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After dealing briefly in general with Newman's life-long engagement with education, I shall then consider what Newman meant by a liberal education and the liberal arts, by which he did not mean quite what those terms signify today. There has also been misunderstanding about the kind of university that Newman had in mind where students would receive this liberal education, particularly regarding the relationship between research and teaching.

Newman's idea was to combine the Oxbridge collegiate tutorial model of a university with the continental model of the professorial research-orientated continental university in the Catholic University of Ireland of which he was the founding president. His aim was to set up in Dublin a university that would be a kind of amalgam of Oxford and the recently founded Catholic University of Louvain, which was Newman's model for his university insofar as it was intended both to be a professorial and a Catholic university.

The lecture will conclude with Newman's defense of the idea of a university that would be both academically rigorous and authentically Catholic.

Ian Ker is Senior Research Fellow in Theology at St. Benet's Hall, Oxford and has taught both English literature and theology at universities in Britain and the United States. He is the author and editor of over twenty books on Newman, including the Oxford critical edition of The Idea of a University. His two most recent books were The Catholic Revival in English literature 1845-1961 (2003) and Mere Catholicism (2006). His biography of Newman, originally published in 1988, was reissued by Oxford University Press in 2009. He has recently completed the first full-length intellectual and literary biography of G. K. Chesterton.

For more information, please contact the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Center by calling (720) 564-1111 or emailing diane.king@thomascenter.org

"Outside poetry, there is no salvation"
By Auxiliary Bishop Conley

Come & hear the personal faith journey that led Bishop Conley to the beauty of the Catholic Church. Bishop Conley serves as Auxilary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Denver.  He assists Archbishop Chaput in the pastoral care of the diocese and resides at Mother of God parish in Denver.

Theology on Tap is a great opportunity for young adults to meet in a comfortable setting, explore their Faith and learn about the everyday ways it affects their lives. Every Theology on Tap offers a chance to learn more about an engaging topic and to experience fellowship with a room full of young adults — all over a frosty mug and a good burger.

Theology on Tap was started in 1981 in Chicago and has spread around the world.  In the Archdiocese of Denver, there are two Theology on Tap Locations – one in Denver and one in Fort Collins, CO.

For more information, please contact Stefania Elsmore with the Office of Young Adult Ministry at (303) 715-3178 or email stefania.elsmore@archden.org.

"Outside poetry, there is no salvation"
By Auxiliary Bishop Conley

Come & hear the personal faith journey that led Bishop Conley to the beauty of the Catholic Church. Bishop Conley serves as Auxilary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Denver.  He assists Archbishop Chaput in the pastoral care of the diocese and resides at Mother of God parish in Denver.

Theology on Tap is a great opportunity for young adults to meet in a comfortable setting, explore their Faith and learn about the everyday ways it affects their lives. Every Theology on Tap offers a chance to learn more about an engaging topic and to experience fellowship with a room full of young adults — all over a frosty mug and a good burger.

Theology on Tap was started in 1981 in Chicago and has spread around the world.  In the Archdiocese of Denver, there are two Theology on Tap Locations – one in Denver and one in Fort Collins, CO.

For more information, please contact Stefania Elsmore with the Office of Young Adult Ministry at (303) 715-3178 or email stefania.elsmore@archden.org.