The Theological lectures at St. Patrick’s started in October 2004 with the first series titled Catholicism for the Curious. The purpose of these evenings is to give young people the opportunity to share a meal, to listen to a teaching on a part of the faith of the Church and an opportunity to socialise.

Our first series attracted large numbers of young people and due to this success we organised another series to take us into the summer. Good numbers have come and have enjoyed what have been very informative evenings. We have continued this tradition through to the present and hope to add to it in the future by adding an element of evangelisation. The death of John Paul II has heightened the desire of many to know about his teaching and to reflect on why his death and his life had such an enormous impact upon our world. There is a great hunger out there for young people to be fed and to receive these truths and we hope that through these evenings that more will be able to benefit and draw strength.

Our next series for 2008 is called Love & Responsibility to mark the 40th Anniversary of Humanae Vitae and will be based around the encyclical.  If you would like further information please call on 020 7437 2010 or email info@stpatricksoho.org.

Please click here to see the talk schedule and read about the 2008 Series.

Transcriptions of the talks given are now becoming available for download – please watch out for more to come and they will be posted here on the website as soon as possible.

Theology of the Body, March 2007
- Theology of the Body (PDF, 98KB)

Catholicism for the Curious Online Forum
- forum.stpatricksoho.org

Wednesday 27th February - Fr Anthony Doe
Call to Holiness & Communion with the Lord (download trancript)

Wednesday 12th March - Fr Stephen Langridge
Aids, Condoms and the Catholic Church (download trancript)

Wednesday 2nd  April - Fr Tim Finigan
Humanae Vitae – A Challenge to the Culture (download trancript)

Wednesday 9th April - Fr Anthony Doe
The Gift of Life & Christian Discipleship

Wednesday 16th April - Edmund Adamus
The Genesis of Humanae Vitae – Memory & Healing

Wednesday 23rd April - Fr Richard Aladics
Building the Civilisation of Love in a Media-Driven World (download trancript)

Wednesday 30th April - Bishop Alan Hopes
Searching for Teaching Authority (download trancript)

Wednesday 14th May - Tommy Hughes
Theology of the Body in a Glasgow Secondary School
(download trancript)

Wednesday 21st May - James Parker
Truths about Homosexuality & Contraception
(download trancript)

Wednesday 28th May - Dr Jacqueline Laing
The Reproductive Revolution

Wednesday 4th June - Nicole Parker
A Practical Response: Natural Family Planning

Wednesday 11th June - Emilia Klepacka
Humanae Vitae: The Challenge for Young People Today

Wednesday 18th June - William Newton
  Humanae Vitae & Contraception: Two Irreconcilable Concepts of the Human Person