Jubilee 2025 Videos
Videos from Jubilee 2025
Aquinas College is hosting numerous intellectual programs to celebrate the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope. Below here, you'll find recordings of those videos.
The Jubilee is a holy year of celebration and renewal, which is often celebrated by receiving the sacraments, making pilgrimages, and performing acts of mercy.
In his inauguration of the year, Pope Francis called us to become "Pilgrims of Hope." He stated, "We must fan the flame of hope that has been given us and help everyone to gain new strength and certainty by looking to the future with an open spirit, a trusting heart and far-sighted vision. The forthcoming Jubilee can contribute greatly to restoring a climate of hope and trust as a prelude to the renewal and rebirth that we so urgently desire..."
Sr. Barbara E. Reid, O.P., Ph.D.
"Pilgrims of Hope: A Biblical Reflection"
January 16, 2025
This presentation explores the biblical notion of Jubilee as a time of restoration,
freedom, and grace-filled renewal. Sr. Barbara E. Reid, O.P., Ph.D. reflects on examples
of our ancestors in faith who set out as pilgrims of hope with an open spirit, a trusting
heart, and a willingness to embrace the unknown with utter confidence in God who is
ever faithful. Their witness can guide us forward to be pilgrims of hope in our day.
Biography:
Sr. Barbara E. Reid, O.P. is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan and holds a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. A current Board member and graduate of Aquinas College (B.A. 1975; M.A. 1981), she is President of Catholic Theological Union and Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP Distinguished Professor of New Testament Studies.
John Pinheiro, Ph.D.
"Church and State: Hope in an Age of Ideology"
January 30, 2025
In this presentation, John C. Pinheiro will draw on a range of Catholic scholars, including Thomas Aquinas, and offer hope to those living in what Pope Francis calls our "throwaway culture." This will answer questions like: How should we understand the Catholic Church鈥檚 mission of evangelization in light not only of the proper relationship between Church and State but also in an age of what Pope Francis calls 鈥渋deological colonization?鈥� and "Are contemporary ills so terrible that Christians ought to employ the authority of the State in their quest to 'redeem the time?'"
Biography:
John C. Pinheiro is Director of Research at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, where he leads the research department of fellows and affiliate scholars, oversees the Journal of Markets and Morality, manages book publications, oversees academic grants and awards, consults with leaders at church-based colleges and universities, writes for an array of publications, and lectures nationally and internationally. With Istituto Acton in Rome, he also engages in Acton鈥檚 Catholic programming. Previously, he was professor of history and the founding director of Catholic Studies at Aquinas College. Among his books are the award-winning Missionaries of Republicanism: A Religious History of the Mexican-American War (Oxford, 2014).