‘Creation & Evolution -
a positive view of how the Theology of Creation can be informed by a scientific understanding of the world.’

The Sixth Meriol Trevor Memorial Lecture

presented by Catholic Chaplaincy to Higher Education in Bath

in conjunction with Cathsoc at University of Bath

on Thursday 19th October at 7.00pm in anticipation of One World Week

in the Ecumenical Chaplaincy Centre, Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath BA7 2AY

All members of the University of Bath, of Bath Spa University, & Wider Community, and all friends interested are invited and welcome

to request free tickets (simply to guide on seating requirements).

Speaker: Revd Tim Finigan, M.A., S.T.L.

The Revd Timothy Finigan was educated at the John Fisher School, Purley and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford where he obtained a first in Philosophy and Psychology / studied for the priesthood at the English College in Rome and the Gregorian University where he obtained a licence in Sacred Theology, specialising in Patristics and the History of Theology, also gaining the Diploma in Latin Letters summa cum laude. Ordained a Catholic priest in 1984. He has extensive experience in Education, at various levels, and since 2004 has been a lecturer at St John’s Seminary, Wonersh, teaching Sacramental Theology.

The Meriol Trevor Lecture each year echoes the concerns of a notable Bathonian member of the Catholic Community whose scholarship on John Henry Newman made her well known but did not limit her interests. She was, among other things, a prolific and successful author. In some of her unpublished papers she wrote eloquently about the compatibility of faith and reason, modern science and biblical revelation. She had a keen sense of the profound truth of the Genesis accounts of creation, without being a 'creationist' in the popular sense of that word. In this year's lecture, Fr.Finigan will be aware of Miss Trevor's writings, as well as her extensive reading of others, as he explores contemporary interest in this area of debate.

All welcome to free admission by ticket for this occasion. Due to limited capacity in the Ecumenical Chaplaincy Centre, at The University of Bath Campus, please indicate your intention to attend, if possible, by the 15^th Oct 2006 by RSVP to Fr.Bill M., OSM, the Catholic Chaplain, 112 Entry Hill, Bath BA2 5LS or e-mail: catholicchaplain@bath.ac.uk / catholicchaplain@bathspa.ac.uk

This request for free tickets is simply to guide with seating requirements.