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Patristic Preaching: How the Fathers of the Church Can Teach, Move, and Convert Today
A lecture by Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception)
When:
November 20, 2025 | 7:00 PM EST
Location:
Location TBA
Chapter:
University of Dallas
This lecture is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required.
About the speaker:
Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., (Ph.D. Notre Dame) is professor of patristics and ancient languages at the Pontifical Faculty of the Dominican House of Studies where he serves as the director of the doctoral program. He authored Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press, 2013) and The Power of Patristic Preaching: The Word in Our Flesh (Catholic University of America, 2023). He co-authored A Living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Religious Life (Vianney Vocations, 2019). Editor-in-chief of the academic journal The Thomist, Hofer is editor or co-editor of several volumes including The Oxford Handbook of Deification, The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's Sermons, and Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers. He enjoys speaking with students about their theological and spiritual questions.