Our Mission

Welcome to the Lonergan Research Institute at Regis College in the University of Toronto. Supported by the Jesuits in English Canada, the Institute was founded in 1985 with a mission “to preserve, promote, develop and implement” the work of Canadian philosopher and theologian Bernard Lonergan, S.J. (1904-1984).

An outgrowth of the Lonergan Center founded by Frederick Crowe, S.J. at Regis College in 1971, the principal work of the Institute is to prepare a critical edition of Lonergan’s writings for publication by the University of Toronto Press, with Crowe and Robert Doran, S.J. as General Editors. Supported by the generous benefaction of the Malliner Charitable Foundation, fourteen of the projected twenty-five volumes have appeared, and work on the remaining volumes continues.

In addition to the Collected Works project, the Institute looks after the personal and academic papers of Crowe and Lonergan and maintains a current and exhaustive collection of dissertations and other secondary materials on Lonergan.

The Institute hosts a Graduate Seminar for students and faculty from Regis College, elsewhere in the Toronto School of Theology, the broader University of Toronto and other schools in Southern Ontario. Meeting five times during the academic year, the Seminar provides an opportunity for doctoral students studying Lonergan to present papers on their work-in-progress and receive critical but friendly feedback from other graduate students and professors.

The Institute collaborates with Professor Tad Dunne to produce the quarterly Lonergan Studies Newsletter, which provides an authoritative bibliographic listing of current publications in the field of Lonergan Studies.

About LONERGAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE

The Institute is presently directed by Professor Jeremy Wilkins. The Institute works collaboratively with other centers around the world that preserve, promote, develop and implement the thought of Lonergan. The director and staff always welcome suggestions and feedback from their colleagues.