Event
Friday event
Salle Sénéchal
17 Rue Charles de Rémusat
31000 Toulouse
France
On the 800th anniversary of the birth of Saint Thomas Aquinas, this event reaffirm European Christian identity and roots through Saint Thomas heritage. The event will discuss and rediscover the political implications of Saint Thomas Aquinas’ philosophy and assess the contemporary relevance of the Thomist heritage.
Agenda
3.15pm
Welcome speech
Laurence Trochu, MEP and Member of New Direction
3.30pm
Mass
at the relics of Saint Thomas Aquinas
10am
Institutional remarks
Jurģis Klotiņš, MP and Board Member of New Direction
10:05am
Welcome Speech
Laurence Trochu, MEP and Member of New Direction
10:15am
Lecture
The life of St Thomas Aquinas
Brother Ghislain-Marie Grange, professor of Philosophy and Theology at the Stadium of the Dominican Province of Toulouse.
10:45am
Lecture
What influence does Thomism have on Catholic engagement in Europe?
François Marie Portes, lecturer at the IPC, the independent Faculty of Philosophy and Psychology.
11:45am
Lecture
Making humans visible
Rémi Brague, Philosopher and Historian
12:45pm
Break
2.30pm
First Round Table
St. Thomas Aquinas and international relations
Fulvio di Blasi, attorney and a philosopher expert in St. Thomas Aquinas
Jurģis Klotiņš, MP and Board Member of New Direction
George-Mihail Neamțu, MP
Robert Tyler, Senior Policy Advisor at New Direction (Moderator)
4pm
Break
4:30pm
Second Round Table
The concepts of State and Fatherland in Saint Thomas Aquinas
Bernard Callebat, Professor at ICES
Santiago de Navascués, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Navarra
Denis Sureau, French essayist and publisher
Charles de Meyer, European Parliament (Moderator)
6:00pm
Closing remarks
Laurence Trochu, MEP and Member of New Direction
10.30am
Cultural round table
Monasteries at the heart of European identity
12.15pm
Lunch at the abbey
2pm
Visit to the abbey
6.30pm
End of the event
