O TYM ODCINKU
Fr. Chris Gault, O.P. explores why St. Thomas Aquinas remains a vital guide for contemporary students, emphasizing that his systematic approach to theology fosters both intellectual clarity and a deeper interior life.
This lecture was given on April 16th, 2026, at Maynooth University.
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About the Speaker:
Fr. Chris Vincent Gault, OP, was born and raised in Belfast in the north of Ireland, where he studied medicine at Queen's University Belfast. Qualifying as a doctor in 2013, he began to train as an emergency physician, before leaving medicine after 3 years to enter the Irish Province of the Order of Preachers. Ordained as a Dominican priest in July 2024, and after having completed his studies at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome, he was assigned to the convent of St. Mary of the Isles in Cork, where he now resides and ministers, particularly to the youth and young adults of that city.
This project/publication was made possible through the support of Grant 63391 from the John Templeton Foundation. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation.
Keywords: Faith And Reason, Christian Humanism, Scholasticism, Dominican, Human Flourishing
