St. Thomas Aquinas & Law: An Evening With Justice Scalia

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia presents his lecture on St. Thomas Aquinas & Law. Photo: John Whitman

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia presents his lecture on St. Thomas Aquinas & Law.
Photo: John Whitman

On the Feast of St. Raymond of Peñafort (patron of canon lawyers,) in honor of the 800th Jubilee of the Order of Preachers (1216-2016,) The Honorable Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, gave a lecture at the Dominican House of Studies for an evening event on Saint Thomas Aquinas and Law.

Justice Samuel Alito joined the friars for Vespers and Dinner and shared some reflections as well.

You can find pictures from the event here.

The Dominican friars are called to preach the Gospel in every age and in every place it is needed. Through preaching, teaching, pastoral ministry, and the formation of new friars, they work to bring the truth of Christ to a world searching for meaning and hope.

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