The Catholic Weekly 25 April 2021

Looking for a new job? www.catholicjobsonline.com.au Register at: dspt.edu/events the dspt annual aquinas lecture Archbishop Anthony Fisher, having received degrees in history and law from the University of Sydney, joined the Dominican Order in 1985 and was ordained priest in 1991. He earned a Doctorate in bioethics from Oxford in 1995, and has lectured at many prestigious universities. He currently serves as a Member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Congregation for Oriental Churches, the Council of the Synod of Bishops, and the Pontifical Academy for Life. He has published extensively, including nine books, on ethical, bioethical, legal and theological subjects, with works on immigration, abortion, bioethics, healthcare, and suffering. Presented by Most Rev. Anthony Fisher, O.P., Archbishop of Sydney, Australia Responses with the Help of St Thomas Aquinas Loss of Trust and Crisis of Leadership It is widely agreed that trust is eroding, especially trust in major institutions and their leaders. Religious, political, governmental, justice, corporate and media institutions are less trusted today, and trust between individuals is also diminished. This plays out in many negative ways in people’s lives. In this lecture Archbishop Fisher will seek to unpack the “what, why, and how” of trust with the help of St Thomas Aquinas. In particular, he will identify three warrants of trust without which one party will not trust another. He will also examine some of Aquinas’ thinking on leadership, concluding with some thoughts on how best to address the contemporary loss of trust and crisis of leadership. Wednesday , 28 April, 10 :30 a m (AEST)