Quinn Family Symposium Series

The Quinn Family Symposium Series exists to bring together students and faculty together to discuss big ideas related to the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and their relevance to the contemporary world. Each symposium features a distinguished guest to Providence College who leads a discussion with 4 faculty and 12 students. The seminar shares a meal together alongside their discussion. The CCDS hosts four Quinn symposia per year: the St. Thomas Aquinas Symposium on Philosophy and Theology, the St. Joseph Symposium on History, Justice, and Peace, the St. Catherine of Siena Symposium on Spirituality and the Frontiers of Evangelization, and the St. Albert the Great Symposium on Faith and Science.

This year’s Quinn lineup features Dr. Catherine Sims Kuiper (Hillsdale College), Dr. Brigid Flaherty Staab (Assumption College), Fr. William Dailey, C.S.C. (University of Notre Dame), and Dr. Thomas Hibbs (Baylor University).

Academic Year 2025-2026

St. Catherine of Siena Symposium on Spirituality and the Frontiers of Evangelization
October 10, 2025
Dr. Catherine Sims Kuiper (Hillsdale College)
“What Does Beauty Have to Do with Truth?”

Picture of 15 Quinn Family Symposium participants sitting around a large table.

An image of half the table while participants engage in intellectual discourse.

St. Albert the Great Symposium on Faith, Reason, and Science
November 7, 2025
Dr. Brigid Flaherty Staab (Assumption College)
“Personhood, Technology, and Imagining the Future”

Past Quinn Family Symposium Series Events