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Catholic Herald: How the Dominicans are Bringing Orthodoxy Back to Academia
The Order of Preachers are redoubling their efforts to retake academia. Ten years ago, the Dominican House of Studies (DHS) in Washington, DC established the Thomistic Institute in order to bring their charism to American and British students.
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National Catholic Register: St. Thomas Aquinas Comes to the Ivy League
One speaker took a “deep dive” into the Thomistic view of civil punishment. Another explored how St. Thomas Aquinas helps us to think about the possibility of life on other worlds. A third lecturer untangled the textual history behind the Hebrew word for God in the Old Testament.
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Catholic World Report: Profits at the Service of People: The Core of Catholic Business Ethics
There is no desire on the Church’s part to micro-manage the contours of commercial pursuits.
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The Michigan Catholic: A Dominican Moment
Since about 2007-08, enrollment at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., the seminary that forms men for the Dominican Province of St. Joseph for the northeastern part of the United States, has seen a steady increase, with more men showing interest in the intellectual and spiritual traditions of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Dominic.
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National Catholic Register: Priests Make Use of Social Media to Reach Their Flocks
. . .Another priest who is active on social media is Dominican Father Thomas Petri, vice president and academic dean at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. Father Petri has more than 10,000 followers on Twitter
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The Catholic World Report: Catholicism and “Nones”: The Data on Youth and Young Adults
Last year’s news was packed with reports of polling results. Debates over what the data reveal and how best to respond to what they portend saturated talk shows and opinion pieces.
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Catholic Herald: Some Scholars Have Been Undermining the Gospels for Decades
St. Jerome, one of the great Doctors of the Church and the patron saint of Biblical scholars, famously said that “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.” Yet in a recent interview, the current Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Fr. Arturo Sosa SJ, asserted that Jesus’ words, as recorded in the Gospels, are not necessarily what He meant to say.
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Real Clear Religion: Thomism Is Ready for Its Close-Up
Thomism Is Ready for Its Close-Up By: Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. As a centuries-old school of Christian philosophy and theology, Thomism rarely earns notice from the American media. Emails written in 2011 by operatives of Hillary Clinton’s campaign, however, have thrust Thomist thought into the national spotlight. In a year of unexpected political events, …
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First Things: Ad Orientem and Absolutism
Ad Orientem and Absolutism By Fr. Charles Shonk, O.P. Shortly after Cardinal Sarah made a mess and, Francis-like, sparked some uncomfortable dialogue in the Church, I spoke with a priest of my acquaintance whose thoughts on liturgical orientation I couldn’t have predicted. A smart, practical padre in his mid-fifties, he’s known to have zero …
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Columbia Magazine: 800 Years of Grace
800 Years of Grace By Katie Scott THE ORDER OF PREACHERS CELEBRATES ITS 800TH JUBILEE, A MILESTONE MARKED BY VIBRANT COMMUNITIES AND FLOURISHING VOCATIONS In early 1995, a graduate student of environmental engineering and chemistry at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore stepped into the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. Inside, rosaries …
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