Sacrament & Sacrifice: Thomas Aquinas on the Eucharist

4450 Bayard St,Pittsburgh PA 15213

21 September, 2021

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A lecture by Fr. Reginald Lynch, O.P. Carnegie Mellon University & The University of Pittsburgh The Thomistic Institute at Texas A&M University presents a lecture by Fr. Reginald Lynch, O.P. of the Dominican House of Studies titled “Sacrament and Sacrifice: Thomas Aquinas on the Eucharist.” Ryan Catholic Newman Center Tuesday, Sept. 21 6:00 PM This lecture is free and open to the public. About the Speaker: Fr. Reginald Lynch, O.P. is the Assistant Director of the Thomistic Institute. Born in New Hampshire, Fr. Lynch entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2007, and was ordained a priest in 2013. After ordination, he served at St. Patrick Parish in Columbus, Ohio and taught at the Pontifical College Josephinum, before going on to complete a PhD in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with a major concentration in medieval theology and minor concentrations in patristics and philosophical theology. He has written on a variety of topics in sacramental, systematic and historical theology in journals like The Thomist and Nova et Vetera. His book, The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017) received the Charles Cardinal Journet Prize in 2018. Currently, He is working on a book on the reception of Aquinas’ Eucharistic theology in the early modern period. The Thomistic Institute exists to promote Catholic truth in our contemporary world by strengthening the intellectual formation of Christians at universities, in the Church, and in the wider public square. The thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Universal Doctor of the Church, is our touchstone.  The TI is an academic institute of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.   You can find all of the Thomistic Institute lecture recordings on https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute or through the Apple Podcast by searching "Thomsitic Institute."