Graduation Pictures 2011

ShareYou can find the 2011 graduation pictures HERE. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the latest collection. (Go to the post’s page to find the active link.)

We’ve Got a Community Forum

ShareIf you check the list of pages at the top you’ll see the new addition of a Community Forum. It is a place where all members can introduce themselves to each other, discuss whatever is on your mind, make suggestions to the society, or to query the collected wisdom and experience of society members. Please [...]

Holy Apostles College and Seminary’s Facebook Page

ShareHey, We’re on Facebook! Check us out at the Holy Apostles College and Seminary Facebook Page!! Click on the this post’s title for the active link.

Summer Term 2011 Registration Open

ShareRegistration for Summer Term Distance Learning students is now open through April 29.  You can find information on course offerings, required course material and links to the Summer 2011 registration form HERE. The Dead Philosophers Society also offers informal advising recommendations for philosophy students HERE.  Of course, you should decide a course sequence that works [...]

Congratulations on a Very Successful Online Conference

ShareOur 2011 online conference titled “The Weight of Finitude” has been a wonderful success. During the conference we attracted over 1,300 visitors – an average of 160 visitors each day. Conference essay viewers comprised over 40% of those visitors. We saw more than three times as many visitors to DPS during the conference than we [...]

Richard Birdsall: Smuggling Value into a Value-less World

ShareRichard Birdsall is an air traffic systems consultant and a retired FAA air traffic controller. He is a graduate student in the HACS philosophy program. Richard lives in Jacksonville, Florida with his wife, Marian, and their four cats. Smuggling Value into a Value-less World What in the past in a deficient terminology was called proof [...]

Feast of St. Thomas: A Homily by Archbishop Augustine Di Noia, O.P.

ShareThe following homily was given by Archbishop Augustine DiNoia, O.P., Secretary of the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington on January 27, 2011. In his premiere biography of St. Thomas, Gugliemo di Tocco wrote of the saint that “he [...]

Looking for Course DVDs?–All Sold!!

ShareUPDATE: Trevor has sold all of these DVDs.  Trevor Smith (MA, Philosophy, 2009) offers the following DVDs for sale at $35 per DVD class set. He will pay for the shipping & handling upon receipt of cashier’s check or cash. Anyone who is interested can contact Trevor at the follow email address for more information: tjsmith9@mail.usf.edu 1. Metaphysics [...]

Inaugural Philosophy Workshop: Aquinas and Contemporary Philosophy

Share Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, New York Thursday, June 23 to Sunday, June 26, 2011 Presented by the Catholic and Dominican Institute, Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY and the Thomistic Institute, Dominican House of Studies, Washington, DC This workshop will bring together presenters who are accomplished contemporary academic philosophers, younger professors, and aspiring [...]

Over 21,000 Visits to Dead Philosophers Society

ShareOur humble online journal has attracted more than 21,000 visitors since its May 2009 launch.  Our daily visits increased by more than 20% in 2010 over 2009.  A Happy 2011 to all our thousands of visitors.  We’ll see a lot more of each other in the new year. Kinga and Richard