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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Welcome
    • Mission and Vision
    • History of the Aquinas Center
    • Our Team
    • Board of Directors
    • Our Partners
    • Map & Directions
  • Community
    • Lectures >
      • Lectures Events
      • Major Catholic Speaker
      • What's Next?
      • Aquinas Day
      • Consistent Ethic of Life Lecture
      • Catherine of Siena Lecture
    • Archdiocese of Atlanta & Our Community Engagement >
      • Synod 2021-2023 Resources >
        • Vatican Resources
        • Archdiocese of Atlanta Resources
      • Partnership with the Arch. of Atlanta
      • Resources for Lay Leaders, Parishes, & Cath Organizations
      • Catholic Lay Interparish Partnership (CLIP)
      • Adult Faith Formation
    • Catholic-Orthodox Initiative
    • Comunidad Hispana
    • YouTube Channel
    • Subscribe
  • Students
    • Undergraduate >
      • Catholic Studies Minor
      • Aquinas Travel Scholarship
      • Catholic Center & Catholic Student Union
      • Orthodox Student Group
    • Graduate >
      • MDIV, CATH STUDIES at Candler School of Theology
      • Aquinas Center's Chair in Catholic Theology
      • Pitts Theology Library
  • News & Events
    • Calendar of Events
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Catholic Orthodox Initiative


In 2017, the Aquinas Center began a Catholic-Orthodox Initiative, thanks to an endowment by Solon and Marianna Patterson.  This Initiative consists of a series of programs and events promoting greater understanding and cooperation between the Orthodox and Catholic churches.  We are focused on communion between Catholics and Orthodox, and the commonality of our faiths, rather than our differences in this endeavor. 
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Programming includes a Catholic-Orthodox lecture at Emory University; community-building events with Catholic and Orthodox parishes; and the development of joint Orthodox and Catholic student activities at Emory University.  We also assist the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta in promoting their annual event, the Catholic-Orthodox Ecumenical Prayer Gathering.

​Please also check our Facebook page, for more information on future Catholic-Orthodox programming.
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Catholic-Orthodox Initiative Facebook Page

 Previous Orthodox Lectures
 
The Politics of Virtue, Love and Suffering: Abelard, Aquinas and Womanism in Dialogue - 2022
  • Speaker: Rev. Dr. Michele Watkins

After Dostoevsky: What is Catholic and Orthodox Lecture in the Age of Nones? - 2021
  • Speaker: Dr. Katie Kelaidis

Voices of the Liturgy: Orthodox Worship Traditions - 2021
  • Speaker: Dr. Susan Harvey with Sr. Mary Priniski, OP (See video at right)

The Story of Christian Art as Iconography -2020​
  • Speaker: Fr. Panayiotis Papagergiou                
Sister Churches: Conflict to Dialogue in the Hope of Union -2019
  • Speaker: Revd. Dr. Demetrios Bathrellos

Catholic-Orthodox Community Programs 
The Catholic-Orthodox community programs aim to build community and deepen relationships amongst Catholics and Orthodox clergy and parishioners from neighboring churches.   

Spring 2023 programs will occur on February 2nd, February 16th and April 27th.  For more information, please e-mail alice.cameron@emory.edu. 

Catholic-Orthodox Ecumenical Gathering
​For more information on this event, please contact the Archdiocese of Atlanta, the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta or the Aquinas Center.

Resources for Catholic and Orthodox Students
 
The Aquinas Center has hosted several gatherings for Catholics and Orthodox students at Emory University.  As we assist in growing both student groups, we plan to host joint events for these groups. 
 
The Aquinas Center has hosted four Orthodox student gathering in the past year.  In the coming year in conjunction with the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, we are hoping to build a community of Orthodox and Catholic students that will foster unity, both during their university days and into the future.   
 
You are welcome to join in our free events!  Feel free to reach out alice.cameron@emory.edu if you are interested.

Student Groups
  • Catholic Student Union
  • Greek Orthodox Cathedral Students
Fostering intellectually vibrant Catholic communities
​The Aquinas Center was formed in 1987 to bring Catholic scholarly resources to Emory University, the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the broader community. 
Aquinas Center of Theology at Emory University
1531 Dickey Drive, Suite 257
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-8860
a​quinasemory@gmail.com

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