronato
  May 13:               Utraquists, Heretics, and Millenarians
   May 20:            The Reform of the Empire, the Erasmian Golden Age,
                            and the Reuchlinstreit
All Sessions Meet on Sundays, at 2:30 P.M.
Wine & Cheese Reception. Entrance Fee at door of $10.00

University Parish Church of St. Joseph/371 Sixth Avenue
Church Hall Entrance on Washington Place, south of Waverly Place
A, B, C, D, E, F, V trains to West 4th Street Station
Wheelchair Accessible
Annual Commemoration of Blessed Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors
(December 8, 1864)

Modern Liberty and Tyranny:
Now and Forever—One and Inseparable

Sunday, December 4th, 2011

2:00—6:00 P.M.

Guest of Honor
Christopher A. Ferrara, Esq.
President of the American Catholic Lawyers Association

2:00 P.M.

Cold Buffet Luncheon with Open Bar, from 2:00—6:00 P.M.

3:00  P.M.

Opening Comments by Dr. John C. Rao
The War of the Words and the Word

3:30 P.M.

Main Lecture by Christopher A. Ferrara
Liberty: The God that Failed

Concluding Reading of the Syllabus of Errors

RESERVATIONS
$50 per person, reservation by November 28th, 2010
Checks payable  to:

The Roman Forum and sent to 11 Carmine St., Apt. 2C, NY, NY 10014
University Parish Church of St. Joseph/371 Sixth Avenue
St. Sylvester—New Year’s Eve Party
December 31, 2011—January 1, 2012
8:00 P.M.—1:00 A.M.

Dance in the New Year
Eat, Drink, and Make Merry with Fellow Catholics

The Best Swing, Waltz, and Other Ballroom Music Ever Recorded

Price

$25 per person—all 18 years or younger come for free.
All ages, including infants, are welcome.
Parents, come and enjoy yourselves!

Price includes the hall rental, the music, set-ups for drinks, place
     settings, and magnificent breads, biscuits, cold meats, pâtés, cheeses
 & pastries. Bring anything else you wish, but especially your own
     wine, beer & liquor. Alcoholic beverages must be provided by
     attendees.

Checks made out to the Roman Forum
R.S.V.P. By December 15th, 2011

The Roman Forum
11 Carmine St., Apt. 2C
New York, New York 10014

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University Parish Church of St. Joseph/371 Sixth Avenue