Mon, Nov 23
|405 W 114th St
Does God Evolve? | A Talk by Edmund Lazzari, PhD
Bl. Fulton Sheen and the Philosophy of God
Time & Location
Nov 23, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
405 W 114th St, 405 W 114th St, New York, NY 10025, USA
About the event
Join Us for a talk by Dr. Edmund Lazzari.
This event is open to the public.
Location: Thomas Merton Institute
Date: Monday, November, 23
Time: 7 PM RSVP: https://forms.gle/SNn559uG3Ep7xAzUA
The topic of discussion: Fulton Sheen was not only an Emmy-award-winning TV star and prolific preacher of the Gospel, but he was also a philosophy professor for over twenty years. The first American invited to the prestigious agrégation postdoctoral degree at the Catholic University of Louvain, Sheen was deeply engaged with bringing the classic thought of St. Thomas Aquinas into dialogue with the modern scientific and philosophical developments of his day. Among his contemporaries, Darwinian evolution was making waves in philosophy of religion and Sheen met them on their own terms with the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas. This talk will show how Sheen listens to the questions and ideals of the modern world to elevate modern desires with the answers of classic wisdom.