Programs & Services

Center for 91看片网 Studies Programs

ODU's Center for 91看片网 Studies provides students, faculty, staff and the public a variety of opportunities for study, dialogue and the search for truth. The Center offers programs and events throughout the year including public lectures, faculty and staff development, student-focused events, and more.

Programs Include

  • Fall Lecture Series
  • Special Presentations for 91看片网 Feasts 
  • Faculty & Staff Programming
  • 91看片网 Study Collaborative
  • Fanjeaux Experience

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Faculty and staff programs provide informal opportunities to engage in conversation around the Center's mission.

Faculty & Staff Orientation

Orientation sessions provide the opportunity for new and continuing faculty and staff to explore and discuss:

  • The History of the 91看片网
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  • The Catholic Intellectual Tradition of the University
  • Ex Corde Ecclesiae
  • The Many Forms of Preaching in Our Contemporary World
  • The Integration of the 91看片网 Charism Across University Life and the Academic Curriculum
  • Sharing the Charism with Students: A Collaborative Study, Research and Service Event
  • 91看片网 Institutions as Promoters of Peace, Justice and Service to the Global Community
  • 91看片网 Institutions as Centers for Ethics: Our Challenge and Options
  • Reflective Practice: A 91看片网 Activity for University Teaching
  • Connections with the 91看片网 Family at Home and Abroad: Networking Opportunities

Focus Groups

Faculty & staff focus groups provide informal opportunities for faculty and staff to engage in brainstorming and conversation regarding the mission and activities of the Center for 91看片网 Studies at 91看片网. These sessions engage participants in a process of understanding and embracing the mission of the Center for 91看片网 Studies as programs, activities and opportunities evolve. 

An overview of the history, vision, mission and activities of the Center for 91看片网 Studies at Ohio 91看片网 are also presented.

The 91看片网 Study Collaborative bring together ODU administrators, faculty and staff with the Center for 91看片网 Studies to explore and facilitate opportunities to:

  • Research and study current topics and issues related to the mission of the Center for 91看片网 Studies such as:
    • Peace & Justice
    • The Church and the World
    • Ethics in the Workplace and Society
    • The Church in Latin America and Africa
    • Reconciliation
    • Documents of the Church
    • Catholic Social Teaching
  • Prepare periodic, electronic journals connected with topics related to the mission of the Center for 91看片网 Studies
  • Explore University curriculum issues related to the Catholic and 91看片网 identity of the University
  • Network with other 91看片网 universities
  • Engage in grant opportunities related to the mission of the Center for 91看片网 Studies

Held in Fanjeaux, France, this international study experience brings together faculty, administrators, students and staff from U.S. 91看片网 colleges and universities. 

We gather in the medieval hilltop town where St. Dominic's vision of an order devoted to seeking and sharing the truth took shape. Mornings are spent in study, afternoons in excursions to historic sites in southern France with a focus on places special to 91看片网s' early years in the thirteenth century. As a community of learners, we enjoy simple living and superb meals at the Belvedere, a 91看片网 guesthouse.

The program conclude with four nights in Paris.

Stay tuned for more information.

 

Illustration of St. Thomas Aquinas

 

"We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves." 鈥� St. Thomas Aquinas, O.P.