'The Lord of the Rings' and Papal Encyclicals
Inside the Core, we are screening The Lord of the Rings in two parts on October 20 and 27 in connection with Pope Francis' Laudato and a faculty panel on Pope Leo's Magnifica Humanitas on October 29.

Inside the Core, we are screening The Lord of the Rings in two parts on October 20 and 27 in connection with Pope Francis' Laudato and a faculty panel on Pope Leo's Magnifica Humanitas on October 29.
Core I students get to meet several important women in the Bible in Genesis, Exodus and the book of Ruth: Sarah, Hagar and Rebekah (among others) in Genesis and Ruth and Naomi in the book of Ruth.
We began the Scholars' Forum in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition with a wonderful presentation by Father Dominic Ciriaco. Two more presentations coming up this fall.
Inside the Core we look forward to a talk by Benjamin Hohman, editor of Interpreting the Self: Dimensions of Conversion in Augustine’s Confessions, who will be giving a talk on Augustine and Lonergan.
Core I students read Plato's Allegory of the Cave, which shows people living in a cave, thinking shadows are reality. Parallels can be drawn between this experience and false worlds created by AI.
The Core has made a change in the syllabus requiring for Core I that students read either from the writings of Elizabeth Ann Seton or Dorothy Day or both.
The Catholic Studies Program proudly presents I Thirst: Archbishop Fulton Sheen's Theology of the Crucifixion with Edmund M. Lazzari, Ph.L., STL (Cand.), Ph.D., at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 16.
Seton Hall celebrates the publication of the 2024 Stanley Jaki Congress proceedings, highlighting the University's leadership in advancing dialogue between theology and the sciences.
Seton Hall University is pleased to announce the publication of the 'Stanley Jaki Foundation International Congress 2024,' an edited volume by Father Paul Haffner and Father Joseph R. Laracy.
This year’s inductees are Nancy Kajo, Anthony Haynor, Taylor Ann Lyons, Jessica Vital, Ana Emilia Ferreira, Frederick Engram Jr., Josephine DeVito and Mary Ellen Roberts.
The Department of Catholic Studies at Seton Hall University has announced the winners of its 2026 New Jersey High School Essay Contest, “St. Francis and ‘Integral Ecology’: More Than ‘Being Green
Join us for a screening of the film, "The Triumph of the Heart," at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 30, in Mooney Hall Room 336.
Seton Hall students presented research-informed environmental solutions inspired by Laudato Si’, with Sisters of Water earning first place in the inaugural Challenge.
Ines Angeli Murzaku, Ph.D., professor and director Catholic Studies Program at Seton Hall, has published a new book, "Light from the East: The Catholic Eastern Churches Sixty Years After Vatican II."
The last Scholars' Forum in the CIT for the spring semester will feature Justin Anderson, Ph.D., Professor of Moral Theology in ICSST presenting on his three latest books.
Core II students are now reading modern authors including German philosopher and atheist Frederich Nietzsche in contrast to other modern authors, like Pope Francis and St. Oscar Romero.