University of St. Thomas The Vice President for Academic Affairs Presents His Eminence Daniel Cardinal DiNardo Archbishop of Galveston-Houston The Catholic Intellectual Tradition Lecture Series: Faith and Reason in the Modern Catholic University Thursday His Eminence Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, will examine Pope John Paul October 1 II’s exhortations to the guardians of both faith and reason to provide appropriate sustenance for human 7:30 p.m. beings. His topic will be "Faith and Reason in the Jones Hall Modern Catholic University." In his talk, he will also examine the role of the Catholic university in 3910 Yoakum promoting and sustaining the proper relationship between faith and reason. Free and open to the public. Parking available for $2 in Moran Center, Cardinal DiNardo serves on the Board of Directors Graustark and West Alabama. of both the University of St. Thomas and the Catholic For more information, contact University of America and has a long and strong Valerie Hall at 713-525-2163. interest in the role of education in Catholic formation and the role of Catholicism in higher education. The University of St. Thomas created the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Lecture Series to explore the wisdom and the riches of this tradition. The series brings world-renowned scholars to Houston to explore the many ways in which people of faith shed light upon the meaning of human existence. In America today there is a tendency among some to think of religion and intellectual life as adversaries. A major task of a Catholic university is to counteract this tendency by revealing the remarkable wealth of the Catholic intellectual tradition. This tradition, beginning with the theology of the Fathers of the Church, includes the monastic preservation of the records of classical culture and the medieval invention of the university, and continues in modern investigations of how faith can transform our thinking about society, culture, justice and peace..