The Saint Paul Seminary is scheduled to host the 2024 Fall Ireland Lecture on October 7, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. in the O’Shaughnessy Education Center Auditorium on the University of St. Thomas campus. This autumn’s presentation, entitled “The Royal Priesthood and the Ordained Priesthood: Rediscovering the Identity of the People of God,” will be presented by Dr. Matthew Levering, chair of theology at Mundelein Seminary.
This event is part of the Ireland Memorial Lecture Series, which seeks to deepen the theological understanding of Catholics in the Twin Cities. Levering will discuss the recent rediscovery of the “royal” priesthood of all believers, as they are all called through our baptism to be priests in the High Priest, Jesus Christ. Some even go so far as to think that the more familiar notion of the “ordained” priesthood was merely an invention that came about later in the church and was not established by Jesus Christ.
This lecture argues that the ordained priesthood has an essential role and is necessary for any notion of a “royal” priesthood of the baptized.
The event is free and open to the public. Those interested are asked to RSVP.