Feb
28
9:00 AM09:00
Nova Forum Seminar: Poetry, Suffering, and Courage
Poetry and Attention
Moderated by Jason Blakely and Mary Ortiz
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Mar
28
9:00 AM09:00
Nova Forum Seminar: Poetry, Attention, Joy
Poetry and Joy
Moderated by David Albertson and Mary Ortiz
Jan
31
9:00 AM09:00
Nova Forum Seminar: Poetry, Wonder, and Faith
Poetry and Wonder
Moderated by Jason Blakely and Leigh Tost
Dec
5
2:00 PM14:00
Poetry Fridays - December Session
How is a poem like a prayer? How can poetry nourish a life of faith? Join us for poems, prompts, and afternoon snacks on Fridays!
Nov
8
9:00 AM09:00
Nova Forum Seminar: Poetry and the Theological Virtue
Poetry and the Theological Virtues
Moderated by Stefano Rebeggiani and Fr. Luke Dysinger
Nov
7
2:00 PM14:00
Poetry Fridays - November Session
How is a poem like a prayer? How can poetry nourish a life of faith? Join us for poems, prompts, and afternoon snacks on Fridays!
Oct
18
9:00 AM09:00
Nova Forum Seminar: Poetry & Moral Virtue
Beauty and Virtue
Moderated by David Albertson and Fr. Luke Dysinger
Oct
3
1:00 PM13:00
Poetry Fridays - October Session
How is a poem like a prayer? How can poetry nourish a life of faith? Join us for poems, prompts, and afternoon snacks on Fridays!
Sep
13
9:00 AM09:00
Nova Forum Seminar: Beauty and Virtue
Beauty and Virtue
Moderated by David Albertson and Fr. Luke Dysinger
Sep
6
10:00 AM10:00
Trip to Getty Center!
Come experience Catholic art at the Getty Center with Nova Forum! Living the Catholic faith is a search for truth and goodness, but also beauty. Come face to face with the beauty of our tradition and meet fellow students from USC and around LA.
Apr
5
9:00 AM09:00
Nova Forum Seminar: Poetry and Attention
Poetry and Joy
Moderated by David Albertson and Mary Ortiz
Mar
28
2:00 PM14:00
Poetry Fridays - March Session
How is a poem like a prayer? How can poetry nourish a life of faith? Join us for poems, prompts, and afternoon snacks at Taper Hall on Friday!
Mar
13
5:00 PM17:00
Feminism & Faith: The Rights of Women
Does being a feminist meant leaving religion behind? What kind of feminism is needed today, and what role can religion play?
Mar
1
9:00 AM09:00
Nova Forum Seminar: Poetry, Suffering, and Courage
Poetry and Attention
Moderated by Jason Blakely and Mary Ortiz
Feb
28
2:00 PM14:00
Poetry Fridays - February Session
How is a poem like a prayer? How can poetry nourish a life of faith? Join us for poems, prompts, and afternoon snacks at Taper Hall on Friday!
Feb
20
12:30 PM12:30
The Idea of Love: Thinking with Dante in Exile
Professor Andrea Robiglio is a leading scholar of Thomas Aquinas and a philosopher at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. He will offer a lecture on the idea of love in Dante‘s poetry, open to all USC students on campus. This event is sponsored by the Catholic Student Association in collaboration with Nova Forum and will be advertised in the departments of Religion and Classics.
Feb
1
9:00 AM09:00
Nova Forum Seminar: Poetry, Wonder, and Faith
Poetry and Wonder
Moderated by Jason Blakely and Leigh Tost
Jan
28
5:00 PM17:00
Gold Mass for Catholics in the Sciences
Gold Masses are celebrated for Catholics who are or have been involved with the sciences. The patron of this mass is St. Albert the Great, a 13th century Dominican friar, teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas, and patron saint of scientists.
Jan
26
7:00 PM19:00
The Catholic Scientist who Survived the Bomb: The Faith of Takashi Nagai
Come hear the amazing story of the scientist and Catholic convert who survived the atomic bomb on Nagasaki and brought healing to his people.
Nov
15
to Nov 16
Convocation of Catholic Student Leaders: "Inflection Point"
COLLIS Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture at Cornell University is pleased to present two lectures by acclaimed scholars Stephen Bullivant (St. Mary's University, London) and Angela Franks (St. John's Seminary) on Saturday, Nov. 16 as part of the conference, “Inflection Point: A Convocation of Catholic Student Leaders.” The conference will welcome more than fifty students from universities in Upstate NY and from In Lumine Network institutes. The keynotes will focus on, “The US Church in an Era of Secularization: Past, Present, and Possible Futures,” (Bullivant) and “Liquid Identity: Our Current Situation and How We Can Respond" (Franks).
Nov
15
2:00 PM14:00
Poetry Fridays
How is a poem like a prayer? How can poetry nourish a life of faith? Join us for poems, prompts, and afternoon snacks at Taper Hall on Friday!
Nov
9
9:00 AM09:00
Nova Forum Seminar: Poetry and the Theological Virtue
Poetry and the Theological Virtues
Moderated by Stefano Rebeggiani and Fr. Luke Dysinger
Nov
8
2:00 PM14:00
Lost In Ideology Book Event
The CFCP and the Nova Forum are delighted to partner to bring you a book forum on Jason Blakely’s timely book Lost in Ideology: Interpreting Modern Political Life (Columbia 2024).
Oct
25
2:00 PM14:00
Poetry Fridays
How is a poem like a prayer? How can poetry nourish a life of faith? Join us for poems, prompts, and afternoon snacks at Taper Hall on Friday!
Oct
19
9:00 AM09:00
Nova Forum Seminar: Poetry and the Moral Virtues
Poetry and the Moral Virtues
Moderated by Stefano Rebeggiani and Leigh Tost
Oct
4
9:30 AM09:30
Nature after Disenchantment: New Histories of Religion & Science
Our symposium presents research in progress from USC humanities faculty on the “supernatural,” narratives of disenchantment, and more!
Oct
3
12:30 PM12:30
Battle of Science and Religion? New Perspectives on a Troubled Relationship
Peter Harrison traces the history of these two categories and opens up new possibilities for thinking about the relations between them.
Sep
27
2:00 PM14:00
Poetry Fridays
How is a poem like a prayer? How can poetry nourish a life of faith? Join us for poems, prompts, and afternoon snacks at the Caruso Center on Friday!
Sep
21
9:00 AM09:00
Nova Forum Seminar: Beauty and Virtue
Beauty and Virtue
Moderated by David Albertson and Fr. Luke Dysinger
Sep
15
2:00 PM14:00
The Sacred Concerto: Religious chamber music of 18th Century Italy - Italian Baroque
In collaboration with Mount S. Mary’s Da Camera Society, Musica Transalpina is proud to present sacred chamber works from 18th Century Rome & Naples what were intended for devotion, reflection, and meditation.
Sep
14
7:00 PM19:00
The Sacred Concerto: Religious chamber music of 18th Century Italy
In collaboration with Mount S. Mary’s Da Camera Society, Musica Transalpina is proud to present sacred chamber works from 18th Century Rome & Naples what were intended for devotion, reflection, and meditation.
Sep
7
10:00 AM10:00
Trip to Getty Center!
Come experience Catholic art at the Getty Center with Nova Forum! Living the Catholic faith is a search for truth and goodness, but also beauty. Come face to face with the beauty of our tradition and meet fellow students from USC and around LA.