When we are young, we all seek happiness in many immediate things, and when we are older we often seek it in longer-term things like work and a successful career. But how will these means and this goal satisfy our deepest desire for the meaning of our existence? Whether you are on an Arts, Sciences, Engineering or some other track of studies, these 4 lunch seminars offer UVA students a welcoming home to consider how Faith and Reason work together to reveal a language that enables us to see a meaning-filled world and other great truths and wondrous mysteries about God, others, and ourselves! This 4-hour commitment just might change how you understand your life!

Seminar 1 
Feb 2, 2023: Following the Christmas Star: Our Openness to All Truths  
Edith Stein, "The Hidden Life and Epiphany" [3pp]

Seminar 2
Feb 9, 2023: Knowledge and Understanding as Revelation 
J.R.R. Tolkien, "On Faery Stories," and St. Pope John Paul II, "Letter to Fr. George Coyne, S.J., Director of the Vatican Observatory"

Seminar 
Feb 16, 2023: Imperfect Freedom: Our Natural Pursuit of Happiness and the Problem of Justice.
St. Anselm, "On the Fall of the Devil"

Seminar 4
Mar 23, 2023: Who am I and Who are We?: The Church and Our “thirst for a free and full life"
Hans Urs von Balthasar, "The State of Lay Persons in the World," and selections from Gaudium et Spes.

Questions? Please contact Dr. Anna Stelow (ars5x@virginia.edu).