PFIC FACULTY MEMBER RECEIVES PAPAL APPOINTMENT
On September 23, 2014, Pope Francis appointed PFIC adjunct faculty
member Fr. Thomas Weinandy, O.F.M. Cap., to the International
Theological Commission. Originally formed in 1969, the commission
analyzes important and difficult theological topics of pressing
significance to the Church and serves as an important resource for
doctrinal clarifications by the bishops.
ALUMNI &
F A C U LT Y
On September 17, 2014,
Fr. Luke Clark, O.P.
(MDiv ’02), was installed
as the new prior of the
Dominican House of
Studies. Fr. Clark was
previously pastor and
superior of the Dominican community at St.
Thomas Aquinas in Charlottesville, Virginia.
On June 9, Fr. Brian J. Shanley, O.P. (MDiv, STB ’86; STL ’88), was offered a new
five-year term as President of Providence College. Among his accomplishments
are the development of the College’s new core curriculum, the creation of the
School of Business, and the establishment of a fund to help the matriculation
of students most in need of financial aid.
2014 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS PRIZE WINNER
Fr. Dominic Langevin, O.P. (MDiv, STB ’04;
STB ’06), one of the newest instuctors at
the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate
Conception, was awarded the St.
Thomas Aquinas Dissertation Prize
from Ave Maria University in Florida.
Faith & Reason - Fall 2014
Fr. Michele Benetti,
F.S.C.B.
(STB
’13),
was ordained to the
priesthood on June 21,
2014, at the Basilica
of St. Mary Major in
Rome, Italy.
Several articles by Fr. Basil Cole, O.P.
(faculty), and the late Fr. Dominic Hoffman,
O.P., were published this year by Our
Sunday Visitor, including “The Incarnation:
Purpose and Meaning of this Mystery,” and
“Diabolical Presence.”
In March, Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P. (MDiv,
STB ’98; STL ’00), gave a guest lecture at
Christendom College’s Graduate School
of Theology and Catechetics. The lecture,
entitled “To Whom Do We Pray the Our
Father?” is available for free on iTunes.
President Barack Obama announced his
intent to re-nominate Fr. Pius Pietrzyk,
O.P. (MDiv, STB ’06; STL ’09), as a member
of the Board of Directors of the Legal
Services Corporation (LSC), a nonprofit
corporation established by the Federal
Government in 1974 to help fund civil
legal services for the poor.
Master of Students Fr. Andrew Hofer,
O.P. (MDiv, STB ’01; STL ’02), and Eastern
Province Vocation Director Fr. Benedict
Croell, O.P. (MDiv, STB ’98), appeared on
EWTN’s Vocation Boom to discuss what is
drawing so many young men to the Order.
Amy Jill Strickland (MA ’97) recently
became the Director of Faith Formation
at St. Ann Parish in Arlington, Virginia
and Defender of the Bond for the Diocese
of Richmond.
Fr. Stephen Ryan, O.P. (MDiv, STB ’92;
STL ’94), Associate Professor of Sacred
Scripture, has published “The Hidden
Ministry of Prayer and the Reading of
Scripture” in Christian Orient and a
review of “Law, Prophets, and Wisdom:
On the Provenance of Translators and
Their Books in the Septuagint Version” in
Catholic Bible Quarterly.
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