Weekly Schedule of Events
8/16 Monday
- Exercitium Linguae Latinae (2:00-2:30pm ET). Legemus ex Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata ut melioremus nostrum locutionem et augeamus familiaritatem vocabulis.
8/17 Tuesday
- Ex Sancto Thoma Legimus (9:30-10:00am ET). Legemus ex Sancto Thoma et convertit in linguam Anglicam; practicum bonum et utile est!
- Philosophical Happy Hour (5:30-7:00pm ET). Join us for drinks, conversation, lively debates, and get to know the Lyceum Institute and its members! Open to the public: use the “Send Us a Message” form here (write “Happy Hour” in the message box) and we’ll see you on Teams!
8/18 Wednesday
- Exercitium Linguae Latinae (2:00-2:30pm ET). Legemus ex Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata ut melioremus nostrum locutionem et augeamus familiaritatem vocabulis.
8/19 Thursday
- Ex Sancto Thoma Legimus (9:30-10:00am ET). Legemus ex Sancto Thoma et convertit in linguam Anglicam; practicum bonum et utile est!
- Elementary Latin Class (6:00-7:00pm ET). Via Romae sunt multa et utile — audes quomodo servus improbus Medus ambulat ad Romam dum servi boni suos dominus in lecticam vehunt. Legimus et convertimus ex capitulo VI!
8/20 Friday
- Open Chat (9:30-10:30am ET). Our regular Friday-morning open chat, allowing conversation between those in the West and those in the East–bridging the international community of the Lyceum Institute.
- Exercitium in Lingua Latina (11pm-12am ET). Etiam exercitium in Lingua Latina! Ista hora conveniens Orientalibus est (11am Manila time).
8/21 Saturday
- Latin Class(10-11am ET). Emere et vendere–labor mercatorum–est labor periculosus: quia saepe merces pretiosas in mare mersae sunt! Discemus delphini, Arionis, Orpheus et plus dum legemus et convertemus ex capitulo XXIX!
- Colloquium Discussion: Immediate or Delayed Hominization? (1-2pm ET). With the discussion led by Dr. Michel Accad, Lyceum Institute members are invited to read a 1970 article by Fr. Joseph Donceel and a 1995 article by Fr. William Wallace on the question of whether hominization is immediate (upon conception) or delayed (occurring between conception and birth). You can find the meeting thread here.
UPCOMING
9/1 Wednesday – Two sessions for the Quaestiones Disputatae, open for Inquirere or Defensio. Morning (for Eastern members) and Evening (for Western members). Anyone is welcome at either or both sessions.
Fall seminars will begin the first week of October! Dr. Kirk Kanzelberger will be teaching on Evil, Dr. Matthew Minerd on Art, Aesthetics, and Thomism, and Dr. Kemple on the Metaphysics of God. DETAILS TO COME THIS WEEK!
Trivium – tentative start date for the Grammar & Composition portion is planned for the week of September 19th.
Symposium – beginning in October, Dr. Mark McCullough will be leading a twice-monthly discussion session proceeding through Dante’s Divine Comedy. Details will be shared soon for this new experimental offering.