Graduate training often assumes a single path: the tenure-track job at a major research university. But for Catholic scholars, discerning a vocation in academia shouldn't principally be about chasing prestige. This webinar reframes professional development within a Catholic understanding of vocation and invites Catholic graduate students to reflect on their academic calling by exploring possibilities for faithful, flourishing work in higher education.

The Center for Theology and Ethics in Catholic Health is holding a conference, "Artificial Intelligence, Authentic Mercy: Navigating AI Ethics in Catholic Health,” at Boston College, March 20-21, 2026. The conference will bring together physicians, nurses, healthcare administrators, biomedical engineers, technologists, theologians and ethicists to explore the opportunities and challenges presented by AI in Catholic healthcare settings. The goal of the conference is to ethically analyze AI in healthcare through the lens of Catholic moral teaching and theological ethics.

The seminar, to be held at the University of Toronto, will offer a contextual study of doctrine of the person of Jesus, beginning with the council of Chalcedon and culminating in Maximus the Confessor. This period is determinative for Christian thought on Christ for subsequent centuries and maps a complex interrelation between philosophy, politics, scriptural exegesis, and the accrued weight of prior Christian tradition.

Working knowledge of relevant ancient languages will be helpful, but not essential. Preference will be given to Ph.D. students in theology, philosophy, classics, and other relevant fields of study. Advanced M.A. students will also be considered.

The point of this seminar will be to compare ancient visions of the wonder and beauty of creation, above all in the Augustinian and Franciscan intellectual tradition, with the challenges of technological revolutions, medieval and modern.

Open to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in STEM fields, medicine, the history of science, philosophy, theology, and relevant fields.

During the seminar, graduate students and faculty members in business schools will cover foundational principles in Catholic social thought and apply them to their own field of research and teaching.

This seminar will be open to graduate students and faculty of any specialization in business schools.

During the seminar, participants will engage in seminar discussions on papal teachings (writings, speeches, etc.) from Pope St. John Paul II to Pope Leo XIV on the topics of law, justice, judgment, and related matters. Attendees will also encounter artistic works located throughout Rome that address the theme of judgment.

This seminar will be open to faculty from any specialization in law schools as well as faculty in related disciplines.

One of the most influential 20th century Catholic thinkers, René Girard transformed our understanding of culture, religion, and human behavior. His “mimetic theory” builds on the demystifying power of the Old and New Testaments to illuminate the religious history of mankind. Through an intensive reading of his more accessible works, in conjunction with the fiction of the greatest writers, this five-day seminar for undergraduate students will explore Girard’s key insights into imitation, conflict, and scapegoating, connecting them to central themes of Christian theology.

Open to all undergraduate students (including 2026 graduates).

This intensive seminar will examine the achievements of Saint John Henry Newman as a theologian, philosopher, educator, preacher, and writer.

This seminar is open to Ph.D. students in theology, philosophy, classics, and other relevant fields of study.

In this seminar, participants will read, analyze, and discern continuities and discontinuities in Catholic social thought from the late 19th century to the present. 

This seminar will be open to recent PhDs interested in the Catholic intellectual tradition.

This seminar is designed as an introduction and immersion into Catholic social thought for graduate students and junior faculty in economics, finance, or related fields.

This seminar will be open to PhD students and faculty in economics, finance and related fields.